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GDP by Expenditures

GDP by Expenditures

Exports increase by 13.9%

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The Expenditure approach uses all spending on final demand to produce an estimate for Gross Domestic Product. We do this by estimating:

  • personal expenditure on consumer goods and services
  • expenditure by central and local government on current goods and services
  • gross domestic fixed capital formation
  • value of physical changes in stocks

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 & ServicesNet Expenditure by Local & Central Government on Goods & ServicesGross Domestic Fixed Capital FormationValue of Physical Changes in StocksNet Exports of Goods & Services
201497.919205808330.40830840447.05910565775452.815776038954438.247627436417
2015101.364818634831.099588235570.8209992310314.074263607601766.337003201882
2016106.235365036532.4707691764106.4307398418213.499521921697932.703408861918
2017109.245431499733.6922129832105.7095990320074.089725554574861.4852947080539
2018113.865572187335.224603390997.06789326345930.813595102408990.019390217869
2019116.826384100237.5128256296194.8065421301431.63768679913074.90487336317403
2020105.235722500941.8634364483162.6521035424853.644550119592864.779066582866
2021114.119645033744.489967941696.94126180567025.5452891647991173.948763575
2022124.826965270146.0615086246101.86737115533210.0417415210783190.123122713746

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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 GoodsExports of ServicesImports of GoodsImports of ServicesNet Exports of Goods & Services
2014105.829578807397125.535778771701-74.5053283756171-115.93038367273744.9483623339502
2015168.426361441572146.095734093705-86.2623953847362-166.80551030048678.2228604371473
2016169.713067715574162.124251505945-92.0839659091157-209.71911076579645.2660740599151
2017176.358446818154190.945307559089-90.8102696779069-214.53914524933875.5550376499175
2018191.493677048307212.507086434663-101.137629911335-211.605599815731107.87337228207
2019205.241169077059248.784231119569-110.390267207937-336.0853333529211.8631141210387
2020237.061436228045267.768517034465-107.62178696863-331.11662736347768.9685975772496
2021280.740587414299.781485285-112.240469093-294.332840031173.948763575
2022343.776068619267317.568700411439-142.356945235408-328.864701081556190.123122713742

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.

Table 8.1 Expenditure on Gross and Net National Income at Current Market Prices

Table 8.2 Annual Percentage Changes in the Main Constituents of Table 8.1

Table 8.3 Expenditure on Gross and Net National Income at Constant Market Prices (chain linked annually and referenced to year 2021)

Table 8.4 Annual Percentage Changes in the Main Constituents of Table 8.3

Table 8.5 Annual Breakdown of Trade into Goods and Services at Current and Constant Prices

Table 8.6 Annual Percentage Changes in the Main Constituents of Table 8.5