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GDP - Expenditure

GDP - Expenditure

Personal Consumption Expenditure decreased by 0.2% in Q3 2024

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Table 3.1 Expenditure Components of GDP1, Q3 20242
 Amount €mQuarterly % change
Personal Consumption of Goods and Services35,993-0.2
Net Expenditure by Central and Local Government on Current Goods and Services13,3201.5
Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation27,332211.9
Net Exports44,888 
     Exports of Goods and Services182,583-7.0
     Less Imports of Goods and Services-137,6952.1
Gross Domestic Product124,5093.5
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 2022 and seasonally adjusted.

On the expenditure side of the accounts (Table 3.5), Capital Investment increased by €17.6 billion in Q3 compared with the previous quarter and accounted for 35.4% of total domestic demand in Q3 2024.

Personal Consumption Expenditure decreased by 0.2% in Q3 2024 compared to Q2 2024, while Government expenditure increased by 1.5% over the same period. There was an overall increase in real GDP of 3.5%.

Personal Consumption ExpenditureGovernment ExpenditureGross Fixed Capital FormationValue of Physical Changes in StocksNet ExportsGDP
Q1 202232.208169838111.90121954723.83915636411.572377613256.2143029279126.1395291935
Q2 202233.457136484112.154435272427.36894768343.935238353253.1678474705129.2821646255
Q3 202234.372945687812.261554640129.79856576713.279906863252.5933658304132.5597866761
Q4 202234.612495616712.277031461929.5089737189-0.121692966853.6755838444132.971296131
Q1 202334.784539917412.331136382724.8450032792.629643865153.0494774119125.8134656235
Q2 202335.363922298412.523705508924.771429455.410557155143.6411057223124.2840944304
Q3 202335.202103042512.837174973424.0945218794.038822425143.7721991568121.5158286329
Q4 202335.855685632712.955915758639.90764093943.205804145126.0985205395119.8726395501
Q1 202435.956348492312.877020066423.69497571741.431310815146.7404275681120.5874264995
Q2 202436.054683953813.119846158.76263137770.675105605161.4408440407120.2830958541
Q3 202435.992897113813.320242863927.3316246559-0.273551764944.887896707124.5093615603

Get the data: NAQ04

Building & ConstructionMachinery & EquipmentIntangiblesGross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation
Q1 20227.85102268066.03172535929.956408324223.8391563641
Q2 20228.14913622347.004754112212.215057347727.3689476834
Q3 20227.9204828837.133353016214.744729867829.7985657671
Q4 20227.54199508856.493786331115.473192299229.5089737189
Q1 20238.19646122636.82515054199.823391510724.845003279
Q2 20237.77076627386.964927702110.03573547424.77142945
Q3 20237.60412234986.49759437389.992805155324.094521879
Q4 20237.62216156926.35562193625.929857434139.9076409394
Q1 20247.46390921135.785140342210.445926163923.6949757174
Q2 20247.51759826967.0603281148-5.81529500688.7626313777
Q3 20247.85481139476.676868860112.79994440127.3316246559

Get the data: NAQ04

Comparisons with Q3 2023

On the expenditure side of the accounts (Table 3.3), Capital Investment decreased by 3.4% compared to the same quarter of 2023. Personal Consumption showed an increase of 1.7% while Government expenditure grew by 4.3% over the same period. Exports of Goods and Services increased by 10.5% (or €17.5 billion) while Imports of Goods and Services increased by 13.3% (or €15.6 billion) over the same period. Net Exports therefore increased by 3.9% (or €1.9 billion) 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 2022)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 2022)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 2022)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 2022)1 - Seasonally Adjusted

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