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Output and Value Added by Activity 2024

Intermediate Consumption

Intermediate Consumption increased to €592 billion in 2024

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CSO statistical release, 13 November 2025, 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, 2019-2024

Table 3.1 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A64 sector, 2019-2024¹								€million
ESA A64 code	NACE Rev. 2	Activity	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	1	Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	5,696	5,716	6,316	7,937	7,822	7,543
2	2	Forestry and logging	162	162	183	179	140	158
3	3	Fishing and aquaculture	225	252	286	296	229	230
4	05-09	Mining and quarrying	959	429	426	295	314	262
5	10-12	Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products	15,479	16,217	18,909	24,206	26,261	27,759
6	13-15	Manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel and leather products	171	151	158	207	243	249
7	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	625	616	921	1,011	988	1,046
8	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	321	354	403	474	569	582
9	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	399	345	277	360	269	293
10-11	19-20	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products; basic chemicals	9,847	8,566	10,366	9,815	11,627	11,204
12, 17²	21 & 26	Manufacture of pharmaceutical products; computer, electronic and optical products	68,191	71,164	83,976	85,342	72,205	94,775
13	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	998	1,068	1,518	1,502	1,667	1,784
14	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	1,207	1,271	1,766	2,429	2,406	2,413
15	24	Manufacture of basic metals	856	715	1,022	1,085	988	999
16	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	1,681	1,763	1,620	1,814	2,107	2,499
18	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	982	546	629	1,058	1,042	1,262
19	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified	1,655	1,276	1,741	2,176	2,317	2,483
20-21	29-30	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers; other transport equipment	939	770	527	611	682	716
22	31-32	Manufacture of furniture; other manufacturing	11,124	11,143	11,300	11,461	11,448	9,967
23	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	825	616	626	628	720	649
24	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply	5,024	4,944	7,403	12,466	11,436	12,896
25	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	563	306	330	376	812	734
26	37-39	Sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	1,030	924	1,278	1,347	1,461	1,481
27	41-43	Construction	17,966	19,293	26,216	33,994	33,344	33,755
28	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	795	691	785	1,383	994	993
29	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	14,104	13,243	12,548	16,544	15,866	16,771
30	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	4,733	5,634	5,384	6,897	6,777	6,798
31	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	2,359	2,472	2,399	2,546	2,445	2,819
32	50	Water transport	628	499	481	646	615	686
33-34	51-52	Air transport, Warehousing and support activities for transportation	10,774	5,004	5,957	16,280	19,554	21,943
35	53	Postal and courier activities	1,330	803	599	1,347	1,018	1,165
36	55-56	Accommodation; food and beverage service activities	3,015	1,850	2,962	3,639	4,013	3,872
37-38, 40²	58-60, 62-63	Publishing, audiovisual and broadcasting activities; Computer programming, consultancy and related activities; information service activities	80,207	94,404	138,004	152,960	166,997	204,291
39	61	Telecommunications	2,731	2,128	2,653	3,007	3,297	4,070
41	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	8,968	8,512	8,935	9,095	11,275	14,285
42	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	13,985	13,356	12,408	16,661	18,163	18,146
43	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	4,811	5,455	6,227	6,372	8,548	8,419
44	68	Real estate activities	4,830	4,788	4,601	5,218	6,274	5,371
45	69-70	Legal and accounting activities; activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	9,008	8,194	12,653	19,037	18,850	19,961
46	71	Architectural and engineering services; technical testing and analysis	958	1,016	1,167	1,708	1,714	1,769
47	72	Scientific research and development	536	629	649	1,308	583	528
48	73	Advertising and market research	508	434	780	1,159	812	861
49	74-75	Other professional, scientific and technical activities; veterinary activities	701	566	783	1,837	947	1,023
50	77	Rental and leasing activities	6,196	4,523	6,678	7,581	6,243	5,883
51	78	Employment activities	956	358	1,252	2,025	1,897	2,074
52	79	Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation services and related activities	225	365	300	436	358	379
53	80-82	Security and investigation activities; services to buildings and landscape activities; office administrative, office support and other business support activities	3,370	4,107	5,179	6,032	5,760	6,129
54	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	5,373	5,711	6,151	6,616	7,321	7,604
55	85	Education	1,584	1,654	1,657	1,846	1,925	2,008
56	86	Human health activities	5,464	6,603	7,637	8,289	9,098	9,687
57	87-88	Social work activities	2,176	2,464	2,703	3,029	3,266	3,312
58	90-92	Creative, arts and entertainment activities; libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities; gambling and betting activities	1,083	964	954	1,332	1,317	1,055
59	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	475	442	229	632	557	653
60	94	Activities of membership organisations	2,056	1,908	2,029	2,812	2,424	2,580
61	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	44	34	48	86	69	74
62	96	Other personal service activities	540	897	685	1,394	956	1,043
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	341,448	348,311	433,673	510,823	521,028	591,994
¹Preliminary figures.
² Codes aggregated for confidentiality reasons.

Open in Excel: Output and Value Added by Activity 2024 Table 3.1 (XLS 19KB)

Table 3.2 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A10 sector in constant market prices, 2014-2024 (chain linked annually and referenced to year 2023)

X-axis label	Manufacturing	Construction	Information and Communication	Other
2014	33.9958449366607	3.81360188026186	24.9672852807251	37.2232679023523
2015	38.1892477787227	3.78613002408042	24.3499605182206	33.6746616789762
2016	37.4265300067514	4.83492979757812	20.5812363763492	37.1573038193213
2017	34.5631764443828	5.81333612786532	22.093662034728	37.5298253930239
2018	34.4885858141233	5.58273610211107	24.7648113671504	35.1638667166152
2019	33.7676864887603	5.2617410997141	24.2901433829017	36.6804290286239
2020	33.4703611357104	5.53902360116492	27.7141630985369	33.2764521645878
2021	31.3041465718184	6.04506371757258	32.4337880569002	30.2170016537089
2022	28.2248484272382	6.6546866894023	30.5325004895985	34.587964393761
2023	26.0135821294823	6.39956300820381	32.6841921597572	34.9026627025566
2024	26.8043510095029	5.70195176847492	35.1963910160421	32.2973062059801

In the above figure, a version of which is repeated across the Output method chapters, the 2014-2024 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.

Information and Communication (J) was the biggest sector in terms of Intermediate Consumption in 2024 making up 35% of the total figure.

Manufacturing (C) and Construction (F) accounted for 27% and 6% of total Intermediate Consumption in 2024.

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 1995-2024 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, 2014-2024 (chain linked¹ annually and referenced to year 2023)													€million
NACE	A10 codes	Activity	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
01-03	A	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	7,855	7,863	7,936	7,832	8,858	8,066	8,387	8,542	8,590	8,191	7,984
05-39	B-E	Industry (excluding construction)	80,722	101,413	105,487	103,242	116,871	128,181	134,461	156,347	155,344	149,561	171,836
10-33	C	of which: Manufacturing	73,102	93,280	96,527	93,561	107,594	116,323	122,762	144,681	142,162	135,538	155,626
41-43	F	Construction	11,188	12,159	16,259	20,724	21,559	21,234	22,803	29,783	35,308	33,344	33,134
45-56	G-I	Distribution, transport, hotels and restaurants	30,294	29,461	40,742	37,910	38,911	40,073	33,682	33,752	48,932	51,281	53,359
58-63	J	Information and communication	64,929	71,239	64,079	69,830	85,077	89,090	101,234	148,341	160,459	170,294	191,470
64-66	K	Financial and insurance activities	21,140	22,092	23,263	26,150	26,598	31,646	29,797	28,790	32,215	37,986	38,493
68	L	Real estate activities	4,927	5,275	5,213	5,513	6,156	5,713	5,597	5,064	5,461	6,274	5,174
69-82	M-N	Professional, admin and support services	15,317	15,776	20,870	22,439	21,314	23,604	20,809	30,209	41,060	37,165	35,953
84-88	O-Q	Public administration, education and health	12,253	12,814	13,555	13,709	14,566	15,865	18,123	19,443	20,371	21,610	21,951
90-98	R-U	Arts, entertainment and other services	4,967	4,394	4,259	4,325	4,551	4,691	4,700	4,320	6,610	5,323	5,154
01-98	Total		250,591	281,518	300,625	309,383	342,699	366,820	378,190	464,667	514,627	521,028	564,508
¹Chain linked series not additive except for 2023 and 2024.

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