National Debt of Ireland 1923 - 2007

1951 - 1978

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 Mar/31 1951 227 1952 271 1953 310 1954 354 1955 423 1956 453 1957 489 1958 525 1959 543 1960 590 1961 636 1962 687 1963 748 1964 811 1965 894 1966 1,001 1967 1,079 1968 979 66 1,045 6 1969 1,091 70 1,161 6 1970 1,192 89 1,281 7 1971 1,290 114 1,404 8 1972 1,451 137 1,588 9 1973 1,644 160 1,804 9 1/4/74 -31/12/74 1974 1,847 212 2,060 10 Year End 31/Dec 1974 2,090 396 2,486 16 1975 2,764 720 3,484 21 1976 3,266 1,321 4,586 29 1977 4,050 1,319 5,370 25 1978 5,210 1,351 6,561 21

1923 - 1950 Information 1979 - 2008 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.