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Intermediate Consumption at market prices includes all goods and services used up in the production process in the accounting period, regardless of the date of purchase. For more information see the Background Notes.

When examined by A21 sector and similar to Output, the three largest sectors by Intermediate Consumption in 2017 were Manufacturing (C), Information & Communication (J) and Financial & Insurance activities (K). Construction (F), the third largest sector by Intermediate Consumption in 1995 increased to the second largest in 2005. Construction Intermediate Consumption then declined following 2005, but not as precipitously as Output, declining to fifth biggest by rank in 2010 before recovering to fourth biggest in 2017. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (A) declined from the fifth biggest sector by Intermediate Consumption in 1995 to the twelfth biggest in 2010 before recovering to the eighth largest in 2017.

Figure 3.1 Proportional composition of Intermediate Consumption by A21 sector, 1995-2017

Proportional composition of Intermediate Consumption by A21 sector, 1995

Proportional composition of Intermediate Consumption by A21 sector, 2005

Proportional composition of Intermediate Consumption by A21 sector, 2010

Proportional composition of Intermediate Consumption by A21 sector, 2017

Table 3.1 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A21 sector, 1995-2017

Table 3.2 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A21 sector by rank, 1995-2017

Table 3.3 EU Member State Intermediate Consumption by NACE A10 sector, sorted by Industry (NACE 5-39), 2017

	Ireland	France	Germany	Greece	United Kingdom	Luxembourg
1995	56.6539014752706	47.0747982125118	45.9794703731121	45.9134106149265	46.333613271845	50.0990866649066
1996	56.5060936029274	46.9580441260888	46.0576117526475	45.6022285625834	46.281781082847	50.6539792058394
1997	56.856423120285	47.2361291395449	46.4669308727327	44.4810722677512	46.6130537373436	53.4239743513626
1998	57.1103132307245	47.2042910703142	46.9085128030261	44.0393631030767	46.9655974280268	57.0452049634742
1999	56.9331418458114	47.8596238910862	47.8209222734942	43.9554701980839	47.3641910841294	58.4480525683262
2000	56.7301837072324	49.1683341119642	49.0627943899726	45.4825107487113	47.4338878359233	62.5749611581408
2001	57.1206824889555	49.349121304612	49.014521801337	45.5538488002341	47.6378369966403	62.6378993435449
2002	55.8061496157133	48.7994421071624	48.0352623286441	45.599385687458	47.3868327553199	61.4200077371558
2003	56.0659970531173	48.3159620659221	48.7113268889872	44.0839485907893	46.7985914936937	61.2602688141852
2004	56.5459052379869	48.4692819172632	49.0700626789709	43.9469595044251	46.9560498908194	63.6510760838391
2005	56.6948441633865	49.0099267724519	50.0430806646155	44.3790215998032	46.1009030058964	65.8083780897299
2006	57.9395565326881	49.6141260238428	50.8037275122975	45.4615903136295	47.3283760731804	67.831619886166
2007	58.26887062482	49.6750052996114	51.3909100640695	45.6620582708907	47.9092383636248	69.1745029796671
2008	60.2767471822248	49.7575742459524	52.0988731518493	44.6677121422675	47.8819440332051	69.3430997146094
2009	59.0686234955022	48.2826811267647	50.6558471375627	43.4851317486141	47.9742458926853	66.815355325501
2010	57.5447981460065	49.2358796857114	51.389547547247	43.7041586337211	48.189070482149	68.7108909948093
2011	54.2731130996053	49.8391042261088	52.5019405503025	43.7268163269978	48.5345012857627	68.8146473131593
2012	57.8929014032734	49.8986391355527	51.8229875821441	44.9387326180992	48.4437256977666	70.0032215783297
2013	57.9454274884121	49.5133476621129	51.1510639193059	45.2136894744796	48.6242864423753	71.1922360539286
2014	57.3033215690709	49.3346463917271	50.8023211608407	45.2346445070778	47.9894003337932	73.7114674849198
2015	52.9698424434904	48.9298973830111	50.1264489031436	44.0936576004524	47.7553053002408	75.1277748539087
2016	54.5138598032733	48.871332552944	49.6564819573254	43.9791080480637	47.2508056406129	74.7307888765146
2017	54.5211420298893	49.3094496597515	49.9570060201734	44.9208776777079	47.7768390978463	74.7349040113242

Ireland's Intermediate Consumption as a percentage of Output has remained relatively stable between 1995 and 2017. It was lowest in 2015 at 53% and highest in 2008 at 60%. In 2017, the EU Member State with the highest Intermediate Consumption as a percentage of Ouput was Luxembourg (75%), while Greece (45%) had the lowest percentage.

X-axis label	Intermediate Consumption
Luxembourg	6.80547457678529
Malta	8.95647711899986
Cyprus	10.0483366200806
United Kingdom	20.4551033617308
Latvia	22.8759592472372
Denmark	24.1880075077502
France	27.1593863204802
Croatia	27.5978891793817
Greece	30.6665639219825
Sweden	30.886826857252
Netherlands	32.3608898053551
Estonia	34.0015633590527
Romania	34.8644483990376
Belgium	35.0280342109927
Ireland	35.444596091732
Finland	35.732609365652
Austria	36.5873562822324
Portugal	37.6484134392345
Bulgaria	39.4834895080703
Spain	39.7378297046967
Italy	40.5910118224544
Slovenia	41.5192573077406
Lithuania	42.2175329712956
Poland	42.3295568246834
Germany	42.6286920446336
Czechia	47.0629295331898
Slovakia	47.4888561753348
Hungary	51.3815141736809

Ireland's manufacturing Intermediate Consumption as a percentage of total Intermediate Consumption was 35% in 2017. This placed Ireland among the middle group of EU Member States. In 2017, the highest reported manufacturing Intermediate Consumption as a percentage of total Intermediate Consumption was in Hungary (51%), while the lowest reported among EU Member States was in Luxembourg (7%).

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Table 3.1 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A21 sector, 1995-2017
							€million
NACE Level 1 codes (21 of which 20 used in National Accounts)		1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2017
A	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	4,697	4,026	3,554	4,601	6,018	8,792
B	Mining and Quarrying	443	674	943	884	671	947
C	Manufacturing	21,563	45,531	66,529	57,258	100,066	117,255
D	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	988	1,188	2,808	3,262	3,338	4,427
E	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	450	726	1,438	755	988	1,149
F	Construction	5,898	13,982	25,494	10,193	13,460	17,443
G	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	3,168	6,459	9,290	15,378	15,292	15,773
H	Transportation and Storage	1,537	3,530	5,784	9,603	9,644	10,754
I	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	1,474	4,025	4,479	4,016	2,706	3,311
J	Information and Communication	8,423	16,831	21,599	33,946	62,707	79,300
K	Financial and Insurance Activities	4,993	8,051	20,793	22,917	27,248	31,581
L	Real Estate Activities	1,165	2,820	5,993	7,791	4,677	5,493
M	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	1,953	5,530	8,519	10,167	8,622	11,269
N	Administrative and Support Service Activities	1,804	3,585	4,499	7,706	5,853	6,692
O	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	1,036	1,451	1,644	5,964	6,013	6,626
P	Education	1,013	1,379	2,364	3,177	1,158	1,302
Q	Human Health and Social Work Activities	2,368	4,165	6,347	5,353	5,678	5,912
R	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	577	1,093	1,551	942	560	653
S	Other Service Activities	811	1,105	1,126	2,280	1,901	2,134
T	Activities of Households as Employers; Activities of Households for Own Use	162	177	296	0	0	0
U	Activities of Extraterritorial Organisations and Bodies (not included)
	Total	64,524	126,327	195,049	206,194	276,598	330,811

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Table 3.2 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A21 sector by rank, 1995-2017 (1 = biggest sector by value, 20 = smallest sector by value)
							Rank
NACE Level 1 codes (21 of which 20 used in National Accounts)		1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2017
A	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	5	8	12	12	8	8
B	Mining and Quarrying	19	19	19	18	18	18
C	Manufacturing	1	1	1	1	1	1
D	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	15	15	13	14	13	13
E	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	18	18	17	19	17	17
F	Construction	3	3	2	5	5	4
G	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	6	5	5	4	4	5
H	Transportation and Storage	10	11	9	7	6	7
I	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	11	9	11	13	14	14
J	Information and Communication	2	2	3	2	2	2
K	Financial and Insurance Activities	4	4	4	3	3	3
L	Real Estate Activities	12	12	8	8	12	12
M	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	8	6	6	6	7	6
N	Administrative and Support Service Activities	9	10	10	9	10	9
O	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	13	13	15	10	9	10
P	Education	14	14	14	15	16	16
Q	Human Health and Social Work Activities	7	7	7	11	11	11
R	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	17	17	16	17	19	19
S	Other Service Activities	16	16	18	16	15	15
T	Activities of Households as Employers; Activities of Households for Own Use	20	20	20	20	20	20
U	Activities of Extraterritorial Organisations and Bodies (not included)

Table 3.3 EU Member State Intermediate Consumption by NACE A10 sector, sorted by Industry (NACE 5-39), 2017
Row total = 100%										% by NACE
Country	NACE 1-3	NACE 5-39	NACE 41-43	NACE 45-56	NACE 58-63	NACE 64-66	NACE 68	NACE 69-82	NACE 84-88	NACE 90-98
Slovakia	2	54	8	15	3	2	3	7	4	2
Hungary	4	54	5	16	3	2	3	5	6	2
Czechia	2	52	8	15	3	2	5	7	4	1
Germany	1	47	6	16	5	5	3	8	8	2
Lithuania	7	47	6	21	2	2	3	4	7	1
Italy	1	47	7	19	4	3	2	7	6	3
Poland¹	4	46	11	18	3	3	3	5	5	1
Slovenia	2	46	9	19	4	2	1	8	6	2
Portugal	3	46	7	21	4	4	2	6	7	2
Spain	2	46	9	20	4	3	2	6	6	2
Bulgaria	4	45	9	20	4	2	3	5	4	3
Austria	2	45	10	17	4	4	5	7	7	1
Romania	5	41	10	24	4	1	2	7	4	2
Finland	2	40	10	16	5	3	5	6	11	3
Estonia	4	39	9	23	4	2	3	6	6	2
Belgium	1	38	10	18	4	5	3	12	7	2
Ireland	3	37	5	9	24	10	2	5	4	1
Croatia¹	4	37	10	20	4	3	2	8	10	3
Netherlands	2	35	9	18	5	5	6	10	8	2
Greece	5	35	6	31	4	3	1	6	7	3
Sweden¹	1	34	7	17	8	2	8	10	11	2
France	3	32	9	19	5	7	2	13	7	2
Latvia	7	29	12	28	4	3	4	5	6	2
United Kingdom¹	1	28	11	19	5	9	4	9	12	2
Denmark	3	27	9	:²	5	4	5	9	10	2
Malta	1	13	4	14	6	28	1	8	4	21
Cyprus	2	13	9	31	11	18	3	6	5	2
Luxembourg	0	8	3	8	11	55	1	11	2	0
¹Table 3.3 2016 data for Poland, Croatia, Sweden and United Kingdom.
² : Symbol indicates missing data.