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Personal Consumption Expenditure declined by 5.1% in Q1

Table 3.1 Expenditure Components of GDP1, Q1 20212
 Amount €mQuarterly % change
Personal Consumption of Goods and Services23,761-5.1
Net Expenditure by Central and Local Government on Current Goods and Services9,8071.1
Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation19,030-19.5
Net Exports46,261 
     Exports of Goods and Services132,4065.8
     Less Imports of Goods and Services-86,145-8.9
Gross Domestic Product97,3897.8
1Series not additive, Value of Physical Changes in Stocks not shown on table (see Table 3.5 for full detail).
2Constant Market Prices, chain linked annually and referenced to year 2018 and seasonally adjusted.

On the expenditure side of the accounts (Table 3.5), Capital Investment, showed a decrease of €5.8 billion in Q1 compared with the previous quarter and accounted for 36.9% of total domestic demand in Q1 2021.

Personal Consumption Expenditure declined by 5.1% in Q1 compared to Q4, while Government expenditure increased by 1.1% over the same period. Combining this with the growth in net exports, there was an overall increase in real GDP of 7.8% in Q1 compared to Q4.

Personal Consumption ExpenditureGovernment ExpenditureGross Fixed Capital FormationValue of Physical Changes in StocksNet ExportsGDP
Q1 201826.1902688937.845833686416.2565267071.810675534627.55288678779.594004062
Q2 201826.4339195248.063700117316.668100919-0.360649106730.16581868682.139727397
Q3 201826.4621618058.18798242519.224984150.254179500126.75133079882.139281147
Q4 201826.4571904758.134670935240.405437733-0.299250769610.71733278483.997924825
Q1 201927.2561494338.505033754718.7034138340.964968429227.68918471782.94236962
Q2 201927.3490942498.538919108259.991374-1.103613284-8.4917623487.116809717
Q3 201927.1408980538.601249207521.1458213581.226893614127.22563186386.755665161
Q4 201927.1359745468.627070239762.0206562270.653182777-6.2905528500000190.441029472
Q1 202026.8294506788.668289678850.0612745311.0407804074-2.6038646199999986.367405027
Q2 202021.4755455519.594006641717.3779805071.632041259336.64025687284.777676656
Q3 202025.6402090239.685770017418.4574823440.712170348543.02664388294.52884539
Q4 202025.0284382599.698729328323.6358615661.804079361130.59619470490.331168079
Q1 202123.7605329049.806713582119.0301275620.628107663346.26077678897.389235716
Building & ConstructionMachinery & EquipmentIntangiblesMachinery & Equipment + IntangiblesGross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation
Q1 20185.82225078415.69305773394.7412181888016.256526707
Q2 20186.14246307865.04225392765.4833839128016.668100919
Q3 20186.19374977497.16726060835.8639737664019.22498415
Q4 20186.12088300457.756538563226.528016165040.405437733
Q1 20196.3265232556.47834631275.8985442663018.703413834
Q2 20196.41251411655.875509550247.703350333059.991374
Q3 20196.82806467286.6782705697.6394861159021.145821358
Q4 20196.63463340846.25758672549.128436094062.020656227
Q1 20206.75228679350043.308987737550.061274531
Q2 20204.35292355353.30481830589.7202386473017.377980507
Q3 20205.89632882415.44100047177.1201530479018.457482344
Q4 20206.73858589640016.897275669623.635861566
Q1 20215.53827699366.03597645387.455874115019.030127562

Comparisons with Q1 2020

On the expenditure side of the accounts (Table 3.3) Capital Investment contracted by €31.3 billion driven by Intellectual Property Products (IPP). Personal Consumption Expenditure exhibited a year-on-year decline of 11.9% reflecting ongoing COVID-19 related restrictions to economic activity while Government expenditure increased by 13.4% over the same period.

Table 3.2 Expenditure on Gross National Product at Current Market Prices

Table 3.3 Expenditure on Gross National Product at Constant Market Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2018)1

Table 3.4 Expenditure on Gross National Product at Current Market Prices - Seasonally Adjusted

Table 3.5 Expenditure on Gross National Product at Constant Market Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2018)1 - Seasonally Adjusted

Table 3.6 Components of Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation at Current Market Prices - Non-Seasonally Adjusted

Table 3.7 Components of Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation at Constant Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2018)1 - Non-Seasonally Adjusted

Table 3.8 Components of Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation at Current Market Prices & Constant Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2018)1 - Seasonally Adjusted

FOR UPDATES TABLES, PLEASE CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK: Quarterly National Accounts Q1 2021 Updates Tables (XLS 54KB)


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