Pearse Doherty
Question:121. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the national debt as a percentage of gross domestic product and in nominal terms from 1992 to 2011. [41514/12]
View answerTuesday, 2 October 2012
Questions (121)
Written answers
The information requested by the Deputy is provided as follows.
|
NIE |
National Debt |
GDP current Prices |
National Debt as % GDP |
|
1992* |
33450 |
40,489 |
83% |
|
1993* |
36006 |
43,605 |
83% |
|
1994* |
37111 |
46,864 |
79% |
|
1995 |
38358 |
53,787 |
71% |
|
1996 |
37980 |
58,894 |
64% |
|
1997 |
38966 |
68,154 |
57% |
|
1998 |
37510 |
78,685 |
48% |
|
1999 |
39851 |
90,683 |
44% |
|
2000 |
36511 |
105,775 |
35% |
|
2001 |
36183 |
117,643 |
31% |
|
2002 |
36361 |
130,877 |
28% |
|
2003 |
37610 |
140,827 |
27% |
|
2004 |
37846 |
150,194 |
25% |
|
2005 |
38182 |
163,037 |
23% |
|
2006 |
35917 |
177,729 |
20% |
|
2007 |
37560 |
188,729 |
20% |
|
2008 |
50398 |
178,882 |
28% |
|
2009 |
75152 |
161,275 |
47% |
|
2012 |
93445 |
156,487 |
60% |
|
2011 |
119082 |
158,993 |
75% |
Source: NTMA, CSO
The GDP in current market prices for 1995 to 2011 is sourced from the CSO's National Income and Expenditure (NIE) tables.
*For 1992 to 1994 the historical NIE tables are used. This may introduce a break in the series.