Venture capital investments in Ireland
Ireland: Venture capital investments was 0.057 Percentage of GDP in 2025. ▲ Rising
Venture capital investments in Ireland, 2007–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for venture capital investments in Ireland is 0.057 Percentage of GDP, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 69.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, venture capital investments in Ireland peaked at 0.1081 Percentage of GDP in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0306 Percentage of GDP, in 2010.
Ireland ranks 12th of 28 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Venture capital investments in Ireland, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0.037 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2008 | 0.0438 Percentage of GDP | +18.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0461 Percentage of GDP | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0306 Percentage of GDP | -33.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0353 Percentage of GDP | +15.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0462 Percentage of GDP | +31.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0622 Percentage of GDP | +34.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0458 Percentage of GDP | -26.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0336 Percentage of GDP | -26.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0727 Percentage of GDP | +116.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0422 Percentage of GDP | -41.9% |
| 2018 | 0.1081 Percentage of GDP | +156.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0407 Percentage of GDP | -62.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0652 Percentage of GDP | +60.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0474 Percentage of GDP | -27.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0771 Percentage of GDP | +62.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0492 Percentage of GDP | -36.1% |
| 2024 | 0.0578 Percentage of GDP | +17.3% |
| 2025 | 0.057 Percentage of GDP | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0423 Percentage of GDP | 0.037 Percentage of GDP | 0.0461 Percentage of GDP | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.0517 Percentage of GDP | 0.0306 Percentage of GDP | 0.1081 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0589 Percentage of GDP | 0.0474 Percentage of GDP | 0.0771 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
More economy & growth data for Ireland
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.96 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.52 Percent per annum (2029)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3393 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per capita 44,643 current US$ per person (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.3002 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU), per capita 39,508 current LCU per person (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.3077 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$), per capita 40,487 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU), per capita 34,717 constant LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), annual 33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is venture capital investments in Ireland?
- Venture capital investments in Ireland was 0.057 Percentage of GDP in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest venture capital investments recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1081 Percentage of GDP in 2018.
- What is the lowest venture capital investments recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0306 Percentage of GDP in 2010.
- How does Ireland rank for venture capital investments?
- Ireland ranks 12th out of 28 countries with data for 2025.
- Is venture capital investments rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Venture capital investments (market statistics). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
In the OECD Entrepreneurship Financing Database, venture capital is made up of the sum of early stage (including pre-seed, seed, start-up and other early stage) and later stage venture capital. As there are no harmonised definitions of venture capital stages across venture capital associations and other data providers, original data have been re-aggregated to fit the OECD classification of venture capital by stages. Korea, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and South Africa do not provide breakdowns of venture capital by stage that would allow meaningful international comparisons. The attached table shows the correspondences between original data and OECD harmonised data for venture capital investments by stage. https://webfs-sdd.oecd.org/files/.Stat/VC_INV/VC_OECD_HarmonisedStages.xlsx Venture capital is a form of equity financing particularly relevant for young companies with innovation and growth potential but untested business models and no track record; it replaces or complements traditional bank finance. The development of the venture capital industry is considered an important framework condition to stimulate innovative entrepreneurship. Aggregate data on venture capital provide useful information on trends in the venture capital industry. These data are typically compiled by national or regional Private Equity and Venture Capital Associations, often with the support of commercial data providers. The quality and availability of aggregate data on venture capital have improved considerably in recent years; international comparisons, however, remain complicated because of two main problems. The first difficulty comes from the lack of a standard international definition of venture capital. While there is a general understanding, the definition of the types of investments included in venture capital varies across countries and regions. In some cases, differences are purely linguistic; in others, they are more substantive. The second problem relates to the diverse methodologies employed by data compilers. The completeness and representativeness of venture capital statistics with respect to the venture capital industry of a country will differ depending on how data were collected. The units used are : Millions of US Dollars and share of GDP. OECD statistics contact: stat.contact@oecd.org