Global InformationEconomy of the Republic of Ireland information
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Trade organisations | EU, WTO and OECD |
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| Population |  5,149,139 (2022 census)[3] |
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Gini coefficient |  28.9 low (2018, Eurostat)[11] |
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Average gross salary | €4,002 monthly (2023-Q1) |
Average net salary | €3,086 monthly (2023-Q1) |
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Current account |  $17 billion (2022 est.)[20] |
Gross external debt |  €2.954 trillion (June 2022)[21] |
Net international investment position | −€610 billion (July 2022)[20] |
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Foreign reserves | $4.412 billion (31 December 2017 est.)[6] |
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The economy of the Republic of Ireland is a highly developed knowledge economy, focused on services in high-tech, life sciences, financial services and agribusiness, including agrifood. Ireland is an open economy (3rd on the Index of Economic Freedom),[28] and ranks first for high-value foreign direct investment (FDI) flows.[29] In the global GDP per capita tables, Ireland ranks 2nd of 192 in the IMF table and 4th of 187 in the World Bank ranking.[30][31]
Following a period of continuous growth at an annual level from 1984 to 2007,[32] the post-2008 Irish financial crisis severely affected the economy, compounding domestic economic problems related to the collapse of the Irish property bubble. Ireland first experienced a short technical recession from Q2-Q3 2007, followed by a recession from Q1 2008 – Q4 2009.[33]
After a year with stagnant economic activity in 2010, the Irish real GDP rose by 2.2% in 2011 and 0.2% in 2012. This growth was mainly driven by improvements in the export sector. The European sovereign-debt crisis caused a new Irish recession to start in Q3 2012, which was still ongoing as of Q2 2013.[34] By mid-2013, the European Commission's economic forecast for Ireland predicted its growth rates would return to a positive 1.1% in 2013 and 2.2% in 2014.[35] An inflated 2015 GDP growth of 26.3% (GNP growth of 18.7%) was officially partially ascribed to tax inversion practices by multinationals switching domiciles.[36] This growth in GDP, dubbed "leprechaun economics" by American economist Paul Krugman, was shown to be driven by Apple Inc.'s restructuring of its Irish subsidiary in January 2015. The distortion of Ireland's economic statistics (including GNI, GNP and GDP) by the tax practices of some multinationals, led the Central Bank of Ireland to propose an alternative measure (modified GNI or GNI*)[37] to more accurately reflect the true state of the economy from that year onwards.[38][39]
Foreign-owned multinationals continue to contribute significantly to Ireland's economy, making up 14 of the top 20 Irish firms (by turnover),[40] employing 23% of the private sector labour-force,[41] and paying 80% of the collected corporation tax.[42][43]
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- ^ "Country Rankings: World & Global Economy Rankings on Economic Freedom". www.heritage.org. Archived from the original on 21 May 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ "Ireland named best country for high-value FDI for sixth year in a row". Irish Times. 31 August 2017. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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- ^ "Ireland GDP – real growth rate". Index Mundi. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ "Quarterly National Accounts -Quarter 1 2012" (PDF). CSO. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
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- ^ "'Leprechaun Economics' Earn Ireland Ridicule, $443 Million Bill". Bloomberg.com. 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017 – via www.bloomberg.com.
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- ^ "CSO paints a very different picture of Irish economy with new measure". Irish Times. 15 July 2017. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ "New economic Leprechaun on loose as rate of growth plunges". Irish Independent. 15 July 2017. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ "Ireland's Top 1000 Companies". Irish Times. 2018. Archived from the original on 17 September 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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- ^ "20 multinationals paid half of all Corporation tax paid in 2016". RTE News. 21 June 2017. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Most of Ireland's huge corporate tax haul last year came from foreign firms". sunday Business Post FORA. 14 May 2016. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2018.