Ireland's current account narrowed to €13.9 billion in the third quarter of 2025 from €19.7 in the corresponding period of the previous year. The primary income deficit widened to €46.4 billion from the €33.6 billion gap in the previous year, signaling the large group of multinational corporation headquartered in Ireland expatriated its profits to their home nations, making up most of the outflows from Ireland's current account. In the meantime, the merchandise surplus widened to €55.4 billion from €42.9 billion. source: Central Statistics Office Ireland

Ireland recorded a Current Account surplus of 13900 EUR Million in the third quarter of 2025. Current Account in Ireland averaged 815.21 EUR Million from 1981 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 35211.00 EUR Million in the second quarter of 2024 and a record low of -59400.00 EUR Million in the fourth quarter of 2019. This page provides - Ireland Current Account - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Ireland Current Account - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-09-04 10:00 AM
Current Account
Q2 €19.5B €5.8B €17.0B
2025-12-04 11:00 AM
Current Account
Q3 €13.9B €19.5B €21.5B
2026-03-06 11:00 AM
Current Account
Q4 €13.9B


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Balance of Trade 5163552.00 4299411.00 EUR Thousand Nov 2025
Capital Flows 4571.00 15450.00 EUR Million Sep 2025
Current Account 13900.00 19494.00 EUR Million Sep 2025
Exports 17144379.00 16882823.00 EUR Thousand Nov 2025
External Debt 3191931.33 3167266.64 EUR Million Sep 2025
Foreign Direct Investment 18744.00 -33985.00 EUR Million Sep 2025
Imports 11980826.00 12583412.00 EUR Thousand Nov 2025
Terms of Trade 91.30 93.70 points Nov 2025


Ireland Current Account
Current Account is the sum of the balance of trade (exports minus imports of goods and services), net factor income (such as interest and dividends) and net transfer payments (such as foreign aid).
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
13900.00 19494.00 35211.00 -59400.00 1981 - 2025 EUR Million Quarterly

News Stream
Irish Current Account Surplus Narrows
Ireland's current account narrowed to €13.9 billion in the third quarter of 2025 from €19.7 in the corresponding period of the previous year. The primary income deficit widened to €46.4 billion from the €33.6 billion gap in the previous year, signaling the large group of multinational corporation headquartered in Ireland expatriated its profits to their home nations, making up most of the outflows from Ireland's current account. In the meantime, the merchandise surplus widened to €55.4 billion from €42.9 billion.
2025-12-04
Ireland Current Account Surplus Narrows in Q2
Ireland’s current account surplus narrowed to EUR 19.5 billion in the second quarter of 2025, from EUR 35.2 billion in the corresponding period of the previous year. The primary income deficit rose to EUR 50.1 billion from EUR 28.7 billion a year earlier, while the secondary income shortfall also widened slightly, reaching EUR 1.2 billion compared to EUR 1.16 billion in the second quarter of 2024. Additionally, the services surplus fell significantly to EUR 12.4 billion from EUR 26.5 billion. Conversely, the goods surplus increased significantly to EUR 58.4 billion in the second quarter, compared to EUR 38.6 billion in the same period a year earlier.
2025-09-04
Ireland Current Account Narrows Sharply in Q1
The current account surplus in Ireland narrowed to EUR 5.8 billion in Q1 2025, downwardly revised from a preliminary release of EUR 6.6 billion and sharply lower than the EUR 17.9 billion recorded a year earlier, marking the smallest surplus since Q4 2023. The services balance swung to a EUR 0.4 billion deficit from a EUR 14.9 billion surplus in the same quarter last year, while the primary income deficit widened significantly to EUR 67.0 billion from EUR 34.9 billion. In contrast, the goods surplus nearly doubled to EUR 74.2 billion from EUR 39.1 billion. The secondary income deficit narrowed slightly to EUR 1.0 billion from EUR 1.2 billion.
2025-07-08