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Ireland is an open economy (3rd on the Index of Economic Freedom), [27] and ranks first for high-value foreign direct investment (FDI) flows. [28] In the global GDP per capita tables, Ireland ranks 2nd of 192 in the IMF table and 4th of 187 in the World Bank ranking. [29] [30] Social expenditure stood at roughly 13.4% of GDP in 2024.
Note that 2021 was an exceptional year because of the fall in GDP in 2020 which averaged 11.0% across the country. ... East of England: 4 ... Northern Ireland: 12 ...
This is a sortable list of all European countries by their gross domestic product in billions of US dollars at market or official government exchange rates (nominal GDP), according to the International Monetary Fund. The economic and political map of Europe also includes: Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus and Kosovo.
The GDP per capita showed similar variations with London having a GDP per head of £56,000 compared with the North East of England at £23,000 in 2024. [ 3 ] Different regions also see different rates of unemployment; in early 2024, the average UK unemployment rate was 4.3%, ranging from the East Midlands at 5.6% to Northern Ireland at 2.1%.
On the whole, PPP per capita figures are less spread than nominal GDP per capita figures. [5] The rankings of national economies over time have changed considerably; the economy of the United States surpassed the British Empire's output around 1916, [6] which in turn had surpassed the economy of the Qing dynasty in aggregate output decades earlier.
Historical GDP per capita development of Ireland and the UK. The economic history of the Republic of Ireland effectively began in 1922, when the then Irish Free State won independence from the United Kingdom. [2] The state was plagued by poverty and emigration until the 1960s when an upturn led to the reversal of long term population decline ...
This is a list of estimates of the real gross domestic product growth rate (not rebased GDP) in European countries for the latest years recorded in the CIA World Factbook. The list includes all members of the Council of Europe and Belarus apart from those countries with GDP growth estimates older than 2014.
The economy of Europe comprises about 748 million people in 50 countries. Throughout this article "Europe" and derivatives of the word are taken to include selected states whose territory is only partly in Europe, such as Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia, and states that are geographically in Asia, bordering Europe and culturally adherent to the continent, such as Armenia and Cyprus.