Current account balance, quarterly in Ireland
The current account balance of Ireland was 13.0% of GDP in Q2 2026. The value for Q2 2026 is the highest since Q3 2024.
Ireland, Q2 2026
13.0%
Change from Q1 2026
+0.1percentage points
Median of European Union (27 countries), Q2 2026
-0.9%
Position in Q2 2026
2nd of 35
Current account balance, quarterly in Ireland over time
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% of GDP. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Ireland |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 13.0% |
| Q1 2026 | 12.9% |
| Q4 2025 | 10.2% |
| Q3 2025 | 10.4% |
| Q2 2025 | 9.4% |
| Q1 2025 | 2.5% |
| Q4 2024 | 12.0% |
| Q3 2024 | 14.5% |
| Q2 2024 | 28.1% |
| Q1 2024 | 14.3% |
| Q4 2023 | -0.2% |
| Q3 2023 | 14.1% |
| Q2 2023 | 9.6% |
| Q1 2023 | 8.7% |
| Q4 2022 | 5.8% |
| Q3 2022 | 7.9% |
| Q2 2022 | 9.7% |
| Q1 2022 | 11.8% |
| Q4 2021 | 2.6% |
| Q3 2021 | 17.6% |
| Q2 2021 | 14.2% |
| Q1 2021 | 14.7% |
| Q4 2020 | -2.4% |
| Q3 2020 | 10.7% |
| Q2 2020 | 13.6% |
| Q1 2020 | -49.6% |
| Q4 2019 | -61.9% |
| Q3 2019 | 11.1% |
| Q2 2019 | -40.3% |
| Q1 2019 | 9.9% |
| Q4 2018 | -16.5% |
| Q3 2018 | 11.4% |
| Q2 2018 | 11.6% |
| Q1 2018 | 11.9% |
| Q4 2017 | 16.1% |
| Q3 2017 | 18.7% |
| Q2 2017 | -43.1% |
| Q1 2017 | 9.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 12.9% in Q1 2026.
- Since Q4 2023, when it was -0.2%, the figure has changed by +13.2 percentage points.
- Among the 35 countries with data for Q2 2026, Ireland has the 2nd highest value.