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Personal Spending

Personal Consumption increases 9.4%

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CSO statistical publication, 14 July 2023, 11am

The following tables show a further breakdown of the Personal Consumption of goods and services items from Expenditure.

	Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages	Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco & Narcotics	Clothing & Footwear	Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas & Other Fuels	Furnishings, Household Equipment & Routine Maintenance	Health	Transport	Communications	Recreation & Culture	Education	Restaurants & Hotels	Miscellaneous Goods & Services
2022	9.0570729052079	5.5599013958619	5.3532512844	29.8369317825	5.5617719912	5.6004946311	10.7889634814	2.8426608159	7.1150431309	1.903397471	18.0202010816302	11.0039032558

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Figure 10.1 shows the contributions of each of the different types of expenditure to the total Households Expenditure on Goods & Services in Ireland. Of this total, expenditure on Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas & Other Fuels accounts for 26.5%, Restaurants & Hotels account for 16.0%, Transport accounts for 9.6%, while Food & Non-alcoholic Beverages accounts for 8.0%.

	Food & Non-alcoholic Beverages	Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco & Narcotics	Clothing & Footwear	Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas & Other Fuels	Furnishings, Household Equipment & Routine Maintenance	Health	Transport	Communications	Recreation & Culture	Education	Restaurants & Hotels	Miscellaneous Goods & Services
2021 - 2022	-0.147954237577577	-5.10325325434341	9.13368406793962	1.36577854062879	16.5161359145513	6.30408183541873	9.9138661771779	2.36869359662869	26.1059156505646	-3.46099990513481	26.8106019256067	2.83705732165644

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Figure 10.2 above shows the percentage change in each of the components of Households Expenditure on Goods & Services in Ireland in 2022. There were large expenditure increases in areas which had been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic such as Restaurants & Hotels (up 26.8%) and Recreation & Culture (up 26.1%).

	Personal Consumption of Goods & Services	Actual Individual Consumption
2014	97.9192058083	116.319025825007
2015	101.3648186348	120.26702268627
2016	106.2353650365	125.949768481579
2017	109.2454314997	129.867872705734
2018	113.8655721873	135.279974477865
2019	116.8263841002	139.765429777199
2020	105.2357225009	130.914933712782
2021	114.1196450337	141.2944870098
2022	124.8269652701	152.967175697116

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Figure 10.3 shows a comparison of Personal Consumption Expenditure and Actual Individual Consumption at constant market prices from 2014 to 2022.

Table 10.1 Consumption of Personal Income at Current Market Prices

Table 10.1 Consumption of Personal Income at Current Market Prices							€ million
Coicop_code	Description	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022 ¹
CP01	Food and non-alcoholic beverages	8,380	8,575	8,802	8,871	9,070	9,677
CP011	Food	7,455	7,602	7,867	7,977	7,988	8,479
CP012	Non-alcoholic beverages	925	974	935	894	1,083	1,198
CP02	Alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics	4,812	4,696	5,110	5,744	5,859	5,871
CP021	Alcoholic beverages	2,110	2,107	2,208	2,975	2,899	2,800
CP022	Tobacco	1,781	1,686	1,996	1,841	2,041	2,157
CP023	Narcotics	922	903	906	928	919	914
CP03	Clothing and footwear	3,588	3,871	4,082	3,641	4,905	5,471
CP031	Clothing	2,929	3,188	3,314	2,910	4,011	4,352
CP032	Footwear	659	683	769	731	894	1,119
CP04	Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels	22,828	24,993	26,093	26,975	29,435	33,835
CP041	Actual rentals for housing	4,644	5,054	5,408	5,631	6,066	6,617
CP042	Imputed rentals for housing	14,297	15,503	16,512	17,116	18,597	20,271
CP043	Maintenance and repair of the dwelling	273	280	289	296	310	331
CP044	Water supply and miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling	348	353	357	362	364	370
CP045	Electricity, gas and other fuels	3,265	3,803	3,527	3,570	4,098	6,245
CP05	Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance	3,996	4,212	4,355	3,805	4,773	5,737
CP051	Furniture and furnishings, carpets and other floor coverings	1,171	1,231	1,353	1,057	1,618	1,959
CP052	Household textiles	358	411	440	393	494	558
CP053	Household appliances	376	394	396	450	565	591
CP054	Glassware, tableware and household utensils	223	196	188	195	220	243
CP055	Tools and equipment for house and garden	182	191	199	233	292	305
CP056	Goods and services for routine household maintenance	1,686	1,789	1,779	1,476	1,585	2,080
CP06	Health	4,593	4,740	4,985	4,564	5,268	5,628
CP061	Medical products, appliances and equipment	774	785	812	850	911	950
CP062	Out-patient services	1,589	1,661	1,741	1,684	1,741	1,822
CP063	Hospital services	2,230	2,294	2,431	2,030	2,616	2,856
CP07	Transport	11,661	12,148	12,506	9,708	9,816	12,465
CP071	Purchase of vehicles	4,197	4,314	4,586	3,833	3,706	3,706
CP072	Operation of personal transport equipment	4,454	4,566	4,557	4,053	4,489	6,179
CP073	Transport services	3,010	3,268	3,363	1,822	1,620	2,580
CP08	Communications	2,303	2,416	2,413	2,580	2,777	2,935
CP081	Postal services	90	102	103	107	110	118
CP082	Telephone and telefax equipment	262	258	244	226	226	232
CP083	Telephone and telefax services	1,952	2,055	2,066	2,247	2,440	2,586
CP09	Recreation and culture	6,276	6,579	6,528	5,188	5,642	7,300
CP091	Audio-visual, photographic and information processing equipment	220	178	155	142	135	135
CP092	Other major durables for recreation and culture	9	11	19	18	33	32
CP093	Other recreational items and equipment, gardens and pets	1,054	1,295	1,038	993	1,247	1,444
CP094	Recreational and cultural services	3,508	3,571	3,687	3,096	3,310	3,965
CP095	Newspapers, books and stationery	689	689	727	722	727	724
CP096	Package holidays	795	835	903	217	190	1,000
CP10	Education	1,605	1,668	1,876	1,893	1,972	1,859
CP101	Pre-primary and primary education	151	152	154	154	153	154
CP102	Secondary education	196	204	213	219	223	233
CP103	Post-secondary non-tertiary education	19	19	20	20	20	20
CP104	Tertiary education	1,089	1,139	1,333	1,340	1,414	1,304
CP105	Education not definable by level	150	154	157	160	162	148
CP11	Restaurants and hotels	14,326	15,152	16,109	9,865	14,210	19,127
CP111	Catering services	12,380	13,066	13,787	8,763	12,620	16,739
CP112	Accommodation services	1,946	2,087	2,323	1,101	1,590	2,388
CP12	Miscellaneous goods and services	8,071	8,436	8,424	9,283	10,700	11,023
CP121	Personal care	2,644	2,674	2,548	2,413	2,773	3,335
CP122	Prostitution	94	96	98	99	102	112
CP123	Personal effects n.e.c.	591	625	759	797	929	1,073
CP124	Social protection	888	958	1,001	827	901	1,116
CP125	Insurance	1,812	1,635	1,307	2,093	2,417	1,362
CP126	Financial services n.e.c.	1,539	1,923	2,164	2,529	3,003	3,382
CP127	Other services n.e.c.	504	525	547	526	575	643
	Households Expenditure on Goods and Services in Ireland	92,439	97,486	101,282	92,116	104,428	120,929
	Expenditure outside the State	5,439	6,030	6,849	2,212	2,061	7,402
	less Expenditure by non-residents	4,825	5,104	5,122	1,931	2,090	6,052
	Total Expenditure of Households (National Concept)	93,053	98,412	103,009	92,398	104,399	122,279
CP13	Expenditure of NPISH on goods and services provided to households (P31) (= Social transfers in kind to Households D63)	1,976	2,059	1,788	1,762	1,718	1,854
CP14	General Government expenditure on goods and services provided to Households (= Social transfers in kind via market producers D632)	5,654	6,350	6,774	7,280	8,003	8,794
CP141	Government - Housing	476	650	824	1,002	1,162	1,713
CP142	Government - Health	4,104	4,325	4,526	4,970	5,247	5,401
CP143	Government - Recreation and Culture	0	0	0	2	1	0
CP144	Government - Education	818	856	890	819	987	1,034
CP145	Government - Social Protection	256	519	534	488	606	646
	158. Personal consumption of goods and services at current market prices	100,682	106,821	111,572	101,440	114,120	132,927
	159. Taxes on personal income and wealth	32,255	34,536	37,324	36,137	42,398	48,379
	160. Total personal expenditure	132,937	141,357	148,896	137,577	156,518	181,306
	160.1 General Government expenditure on goods and services provided to Households (= Social transfers in kind via non-market production by Government D631)	19,087	20,101	22,168	25,084	27,175	29,829
	160.2 Actual Individual Consumption at current market prices	119,769	126,922	133,740	126,524	141,294	162,756
¹Preliminary

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Table 10.2 Annual Percentage Changes in the Main Constituents of Table 10.1

Table 10.3 Consumption of Personal Income (except Taxes on Personal Income and Wealth) at Constant Market Prices (chain linked annually and referenced to year 2021)

Table 10.3 Consumption of Personal Income (except Taxes on Personal Income and Wealth) at Constant Market Prices (chain linked annually and referenced to year 2021)²							€ million
Coicop_code	Description	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022 ¹
CP01	Food and non-alcoholic beverages	8,161	8,501	8,774	8,885	9,070	9,057
CP011	Food	7,220	7,516	7,830	7,976	7,988	7,916
CP012	Non-alcoholic beverages	941	985	943	906	1,083	1,141
CP02	Alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics	5,184	4,983	5,291	5,836	5,859	5,560
CP021	Alcoholic beverages	2,148	2,142	2,235	2,991	2,899	2,593
CP022	Tobacco	2,202	1,963	2,181	1,928	2,041	2,032
CP023	Narcotics	879	891	903	913	919	935
CP03	Clothing and footwear	3,245	3,555	3,809	3,529	4,905	5,353
CP031	Clothing	2,703	2,964	3,113	2,825	4,011	4,292
CP032	Footwear	546	596	697	703	894	1,061
CP04	Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels	28,453	28,932	28,685	29,240	29,435	29,837
CP041	Actual rentals for housing	5,842	5,905	5,974	6,030	6,066	6,156
CP042	Imputed rentals for housing	18,127	18,233	18,347	18,465	18,597	18,773
CP043	Maintenance and repair of the dwelling	306	306	307	309	310	312
CP044	Water supply and miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling	356	359	361	363	364	367
CP045	Electricity, gas and other fuels	3,823	4,114	3,711	4,074	4,098	4,229
CP05	Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance	3,568	3,906	4,185	3,807	4,773	5,562
CP051	Furniture and furnishings, carpets and other floor coverings	1,028	1,128	1,301	1,065	1,618	1,896
CP052	Household textiles	259	320	380	373	494	594
CP053	Household appliances	363	394	407	474	565	551
CP054	Glassware, tableware and household utensils	185	172	174	194	220	242
CP055	Tools and equipment for house and garden	169	186	201	243	292	290
CP056	Goods and services for routine household maintenance	1,575	1,711	1,716	1,457	1,585	1,988
CP06	Health	4,863	5,011	5,239	4,671	5,268	5,600
CP061	Medical products, appliances and equipment	738	775	809	836	911	973
CP062	Out-patient services	1,754	1,803	1,853	1,732	1,741	1,779
CP063	Hospital services	2,379	2,440	2,582	2,100	2,616	2,849
CP07	Transport	12,444	12,818	13,194	10,341	9,816	10,789
CP071	Purchase of vehicles	4,538	4,695	5,007	4,110	3,706	3,357
CP072	Operation of personal transport equipment	4,982	4,887	4,854	4,405	4,489	4,858
CP073	Transport services	2,837	3,110	3,206	1,814	1,620	2,574
CP08	Communications	2,102	2,213	2,296	2,600	2,777	2,843
CP081	Postal services	101	108	107	110	110	107
CP082	Telephone and telefax equipment	250	247	238	229	226	224
CP083	Telephone and telefax services	1,756	1,862	1,954	2,261	2,440	2,512
CP09	Recreation and culture	6,299	6,725	6,619	5,210	5,642	7,115
CP091	Audio-visual, photographic and information processing equipment	162	155	151	138	135	139
CP092	Other major durables for recreation and culture	8	10	19	18	33	32
CP093	Other recreational items and equipment, gardens and pets	876	1,145	995	973	1,247	1,472
CP094	Recreational and cultural services	3,710	3,786	3,786	3,134	3,310	3,806
CP095	Newspapers, books and stationery	755	742	745	725	727	698
CP096	Package holidays	891	946	1,011	230	190	967
CP10	Education	1,720	1,760	1,935	1,896	1,972	1,903
CP101	Pre-primary and primary education	154	154	155	154	153	153
CP102	Secondary education	209	213	218	220	223	226
CP103	Post-secondary non-tertiary education	20	20	20	20	20	21
CP104	Tertiary education	1,181	1,214	1,383	1,340	1,414	1,339
CP105	Education not definable by level	155	157	159	161	162	165
CP11	Restaurants and hotels	15,851	16,452	16,912	10,230	14,210	18,020
CP111	Catering services	13,768	14,240	14,520	9,057	12,620	15,993
CP112	Accommodation services	2,078	2,205	2,381	1,174	1,590	2,027
CP12	Miscellaneous goods and services	9,125	9,272	9,087	9,679	10,700	11,004
CP121	Personal care	2,422	2,556	2,487	2,373	2,773	3,327
CP122	Prostitution	97	99	100	101	102	104
CP123	Personal effects n.e.c.	471	534	635	717	929	1,254
CP124	Social protection	946	1,012	1,046	845	901	1,112
CP125	Insurance	2,096	1,811	1,399	2,182	2,417	1,329
CP126	Financial services n.e.c.	2,620	2,751	2,906	2,981	3,003	3,251
CP127	Other services n.e.c.	538	550	567	536	575	628
	Households Expenditure on Goods and Services in Ireland	100,584	103,864	105,899	95,735	104,428	112,644
	Expenditure outside the State	6,095	6,836	7,673	2,343	2,061	7,161
	less Expenditure by non-residents	5,420	5,561	5,424	2,023	2,090	5,543
	Total Expenditure of Households (National Concept)	101,032	104,886	107,843	96,048	104,399	114,262
CP13	Expenditure of NPISH on goods and services provided to households (P31) (= Social transfers in kind to Households D63)	2,073	2,145	1,836	1,792	1,718	1,779
CP14	General Government expenditure on goods and services provided to Households (= Social transfers in kind via market producers D632)	6,123	6,817	7,138	7,391	8,003	8,785
CP141	Government - Housing	680	832	950	1,040	1,162	1,648
CP142	Government - Health	4,210	4,473	4,662	5,009	5,247	5,422
CP143	Government - Recreation and Culture	0	0	0	2	1	0
CP144	Government - Education	857	886	908	819	987	1,122
CP145	Government - Social Protection	313	619	623	519	606	593
	161. Personal consumption of goods and services at constant market prices	109,245	113,866	116,826	105,236	114,120	124,827
	161.1 General Government expenditure on goods and services provided to Households (= Social transfers in kind via non-market production by Government D631)	20,657	21,450	22,977	25,672	27,175	28,140
	161.2 Actual Individual Consumption at constant market prices	129,868	135,280	139,765	130,915	141,294	152,967
¹ Preliminary
²Chain linked series not additive except for 2021 and 2022

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Table 10.4 Annual Percentage Changes in the Main Constituents of Table 10.3

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Table 10.2 Annual Percentage Changes in the Main Constituents of Table 10.1							%
Coicop_code	Description	2017-2022	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022
CP01	Food and non-alcoholic beverages	2.9	2.3	2.6	0.8	2.2	6.7
CP02	Alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics	4.1	-2.4	8.8	12.4	2.0	0.2
CP03	Clothing and footwear	8.8	7.9	5.5	-10.8	34.7	11.5
CP04	Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels	8.2	9.5	4.4	3.4	9.1	14.9
CP05	Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance	7.5	5.4	3.4	-12.6	25.4	20.2
CP06	Health	4.1	3.2	5.2	-8.4	15.4	6.8
CP07	Transport	1.3	4.2	2.9	-22.4	1.1	27.0
CP08	Communications	5.0	4.9	-0.1	6.9	7.6	5.7
CP09	Recreation and culture	3.1	4.8	-0.8	-20.5	8.7	29.4
CP10	Education	3.0	4.0	12.4	0.9	4.2	-5.7
CP11	Restaurants and hotels	6.0	5.8	6.3	-38.8	44.1	34.6
CP12	Miscellaneous goods and services	6.4	4.5	-0.1	10.2	15.3	3.0
	Expenditure outside the State	6.4	10.9	13.6	-67.7	-6.8	259.1
	Expenditure by non-residents	4.6	5.8	0.4	-62.3	8.3	189.5
CP13	Expenditure of NPISH on goods and services provided to households	-1.3	4.2	-13.1	-1.5	-2.5	7.9
CP14	General Government expenditure on goods and services provided to Households	9.2	12.3	6.7	7.5	9.9	9.9
CP141	Government - Housing	29.2	36.4	26.8	21.5	16.0	47.4
CP142	Government - Health	5.6	5.4	4.7	9.8	5.6	2.9
CP143	Government - Recreation and Culture	..	..	..	..	-63.2	-100.0
CP144	Government - Education	4.8	4.6	4.0	-8.0	20.5	4.9
CP145	Government - Social Protection	20.3	103.0	2.8	-8.7	24.3	6.6
	Personal consumption of goods and services	5.7	6.1	4.4	-9.1	12.5	16.5

Table 10.4 Annual Percentage Changes in the Main Constituents of Table 10.3							%
Coicop_code	Description	2017-2022	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022
CP01	Food and non-alcoholic beverages	2.1	4.2	3.2	1.3	2.1	-0.1
CP02	Alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics	1.4	-3.9	6.2	10.3	0.4	-5.1
CP03	Clothing and footwear	10.5	9.6	7.1	-7.4	39.0	9.1
CP04	Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels	1.0	1.7	-0.9	1.9	0.7	1.4
CP05	Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance	9.3	9.5	7.2	-9.0	25.4	16.5
CP06	Health	2.9	3.0	4.5	-10.8	12.8	6.3
CP07	Transport	-2.8	3.0	2.9	-21.6	-5.1	9.9
CP08	Communications	6.2	5.3	3.8	13.2	6.8	2.4
CP09	Recreation and culture	2.5	6.8	-1.6	-21.3	8.3	26.1
CP10	Education	2.0	2.4	9.9	-2.0	4.0	-3.5
CP11	Restaurants and hotels	2.6	3.8	2.8	-39.5	38.9	26.8
CP12	Miscellaneous goods and services	3.8	1.6	-2.0	6.5	10.6	2.8
	Expenditure outside the State	3.3	12.2	12.2	-69.5	-12.0	247.5
	Expenditure by non-residents	0.4	2.6	-2.5	-62.7	3.3	165.2
CP13	Expenditure of NPISH on goods and services provided to households	-3.0	3.4	-14.4	-2.4	-4.1	3.6
CP14	General Government expenditure on goods and services provided to Households	7.5	11.3	4.7	3.6	8.3	9.8
CP141	Government - Housing	19.4	22.3	14.1	9.5	11.8	41.9
CP142	Government - Health	5.2	6.2	4.2	7.5	4.7	3.3
CP143	Government - Recreation and Culture	..	..	..	..	-65.2	-100.0
CP144	Government - Education	5.5	3.5	2.4	-9.8	20.5	13.8
CP145	Government - Social Protection	13.6	97.6	0.7	-16.7	16.8	-2.1
	Personal consumption of goods and services	2.7	4.2	2.6	-9.9	8.4	9.4

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