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GDP - Expenditure

GDP - Expenditure

Personal Consumption Expenditure increased by 0.3% in Q3

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Table 3.1 Expenditure Components of GDP1, Q3 20222
 Amount €mQuarterly % change
Personal Consumption of Goods and Services27,8070.3
Net Expenditure by Central and Local Government on Current Goods and Services10,791-0.3
Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation48,96191.8
Net Exports30,860 
     Exports of Goods and Services167,4024.8
     Less Imports of Goods and Services-136,54227.0
Gross Domestic Product120,0732.3
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 2020 and seasonally adjusted.

On the expenditure side of the accounts (Table 3.5), Capital Investment increased by €24.4 billion in Q3 compared with the previous quarter and accounted for 57.1% of total domestic demand in Q3 2022.

Personal Consumption Expenditure grew by 0.3% in Q3 2022 compared to Q2 2022, while Government expenditure decreased by 0.3% over the same period. There was an overall increase in real GDP of 2.3%.

Personal Consumption ExpenditureGovernment ExpenditureGross Fixed Capital FormationValue of Physical Changes in StocksNet ExportsGDP
Q1 202026.6194785519.273169060178.0993781392.039149497-23.3323842592.68529145
Q2 202022.52163365310.44768351517.644202691.79106595435.86135383387.509844248
Q3 202025.67682980410.52000207225.1644055720.43479991639.47127678598.793740128
Q4 202024.93578127510.63853265737.1694267620.22669067919.4311254494.2038901
Q1 202123.35613436810.7807454718.4428573582.06636630549.386984573102.62787296
Q2 202126.30177184910.76658533319.3605258850.30171335349.497454691104.61043908
Q3 202127.2425314210.82524395819.677181772.85550906348.493265986108.58293539
Q4 202127.24735576911.15253023138.7976237560.03672792828.70553915107.38261436
Q1 202227.12027078110.89470244221.2372431614.17236539153.20343237114.8685579
Q2 202227.71800972410.82776484725.5215917271.40226237252.25930876117.35498531
Q3 202227.80693581410.79143564948.9613979752.40214296130.85990108120.07344219

Get the data: NAQ04

Building & ConstructionMachinery & EquipmentIntangiblesMachinery & Equipment + IntangiblesGross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation
Q1 20206.89894903760071.200429101478.099378139
Q2 20204.63601962073.08726606099.9209170083017.64420269
Q3 20206.04333839075.456224687513.664842494025.164405572
Q4 20206.39481440820030.774612353837.169426762
Q1 20215.2075748115.76749067347.4677918737018.442857358
Q2 20215.93058386835.61076058727.8191814297019.360525885
Q3 20215.91469123445.28370470348.4787858319019.67718177
Q4 20216.20267017246.399412711426.195540872038.797623756
Q1 20226.47242991215.83809901048.9267142387021.237243161
Q2 20226.77281164977.847322685210.901457393025.521591727
Q3 20226.7499920638.121306197834.090099714048.961397975

Get the data: NAQ04

Comparisons with Q3 2021
On the expenditure side of the accounts (Table 3.3) Capital Investment grew by €28.7 billion. Personal Consumption showed an increase of 2.2% while Government expenditure decreased by 0.9% over the same period. Exports of Goods and Services increased by 16.2% (or €23.4 billion) in Q3 2022 compared with the same quarter of 2021. Imports of Goods and Services grew by 43.5% (or €40.2 billion) over the same period. Net Exports therefore decreased by 32.6% (or €16.8 billion) over the period year-on-year.

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 2020)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 2020)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 2020)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 2020)1 - Seasonally Adjusted

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