Leaving Cert Economics 2026

The 2026 Leaving Cert Economics exam paper and official marking scheme, free below as direct PDF links from the State Examinations Commission archive.

Higher Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2026 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 adam smith, specialisation, international trade
  • Q2 price elasticity of demand, profit maximisation, marginal cost
  • Q3 subsidies, market failure, externalities, inequality
  • Q4 less developed countries, wages, demand, online shopping
  • Q5 consumer behaviour, utility, personal finance
  • Q6 globalisation, multinational corporations, tourism
  • Q7 environmental policy, subsidies, indirect tax, economic growth
  • Q8 labour market, costs of production, rural development
  • Q9 gdp, economic growth, percentage change
  • Q10 inflation, price index, competitiveness
  • Q11 monopolistic competition, oligopoly, income elasticity of demand, price elasticity of demand · 75 marks
  • Q12 exports, tariffs, trade protectionism, carbon tax · 75 marks
  • Q13 ecb interest rates, fixed and variable costs, housing market, eu membership · 75 marks
  • Q14 gdp, hidden economy, circular flow of income, market equilibrium · 75 marks
  • Q15 government expenditure, capital expenditure, vat, labour productivity · 75 marks
  • Q16 tourism, exchange rates, balanced regional development, production possibility frontier · 75 marks

Ordinary Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2026 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 cso, exports, international trade · 12 marks
  • Q2 electric vehicles, private benefit, social benefit, government intervention · 12 marks
  • Q3 retail, environment · 12 marks
  • Q4 capital expenditure, government expenditure, infrastructure · 12 marks
  • Q5 official development assistance, foreign aid · 12 marks
  • Q6 tuition fees, third-level education, government expenditure · 12 marks
  • Q7 canons of taxation, adam smith, taxation · 12 marks
  • Q8 government expenditure, opportunity cost · 12 marks
  • Q9 employment, labour market · 12 marks
  • Q10 government expenditure, social protection · 12 marks
  • Q11 monopoly, barriers to entry, oligopoly, market structures · 75 marks
  • Q12 demand, economic aims, financial institutions, financial regulation · 75 marks
  • Q13 corporation tax, taxation, social protection, multinational companies · 75 marks
  • Q14 price inflation, ageing population, price elasticity of demand, electricity prices · 75 marks
  • Q15 private and social benefits, subsidies, profit, hidden economy · 75 marks
  • Q16 tariffs, factors of production, entrepreneurship, minimum wage · 75 marks

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Foundations: Economic Concepts, Systems & ThoughtDemand, Supply, Elasticity & Market EquilibriumCosts of Production & the FirmMarket Structures & CompetitionMarket Failure & Government InterventionFactors of Production & Income DistributionLabour Market, Employment & UnemploymentNational Income & Economic ActivityMoney, Banking, Inflation & Monetary PolicyGovernment & Public Finance (Fiscal Policy & Taxation)International Trade, Balance of Payments & the EUEconomic Growth, Development & Population
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