Ireland's other expense (% of expense) was 4.03% in 2022, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 2.15 percentage points from 1.88% in 2012.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 4.03% | 2022 |
| Five years earlier | 2.96% | 2017 |
| Ten years earlier | 1.88% | 2012 |
| Highest | 4.03% | 2022 |
| Lowest | 1.2% | 2010 |
| Average since 2013 | 2.95% | 2013–2022 |
| First recorded | 2.58% | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2022, Ireland's other expense (% of expense) rose 0.62 percentage points on 2021 (from 3.42% to 4.03%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was +0.04 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.39 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.82 percentage points in 1994 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.58 percentage points in 1995. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2013 to 2022 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.18 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 90% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 4.34% for 2025. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2020 to 2022 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 0.29%, against 0.37% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2022, Ireland had the 19th highest value of the 22 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4.03% | 2022 |
| World | 7.7% | 2022 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 7.13% | 2023 |
| High income | 9.44% | 2023 |
Closest to Ireland in the 2022 ranking
- Solomon Islands — 15th of 22: 6.48%
- Slovak Republic — 16th of 22: 6.05%
- Ecuador — 17th of 22: 5.45%
- Belgium — 19th of 22: 1.12%
- Malawi — 20th of 22: 0.63%
- Mozambique — 21st of 22: 0.08%
What this measures
Other expense is spending on dividends, rent, and other miscellaneous expenses, including provision for consumption of fixed capital. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.
Limitations: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.
All 33 values
| Year | Other expense (% of expense) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.03 |
| 2021 | 3.42 |
| 2020 | 3.04 |
| 2019 | 3.3 |
| 2018 | 3.08 |
| 2017 | 2.96 |
| 2016 | 2.8 |
| 2015 | 2.52 |
| 2014 | 2.41 |
| 2013 | 1.98 |
| 2012 |
Other expense (% of expense) in nearby economies
More public sector data for Ireland
- Military expenditure (current USD) — 1.55 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (current LCU) — 1.38 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 0.22% (2025)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets (current LCU) — 10.02 billion (2024)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) — 1.78% (2024)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) — 24.8 billion (2024)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) — 4.41% (2024)
- Social contributions (current LCU) — 22.5 billion (2024)
- Social contributions (% of revenue) — 15.57% (2024)
- Revenue, excluding grants (current LCU)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Ireland's other expense (% of expense)?
- 4.03% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 1.45 percentage points from 2.58% in 1990. The highest value was 4.03% in 2022 and the lowest 1.2% in 2010.
- How does Ireland rank?
- 19th highest of 22 economies with data for 2022.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator GC.XPN.OTHR.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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