# Ireland Current account balance, % of GDP

Ireland Current account balance, % of GDP was 8.0% in 2025, down 9.1 percentage points from 2024.
That is the lowest reading since 2020.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −20.7% (2019) to 17.1% (2024), averaging 3.3%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `IE.CURRACCT.A.NSA`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: % of GDP
- Coverage: 2001-01-01 to 2025-01-01 (25 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/ireland/current-account-balance-pct-of-gdp

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 8.0% |
| 2024 | 17.1% |
| 2023 | 8.1% |
| 2022 | 8.7% |
| 2021 | 12.2% |
| 2020 | −7.1% |
| 2019 | −20.7% |
| 2018 | 4.3% |
| 2017 | 1.1% |
| 2016 | −1.2% |
| 2015 | 6.1% |
| 2014 | 2.1% |
| 2013 | 2.4% |
| 2012 | −3.4% |
| 2011 | −1.6% |
| 2010 | −1.2% |
| 2009 | −4.7% |
| 2008 | −6.3% |
| 2007 | −6.5% |
| 2006 | −5.4% |
| 2005 | −3.5% |
| 2004 | −0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.2% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IE.CURRACCT.A.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IE.CURRACCT.A.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```