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Digital Transactions in the Irish Economy 2020

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In 2020 41% of goods and services produced in the economy were transacted digitally

CSO statistical publication, 25 November 2022, 11am

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Table 2.1: Digital Transactions 2018

Table 2.2: Digital Transactions 2019

Table 2.3: Digital Transactions 2020

Table 2.4 Digital Transactions as a proportion of Output 2020

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Table 2.1: Digital Transactions 2018												€ millions
NACE Sector	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	Industry	Construction	Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	ICT	Financial and Insurance Activities	Real Estate	Professional, Admin and Support Services	Public Admin, Health and Education	Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	Total	Total - of which Digital Products
Nace Codes	(01-03)	(05-39)	(41-43)	(45-56)	(58-63)	(64-66)	(68)	(69-82)	(84-88)	(90-98)
Total Output	9,414	229,863	26,305	72,482	118,307	39,806	24,211	54,032	46,652	8,554	629,625	210,700
1. Digitally Ordered -Total	..	20,519	..	20,230	61,345	..	1,538	17,160	..	859	121,651	..
Goods	..	19,608	..	385	1	..	..	13	..	0	20,009	..
of which EDI	..	7,128	..	101	0	..	..	7	..	0	7,236	..
of which DIP	..	1,347	..	43	0	..	..	1	..	0	1,392	..
of which Website	..	11,133	..	241	1	..	..	6	..	0	11,381	..
Services	..	910	..	19,844	61,344	..	1,538	17,147	..	859	101,642	..
of which EDI	..	331	..	5,201	13,122	..	516	8,804	..	11	27,985	..
of which DIP	..	63	..	2,229	8,767	..	224	1,202	..	207	12,692	..
of which Website	..	517	..	12,414	39,455	..	798	7,140	..	640	60,965	..

2. Digitally delivered services	5	2,714	198	105	110,310	35,335	..	26,030	2,996	2,022	179,714	..
3. of which digitally ordered	..	242	..	29	57,199	..	..	8,267	..	203	65,940	..
4 = (1+2-3) Products transacted digitally	5	22,990	198	20,305	114,456	35,335	1,538	34,923	2,996	2,677	235,425	..
Products not transacted digitally	9,409	206,873	26,107	52,177	3,850	4,471	22,673	19,109	43,656	5,877	394,201	..
.. no data available

Table 2.2 : Digital Transactions 2019												€ millions
NACE Sector	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	Industry	Construction	Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	ICT	Financial and Insurance Activities	Real Estate	Professional, Admin and Support Services	Public Admin, Health and Education	Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	Total	Total - of which Digital Products
Nace Codes	(01-03)	(05-39)	(41-43)	(45-56)	(58-63)	(64-66)	(68)	(69-82)	(84-88)	(90-98)
Total Output	9,294	240,717	26,763	74,999	132,373	45,126	25,668	59,656	50,333	8,830	673,760	235,350
1. Digitally Ordered -Total	..	21,382	..	35,627	69,953	..	1,789	10,612	..	1,335	140,699	..
Goods	..	19,950	..	599	2	..	..	8	..	0	20,558	..
of which EDI	..	9,117	..	232	0	..	..	5	..	0	9,354	..
of which DIP	..	454	..	30	0	..	..	0	..	0	484	..
of which Website	..	10,379	..	337	1	..	..	3	..	0	10,720	..
Services	..	1,432	..	35,028	69,952	..	1,789	10,604	..	1,335	120,141	..
of which EDI	..	655	..	13,546	18,946	..	724	6,737	..	104	40,711	..
of which DIP	..	33	..	1,759	6,465	..	477	114	..	439	9,286	..
of which Website	..	745	..	19,724	44,541	..	588	3,754	..	793	70,145	..

2. Digitally delivered services	5	2,828	165	85	122,255	41,576	..	28,518	3,023	2,859	201,314	..
3. of which digitally ordered	..	251	..	40	64,606	..	..	5,073	..	432	70,403	..
4 = (1+2-3) Products transacted digitally	5	23,959	165	35,672	127,602	41,576	1,789	34,057	3,023	3,762	271,610	..
Products not transacted digitally	9,289	216,758	26,598	39,327	4,771	3,550	23,879	25,599	47,310	5,068	402,150	..
.. no data available

Table 2.3: Digital Transactions 2020												€ millions
NACE Sector	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	Industry	Construction	Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	ICT	Financial and Insurance Activities	Real Estate	Professional, Admin and Support Services	Public Admin, Health and Education	Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	Total	Total- of which Digital Products
Nace Codes	(01-03)	(05-39)	(41-43)	(45-56)	(58-63)	(64-66)	(68)	(69-82)	(84-88)	(90-98)
Total Output	9,626	256,817	27,462	65,508	156,439	43,513	26,122	63,686	53,293	7,167	709,634	271,066
1. Digitally Ordered -Total	..	22,080	..	30,179	84,600	..	2,230	14,088	..	1,278	154,455	..
Goods	..	20,750	..	631	2	..	..	14	..	0	21,397	..
of which EDI	..	10,193	..	266	1	..	..	9	..	0	10,468	..
of which DIP	..	440	..	39	0	..	..	0	..	0	479	..
of which Website	..	10,118	..	327	1	..	..	5	..	0	10,450	..
Services	..	1,330	..	29,548	84,598	..	2,230	14,074	..	1,278	133,058	..
of which EDI	..	653	..	12,446	22,814	..	1,541	9,027	..	481	46,963	..
of which DIP	..	28	..	1,813	5,981	..	341	132	..	380	8,675	..
of which Website	..	648	..	15,289	55,803	..	348	4,916	..	417	77,421	..

2. Digitally delivered services	5	3,026	183	92	142,257	41,114	..	28,105	3,298	2,152	220,232	..
3. of which digitally ordered	..	260	..	43	76,930	..	..	6,217	..	384	83,834	..
4 = (1+2-3) Products transacted digitally	5	24,846	183	30,229	149,926	41,114	2,230	35,976	3,298	3,046	290,853	..
Products not transacted digitally	9,621	231,971	27,279	35,279	6,513	2,399	23,893	27,710	49,994	4,121	418,781	..
.. no data available

Table 2.4: Digital Transactions as a proportion of Output 2020												%
NACE Sector	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	Industry	Construction	Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	ICT	Financial and Insurance Activities	Real Estate	Professional, Admin and Support Services	Public Admin, Health and Education	Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	Total	Total- of which Digital Products
Nace Codes	(01-03)	(05-39)	(41-43)	(45-56)	(58-63)	(64-66)	(68)	(69-82)	(84-88)	(90-98)
Digitally Ordered -Total	..	9%	..	46%	54%	..	9%	22%	..	18%	22%	38%
Goods	..	8%	..	1%	0%	..	..	0%	..	0%	3%	..
of which EDI	..	4%	..	0%	0%	..	..	0%	..	0%	1%	..
of which DIP	..	0%	..	0%	0%	..	..	0%	..	0%	0%	..
of which Website	..	4%	..	0%	0%	..	..	0%	..	0%	1%	..
Services	..	1%	..	45%	54%	..	9%	22%	..	18%	19%	..
of which EDI	..	0%	..	19%	15%	..	6%	14%	..	7%	7%	..
of which DIP	..	0%	..	3%	4%	..	1%	0%	..	5%	1%	..
of which Website	..	0%	..	23%	36%	..	1%	8%	..	6%	11%	..

Potentially Digitally Delivered Services	0%	1%	1%	0%	91%	94%	..	44%	6%	30%	31%	..
of which digitally ordered	..	0%	..	0%	49%	..	..	10%	..	5%	12%	..
Products transacted digitally	0%	10%	1%	46%	96%	94%	9%	56%	6%	42%	41%	..
Products not transacted digitally	100%	90%	99%	54%	4%	6%	91%	44%	94%	58%	59%	..
.. no data available

Digital Transactions in the Irish Economy 2020

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In 2020 41% of goods and services produced in the economy were transacted digitally

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