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Ireland: IMF Data & Forecasts

2011/08/11

  2010 2015 Scale Units
GDP at constant prices 168.29 189.49 Billions Euro
percent change in GDP at constant prices -1.55 2.52   Percent change
GDP at current prices 158.44 194.33 Billions Euro
GDP at current prices in US dollars 216.11 256.74 Billions U.S. dollars
GDP deflator 94.14 102.56   Index
GDP per Capita at constant prices 37830.59 41128.20 Units Euro
GDP per Capita at current prices 35614.58 42179.76 Units Euro
GDP per Capita at current prices in US dollars 48578.48 55725.18 Units U.S. dollars
Output gap in percent of potential GDP -3.43     Percent of potential GDP
GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) valuation of country GDP 173.54 213.50 Billions Current international dollar
GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) per capita GDP 39009.12 46341.20 Units Current international dollar
GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) share of world total 0.24 0.21   Percent
Implied Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) conversion rate 0.91 0.91   National currency per current international dollar
Consumer Prices Index average 124.17 131.53   Index; 2000=100
Inflation average -2.04 1.95   Percent change
Consumer Prices Index end-of-period 121.58 130.44   Index; 2000=100
Inflation end-of-period -1.08 1.95   Percent change
Unemployment rate 13.50     Percent of total labor force
Employment 1.87   Millions Persons
Population 4.45 4.61 Millions Persons
Government Net Lending and Borrowing -19.26   Billions Euro
Government Net Lending and Borrowing in percent of GDP -12.16     Percent of GDP
General government structural balance -12.93   Billions Euro
General government structural balance in percent of potential GDP -7.88     Percent of potential GDP
GDP Fiscal Year Current Prices 158.44   Billions Euro
Current account balance in US dollars 0.85 -1.86 Billions U.S. dollars
Current account balance in percent of GDP 0.39 -0.73   Percent of GDP
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