Leaving Cert Economics: Economic Growth, Development & Population questions

Long-run economic growth, the growth-versus-development distinction, sustainability, and the economics of population.

53 past Economics questions on this topic, spanning 2015 to 2025, grouped by year. Every question opens on the exact page of the official paper, with its marking scheme beside it.

Economic Growth, Development & Population question pack

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2025 · 2 questions

Q8

market failure

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Q1375 marks

exports, comparative advantage

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2024 · 3 questions

Q412 marks

demand for labour, marginal efficiency of capital

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Q1375 marks

globalisation, corporation tax, budget surplus

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Q1575 marks

competitiveness, exchange rates, european union

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2023 · 2 questions

Q1175 marks

factors of production, labour mobility

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Q1675 marks

demand, market equilibrium, market failure

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2022 · 2 questions

Q515 marks

government policy

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Q1675 marks

housing market, minimum pricing

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2021 · 1 question

Q615 marks
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2020 · 2 questions

Q216 marks

social costs

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Q817 marks

economic decline, government policy

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2019 · 2 questions

Q316 marks
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Q917 marks

labour force, government policy

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2018 · 2 questions

Q675 marks

single european market

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Q817 marks

public sector, labour force

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2017 · 4 questions

Q216 marks

labour force, quasi-rent, bond valuation

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Q817 marks

government policy objectives, balance of payments, social policy

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Q875 marks

social housing

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Q917 marks

government policy

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2016 · 1 question

Q875 marks

economic performance indicators, budget deficit, national debt

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2015 · 3 questions

Q775 marks

circular flow of income, national income, injections and withdrawals

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Q875 marks

budget deficit, fiscal policy

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Q917 marks

government policy

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Economic Growth, Development & Population question pack

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2025 · 4 questions

Q512 marks

gdp

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Q712 marks

percentage change

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Q1475 marks

customs duties, imports, eu membership

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Q1675 marks

indirect taxation, inflation

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2024 · 3 questions

Q112 marks

natural resources, environment

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Q612 marks

environment

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Q1675 marks

corporation tax, housing market

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2023 · 2 questions

Q8

government expenditure

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Q1675 marks

factors of production, economic goods, economies of scale

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2022 · 4 questions

Q115 marks

macroeconomics

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Q215 marks

data

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Q1275 marks

demand and supply, market equilibrium

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Q1475 marks

factors of production, scarcity

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2021 · 2 questions

Q915 marks
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Q1175 marks

globalisation, fair trade

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2019 · 2 questions

Q575 marks

money and banking, non-cash payments, interest rates

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Q875 marks

economic terms, economic decline

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2018 · 2 questions

Q675 marks

national income, multinationals

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Q875 marks

employment, unemployment, homelessness

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2017 · 4 questions

Q375 marks

factors of production, wages, public and private sector

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Q575 marks

multiplier, circular flow of income, open economy

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Q617 marks

opportunity cost, investment

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Q875 marks

obesity, privatisation

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2016 · 3 questions

Q475 marks

economic systems

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Q775 marks

national income, circular flow

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Q875 marks

national debt, environment

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2015 · 3 questions

Q516 marks
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Q775 marks

government expenditure, social housing, european union

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Q817 marks

labour

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