Ireland posted a current account surplus of EUR 17.4 billion in the first quarter of 2022, narrowing from a EUR 19 billion surplus in the corresponding period of the previous year, mainly due to higher imports of royalties and business services. The primary income deficit widened to EUR 34.9 billion from EUR 28.3 billion a year earlier and the secondary income gap slightly narrowed to EUR 1.1 billion from EUR 1.3 billion. Meanwhile, the services surplus expanded to EUR 5.5 billion from EUR 5 billion a year earlier, while the goods surplus widened to EUR 47.8 billion from EUR 43.7 billion. source: Central Statistics Office Ireland
Current Account in Ireland averaged -247.11 EUR Million from 1981 until 2022, reaching an all time high of 23259 EUR Million in the third quarter of 2021 and a record low of -58773 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 June of 2022.
Current Account in Ireland is expected to be 17800.00 EUR Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Ireland Current Account is projected to trend around 9800.00 EUR Million in 2023, according to our econometric models.