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GDP - Expenditure

GDP - Expenditure

Personal Consumption Expenditure increased by 1.1% in Q4

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Table 3.1 Expenditure Components of GDP1, Q4 20222
 Amount €mQuarterly % change
Personal Consumption of Goods and Services28,2951.1
Net Expenditure by Central and Local Government on Current Goods and Services11,1292.5
Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation26,091-46.5
Net Exports50,791 
     Exports of Goods and Services169,2710.4
     Less Imports of Goods and Services-118,480-13.4
Gross Domestic Product121,2740.3
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 decreased by €23.1 billion in Q4 compared with the previous quarter and accounted for 41.3% of total domestic demand in Q4 2022.

Personal Consumption Expenditure grew by 1.1% in Q4 2022 compared to Q3 2022, while Government expenditure increased by 2.5% over the same period. There was an overall increase in real GDP of 0.3%.

Personal Consumption ExpenditureGovernment ExpenditureGross Fixed Capital FormationValue of Physical Changes in StocksNet ExportsGDP
Q1 202026.6089471839.290611705978.1064463052.039149497-23.2530029392.712640168
Q2 202022.53273354310.45323447217.6459091171.79106595435.81566429787.531389336
Q3 202025.71411571210.55521156925.0932682650.43479991639.1658047298.805618452
Q4 202024.88715333610.57743902337.2470419430.22669067919.7590962694.102774951
Q1 202123.35711346110.80594266318.4561123212.06636630549.488732809102.69197387
Q2 202126.31412878410.76321776219.3490912940.30171335349.465433015104.65670022
Q3 202127.31207622310.87681209719.5573730562.85550906347.899216738108.60306963
Q4 202127.14856054811.07310097538.9224658860.03672792829.27445025107.23146934
Q1 202227.24008279810.9229321521.1985809894.1663135153.31782454114.93971203
Q2 202227.72860511210.9232339625.5009448921.46967729252.34422155117.56153802
Q3 202227.97398596110.86130545748.8098088392.0568961431.68481439120.90571102
Q4 202228.29468705211.12896613526.0910218221.68359081450.79118266121.27393134

Get the data: NAQ04

Building & ConstructionMachinery & EquipmentIntangiblesMachinery & Equipment + IntangiblesGross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation
Q1 20206.91717338970071.189272915378.106446305
Q2 20204.63006715073.09472187059.9211200955017.645909117
Q3 20205.97763765195.45083294813.664797665025.093268265
Q4 20206.46392739080030.783114552237.247041943
Q1 20215.23211636385.75623506197.4677608952018.456112321
Q2 20215.90817925335.62157070657.8193413341019.349091294
Q3 20215.80022044065.27840124088.4787513742019.557373056
Q4 20216.32451310626.402478043526.195474737038.922465886
Q1 20226.44498065125.82692091788.9266794201021.198580989
Q2 20226.74231253837.886394150610.872238203025.500944892
Q3 20226.59943820888.163129436834.047241193048.809808839
Q4 20226.18240915156.824250773913.084361897026.091021822

Get the data: NAQ04

Comparisons with Q4 2021
On the expenditure side of the accounts (Table 3.3) Capital Investment decreased by €11.3 billion. Personal Consumption showed an increase of 4.5% while Government expenditure grew by 1.3% over the same period. Exports of Goods and Services increased by 13.9% (or €21.3 billion) in Q4 2022 compared with the same quarter of 2021. Imports of Goods and Services grew by 1.3% (or €1.6 billion) over the same period. Net Exports therefore increased by 72.8% (or €19.7 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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