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Net Operating Surplus (NOS)

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Net Operating Surplus is obtained after deduction of Compensation of Employees, Non-product taxes less subsidies as well as Consumption of Fixed Capital from Gross Value Added. For more information see the Background Notes.

When examined by A21 sector, Manufacturing activities (C) was the largest sector by NOS in both 1995 and 2018. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (A) declined from the second biggest NOS sector in 1995 to the ninth biggest in 2018. Construction (F), the seventh largest sector by NOS in 1995 increased to the fifth largest in 2005, then declined to the twentieth (and lowest) in 2015 before recovering to the seventh largest NOS by A21 sector in 2018. Information and Communication activities (J) increased from the fifth largest NOS sector in 1995 to the second biggest in 2018.

Figure 6.1 Proportional composition of Net Operating Surplus (NOS) by A21 sector, 1995-2018

Proportional composition of Net Operating Surplus (NOS) by A21 sector, 1995

Proportional composition of Net Operating Surplus (NOS) by A21 sector, 2005

Proportional composition of Net Operating Surplus (NOS) by A21 sector, 2010

Proportional composition of Net Operating Surplus (NOS) by A21 sector, 2018

Table 6.1 NOS by NACE A21 sector, 1995-2018

Table 6.2 NOS by NACE A21 sector by rank, 1995-2018 (1 = biggest sector by value, 20 = smallest sector by value)

Table 6.3 EU Member State NOS by NACE A10 sector, sorted by Industry (NACE 5-39), 2018

GEO/TIME	Romania	Ireland	United Kingdom	Germany	France	Luxembourg
1995	15.9590341044241	16.6095688020177	13.3648409023514	13.0287110811864	11.7615533654417	16.96036199216
1996	14.8968391222431	16.6795095574906	14.1923014589468	13.0656797149365	11.555786698315	16.9869711488155
1997	18.3894160861531	17.4898048344539	17.5914370050543	13.3369131335178	11.6900069813306	15.5126758890934
1998	15.9810449887619	18.2325052846943	17.2192473731599	13.4010196463111	12.1149294236258	13.4808511541298
1999	17.3262651875806	18.4239098600035	15.9954718172967	12.6940615058324	11.6827742917388	14.2512501194028
2000	15.8910241274339	18.9833052212947	15.4341715858696	11.7055796610548	11.5607326309432	12.4214087615618
2001	14.7849615105764	18.95673027299	14.8149738084436	12.1122074789524	11.5068473097502	10.9529978118162
2002	14.4662574998915	20.0694721541879	15.1861683879943	12.3579710782171	11.299406308084	11.0530063643242
2003	15.2751759303524	19.2989042966888	15.5377131930266	12.1253657781392	11.2626247880112	11.3986727753793
2004	17.3633225943239	18.3789103583629	15.05318068684	12.7341428454036	11.2991090745692	10.6860656361391
2005	16.5165503040164	17.7088232233596	15.5413810310972	12.7511594543778	10.9043399651126	10.1652257863514
2006	17.6401521362063	16.419589500531	15.0083453510705	13.4032314068581	10.8059940583234	10.68264328914
2007	21.7445049524067	16.2560517821012	14.5034517425663	13.4247837788912	11.081299793965	10.5281880307518
2008	21.1416956629125	14.2302342280862	14.6630775566032	12.5152475306438	10.7354772246462	9.64143326306128
2009	21.756958303597	14.5163390043498	13.8231417396197	11.0035887878181	9.75359224592017	8.98291148684987
2010	18.128297300918	16.6301660769765	13.5391583552589	11.6527729731536	9.90857437812336	9.5409738126058
2011	17.827816749508	18.9339776665871	13.6602482868732	11.5949943769783	9.58327736781623	10.0139186183457
2012	18.0586845591679	17.2697396226486	14.0298560751487	10.9898489995651	9.17318494857953	9.05971800907983
2013	19.0572510771792	17.1178939484079	13.8876271466409	11.0098678414767	9.04498896641453	9.10307415359322
2014	18.5287758303554	18.2701214374059	14.6024794086882	11.2850365831431	9.2519089909623	8.42402390808627
2015	19.2813367989196	21.3299197227213	14.7277322481669	11.2419164954133	9.83597323387189	8.14649888648096
2016	19.1461234859697	19.7389999412586	14.8622168128967	11.2468634630995	9.63522996148621	8.76244750222509
2017	18.446345223764	20.0049437470719	14.2817513822571	10.9002774984543	9.22384493086924	8.11162162366515
2018	26.7163889256917	20.3320284820939	13.9300841720096	10.3025406160741	8.87739808549404	8.02790930060529

Ireland's NOS as a percentage of Output (and GVA) remained relatively stable between 1995 (17%) and 2018 (20%). During the period it was among the highest among EU Member States and generally higher than the percentages for France, Germany and the UK. Romania provisionally reported the highest NOS as a percentage of Output among EU Member States in 2018 (27%), while the lowest percentage (8%) was reported by Luxembourg.

X-axis label	Net Operating Surplus (NOS)
Cyprus	2.95276517589438
Luxembourg	3.9739429457064
France	5.25558344875346
Malta	5.44290046621102
United Kingdom	7.99498481537289
Italy	9.60417149025869
Belgium	10.6783834165387
Bulgaria	11.2338646037936
Croatia	12.2631819799664
Estonia	12.3406805188916
Latvia	12.368411400066
Greece	14.4470102824538
Netherlands	14.6699279093718
Portugal	14.8927112413731
Poland	17.8633753066023
Slovakia	18.1123469774392
Sweden	18.1719281017435
Austria	18.3471998234203
Slovenia	19.5319327228108
Finland	19.9591495682852
Hungary	20.3073864236197
Denmark	20.8216599137562
Lithuania	21.640088049383
Germany	21.7990697441012
Romania	23.0810289376586
Czechia	23.5117760217198
Ireland	40.3434427172221

Ireland had the highest manufacturing NOS as a percentage of total NOS (40%) of reporting EU Member States in 2018. The next highest reported among EU Member States was in Czechia (24%), while the lowest was in Cyprus (3%).

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Table 6.1 NOS 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	2,544	2,316	2,656	1,948	2,601	2,956
B	Mining and Quarrying	39	-40	-85	-57	-289	98
C	Manufacturing	4,854	14,903	19,779	19,183	51,749	52,266
D	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	291	243	129	629	816	1,400
E	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	33	60	120	117	119	244
F	Construction	906	2,179	5,305	-1,975	2,100	4,030
G	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	2,186	5,053	6,281	6,766	8,867	9,550
H	Transportation and Storage	158	470	797	435	1,380	1,260
I	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	366	613	483	164	632	905
J	Information and Communication	1,790	4,548	5,623	7,515	12,684	18,749
K	Financial and Insurance Activities	2,133	3,943	8,858	9,873	8,133	11,287
L	Real Estate Activities	1,657	3,989	3,716	5,864	9,302	12,932
M	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	338	1,211	2,328	2,387	3,451	3,087
N	Administrative and Support Service Activities	737	1,140	2,208	2,680	5,017	7,011
O	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	9	-1	71	-40	0	0
P	Education	121	153	275	422	386	258
Q	Human Health and Social Work Activities	327	705	1,232	1,645	1,617	1,885
R	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	333	631	923	1,058	755	1,225
S	Other Service Activities	61	140	209	223	339	418
T	Activities of Households as Employers; Activities of Households for Own Use	33	15	16	7	30	-7
U	Activities of Extraterritorial Organisations and Bodies (not included)
	Total	18,917	42,272	60,925	58,843	109,690	129,553

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Table 6.2 NOS 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	2	6	7	8	8	9
B	Mining and Quarrying	17	20	20	19	20	18
C	Manufacturing	1	1	1	1	1	1
D	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	13	14	16	11	12	11
E	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	18	17	17	16	17	17
F	Construction	7	7	5	20	9	7
G	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	3	2	3	4	4	5
H	Transportation and Storage	14	13	12	12	11	12
I	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	9	12	13	15	14	14
J	Information and Communication	5	3	4	3	2	2
K	Financial and Insurance Activities	4	5	2	2	5	4
L	Real Estate Activities	6	4	6	5	3	3
M	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	10	8	8	7	7	8
N	Administrative and Support Service Activities	8	9	9	6	6	6
O	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	20	19	18	18	19	19
P	Education	15	15	14	13	15	16
Q	Human Health and Social Work Activities	12	10	10	9	10	10
R	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	11	11	11	10	13	13
S	Other Service Activities	16	16	15	14	16	15
T	Activities of Households as Employers; Activities of Households for Own Use	19	18	19	17	18	20
U	Activities of Extraterritorial Organisations and Bodies (not included)

Table 6.3 EU Member State NOS 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)
Ireland	2	42	3	9	14	9	10	8	2	1
Czechia	4	27	9	20	5	6	17	7	3	3
Romania	9	27	7	18	5	3	14	8	5	3
Finland	9	25	8	15	6	6	20	6	3	2
Denmark	1	25	10	0	3	9	21	9	-0	3
Germany	2	25	10	17	4	5	19	9	3	5
Sweden	4	24	8	14	7	8	22	10	1	3
Lithuania	4	23	6	40	2	3	11	7	1	3
Austria	4	21	9	27	2	1	19	7	5	3
Portugal	5	21	4	31	2	6	18	5	4	3
Estonia	7	20	9	15	6	7	23	11	1	1
Slovenia	10	19	9	23	3	5	14	11	3	3
Greece	10	19	3	24	4	3	23	6	6	2
Hungary	11	19	9	18	4	4	15	12	4	3
Croatia	12	19	3	16	5	12	23	7	2	3
Netherlands	3	18	7	27	5	12	7	15	5	3
Poland	5	18	11	34	4	4	7	11	4	2
Slovakia	6	17	16	17	4	3	15	16	3	2
Latvia	7	17	7	26	4	6	23	8	-0	4
Bulgaria	10	14	4	25	3	11	23	4	3	2
Belgium	1	12	7	18	4	10	14	27	4	2
United Kingdom	1	11	11	9	5	17	25	13	4	3
Italy	3	11	5	27	2	6	24	13	5	5
France	6	7	9	20	3	1	33	8	12	2
Malta	2	6	4	24	7	4	7	16	3	25
Luxembourg	0	4	5	14	9	43	14	6	4	1
Cyprus	5	2	8	27	9	10	16	13	5	5
¹Table 6.3 2017 data for Sweden and Greece, 2016 data for Croatia and United Kingdom. Spain data unavailable for 2016-2018.
² : Symbol indicates missing data.