Australia vs Ireland

Australia vs Ireland: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 2% a year in Australia and 8% a year in Ireland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ireland, by 6 percentage points, or 4.02 times that in Australia.

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% a year · IMF

Australia vs Ireland: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 2% a year in Australia and 8% a year in Ireland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ireland, by 6 percentage points, or 4.02 times that in Australia.
AustraliaIrelandIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Ireland has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Australia.
  • In 2025, Australia ranked 103 and Ireland ranked 11 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Australia at 2.2% a year and Ireland at 2.3% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearAustraliaIreland
202528
202413.6
20232.1-3.3
20224.28.2
20215.416.6
2020-27
201925
20182.87.7
20172.410.1
20162.71.2
20152.324.7
20142.69.4
20132.22.2
20123.9-0.4
20112.81.6
20102.41.7
20092-5.1
20082.7-4.5
20074.45.3
20062.65
200535.7
20044.16.7
200333
20024.15.9
20012.65.3
20003.19.4
19994.410.5
19984.78.8
19974.710.8
199649.1
199539.6
19944.95.9
19933.92.3
19922.63.6
1991-11.6
19901.57.7
19894.65.6
19884.33
19874.93.6
19862.40.4
19855.51.9
19846.33.2
1983-0.5-0.7
19820.11.5
19814.12.5
19802.92.9
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAustraliaIreland
20261.9-1
20271.63.7
20281.82.9
202922.4
20302.12.3
20312.22.3

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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