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Gross Value Added (GVA)

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Gross Value Added (GVA) is conceptually the same aggregate as Gross Domestic Product (GDP). They both measure the added value generated in an economy by the production of goods and services. The difference between the two concepts is that GDP is measured after including product taxes (e.g. excise duties, non-deductible VAT, etc.) and deducting product subsidies while GVA is measured prior to adding product taxes but includes product subsidies. For more information see the Background Notes.

When GVA is examined by A21 sector, Manufacturing (C) and Information & Communication (J) were the two largest sectors in 2018. The Wholesale, Retail and Motor trade (G) was the second biggest in 1995 declining to the third biggest in 2018. Construction (F), the seventh largest sector by GVA in 1995 increased to the fourth largest in 2005, then declined to the fifteenth largest sector by GVA in 2010 before recovering to the eleventh largest in 2018. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (A) declined from the fifth biggest sector by GVA in 1995 to the sixteenth biggest in 2010 before recovering slightly to the fifteenth largest in 2018.

Figure 4.1 Proportional composition of Gross Value Added (GVA) by A21 sector, 1995-2018

Proportional composition of Gross Value Added (GVA) by A21 sector, 1995

Proportional composition of Gross Value Added (GVA) by A21 sector, 2005

Proportional composition of Gross Value Added (GVA) by A21 sector, 2010

Proportional composition of Gross Value Added (GVA) by A21 sector, 2018

Table 4.1 GVA by NACE A21 sector, 1995-2018

Table 4.2 GVA by NACE A21 sector by rank, 1995-2018 (1 = biggest sector by value, 20 = smallest sector by value)

Table 4.3 EU Member State GVA by NACE A10 sector, sorted by Industry (NACE 5-39), 2018

GEO/TIME	Greece	France	Germany	Ireland	Luxembourg	United Kingdom
1995	54.0865893850735	52.9252017874882	53.6736848430839	43.3460076045627	49.9009133350934	53.7836088318035
1996	54.3977714374166	53.0419558739112	53.5805914898211	43.4939063970726	49.3460207941606	53.8335157477602
1997	55.5189764610603	52.7639215600239	53.1756432052563	43.143576879715	46.5760256486374	53.4829472128791
1998	55.9606368969233	52.7957529439136	52.7878521498295	42.8896867692755	42.9547950365258	53.0552999424656
1999	56.0445298019161	52.1403761089138	51.8116593179662	43.0668581541886	41.5519474316738	53.0168809474096
2000	54.5174892512887	50.8316658880358	50.5044981932605	43.2698162927676	37.4250388418592	53.0764557266464
2001	54.4461511997659	50.6509152924471	50.57546856196	42.8793175110445	37.3621006564551	52.9735261780991
2002	54.4006143125419	51.2005578928376	51.3961704890218	44.1938503842867	38.5799922628442	53.1082357355984
2003	55.9160514092107	51.684037934078	50.7538760217066	43.9339687840881	38.739896345673	53.5099989990861
2004	56.0530084236825	51.5307180827368	50.4286129728927	43.4540947620131	36.3489239161609	53.1147798585033
2005	55.6209784001968	50.9900410791821	49.3709295052693	43.3043502524999	34.1916219102701	53.6756034979377
2006	54.5384096863705	50.3859044306756	48.6963477236882	42.0604434673119	32.168380113834	52.7989397610491
2007	54.3379682009573	50.3249658196723	48.0419398528412	41.7311054728069	30.8254043833946	52.32159252191
2008	55.3322878577325	50.2424257540476	47.3035630462665	39.723276579425	30.6569002853906	52.2431041313348
2009	56.5148682513859	51.7173188732353	48.6710120985364	40.9313765044977	33.184644674499	52.2164050456063
2010	56.2958131681373	50.7641203142886	47.8471536691408	43.0000404148999	31.2891090051907	51.925495297457
2011	56.2731836730022	50.1609229086873	46.8620476946192	46.7327373773734	31.1852721858671	51.525861827493
2012	55.0612999666007	50.1013608644473	47.4248031836048	42.5054467224805	29.9967784216703	51.7488145520649
2013	54.7863105255204	50.4866523378871	48.0983161385311	41.9828114907083	28.8077639460714	51.5867309685589
2014	54.7653554929222	50.6653536082729	48.4708575413913	42.9191075843219	26.2885325150802	52.1427274042448
2015	55.9063423995476	51.0701026169889	48.9503924400961	47.54253287911	25.1674557213058	52.522004462816
2016	56.0208919519363	51.2932419633635	49.2183469225223	46.9211399075138	26.3990477998937	53.0130645292947
2017	55.0790873572816	50.594573748754	48.7813704791322	48.1600349640692	26.0095924832837	51.8142083486005
2018		50.2130951131612	48.6682005589158	47.5647546094447	26.4287332043108	51.2481297378944

Ireland's GVA as a percentage of Output remained relatively stable between 1995 and 2018, staying within the range 40% to 48%. This was less than the percentages for France, Germany and the UK throughout the entire period. Luxembourg showed the lowest GVA as a percentage of Output (26%) among EU Member States in 2018, while Greece (55% in 2017) reported the highest percentage.

X-axis label	Gross Value Added (GVA)
Cyprus	5.60976945402771
Luxembourg	5.68026966936814
Malta	8.22493274864576
United Kingdom	9.91774956971039
France	10.9228212394036
Greece	11.0275715721493
Latvia	11.9163041717534
Netherlands	12.4096209891495
Spain	12.4122216829907
Belgium	13.7842980050076
Portugal	14.061993968602
Denmark	14.9907714670976
Croatia	15.0083311533286
Sweden	15.035807008735
Estonia	15.1942246678346
Bulgaria	15.5382745851162
EU 28	16.0036365946749
Italy	16.7860006347272
Euro area 19	16.8795692999051
Finland	17.5050142771043
Lithuania	18.3798241322769
Austria	18.9451712824393
Poland	19.1294142996052
Slovakia	21.9312030948545
Romania	21.9906415611062
Hungary	22.0860710436378
Germany	22.6528146173535
Slovenia	23.4607226677711
Czechia	25.6334138653439
Ireland	34.6308072461009

In 2018, Ireland had the highest manufacturing GVA as a percentage of total GVA (35%) among reporting EU Member States. The next highest reported was in Czechia (26%), while the EU Member States with the lowest manufacturing GVA as a percentage of total GVA in 2018 were Cyprus and Luxembourg (6%).

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Table 4.1 GVA by NACE A21 sector, 1995-2018
							€million
NACE Level 1 codes (21 of which 20 used in National Accounts)		1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2018
A	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	3,054	2,715	1,756	1,593	2,350	2,973
B	Mining and Quarrying	315	479	575	687	404	672
C	Manufacturing	11,325	25,071	33,347	32,613	90,852	104,958
D	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	910	1,094	1,639	2,515	3,012	3,764
E	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	370	589	945	892	968	1,264
F	Construction	2,908	6,894	14,559	2,289	5,078	8,578
G	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	5,345	10,465	14,797	15,786	19,748	22,599
H	Transportation and Storage	1,715	3,618	5,263	5,659	6,495	7,567
I	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	971	2,651	3,462	3,316	4,364	5,391
J	Information and Communication	3,248	7,756	10,225	13,997	22,846	36,765
K	Financial and Insurance Activities	4,154	7,196	14,597	17,473	17,025	21,700
L	Real Estate Activities	2,802	6,782	9,946	10,065	14,556	19,277
M	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	1,255	3,691	6,502	6,321	10,191	12,555
N	Administrative and Support Service Activities	1,267	2,493	5,580	7,516	14,553	18,734
O	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	2,736	3,830	6,023	6,803	7,968	8,832
P	Education	2,816	3,833	6,940	9,222	8,175	9,055
Q	Human Health and Social Work Activities	2,932	5,148	9,652	11,843	12,389	14,058
R	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	732	1,383	1,991	2,318	2,033	2,660
S	Other Service Activities	435	582	1,042	1,206	1,431	1,658
T	Activities of Households as Employers; Activities of Households for Own Use	78	85	142	33	52	18
U	Activities of Extraterritorial Organisations and Bodies (not included)
	Total	49,367	96,353	148,984	152,147	244,490	303,076

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Table 4.2 GVA by NACE A21 sector by rank, 1995-2018 (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	2018
A	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	5	12	15	16	15	15
B	Mining and Quarrying	19	19	19	19	19	19
C	Manufacturing	1	1	1	1	1	1
D	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	15	16	16	13	14	14
E	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	18	17	18	18	18	18
F	Construction	7	5	4	15	12	11
G	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	2	2	2	3	3	3
H	Transportation and Storage	11	11	12	11	11	12
I	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	14	13	13	12	13	13
J	Information and Communication	4	3	5	4	2	2
K	Financial and Insurance Activities	3	4	3	2	4	4
L	Real Estate Activities	9	6	6	6	5	5
M	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	13	10	9	10	8	8
N	Administrative and Support Service Activities	12	14	11	8	6	6
O	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	10	9	10	9	10	10
P	Education	8	8	8	7	9	9
Q	Human Health and Social Work Activities	6	7	7	5	7	7
R	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	16	15	14	14	16	16
S	Other Service Activities	17	18	17	17	17	17
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 4.3 EU Member State GVA by NACE A10 sector, sorted by Industry (NACE 5-39), 2018
Row total = 100%										% by NACE
Country	A (NACE 1-3)	B-E (NACE 5-39)	F (NACE 41-43)	G-I (NACE 45-56)	J (NACE 58-63)	K (NACE 64-66)	L (NACE 68)	M-N (NACE 69-82)	O-Q (NACE 84-88)	R-U (NACE 90-98)
Ireland	1	37	3	12	12	7	6	10	11	1
Czechia	2	30	6	19	6	4	9	7	16	2
Slovenia	2	27	6	21	4	4	7	10	16	2
Romania	5	26	6	20	6	3	8	8	14	3
Slovakia	3	26	8	19	5	3	10	10	14	2
Germany	1	25	5	16	5	4	10	11	18	4
Poland	2	25	8	26	4	4	5	9	15	2
Hungary	4	25	5	19	5	4	8	10	17	3
Austria	1	22	7	23	4	4	10	10	17	3
Bulgaria	4	22	4	23	7	7	11	6	14	2
Lithuania	3	21	7	32	4	2	7	7	14	2
Finland	3	21	7	15	6	3	13	9	20	3
Estonia	3	20	7	21	6	4	11	9	16	2
Euro area 19	2	20	5	19	5	5	11	12	19	3
Italy	2	20	4	21	4	5	14	10	17	4
Croatia	3	20	5	24	5	6	9	8	16	4
EU 28	2	19	5	19	5	5	11	12	19	3
Sweden	2	19	7	18	7	4	8	12	21	3
Denmark	1	18	6	20	5	6	10	10	21	3
Portugal	2	18	4	25	3	5	13	8	19	3
Belgium	1	16	5	19	4	6	9	15	21	2
Spain	3	16	6	24	4	4	12	9	18	5
Latvia	4	16	7	25	6	4	12	8	16	3
Netherlands	2	15	5	21	5	7	7	15	21	2
Greece	4	15	2	25	3	4	16	5	20	4
United Kingdom	1	14	6	18	7	7	13	13	18	4
France	2	13	6	18	5	4	13	14	22	3
Malta	1	10	4	21	6	6	5	15	17	15
Cyprus	2	8	6	26	6	9	9	10	19	4
Luxembourg	0	7	6	16	7	26	7	12	16	2