Ireland vs Thailand
Ireland vs Thailand: Government debt
Government debt: 34.8% of GDP in Ireland in 2025 and 62.9% of GDP in Thailand in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Thailand, by 24.5 percentage points, or 1.64 times that in Ireland.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Thailand has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Ireland.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Ireland at 24.1% of GDP and Thailand at 69.8% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Ireland | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34.8 | 64.7 |
| 2024 | 38.4 | 62.9 |
| 2023 | 42.1 | 62.2 |
| 2022 | 42.8 | 60.6 |
| 2021 | 52.4 | 58.4 |
| 2020 | 57.1 | 49.4 |
| 2019 | 55.8 | 41.1 |
| 2018 | 61.4 | 41.9 |
| 2017 | 65.3 | 41.8 |
| 2016 | 72.7 | 41.7 |
| 2015 | 74.1 | 42.6 |
| 2014 | 101.5 | 43.3 |
| 2013 | 117.8 | 42.2 |
| 2012 | 119 | 41.9 |
| 2011 | 109.7 | 39.1 |
| 2010 | 86.3 | 39.8 |
| 2009 | 61.8 | 42.4 |
| 2008 | 42.5 | 35 |
| 2007 | 24 | 36 |
| 2006 | 23.7 | 39.2 |
| 2005 | 26.1 | 45.5 |
| 2004 | 28 | 46.3 |
| 2003 | 29.8 | 47.5 |
| 2002 | 30.9 | 54.9 |
| 2001 | 33.6 | 57.5 |
| 2000 | 36.4 | 57.8 |
| 1999 | 46.6 | 56.6 |
| 1998 | 51.4 | 49.9 |
| 1997 | 61.6 | 40.5 |
| 1996 | 69.8 | 15.2 |
| 1995 | 78.5 | – |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Ireland | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33.5 | 67.2 |
| 2027 | 30.8 | 68.5 |
| 2028 | 28.7 | 69.1 |
| 2029 | 26.9 | 69.4 |
| 2030 | 25.3 | 69.6 |
| 2031 | 24.1 | 69.8 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- 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 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Ireland vs Thailand
Health
- Life expectancyIreland: 82.4 years in 2023Thailand: 76.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIreland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Thailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIreland: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Thailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIreland: 4.25% in 2017Thailand: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateIreland: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Thailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIreland: 5.2 million people in 2023Thailand: 71.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthIreland: 1.19% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIreland: 1.6 births per woman in 2023Thailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIreland: 64.6% in 2025Thailand: 62.8% in 2025
- Median ageIreland: 38.4 years in 2023Thailand: 39.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIreland: 15.5% in 2023Thailand: 14.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateIreland: 8.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Thailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIreland: 0.22% of GDP in 2025Thailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIreland: $1.46B in 2025Thailand: $5.57B in 2025
- Military spending per personIreland: $272 in 2025Thailand: $84 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIreland: 0.9% of government spending in 2025Thailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIreland: 9,000 people in 2020Thailand: 455,000 people in 2020
- National powerIreland: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Thailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIreland: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020Thailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIreland: 14 million TIV in 2025Thailand: 33 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIreland: 24 million TIV in 2025Thailand: 15 million TIV in 2024