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EU Member State Comparisons

In Ireland in 2024, the Manufacturing and Information & Communication sectors contributed 57% of Output

Online ISSN: 2009-096X
CSO statistical release, , 11am

This chapter contains EU Member State data alongside comparable Irish estimates. These EU data were sourced from the Eurostat database. Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union and is part of the European Commission. The National Statistical Institutes (NSI) of each EU Member State (the CSO in Ireland) provide these data. These charts illustrate the data available at the start of November 2025 and are subject to revision. 2024 data for Sweden was unavailable at the time of preparation.

There are six charts provided. The first set of three charts displays the contribution made to total Output, Intermediate Consumption and GVA in each EU Member State by the same sectors described in earlier chapters (Manufacturing, Construction, Information & Communication, Other) ordered by increasing Manufacturing. The second set of three charts displays the contribution made to Output by Intermediate Consumption and GVA in these sectors in 2024 in each reporting EU Member State ordered by increasing GVA.

X-axis labelOtherInformation and communicationConstructionManufacturing
Cyprus65.277758348138718.40199767776959.605640501937526.71460347215422
Malta78.13148064219310.35477867963144.111903094227687.40183758394792
Luxembourg81.51918525956537.189756096700133.439140647196997.8519179965376
France68.95568949100855.751696041853657.4330550050889817.8595594620489
Latvia67.79751804223835.270173573487628.8850271570611818.0472812272129
Croatia66.38541700551134.5953901447959310.004422570752519.0147702789403
Netherlands66.05547750272525.39651198005477.5340841840680221.0139263331521
Estonia61.60532786832959.850150513045957.414633772856121.1298878457685
Greece71.03919143221623.685081834392924.0966911824297421.1790355509612
Romania60.90135921956515.9962246831740911.610340507759321.4920755895015
Denmark65.77201405296524.970519469025567.1527537381402922.1047127398689
Belgium63.92307530871554.706689204264168.7968650983536622.5733703886667
Portugal64.63188045294084.574893587529027.124910952105223.6683150074249
Spain64.04790201317964.445270986146457.2910819694829624.215745031191
Lithuania62.70470876251375.028537954628627.7768763137813324.4898769690763
Bulgaria59.17702385623796.622078031279788.754844922441225.4460531900411
Austria62.56890844255043.934542385309537.846503188796325.6500459833437
Finland59.52639686425235.818138836143467.2945025279677927.3609617716364
Germany61.27103748053125.001746497451555.679101818054428.0481142039628
Italy59.88290330097973.470899834937527.9530832068915628.6931136571912
Ireland38.582277834561328.33438782726254.2617632226091128.8215711155671
Poland56.88867423677174.104806565175739.7315560833946829.2749631146578
Slovenia56.17217979742814.140497735426229.5252555688427330.1620668983029
Czechia52.82204231186384.869564675362357.7521269831915334.5562660295823
Hungary54.4630705032083.940815591870726.9905518958235134.6055620090978
Slovakia52.71039732428114.015517847643937.8194809257694235.4546039023055

In 2024 the Manufacturing sector in Ireland contributed 28.8% of total Output. This was at the higher end of the reporting EU Member States, with Slovakia the highest at 35.5% and Cyprus the lowest at 6.7%. Irish Construction contributed 4.3% of total Output, the fourth lowest among reporting EU Member States, with Romania the highest at 11.6% and Luxembourg the lowest at 3.4%. Irish Information and Communication was 28.3% of total Output, the highest in the EU with Italy the lowest at 3.5%. The size of the Manufacturing and Information and Communication sectors meant that the balance of the economy contributed 38.6% of total Output in 2024, the lowest among reporting EU Member States. See Figure 6.1.

X-axis labelOtherInformation and communicationConstructionManufacturing
Cyprus55.795786628194723.556131103468112.64577788829178.00230438004545
Malta78.51139479443819.093054097813794.301897640763618.09365346698452
Luxembourg79.95594111554017.974140666262492.877641653755559.19227656444185
Denmark61.397004231945.281517908224999.3625940613085423.9588837985265
Latvia60.52934678470653.7411849703417111.567517760943224.1619504840086
France60.28693544311035.950119883409039.1657825446902824.5971621287904
Croatia58.94289630466953.5480250978850312.28996357639425.2191150210514
Ireland32.297297708185535.1963990163415.7019516082769826.8043516671965
Estonia53.134701373179410.3228939174628.3716306246389928.1707740847197
Romania52.80744302364664.4214940174558914.426459283736428.3446036751611
Netherlands55.1706869137145.756625769853019.4949694836169729.577717832816
Belgium53.38613490776234.9595774339514511.437039143972730.2172485143135
Greece58.559318528753.715012893973165.9442610998304231.7814074774464
Portugal53.79868347386584.271236665278179.0166731748662132.9134066859898
Austria53.4066223395183.93761328368799.1321114191572733.5236529576368
Lithuania53.56410347649724.630964665694057.9235668789808933.8813649788279
Bulgaria48.00536576905055.0684190909191612.100381213165734.8258339268646
Germany52.96170299679025.115745468650166.371013227250535.5515383073092
Spain50.14888571640844.829532715034288.8348897897662736.1866917787911
Finland49.21916385904695.312934827905278.6545320986869536.8133692143609
Slovenia46.60722984043573.8767768314464112.050127680930537.4658656471873
Poland46.24946171033273.4888256379517611.914498933512838.3472137182028
Italy47.96717834902193.475410581749029.6498297252947238.9075813439343
Czechia43.82539085052123.268608140051399.2986900440686543.6073109653587
Hungary41.49574649163852.81138665477877.8674707007143847.8253961528684
Slovakia41.30982587335743.197604007434557.2671799453927948.2253901738153

In 2024 the Manufacturing sector in Ireland contributed 26.8% of total Intermediate Consumption. This was on the lower end of reporting EU Member States, with Slovakia the highest at 48.2% and Cyprus the lowest at 8%. Irish Construction contributed 5.7% of total Intermediate Consumption, with Romania the highest at 14.4% and Luxembourg the lowest at 2.9%. Irish Information and Communication was 35.2% of total Intermediate Consumption, the highest among reporting EU Member States, with Hungary the lowest at 2.8%. The size of the Information and Communication sector meant that the balance of the economy contributed 32.3% of total Intermediate Consumption in 2024, the lowest among reporting EU Member States, with Luxembourg the highest at 80%. See Figure 6.2.

X-axis labelOtherInformation and communicationConstructionManufacturing
Luxembourg85.60064434402065.141880577156884.90496690345294.35250817536964
Cyprus77.755818135280711.61909884107095.60478475410425.02029826954417
Malta77.475652767772812.53145727891033.7842287938186.20866115949893
Greece83.6710453617233.654737825937742.226587124835410.4476296875038
France78.17008573031625.540782698446445.5912634354552410.6978681357821
Netherlands78.50522863229624.984622837617565.2912726413577211.2188758887285
Latvia75.69268303779616.931095667603135.9711211455999311.4051001490008
Spain78.34416346604634.050026745459645.7031508698642311.9026589186298
Estonia72.14843246494719.261991034472886.2234507254056712.3661257751744
Croatia74.03813759180655.672349122925237.6543303461132412.635182939155
Belgium77.62121513030584.377931690443775.3646094478469712.6362437314035
Portugal76.52140756290014.908159678434755.0486855980791913.521747160586
Bulgaria72.4246465490748.464442667267654.7876559390586414.3232548445997
Romania69.08620379209187.588646130408048.7625849934670214.5625650840331
Lithuania71.78198019158225.423356519010517.631202145087415.1634611443199
Finland71.61790416532026.410798180417115.6990396645869116.2722579896758
Italy74.00721296319093.46555301927755.9418439964507916.5853900210808
Austria72.79968706740683.931114247451226.4109697754009716.858228909741
Slovakia68.25148921939275.130486005836358.5723695267261618.0456552480448
Poland70.02068476662154.865114357247617.0371539966231718.0770468795077
Hungary70.36682453479745.326001926047685.9150562140454618.3921173251095
Germany70.31791153519834.877628935832944.9257760988608119.8786834301079
Denmark70.38122559969824.64287275379194.8246168994448820.1512847470651
Czechia65.51628030890417.128462959863655.5699388954733521.785317835759
Slovenia67.0272823825434.43996234146.6597759916373821.8729792844196
Ireland45.525413088889420.75379555099732.6707601402858231.0500312198275

In 2024 the Manufacturing sector in Ireland contributed 31.1% of total GVA. This was the highest of reporting EU Member States and Luxembourg the lowest at 4.4%. Irish Construction contributed 2.7% of total GVA, the second lowest among reporting EU Member States, with Romania the highest at 8.8% and Greece the lowest at 2.2%. Irish Information and Communication was 20.8% of total GVA, the highest in the EU, with Italy the lowest at 3.5%. The size of the Manufacturing and Information and Communication sectors meant that the balance of the economy contributed 45.5% of total GVA in 2024, the lowest among reporting EU Member States. See Figure 6.3.

X-axis labelIntermediate ConsumptionGVA
Luxembourg84.648129169138915.3518708308611
Slovakia78.462155648464421.5378443515356
Hungary76.128858682544323.8711413174557
Spain75.769976217870624.2300237821293
Belgium75.661621071973324.3383789280267
Greece75.484155432341624.5158445676584
Netherlands75.096353655929924.9036463440701
Bulgaria74.248038961141125.7517643448911
Estonia73.927590059486126.0724099405139
Czechia73.851806240073926.1481937599261
Italy73.549924080049626.4500759199504
Portugal72.762846709955727.2371532900443
Finland72.63251043430427.3674895656961
Poland72.363130824336127.6368691756639
France70.963841845730529.0361581542695
Latvia69.708938766879130.2910612331209
Malta69.215604415994130.7843955840059
Austria68.948615760402631.0513842395974
Lithuania68.93374261554531.066257384455
Cyprus67.71948831201332.2825951081295
Croatia67.238122276941232.7618777230588
Romania66.310320256950633.6896797430494
Germany66.069103668561533.9308963314385
Slovenia66.032066474326833.9679335256732
Denmark55.606799899144444.3932001008556
Ireland48.814102307747751.1858976922523

In 2024 the Output of the Manufacturing sector in Ireland was 51.2% GVA and 48.8% Intermediate consumption. This was the highest proportion of GVA among reporting EU Member States, Luxembourg had the lowest at 15.4%. See Figure 6.4.

X-axis labelIntermediate ConsumptionGVA
Luxembourg80.193611412469919.8063885875301
Cyprus72.737431866385927.2625681336141
Ireland65.199167395237634.8008326047624
Belgium59.558847725791940.4411522742081
Estonia58.111696959490141.8895985283258
Netherlands56.91362474042843.086375259572
Malta55.586318948223644.4153389591657
Spain55.087488930283744.9125110697163
Denmark54.513388027407145.4866119725929
Italy54.311239150567345.6887608494327
Germany53.312731737441946.6872682625581
France53.303121999241546.6968780007585
Austria52.796021462875847.2039785371242
Greece50.710984480449649.2883590241853
Slovenia49.77353270036250.2283624234844
Finland49.295497739039350.7045022609608
Portugal48.851378759406351.1486212405937
Poland46.953336656624653.0466633433755
Slovakia45.93463210433154.065367895669
Lithuania45.886749876595454.1132501234046
Bulgaria41.522368430997658.4776315690024
Hungary39.298060396160760.7019396038393
Czechia39.282701158453960.717007918914
Croatia39.141828697079760.8581713029203
Romania37.074921466239562.9250785337605
Latvia36.961750329738563.0382496702615

In 2024 the Output of the Information and Communication sector in Ireland was 34.8% composed of GVA and 65.2% Intermediate consumption. This was the third lowest proportion of GVA among reporting EU Member States, with Latvia the highest at 63% and Luxembourg the lowest at 19.8%. See Figure 6.5.

X-axis labelIntermediate ConsumptionGVA
Bulgaria74.981562894825625.0184371051744
Cyprus74.806303157404225.1936968425958
Belgium73.48569547174426.514304528256
Greece72.988342840945327.0110666241482
Ireland70.225018307702529.7749816922975
Czechia70.198772315513829.8012276844862
Latvia67.787510162757532.2124898372425
Poland67.635294296902432.3647666499063
Slovenia67.250455140825932.7495448591741
Netherlands67.239503623255232.7604963767448
Denmark67.153571911029732.8464280889703
Malta66.224114896459633.7758851035404
Portugal66.217239812149733.7827601878503
Italy65.812713479760734.1872865202393
Finland64.047880403533535.9521195964665
France63.536759405831336.4632405941687
Estonia62.607348765166537.3926512348335
Romania62.47465885506837.525341144932
Croatia62.278104462123837.7218955378762
Hungary61.99552179766838.004478202332
Spain61.440573436663638.5594265633364
Austria61.398450269058138.6015497309419
Luxembourg60.500200121098939.4987736168553
Germany58.475310486566941.5246895134331
Slovakia53.609914288076646.3900857119234
Lithuania50.766017983184149.2339820168159

In 2024 the Output of the Construction sector in Ireland was 29.8% composed of GVA and 70.2% Intermediate consumption. This was the fifth lowest proportion of GVA among reporting EU Member States, with Lithuania the highest at 49.2% and Bulgaria the lowest at 25%. See Figure 6.6.