OECD Economic Surveys: Ireland 2020

Abstract

This Survey is published on the responsibility of the Economic and Development Review Committee of the OECD, which is charged with the examination of the economic situation of member countries.

The economic situation and policies of Ireland were reviewed by the Committee on 16 January 2020.  The draft report was then revised in light of the discussions and given final approval as the agreed report of the whole Committee on 3 February 2020.

The Secretariat’s draft report was prepared for the Committee by Ben Westmore and Haruki Seitani, with contributions from Ronan Lyons, Olena Havrylchyk and Andrés Fuentes Hutfilter, under the supervision of Vincent Koen. Research assistance was provided by Lutécia Daniel and editorial support by Sisse Nielsen and Michelle Ortiz.

The previous Survey of Ireland was issued in March 2018.

Information about the latest as well as previous Surveys and more details about how Surveys are prepared is available at www.oecd.org/eco/surveys.

Basic statistics of Ireland, 2018

(Numbers in parentheses refer to the OECD average)*

Note: The year is indicated in parenthesis if it deviates from the year in the main title of this table.

* Where the OECD aggregate is not provided in the source database, a simple OECD average of latest available data is calculated where data exist for at least 80% of member countries.

Source: Calculations based on data extracted from databases of the following organisations: OECD, International Energy Agency, International Labour Organisation, International Monetary Fund, World Bank.