National Debt of Ireland 1923 - 2009

1979 - 2009

All values in columns Total(1) , Foreign Debt(2) and Domestic Debt are expressed in millions of euro.

Year Domestic Debt Foreign Debt(2) Total(1) %Foreign Debt Year End 1979 6,346 1,958 8,304 24 1980 7,224 2,802 10,026 28   1981 8,128 4,817 12,945 37   1982 8,153 6,664 14,816 45   1983 9,515 8,760 18,274 48   1984 11,315 10,044 21,358 47   1985 13,190 10,302 23,492 44   1986 15,733 11,706 27,440 43   1987 17,778 12,308 30,085 41   1988 19,190 12,060 31,250 39   1989 19,941 11,584 31,525 37   1990 20,614 11,235 31,849 35   1991 20,975 11,249 32,223 35   1992 20,598 12,852 33,450 38   1993 21,549 14,457 36,006 40   1994 23,171 13,939 37,111 38   1995 24,945 13,413 38,358 35   1996 26,911 11,070 37,980 29   1997 28,442 10,524 38,966 27   1998 28,144 9,366 37,510 25   1999 31,446 8,404 39,851 21   2000 34,400 2,112 36,511 6   2001 34,077 2,106 36,183 6   2002 35,603 758 36,361 2   2003 37,611 0 37,611 0   2004 37,846 0 37,846 0   2005 38,182 0 38,182 0   2006 35,917 0 35,917 0   2007 37,559 0 37,559 0   2008 50,398 0 50,398 0   2009 75,152 0 75,152 0

1923 - 1950 Information 1951 - 1978 Information

Sources:

Finance Accounts and NTMA (from 1990)

Note 1:

The breakdown between foreign and domestic debt is not available prior to 1968. However it is understood that the foreign component was relatively small prior to the 1970s.

Note 2:

The debt shown under foreign component after end 1998 represents all non euro debt.