Some international comparisons of the key characteristics of the business economy are presented here. These comparisons are possible as structural business statistics are collected across the EU28. The reference year used for the EU data is 2013 as data for 2014 is incomplete for some countries. Irish data is the most recent data published by CSO and all remaining data is available on the Eurostat website.
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Industry (%) | Services (%) | Construction (%) | Distribution (%) | Financial (%) | |
Belgium | 6.8 | 49.6 | 16.4 | 25.1 | 2.1 |
Bulgaria | 10.5 | 38.9 | 6 | 43.2 | 1.4 |
Czech Republic | 17.5 | 37.5 | 16.4 | 23.5 | 5.1 |
Denmark | 9.1 | 53.9 | 14.2 | 19.8 | 3 |
Germany | 10.9 | 51.8 | 13.1 | 22.1 | 2.1 |
Estonia | 10.6 | 50.9 | 12.6 | 24.6 | 1.3 |
Ireland | 6.8 | 50.9 | 19.9 | 19.3 | 3.1 |
Spain | 7.3 | 45.7 | 15.8 | 28.6 | 2.6 |
France | 8.6 | 45.7 | 17.7 | 26 | 2 |
Croatia | 15.2 | 44.8 | 13.2 | 26.1 | 0.7 |
Italy | 11.2 | 42 | 14.3 | 30.2 | 2.3 |
Cyprus | 11.5 | 35.9 | 15.8 | 32.9 | 3.9 |
Latvia | 10.9 | 50.6 | 8.9 | 28 | 1.6 |
Lithuania | 11.5 | 35.1 | 14.8 | 36.6 | 2 |
Luxembourg | 3.3 | 55.8 | 11.3 | 24.5 | 5.1 |
Hungary | 9.7 | 50.2 | 10.5 | 25.6 | 4 |
Malta | 8.6 | 41.7 | 14 | 33.6 | 2.1 |
Netherlands | 6 | 53.8 | 14.5 | 22.8 | 2.9 |
Austria | 8.7 | 56.4 | 9.5 | 22.6 | 2.8 |
Poland | 12.9 | 35.8 | 15.1 | 32.8 | 3.4 |
Portugal | 8.8 | 49.8 | 10.3 | 28.7 | 2.4 |
Romania | 10.7 | 38.7 | 9.3 | 39.7 | 1.6 |
Slovenia | 15.5 | 48 | 15 | 20 | 1.5 |
Slovakia | 15.8 | 34.8 | 19.9 | 28.3 | 1.2 |
Finland | 10.7 | 49.5 | 17.2 | 20.7 | 1.9 |
Sweden | 8.4 | 55.9 | 14.3 | 19.5 | 1.9 |
United Kingdom | 7.4 | 57 | 14.5 | 19.4 | 1.7 |
Industry (%) | Services (%) | Construction (%) | Distribution (%) | Financial (%) | |
Belgium | 20.6 | 41.9 | 10.6 | 22.4 | 4.5 |
Bulgaria | 31.5 | 31.8 | 7.5 | 25.8 | 3.4 |
Czech Republic | 35.7 | 31.9 | 9.5 | 19.4 | 3.5 |
Denmark | 22.3 | 37.9 | 9.5 | 24.1 | 6.2 |
Germany | 31.2 | 36.5 | 7.9 | 20 | 4.4 |
Estonia | 28.2 | 38 | 10.2 | 21.3 | 2.3 |
Ireland | 15.6 | 44 | 7.1 | 25.8 | 7.5 |
Spain | 17.2 | 42.4 | 10.8 | 25.9 | 3.7 |
France | 20.1 | 40.1 | 11.8 | 23.1 | 4.9 |
Croatia | 30.4 | 33.2 | 10.3 | 22.1 | 4 |
Italy | 27 | 36.8 | 9.7 | 22.6 | 3.9 |
Cyprus | 14.5 | 40.8 | 9.7 | 26.6 | 8.4 |
Latvia | 22.9 | 38.5 | 10.6 | 25.1 | 2.9 |
Lithuania | 24.7 | 33.6 | 12.1 | 27.8 | 1.8 |
Luxembourg | 12.6 | 42.3 | 14.4 | 17.3 | 13.4 |
Hungary | 30 | 37.5 | 7.4 | 21.5 | 3.6 |
Malta | 19.1 | 44.7 | 7.3 | 23.3 | 5.6 |
Netherlands | 13.5 | 47.8 | 8.1 | 26.3 | 4.3 |
Austria | 22.7 | 40.5 | 10 | 22.5 | 4.3 |
Poland | 32.2 | 28 | 10.4 | 25.2 | 4.2 |
Portugal | 23.3 | 38.3 | 10.4 | 24.6 | 3.4 |
Romania | 33.6 | 30.2 | 9.5 | 24.3 | 2.4 |
Slovenia | 35.2 | 31.5 | 10.8 | 18.8 | 3.7 |
Slovakia | 32.7 | 32.2 | 10 | 22.6 | 2.5 |
Finland | 25.1 | 39.5 | 12.2 | 19.9 | 3.3 |
Sweden | 21.1 | 43.6 | 11.7 | 20.6 | 3 |
United Kingdom | 14.4 | 48.4 | 7.1 | 24.8 | 5.3 |
The structural business surveys are used to compile international comparisons for Turnover, Gross Value Added (GVA), productivity and profitability. See Tables 9.3 to 9.6.
The sectoral breakdown is somewhat different in these tables compared to the Business Demography data presented in Tables 9.1 and 9.2. Industry has been replaced by Manufacturing for confidentiality reasons and it was not possible to include the Financial and Insurance Activities sector.
Services (ex. Finance) | Distribution | Construction | Manufacturing | |
Ireland | 46.6144164271615 | 16.6361815505678 | 3.86485253780672 | 32.884549484464 |
Germany | 39.6544859073595 | 18.1395267794168 | 5.98296454334169 | 36.2230227698819 |
Italy | 47.787817315878 | 0.378525080271616 | 10.2149821357948 | 41.6186754680556 |
Spain | 44.0644236995509 | 23.5650952008194 | 8.23797186146681 | 24.1325092381628 |
France | 46.9544498776814 | 20.049057282515 | 10.2312629647849 | 22.7652298750188 |
United Kingdom | 55.2403236704079 | 17.0901485218006 | 9.35311890252424 | 18.3164089052672 |
GVA per person engaged | |
Ireland (all enterprises) | 92.381046795978 |
Luxembourg | 80.0124908920579 |
Denmark | 72.1716423896202 |
Belgium | 67.87067423193 |
Sweden | 67.890096994105 |
Austria | 60.2014088725507 |
France | 57.0311577121363 |
Finland | 56.9007336615773 |
United Kingdom | 55.0224648022887 |
Netherlands | 54.8998422468579 |
Ireland (indigenous) | 52.7 |
Germany | 52.2086211066879 |
Italy | 42.0099314009815 |
Spain | 37.4250906737774 |
Cyprus | 32.1300013331951 |
Slovenia | 29.2517303078805 |
Estonia | 23.198218608806 |
Greece | 22.2659132365542 |
Czech Republic | 22.1649427651164 |
Portugal | 21.4817335699364 |
Slovakia | 20.7114104694456 |
Hungary | 19.5285670089373 |
Poland | 19.1503346149843 |
Croatia | 18.0893416111016 |
Latvia | 15.5834284898658 |
Lithuania | 13.8243633509017 |
Romania | 12.1749853581089 |
Bulgaria | 9.10822349156772 |
Gross operating surplus as a percentage of turnover | |
Ireland (all enterprises) | 15.5153035503526 |
United Kingdom | 12.4034860688814 |
Romania | 10.5094243385099 |
Croatia | 10.4369771192804 |
Cyprus | 10.1305799399306 |
Poland | 10.0287835910578 |
Denmark | 9.9499643424601 |
Italy | 9.65864442101044 |
Austria | 9.5862168792237 |
Greece | 9.45772432061149 |
Germany | 9.29816620953418 |
Hungary | 9.31514184913807 |
Slovakia | 9.3323672539805 |
Czech Republic | 9.15586741122946 |
Netherlands | 9.0259262198547 |
Ireland (indigenous) | 8.9 |
Spain | 8.77639768120472 |
Latvia | 8.55563723934283 |
Slovenia | 8.44981117351134 |
Belgium | 8.02880118825459 |
Estonia | 7.98748929978631 |
Bulgaria | 7.78858092682341 |
Portugal | 7.76931809285211 |
Sweden | 7.8449373979636 |
Finland | 7.45923765498621 |
Lithuania | 7.11109210638844 |
France | 5.88619945199347 |
Luxembourg | 5.46752308781909 |
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