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CSO statistical release, 24 April 2023, 11am

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Table 13.1 Gross Value Added Growth and Input Contributions: 2021

Table 13.2 Productivity in the Foreign-dominated Sector: 2000-2021

Table 13.3 Productivity in the Domestic-dominated Sector: 2000-2021

Table 13.4 Productivity in the Total Economy: 2000-2021

Table 13.5 Average Annual GVA Growth and Input Contributions: 2011-2021

Table 13.6 Labour Productivity in Foreign-Owned Sectors

Table 13.6 Labour Productivity in Foreign-Owned Sectors (Constant Prices - € per Employee)¹
NACE	Sector	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
01-03	Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing	8,216	7,866	8,665	8,186	15,288	17,040	17,702

10-33	Manufacturing	622,606	564,057	579,618	645,443	684,962	800,130	906,525
10-39	Industry (Excluding Mining and Quarrying)	615,545	559,931	574,353	640,176	677,713	792,582	898,502
	of which
10-12	Manufacture of Food Products, Beverages and Tobacco Products	290,477	286,948	276,436	269,305	263,726	240,292	295,326
13-15	Manufacture of Textiles, Wearing Apparel and Leather Products	31,513	34,145	40,418	47,714	54,025	39,144	42,756
16-18	Manufacture of Wood and Straw Products; Printing of Recorded Media	52,108	50,193	45,039	42,179	47,410	52,462	53,672
19-21, 26	Manufacture of Coke and Refined Petroleum Products, Chemicals & Chemical Products, Basic Pharmaceutical Products and Computer, Electronic & Optical Products	571,473	789,937	1,031,459	1,113,281	1,257,031	1,465,017	1,524,859
22-23	Manufacture of Rubber, Plastic and Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products	144,758	151,215	159,803	157,585	164,304	170,218	214,373
24-25	Manufacture of Basic Metals and Fabricated Metal Products Except Machinery & Equipment	78,021	81,334	90,553	104,320	111,736	80,014	84,180
27-28, 31-33	Manufacture of Electrical Equipment, Other Machinery & Equipment, Furniture and Other Manufacturing; Repair of Machinery & Equipment	159,341	152,524	142,391	128,193	136,415	154,627	172,836
29-30	Manufacture of Motor Vehicles and Transport Equipment	78,702	79,551	73,925	67,354	67,226	68,335	59,867
35	Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air Conditioning Supply	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
36-39	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management & Remediation Activities	97,749	118,560	125,299	129,928	131,512	133,691	163,823

41-98	Services	164,248	163,554	176,592	198,895	210,860	221,933	237,021
	of which
41-43	Construction	44,489	49,202	60,003	66,494	73,688	83,279	77,736
45-47	Wholesale & Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	94,553	95,072	99,735	105,481	111,212	112,102	128,609
49-53	Transportation & Storage	87,792	90,535	93,040	84,696	83,010	29,326	53,501
55-56	Accommodation & Food Service Activities	25,390	24,553	25,031	24,808	25,825	15,888	13,636
58-60, 62-63	Software & Computer Programming	335,699	357,606	388,666	444,345	562,041	857,231	907,135
61	Telecommunications	82,408	85,787	111,767	146,080	188,383	193,991	210,330
64-66	Financial & Insurance Activities	207,101	213,058	207,507	202,660	191,317	135,342	152,981
69-72	Legal & Accounting Activities; Activities of Head Offices; Architectural & Engineering Activities; Scientific Research & Development	104,591	119,610	124,423	132,464	140,289	212,432	188,399
73-75	Advertising and Market Research; Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities; Veterinary Activities	46,781	49,494	52,548	58,971	65,144	73,499	63,064
77-82	Administrative & Support Service Activities	280,612	311,443	332,093	334,859	317,004	294,208	261,268

01-98	Total Economy	210,244	245,869	280,647	289,675	308,156	362,755	399,811
¹Values for Electricity, Gas & Steam are suppressed for confidentiality purposes

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Table 13.7 Labour Productivity in Domestic-Owned Sectors

Table 13.7 Labour Productivity in Domestic-Owned Sectors (Constant Prices - € per Employee)
NACE	Sector	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
01-03	Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing	22,981	25,926	28,688	30,616	34,114	39,951	42,985

10-33	Manufacturing	55,730	59,035	59,847	65,441	68,675	80,255	91,344
10-39	Industry (Excluding Mining and Quarrying)	76,264	77,213	76,173	81,274	84,607	97,426	136,413
	of which
10-12	Manufacture of Food Products, Beverages and Tobacco Products	45,585	49,588	51,139	54,337	53,026	61,693	62,776
13-15	Manufacture of Textiles, Wearing Apparel and Leather Products	19,268	24,103	27,546	29,510	32,090	24,493	27,291
16-18	Manufacture of Wood and Straw Products; Printing of Recorded Media	40,270	43,934	45,293	48,187	53,204	63,777	67,873
19-21, 26	Manufacture of Coke and Refined Petroleum Products, Chemicals & Chemical Products, Basic Pharmaceutical Products and Computer, Electronic & Optical Products	135,241	136,207	156,568	167,885	188,447	139,040	121,127
22-23	Manufacture of Rubber, Plastic and Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products	81,448	87,877	84,985	86,988	85,670	96,897	115,912
24-25	Manufacture of Basic Metals and Fabricated Metal Products Except Machinery & Equipment	46,893	47,512	46,055	51,522	52,991	52,419	60,577
27-28, 31-33	Manufacture of Electrical Equipment, Other Machinery & Equipment, Furniture and Other Manufacturing; Repair of Machinery & Equipment	58,419	60,611	60,248	71,578	77,308	80,335	82,670
29-30	Manufacture of Motor Vehicles and Transport Equipment	76,412	89,749	89,740	85,100	69,557	29,501	24,110
35	Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air Conditioning Supply	322,443	312,661	284,865	246,184	226,558	318,729	252,437
36-39	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management & Remediation Activities	77,326	83,863	90,330	95,923	94,348	81,683	94,646

41-98	Services	63,376	63,334	64,016	64,750	66,426	68,505	70,147
	of which
41-43	Construction	44,009	46,343	48,843	51,041	52,771	51,502	51,247
45-47	Wholesale & Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	54,207	54,958	55,766	57,461	58,035	60,350	58,309
49-53	Transportation & Storage	70,946	74,135	76,016	72,588	69,349	41,616	58,275
55-56	Accommodation & Food Service Activities	26,392	25,596	24,839	23,941	23,378	15,394	14,549
58-60, 62-63	Software & Computer Programming	70,238	79,761	80,428	79,368	75,523	100,349	106,727
61	Telecommunications	167,865	173,687	192,254	212,473	196,641	146,137	144,265
64-66	Financial & Insurance Activities	108,867	106,726	105,211	107,005	113,709	116,413	129,947
69-72	Legal & Accounting Activities; Activities of Head Offices; Architectural & Engineering Activities; Scientific Research & Development	92,130	88,839	93,697	94,432	94,475	89,100	89,776
73-75	Advertising and Market Research; Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities; Veterinary Activities	23,286	24,206	28,770	37,025	47,268	52,507	55,424
77-82	Administrative & Support Service Activities	57,250	59,193	62,263	62,135	81,121	123,174	129,785

01-98	Total Economy	61,710	62,010	62,772	64,364	66,750	72,244	78,086

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Table 13.1 Gross Value Added Growth and Input Contributions: 2021 (Percentage Change)¹
	Gross Value Added	Hours Worked	Labour Productivity	Total Capital Deepening	Multifactor Productivity
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (A)	0.4	2.1	-1.7	0.5	-2.2
Mining & Quarrying (B)	31.7	-14.9	46.5	-0.6	47.2
Manufacturing - Domestic	17.1	2.9	14.2	2.2	12.0
Manufacturing - Foreign	20.8	10.3	10.5	-12.5	23.0
Electricity, Gas & Steam (D)	-26.9	6.5	-33.4	-4.2	-29.2
Water Supply, Sewerage & Waste Management (E)	1.8	-8.6	10.4	5.4	5.0
Construction (F)	-3.2	6.0	-9.2	0.0	-9.2
Wholesale & Retail (G)	7.9	0.6	7.2	-2.7	9.9
Transportation & Storage (H)	-9.4	2.3	-11.8	0.0	-11.8
Accommodation & Food Service Activities (I)	-21.8	14.5	-36.3	-1.9	-34.4
Information & Communication (J)	15.0	10.7	4.2	-13.1	17.3
Financial & Insurance Activities (K)	16.4	1.7	14.7	0.4	14.2
Real Estate Activities (L)	6.4	10.1	-3.7	-8.3	4.6
Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities (M)	8.4	11.7	-3.3	-7.7	4.4
Administrative & Support Service Activities (N)	-6.6	3.0	-9.6	-5.0	-4.6
Public Administration & Defence (O)	8.3	5.6	2.7	-0.8	3.5
Education (P)	-2.2	14.0	-16.2	-2.1	-14.1
Human Health & Social Work (Q)	2.8	6.1	-3.3	-0.6	-2.7
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (R)	8.4	14.7	-6.3	-7.7	1.5
Other Service Activities (S)	3.4	9.6	-6.2	-1.0	-5.1
Activities of Households as Employers (T)	-268.0	-22.9	-245.1	0.0	-243.9
Total Economy	11.9	6.4	5.5	-6.2	11.7
¹Due to rounding, the various inputs may not sum exactly to the numbers referenced above.

Table 13.2 Productivity in the Foreign-dominated Sector: 2000-2021 (Percentage Change)¹
Year	Gross Value Added	Hours Worked	Labour Productivity	Multifactor Productivity	Total Capital Deepening	Tangible Capital Deepening	Intangible Capital Deepening
2000	12.5	3.1	9.4	6.4	3.0	1.8	1.3
2001	5.7	2.6	3.1	-4.1	7.2	0.2	7.0
2002	14.2	-3.8	18.1	0.7	17.4	6.4	11.0
2003	-4.3	-5.2	0.9	-12.0	12.9	4.1	8.7
2004	3.0	-1.9	4.9	-2.9	7.8	1.4	6.4
2005	9.1	1.9	7.1	-0.6	7.7	0.9	6.8
2006	5.2	0.1	5.1	-1.0	6.1	1.4	4.7
2007	10.4	-3.0	13.4	7.3	6.0	2.4	3.6
2008	-3.6	-0.6	-2.9	-4.6	1.7	0.0	1.7
2009	3.0	-5.4	8.4	1.3	7.1	1.9	5.2
2010	5.9	0.8	5.1	2.7	2.4	0.3	2.1
2011	0.1	-1.7	1.7	-0.9	2.6	1.2	1.4
2012	-0.8	1.5	-2.4	-6.7	4.4	-0.4	4.7
2013	-1.5	2.6	-4.0	-5.5	1.5	1.2	0.3
2014	11.9	4.2	7.7	6.0	1.7	1.2	0.5
2015	57.4	5.6	51.8	-73.9	125.7	*	*
2016	0.4	5.7	-5.3	-17.2	11.8	*	*
2017	9.9	12.2	-2.3	1.7	-4.0	*	*
2018	15.2	9.3	5.9	8.9	-2.9	*	*
2019	6.6	3.4	3.2	-15.2	18.4	*	*
2020	22.2	3.2	19.0	12.1	6.8	*	*
2021	18.8	10.5	8.3	21.1	-12.8	*	*
¹Due to confidentiality requirements, data is suppressed from 2015 onwards for Tangible and Intangible Capital Deepening

Table 13.3 Productivity in the Domestic-dominated Sector: 2000-2021 (Percentage Change)¹
Year	Gross Value Added	Hours Worked	Labour Productivity	Multifactor Productivity	Total Capital Deepening	Tangible Capital Deepening	Intangible Capital Deepening
2000	6.1	3.7	2.4	-1.9	4.4	4.3	0.0
2001	3.1	1.4	1.6	-1.1	2.7	2.4	0.3
2002	2.6	1.2	1.4	-0.8	2.2	1.9	0.2
2003	3.4	0.9	2.6	0.7	1.9	1.7	0.2
2004	5.7	2.8	2.9	1.8	1.1	1.1	0.0
2005	5.0	4.9	0.1	-1.7	1.8	1.8	0.0
2006	4.3	3.5	0.8	-0.8	1.6	1.4	0.2
2007	6.8	3.2	3.6	2.0	1.7	1.4	0.2
2008	-2.0	-3.2	1.3	-1.7	2.9	2.7	0.2
2009	-9.2	-12.3	3.1	-2.8	5.9	4.9	1.0
2010	0.4	-4.9	5.3	2.7	2.6	2.0	0.6
2011	1.9	-1.8	3.7	1.7	2.1	1.4	0.7
2012	-3.0	-1.0	-2.0	-3.4	1.4	1.1	0.3
2013	2.2	3.9	-1.7	-1.5	-0.2	-0.6	0.4
2014	5.8	3.2	2.7	0.8	1.9	1.0	0.9
2015	5.7	2.7	2.9	-1.9	4.8	*	*
2016	2.0	4.9	-2.9	-2.1	-0.8	*	*
2017	4.4	3.1	1.3	0.1	1.2	*	*
2018	5.9	2.9	3.0	1.2	1.8	*	*
2019	4.1	2.9	1.3	0.0	1.2	*	*
2020	-7.0	-12.2	5.2	-1.0	6.1	*	*
2021	4.6	5.7	-1.0	1.9	-2.9	*	*
¹Due to confidentiality requirements, data is suppressed from 2015 onwards for Tangible and Intangible Capital Deepening

Table 13.4 Productivity in the Total Economy: 2000-2021 (Percentage Change)
Year	Gross Value Added	Hours Worked	Labour Productivity	Multifactor Productivity	Total Capital Deepening	Tangible Capital Deepening	Intangible Capital Deepening
2000	7.8	3.6	4.2	0.3	4.0	3.6	0.3
2001	3.7	1.6	2.2	-1.9	4.1	1.9	2.1
2002	5.9	0.7	5.2	-0.3	5.6	2.6	2.9
2003	1.3	0.2	1.1	-2.8	3.8	1.8	2.0
2004	5.1	2.3	2.7	0.7	2.0	0.9	1.2
2005	5.9	4.6	1.3	-1.4	2.7	1.4	1.3
2006	4.5	3.2	1.3	-0.9	2.2	1.3	0.9
2007	7.5	2.6	4.9	3.0	1.9	1.4	0.5
2008	-2.3	-3.0	0.7	-2.2	3.0	2.3	0.7
2009	-6.6	-11.7	5.1	-2.0	7.0	4.6	2.5
2010	1.8	-4.3	6.1	2.7	3.4	1.8	1.5
2011	1.5	-1.8	3.3	1.0	2.2	1.3	0.9
2012	-2.4	-0.7	-1.7	-4.2	2.5	0.8	1.7
2013	1.3	3.8	-2.5	-2.5	0.0	-0.2	0.2
2014	7.4	3.3	4.1	2.1	2.0	1.1	0.9
2015	21.4	3.0	18.3	-33.9	52.3	0.4	51.9
2016	1.4	5.0	-3.6	-8.2	4.6	-0.2	4.8
2017	6.6	4.1	2.5	0.8	1.7	0.0	1.7
2018	9.8	3.6	6.2	4.5	1.7	1.3	0.4
2019	5.2	2.9	2.3	-6.7	9.0	0.9	8.0
2020	7.1	-10.2	17.3	5.7	11.6	3.4	8.3
2021	11.9	6.4	5.5	11.7	-6.2	-0.7	-5.5

Table 13.5 Average Annual GVA Growth and Input Contributions: 2011-2021 (Percentage Change)^1,2
	Gross Value Added	Hours Worked	Labour Productivity	Multifactor Productivity	Total Capital Deepening	Tangible Capital Deepening	Intangible Capital Deepening
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (A)	4.9	-0.9	5.8	5.0	0.7	0.7	0.0
Mining & Quarrying (B)	1.9	-2.9	4.8	9.5	-4.7	-0.4	-4.3
Manufacturing - Domestic	4.1	-0.4	4.6	1.3	3.2	3.4	-0.2
Manufacturing - Foreign	12.7	5.5	7.2	-5.9	13.1	*	*
Electricity, Gas & Steam (D)	-0.7	1.0	-1.7	-1.6	-0.1	-0.5	0.4
Water Supply, Sewerage & Waste Management (E)	2.7	-0.1	2.9	1.9	1.0	1.0	0.0
Construction (F)	1.9	3.4	-1.5	-1.1	-0.4	-0.4	0.0
Wholesale & Retail (G)	2.9	0.4	2.5	0.9	1.6	0.2	1.4
Transportation & Storage (H)	-3.5	0.2	-3.7	-3.8	0.2	0.1	0.1
Accommodation & Food Service Activities (I)	-4.8	-1.1	-3.8	-4.2	0.4	0.4	0.0
Information & Communication (J)	13.4	4.8	8.7	-3.3	12.0	0.7	11.3
Financial & Insurance Activities (K)	-2.2	1.9	-4.2	-5.2	1.1	0.6	0.5
Real Estate Activities (L)	2.1	2.9	-0.8	1.1	-2.0	-2.0	0.0
Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities (M)	7.4	3.4	4.0	-1.7	5.7	0.0	5.7
Administrative & Support Service Activities (N)	6.8	1.9	4.9	-1.6	6.5	*	*
Public Administration & Defence (O)	3.0	2.8	0.2	0.6	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1
Education (P)	1.2	4.2	-3.0	-2.3	-0.6	-0.2	-0.4
Human Health & Social Work (Q)	1.5	2.0	-0.6	-0.6	0.0	-0.1	0.1
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (R)	2.2	-1.5	3.7	1.8	1.9	1.0	0.9
Other Service Activities (S)	-0.1	0.7	-0.7	-0.4	-0.3	-0.3	0.0
Activities of Households as Employers (T)	-11.2	-6.1	-5.1	-8.6	-0.6	0.0	-0.6
Total Economy	6.5	1.8	4.7	-2.7	7.4	0.7	6.7
¹Due to rounding, the various inputs may not sum exactly to the numbers referenced above.
²Tangible and Intangible Capital Deepening are suppressed for Manufacturing - Foreign and Administrative & Support Services for confidentiality purposes

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