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Year 2020 Analysis

Multinational sector growth was 18.2% in 2020 while non-MNE dominated sectors declined by 9.5%

Table 6.1 Gross Value Added for sectors dominated by Foreign-owned MNEs and Other Sectors, 20201
 Amount €mAnnual % change
Foreign-owned MNE dominated166,51018.2
Other166,367-9.5
Total GVA (MNE dominated + Other)332,8782.5
1Constant Market Prices, chain linked annually and referenced to year 2018.

Preliminary estimates indicate that Gross Value Added (GVA) at constant (2018) basic prices for sectors where foreign-owned multinational enterprises are dominant grew by 18.2% between 2019 and 2020. The non-MNE dominated sectors of the economy declined by 9.5% over the same period, resulting in an overall growth rate of 2.5%.

The share of total GVA at constant prices accounted for by the foreign-owned MNE dominated sectors stood at 50.0% in 2020, an increase from 43.4% in 2019.

Foreign-owned MNE-dominatedOther
201412.40665004079516.06803205550346
201583.55445183564156.05619435897944
20160.5659593805577462.14374624074212
201710.16737004785795.70962663798698
201816.55779979452254.78087185098142
20196.88623918781374.4805799382196
202018.1734100496374-9.50230249893134

Quarter 4 2020 Analysis

Non-MNE dominated sectors grew by 3.3% in Q4 2020 while Multinational sector decreased by 3.9%

Table 6.2 Gross Value Added for sectors dominated by Foreign-owned MNEs and Other Sectors, Q4 20201
 Amount €mQuarterly % change
Foreign-owned MNE dominated42,018-3.9
Other42,9053.3
Total GVA (MNE dominated + Other)84,922-0.4
1Constant Market Prices, chain linked annually and referenced to year 2018, seasonally adjusted.

On a seasonally adjusted basis, initial estimates indicate that Gross Value Added (GVA) in volume terms in the Foreign-owned MNE dominated sector decreased by 3.9% for the fourth quarter of 2020. GVA for the non-MNE dominated sectors of the economy increased by 3.3% over the same period.

Real GVA for the total economy amounted to almost €85 billion in the Q4 2020 reference period, with GVA for MNE dominated sectors representing approximately 49.5% of Total GVA while GVA for the non-MNE dominated sectors represented approximately 50.5% of the total.

Foreign-owned MNE-dominatedOther
Q1 2018-2.242888865082521.47996554220797
Q2 20185.793527884814711.8145796217895
Q3 2018-1.345191096938771.18329887294131
Q4 2018-1.417714988764841.0964660106437
Q1 2019-1.21579008941470.964099010441744
Q2 201911.35924437240250.77637459772848
Q3 2019-0.2076400262834840.708990728234604
Q4 20190.9700412331219212.63343539268062
Q1 202010.1364605583565-2.85276735748798
Q2 20201.38731182481719-20.9122523344012
Q3 20207.6180337245621314.8449123383166
Q4 2020-3.86138123339373.29626624514892
Table 6.3 Gross Value Added at Current Basic Prices & Constant Basic Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2018)1

Table 6.4 Gross Value Added at Current Basic Prices & Constant Basic Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2018)1 - Seasonally Adjusted


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