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Intermediate Consumption

Intermediate Consumption increased to €521 billion in 2023

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CSO statistical release, 15 November 2024, 11am

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.

Table 3.1 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A64 sector, 2018-2023

Table 3.1 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A64 sector, 2018-2023¹								€million
ESA A64 code	NACE Rev. 2	Activity	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
1	1	Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	6,143	5,655	5,666	6,191	7,876	7,439
2	2	Forestry and logging	152	138	142	163	156	132
3	3	Fishing and aquaculture	237	220	263	292	287	281
4	05-09	Mining and quarrying	557	959	452	482	363	337
5	10-12	Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products	16,492	15,479	16,185	20,130	24,124	25,919
6	13-15	Manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel and leather products	245	171	147	157	205	176
7	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	735	625	614	921	1,010	1,020
8	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	357	321	381	380	431	508
9	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	433	399	344	350	449	451
10-11	19-20	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products; basic chemicals	10,284	9,847	8,559	10,289	9,208	8,849
12, 17²	21 & 26	Manufacture of pharmaceutical products; computer, electronic and optical products	63,785	68,191	71,101	83,852	86,031	68,552
13	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	1,028	998	1,063	1,512	1,494	1,512
14	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	1,709	1,207	1,190	1,679	2,313	2,351
15	24	Manufacture of basic metals	568	856	734	1,100	1,086	1,272
16	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	1,696	1,681	1,767	1,632	1,812	2,199
18	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	684	982	547	628	1,007	1,054
19	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified	2,023	1,655	1,227	1,628	2,071	2,061
20-21	29-30	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers; other transport equipment	687	939	737	545	560	676
22	31-32	Manufacture of furniture; other manufacturing	9,858	11,124	11,079	10,662	11,563	10,604
23	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	735	825	621	632	613	721
24	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply	3,860	4,986	4,935	7,450	12,347	12,795
25	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	392	563	305	443	499	594
26	37-39	Sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	948	1,030	925	1,257	1,349	1,344
27	41-43	Construction	18,019	17,966	19,283	26,183	33,987	33,728
28	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1,548	795	689	779	1,403	1,655
29	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	12,397	14,104	13,337	12,451	16,217	16,556
30	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	4,984	4,733	5,615	5,347	6,915	7,045
31	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	2,320	2,359	2,466	2,395	2,349	2,403
32	50	Water transport	466	626	497	480	681	716
33-34	51-52	Air transport, Warehousing and support activities for transportation	10,595	10,772	4,967	5,927	16,231	20,474
35	53	Postal and courier activities	668	1,330	809	605	971	1,020
36	55-56	Accommodation; food and beverage service activities	3,072	3,015	1,850	2,974	3,657	4,243
37-38, 40²	58-60, 62-63	Publishing, audiovisual and broadcasting activities; Computer programming, consultancy and related activities; information service activities	77,590	80,206	94,683	139,075	152,659	168,176
39	61	Telecommunications	2,344	2,731	2,139	2,695	3,029	3,317
41	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	6,600	8,968	8,471	8,793	9,099	11,314
42	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	11,439	13,985	13,355	12,409	16,661	18,330
43	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	4,636	4,811	5,452	6,229	6,374	8,559
44	68	Real estate activities	5,054	4,784	4,643	4,534	5,109	5,319
45	69-70	Legal and accounting activities; activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	6,503	9,008	8,119	12,599	18,967	20,054
46	71	Architectural and engineering services; technical testing and analysis	918	958	1,002	1,126	1,653	1,653
47	72	Scientific research and development	727	530	625	649	1,009	985
48	73	Advertising and market research	407	508	318	710	774	759
49	74-75	Other professional, scientific and technical activities; veterinary activities	475	701	564	919	1,172	1,141
50	77	Rental and leasing activities	4,574	6,193	4,526	6,679	7,465	7,314
51	78	Employment activities	682	953	358	1,254	1,373	1,394
52	79	Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation services and related activities	213	225	365	300	283	277
53	80-82	Security and investigation activities; services to buildings and landscape activities; office administrative, office support and other business support activities	5,569	3,370	4,003	5,168	5,628	5,740
54	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	5,063	5,597	5,849	6,253	6,628	7,114
55	85	Education	1,378	1,585	1,625	1,627	1,788	1,905
56	86	Human health activities	5,109	5,760	7,195	8,218	9,004	9,380
57	87-88	Social work activities	2,147	2,294	2,662	2,878	3,260	3,305
58	90-92	Creative, arts and entertainment activities; libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities; gambling and betting activities	980	1,083	964	941	1,286	1,306
59	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	536	475	448	231	632	670
60	94	Activities of membership organisations	1,898	2,056	1,908	2,001	2,720	2,454
61	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	45	44	34	48	86	97
62	96	Other personal service activities	534	540	896	684	1,472	1,612
63	97-98	Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use	0	0	0	0	0	0
64	99	Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies (not included)
01-63	01-98	All NACE economic sectors	323,097	341,916	348,701	435,537	507,398	520,862
¹Preliminary figures.
² Codes aggregated for confidentiality reasons.

Open in Excel: Output and Value Added by Activity 2023 Table 3.1 (XLS 19KB)

Table 3.2 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A10 sector in constant market prices, 2013-2023 (chain linked annually and referenced to year 2022)

	Manufacturing	Construction	Information and Communication	Other
2012	32.7667501118836	2.23532237617791	21.6791942510539	43.3187332608846
2013	31.836610359635	2.59283054399048	24.6476320736856	40.9229270226889
2014	33.9580171661905	3.80935841883709	24.9395037462869	37.2931206686855
2015	38.1435604749279	3.78160052735875	24.3208296997757	33.7540092979376
2016	37.3581254113305	4.83140330115798	20.5664181304859	37.2440531570256
2017	34.5304418457886	5.8078303484719	22.0731402130808	37.5885875926587
2018	34.4535893026331	5.57707114706777	24.7399533526555	35.2293861976436
2019	33.7214515602645	5.25453669074193	24.256663938159	36.7673478108346
2020	33.3507606947348	5.52982536744779	27.7664636400989	33.3529502977186
2021	31.2482643113896	6.01159416754984	32.5505575594671	30.1895839615935
2022	28.3755491006302	6.69837810787167	30.6836083539028	34.2424644375954
2023	24.5601719428469	6.47541618498665	32.9248621687279	36.0395497034385

In the above figure, a version of which is repeated across the Output method chapters, the 2012-2023 time-series of notable sectors of the economy are displayed. To allow for greater comparability over time the percentage contribution made by each to the total is displayed.

Unlike Output, Manufacturing (C) was the not the biggest single A21 sector of the economy when measured by Intermediate Consumption in 2023. Information and Communication (J) was the biggest sector. These two sectors dominated and combined they comprised 57% of total Intermediate Consumption across the economy in 2023.

Construction (F) had Intermediate Consumption which was 20% of Information and Communication in 2023.

The Other category in the figure above is total Output less Manufacturing, Information and Communication and Construction. Sector figures can be found in Table 3.1 above and in the full 1995-2023 time series available in the CSO's PxStat database.

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Table 3.2 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A10 sector in constant market prices, 2013-2023 (chain linked¹ annually and referenced to year 2022)													€million
NACE	A10 codes	Activity	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
01-03	A	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	7,077	6,744	6,748	7,168	7,476	8,470	7,652	7,973	8,085	8,320	7,638
05-39	B-E	Industry (excluding construction)	72,780	80,421	101,036	104,982	102,855	116,433	127,661	134,010	156,713	158,535	144,267
10-33	C	of which: Manufacturing	64,278	72,164	92,083	95,182	92,359	106,211	114,828	121,180	143,530	143,977	127,508
41-43	F	Construction	6,996	10,753	11,685	15,627	19,917	20,720	20,408	21,916	28,558	33,987	32,463
45-56	G-I	Distribution, transport, hotels and restaurants	30,140	29,247	28,443	39,333	36,599	37,565	38,684	32,526	32,630	48,426	54,267
58-63	J	Information and communication	60,027	62,980	69,100	62,156	67,735	82,524	86,415	98,198	144,672	155,688	171,611
64-66	K	Financial and insurance activities	19,439	20,999	21,944	23,107	25,975	26,420	31,434	29,597	28,598	32,134	38,123
68	L	Real estate activities	4,537	4,663	5,034	4,936	5,184	5,773	5,361	5,167	4,731	5,109	5,116
69-82	M-N	Professional, admin and support services	19,917	15,149	15,607	20,657	22,185	21,098	23,338	20,321	29,879	38,323	39,008
84-88	O-Q	Public administration, education and health	11,355	12,252	12,813	13,555	13,720	14,598	16,116	18,641	19,833	20,680	21,020
90-98	R-U	Arts, entertainment and other services	4,650	4,700	4,158	4,030	4,092	4,307	4,440	4,449	4,035	6,196	5,830
01-98	Total		234,399	245,589	275,916	294,494	303,147	335,818	359,568	370,812	457,395	507,398	519,344
¹Chain linked series not additive except for 2022 and 2023.

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