The Expenditure approach uses all spending on final demand to produce an estimate for Gross Domestic Product. We do this by estimating:
The value of exports is then added and imports are deducted.
The Tables 8.1 and 8.3 show the contributions of the different components of the Expenditure approach to Gross Domestic Product at current market prices and at constant market prices.
Personal Consumption of Goods & Services | Net Expenditure by Local & Central Government on Goods & Services | Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation | Value of Physical Changes in Stocks | Net Exports of Goods & Services | |
2014 | 97.9192058083 | 30.408308404 | 47.0591056577545 | 2.8157760389544 | 38.247627436417 |
2015 | 101.3648186348 | 31.0995882355 | 70.820999231031 | 4.0742636076017 | 66.337003201882 |
2016 | 106.2353650365 | 32.4707691764 | 106.430739841821 | 3.4995219216979 | 32.703408861918 |
2017 | 109.2454314997 | 33.6922129832 | 105.709599032007 | 4.0897255545748 | 61.4852947080539 |
2018 | 113.8655721873 | 35.2246033909 | 97.0678932634593 | 0.8135951024089 | 90.019390217869 |
2019 | 116.8263841002 | 37.5128256296 | 194.806542130143 | 1.6376867991307 | 4.90487336317403 |
2020 | 105.2357225009 | 41.8634364483 | 162.652103542485 | 3.6445501195928 | 64.779066582866 |
2021 | 114.1196450337 | 44.4899679416 | 96.9412618056702 | 5.5452891647991 | 173.948763575 |
2022 | 124.8269652701 | 46.0615086246 | 101.867371155332 | 10.0417415210783 | 190.123122713746 |
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Figure 8.1 shows the relative contributions of each of the components of expenditure. Total Exports increased by 13.9% in 2022, while Total Imports grew by 15.9%. Overall, Net Exports rose to a level of €190.1 billion in the year. Fixed capital formation showed an increase of 5.1% in 2022. For more information see Investment. Personal consumption grew by 9.4% while government net current expenditure rose by 3.5%.
Exports of Goods | Exports of Services | Imports of Goods | Imports of Services | Net Exports of Goods & Services | |
2014 | 105.829578807397 | 125.535778771701 | -74.5053283756171 | -115.930383672737 | 44.9483623339502 |
2015 | 168.426361441572 | 146.095734093705 | -86.2623953847362 | -166.805510300486 | 78.2228604371473 |
2016 | 169.713067715574 | 162.124251505945 | -92.0839659091157 | -209.719110765796 | 45.2660740599151 |
2017 | 176.358446818154 | 190.945307559089 | -90.8102696779069 | -214.539145249338 | 75.5550376499175 |
2018 | 191.493677048307 | 212.507086434663 | -101.137629911335 | -211.605599815731 | 107.87337228207 |
2019 | 205.241169077059 | 248.784231119569 | -110.390267207937 | -336.08533335292 | 11.8631141210387 |
2020 | 237.061436228045 | 267.768517034465 | -107.62178696863 | -331.116627363477 | 68.9685975772496 |
2021 | 280.740587414 | 299.781485285 | -112.240469093 | -294.332840031 | 173.948763575 |
2022 | 343.776068619267 | 317.568700411439 | -142.356945235408 | -328.864701081556 | 190.123122713742 |
Goods Exports increased by 22.5% in real terms in 2022, while Services Exports rose by 5.9%. Goods Imports increased by 26.8% in the year, with Services Imports also rising by 11.7%. Net Exports of Goods rose to a level of €201.4 billion in the year, while Net Exports of Services recorded a deficit of €11.3 billion in the year.
For a further breakdown of Personal Consumption of Goods & Services go to Personal Spending.
For a further breakdown of Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation go to Investment.
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