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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 2018 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 where it remained in 2018. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (A) declined from the fifth biggest sector by Intermediate Consumption in 1995 to the twelfth biggest in 2005 before recovering to the ninth largest in 2018.

Figure 3.1 Proportional composition of Intermediate Consumption by A21 sector, 1995-2018

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, 2018

Table 3.1 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A21 sector, 1995-2018

Table 3.2 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A21 sector by rank, 1995-2018 (1 = biggest sector by value, 20 = smallest sector by value)

Table 3.3 EU Member State Intermediate Consumption by NACE A10 sector, sorted by Industry (NACE 5-39), 2018

GEO/TIME	Greece	France	Germany	Luxembourg	Ireland	United Kingdom
1995	45.9134106149265	47.0747982125118	46.3263121612543	50.0990866649066	56.6539014752706	46.2163911681965
1996	45.6022285625834	46.9580441260888	46.4194085101789	50.6539792058394	56.5060936029274	46.1664789350684
1997	44.4810722677512	47.2361291395449	46.8243567947437	53.4239743513626	56.856423120285	46.5170527871209
1998	44.0393631030767	47.2042910703142	47.2121478501705	57.0452049634742	57.1103132307245	46.9446960595889
1999	43.9554701980839	47.8596238910862	48.1883406820338	58.4480525683262	56.9331418458114	46.9831714673123
2000	45.4825107487113	49.1683341119642	49.4955018067395	62.5749611581408	56.7301837072324	46.9235442733536
2001	45.5538488002341	49.349121304612	49.42453143804	62.6378993435449	57.1206824889555	47.0264706062994
2002	45.599385687458	48.7994421071624	48.6038295109782	61.4200077371558	55.8061496157133	46.8917642644016
2003	44.0839485907893	48.3159620659221	49.2461239782934	61.2602688141852	56.0659970531173	46.4900500653211
2004	43.9469595044251	48.4692819172632	49.5713870271074	63.6510760838391	56.5459052379869	46.8852626601705
2005	44.3790215998032	49.0099267724519	50.6290704947308	65.8083780897299	56.6956788139047	46.3243965020623
2006	45.4615903136295	49.6141260238428	51.3036522763118	67.831619886166	57.9395565326881	47.2011008706811
2007	45.6620582708907	49.6750052996114	51.9580601471588	69.1745029796671	58.26887062482	47.678371552777
2008	44.6677121422675	49.7575742459524	52.6964369537335	69.3430997146094	60.2767471822248	47.7568958686652
2009	43.4851317486141	48.2826811267647	51.3289879014636	66.815355325501	59.0686234955022	47.7835949543937
2010	43.7041586337211	49.2358796857114	52.1528463308592	68.7108909948093	56.9999595851001	48.0744676438849
2011	43.7268163269978	49.8391042261088	53.1379523053808	68.8146473131593	53.267292795575	48.4741713749783
2012	44.9387326180992	49.8986391355527	52.5751968163952	70.0032215783297	57.4945264430695	48.251185447935
2013	45.2136894744796	49.5133476621129	51.9016838614689	71.1922360539286	58.0171885092917	48.4132690314411
2014	45.2346445070778	49.3346463917271	51.5291424586087	73.7114674849198	57.0808924156781	47.8573029778111
2015	44.0936576004524	48.9298973830111	51.049607559904	74.8325442786942	52.45746712089	47.4779933069134
2016	43.9791080480637	48.7067580366365	50.7816530774777	73.6009522001063	53.0788600924862	46.9869354707053
2017	44.9208776777079	49.405426251246	51.2186295208678	73.9904075167163	51.8399650359308	48.1857891919329
2018		49.7869048868388	51.3317994410842	73.5712667956892	52.4352453905553	48.7518678865663

Ireland's Intermediate Consumption as a percentage of Output has remained relatively stable between 1995 and 2018. It was lowest in 2017 at 52% and highest in 2008 at 60%. In 2018, the EU Member State with the highest Intermediate Consumption as a percentage of Ouput was Luxembourg (74%), while Greece (45% in 2017) had the lowest percentage.

X-axis label	Intermediate Consumption
Luxembourg	7.06129500014864
Malta	8.7189159870411
Cyprus	9.94937750600484
United Kingdom	19.4703225664885
Latvia	22.3653342243638
Denmark	23.5288968355963
France	26.817571863101
Croatia	27.5978891793817
Sweden	29.8882578672251
Greece	30.6665639219825
Netherlands	32.24384417923
Estonia	32.9701512973232
Ireland	34.3716534245288
Romania	34.584686100362
Belgium	34.8877238494038
Finland	36.8240120298702
Austria	37.0008052810906
Spain	37.3364842016717
Portugal	37.6537012344662
Bulgaria	38.7662789993337
Lithuania	39.636175627582
Italy	40.8377575253264
Slovenia	41.5980303074713
Germany	41.771411251449
Poland	42.3295568246834
Czechia	46.5404781412901
Slovakia	48.544853054316
Hungary	51.0573681921941

Ireland's manufacturing Intermediate Consumption as a percentage of total Intermediate Consumption was 34% in 2018. This placed Ireland among the middle group of EU Member States. In 2018, 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, 1995-2018
							€million
NACE Level 1 codes (21 of which 20 used in National Accounts)		1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2018
A	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	4,697	4,026	3,554	4,601	6,179	6,729
B	Mining and Quarrying	443	674	943	884	684	736
C	Manufacturing	21,563	45,531	66,529	57,258	98,379	114,839
D	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	988	1,188	2,808	3,262	3,531	3,227
E	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	450	726	1,296	755	788	1,248
F	Construction	5,898	13,982	25,494	10,193	10,213	18,706
G	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	3,168	6,459	9,290	15,378	16,281	22,406
H	Transportation and Storage	1,537	3,530	5,784	9,607	9,368	10,585
I	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	1,474	4,025	4,479	4,016	2,353	3,427
J	Information and Communication	8,423	16,831	21,599	33,946	62,670	72,657
K	Financial and Insurance Activities	4,993	8,051	20,940	20,547	26,683	35,536
L	Real Estate Activities	1,165	2,820	5,993	7,791	4,793	5,917
M	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	1,953	5,530	8,519	10,167	8,502	9,856
N	Administrative and Support Service Activities	1,804	3,585	4,499	7,706	5,741	12,820
O	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	1,036	1,451	1,644	3,803	5,619	6,071
P	Education	1,013	1,379	2,364	3,177	1,025	1,151
Q	Human Health and Social Work Activities	2,368	4,165	6,347	5,353	4,465	5,045
R	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	577	1,093	1,551	942	622	1,293
S	Other Service Activities	811	1,105	1,126	2,297	1,869	1,862
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	195,056	201,683	269,765	334,110

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Table 3.2 Intermediate Consumption 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	8	12	11	8	9
B	Mining and Quarrying	19	19	19	18	18	19
C	Manufacturing	1	1	1	1	1	1
D	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	15	15	13	14	13	14
E	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	18	18	17	19	17	17
F	Construction	3	3	2	5	5	5
G	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	6	5	5	4	4	4
H	Transportation and Storage	10	11	9	7	6	7
I	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	11	9	11	12	14	13
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	11	11
M	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	8	6	6	6	7	8
N	Administrative and Support Service Activities	9	10	10	9	9	6
O	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	13	13	15	13	10	10
P	Education	14	14	14	15	16	18
Q	Human Health and Social Work Activities	7	7	7	10	12	12
R	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	17	17	16	17	19	16
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), 2018¹
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)
Slovakia	2	56	7	14	3	2	3	7	4	3
Hungary	4	54	6	16	3	2	3	5	6	2
Czechia	2	51	8	15	3	2	5	7	4	1
Poland	4	47	10	18	3	2	3	6	5	1
Italy	1	46	7	19	4	4	2	7	7	2
Slovenia	2	46	10	19	4	2	1	7	6	2
Germany	1	46	6	16	5	5	3	9	8	2
Austria	2	46	10	16	4	4	5	7	7	1
Portugal	3	46	7	21	4	3	2	6	7	2
Lithuania	6	44	7	23	3	2	3	6	6	1
Bulgaria	4	44	10	20	4	3	3	5	4	3
Spain	3	43	8	21	5	3	2	8	6	2
Finland	2	41	10	16	5	3	4	6	11	3
Romania	5	40	10	24	4	1	2	7	4	2
Belgium	1	38	10	18	4	5	2	12	7	2
Estonia	5	38	10	23	4	2	4	6	6	2
Croatia	4	37	10	20	4	3	2	8	10	3
Ireland	2	36	6	11	22	11	2	7	4	1
Netherlands	2	35	9	18	6	4	5	11	8	2
Greece	5	35	6	31	4	3	1	6	7	3
Sweden	3	33	8	19	7	2	7	9	10	2
France	2	32	9	19	5	7	3	14	7	2
Latvia	6	28	15	28	4	3	4	5	5	2
United Kingdom	1	27	11	17	5	9	4	10	13	2
Denmark	3	26	10	0	5	4	5	9	9	2
Cyprus	2	13	10	30	11	18	3	5	5	2
Malta	1	12	5	14	6	26	1	7	4	23
Luxembourg	0	8	3	8	13	57	1	7	2	0
¹Table 3.3 2017 data for Sweden and Greece, 2016 data for Croatia and United Kingdom.
² : Symbol indicates missing data.