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Annual National Accounts 2021

Personal Spending

Personal Consumption increases 4.6%

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CSO statistical publication, 15 July 2022, 11am

The following tables show a further breakdown of the Personal Consumption of goods and services items from Expenditure.

	Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages	Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco & Narcotics	Clothing & Footwear	Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas & Other Fuels	Furnishings, Household Equipment & Routine Maintenance	Health	Transport	Communications	Recreation & Culture	Education	Restaurants & Hotels	Miscellaneous Goods & Services
2021	8228.8903369457	5376.5210404525	4303.3969865	26301.792146	4549.7769217	4891.2219827	9209.594281	2755.4466606	5459.8926373	1994.1589049	12352.6895999018	9984.1156515

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Figure 10.1 shows the contributions of each of the different types of expenditure to the total Households Expenditure on Goods & Services in Ireland. Of this total we can see that Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas & Other Fuels accounts for 27.6%, Restaurants & Hotels account for 12.9%, Transport accounts for 9.7%, while Food & Non-alcoholic Beverages accounts for 8.6%.

	Food & Non-alcoholic Beverages	Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco & Narcotics	Clothing & Footwear	Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas & Other Fuels	Furnishings, Household Equipment & Routine Maintenance	Health	Transport	Communications	Recreation & Culture	Education	Restaurants & Hotels	Miscellaneous Goods & Services
2020 - 2021	-3.2786361232587	-2.06516203771299	17.0185564613647	-0.0785050191837149	19.3184242116996	7.16326364639038	-4.43392041333608	6.81694954907511	5.18333392308334	6.42917818116819	23.7366852084321	10.3275849948601

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Figure 10.2 above shows the percentage change in each of the components of Households Expenditure on Goods & Services in Ireland in 2021. COVID-19 and related economic restrictions continue to impact on expenditure with Transport down 4.4% while there was a significant rebound in Restaurants & Hotels which were up 23.7%.

	Personal Consumption of Goods & Services	Actual Individual Consumption
2013	92.142842326	109.65295350541
2014	94.5558399325	112.484220044326
2015	97.6503946695	116.062804292196
2016	102.161836163	121.371494328084
2017	104.8124111971	124.912239814172
2018	109.1774710256	130.036194784799
2019	112.0845037908	134.486806888424
2020	99.8751244006	124.9571840539
2021	104.478591046	131.098063734349

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Figure 10.3 shows a comparison of Personal Consumption Expenditure and Actual Individual Consumption at constant market prices from 2013 to 2021.

Table 10.1 Consumption of Personal Income at Current Market Prices

Table 10.1 Consumption of Personal Income at Current Market Prices
							€ million
Coicop Code	Description	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021 ¹
CP01	Food and non-alcoholic beverages	8,257	8,380	8,575	8,802	8,508	8,238
CP011	Food	7,384	7,455	7,602	7,867	7,652	7,391
CP012	Non-alcoholic beverages	873	925	974	935	856	846
CP02	Alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics	4,741	4,812	4,696	5,110	5,490	5,464
CP021	Alcoholic beverages	2,023	2,110	2,107	2,208	2,721	2,505
CP022	Tobacco	1,804	1,781	1,686	1,996	1,841	2,040
CP023	Narcotics	913	922	903	906	928	919
CP03	Clothing and footwear	3,446	3,588	3,871	4,082	3,678	4,170
CP031	Clothing	2,850	2,929	3,188	3,314	2,915	3,392
CP032	Footwear	595	659	683	769	763	779
CP04	Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels	21,002	22,432	24,456	25,712	26,322	28,404
CP041	Actual rentals for housing	4,222	4,644	5,054	5,408	5,630	6,059
CP042	Imputed rentals for housing	13,021	14,297	15,503	16,512	17,114	18,573
CP043	Maintenance and repair of the dwelling	274	273	280	289	296	310
CP044	Water supply and miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling	344	348	353	357	362	364
CP045	Electricity, gas and other fuels	3,141	2,869	3,265	3,146	2,920	3,098
CP05	Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance	3,732	3,996	4,212	4,355	3,813	4,548
CP051	Furniture and furnishings, carpets and other floor coverings	1,060	1,171	1,231	1,353	1,069	1,405
CP052	Household textiles	338	358	411	440	401	498
CP053	Household appliances	334	376	394	396	443	537
CP054	Glassware, tableware and household utensils	183	223	196	188	202	248
CP055	Tools and equipment for house and garden	160	182	191	199	231	279
CP056	Goods and services for routine household maintenance	1,656	1,686	1,789	1,779	1,468	1,581
CP06	Health	4,485	4,593	4,740	4,985	4,564	5,002
CP061	Medical products, appliances and equipment	756	774	785	812	850	911
CP062	Out-patient services	1,472	1,589	1,661	1,741	1,684	1,741
CP063	Hospital services	2,256	2,230	2,294	2,431	2,030	2,350
CP07	Transport	11,576	11,657	12,145	12,506	9,637	9,810
CP071	Purchase of vehicles	4,376	4,197	4,314	4,586	3,833	3,700
CP072	Operation of personal transport equipment	4,341	4,451	4,562	4,557	4,034	4,458
CP073	Transport services	2,858	3,010	3,269	3,363	1,770	1,652
CP08	Communications	2,309	2,303	2,416	2,413	2,580	2,777
CP081	Postal services	76	90	102	103	107	110
CP082	Telephone and telefax equipment	264	262	258	244	226	226
CP083	Telephone and telefax services	1,969	1,952	2,055	2,066	2,247	2,440
CP09	Recreation and culture	6,139	6,275	6,578	6,528	5,191	5,489
CP091	Audio-visual, photographic and information processing equipment	292	220	178	155	142	135
CP092	Other major durables for recreation and culture	10	9	11	19	18	30
CP093	Other recreational items and equipment, gardens and pets	1,054	1,054	1,295	1,038	995	1,105
CP094	Recreational and cultural services	3,398	3,508	3,571	3,687	3,096	3,310
CP095	Newspapers, books and stationery	683	689	689	727	723	719
CP096	Package holidays	702	794	834	903	217	190
CP10	Education	1,610	1,702	1,764	1,874	1,874	1,997
CP101	Pre-primary and primary education	150	151	152	154	154	153
CP102	Secondary education	187	196	204	213	219	223
CP103	Post-secondary non-tertiary education	19	19	19	20	20	20
CP104	Tertiary education	1,109	1,187	1,235	1,332	1,321	1,440
CP105	Education not definable by level	145	150	153	157	160	162
CP11	Restaurants and hotels	14,079	14,326	15,152	16,109	9,983	12,803
CP111	Catering services	12,231	12,380	13,066	13,787	9,098	11,623
CP112	Accommodation services	1,848	1,946	2,087	2,323	885	1,180
CP12	Miscellaneous goods and services	7,268	8,046	8,416	8,377	9,050	10,427
CP121	Personal care	2,672	2,644	2,674	2,548	2,341	2,807
CP122	Prostitution	93	94	96	98	99	102
CP123	Personal effects n.e.c.	560	591	625	759	748	954
CP124	Social protection	857	888	958	1,001	827	901
CP125	Insurance	1,095	1,806	1,639	1,293	2,082	2,280
CP126	Financial services n.e.c.	1,503	1,519	1,899	2,131	2,427	2,816
CP127	Other services n.e.c.	488	504	525	547	526	567
	Households Expenditure on Goods and Services in Ireland	88,643	92,110	97,020	100,852	90,689	99,130
	Expenditure outside the State	5,240	5,439	6,030	6,849	2,173	2,054
	less Expenditure by non-residents	4,507	4,825	5,104	5,122	1,931	2,089
	Total Expenditure of Households (National Concept)	89,376	92,725	97,946	102,579	90,931	99,095
CP13	Expenditure of NPISH on goods and services provided to households (P31) (= Social transfers in kind to Households D63)	1,836	1,976	2,059	1,788	1,762	1,718
CP14	General Government expenditure on goods and services provided to Households (= Social transfers in kind via market producers D632)	5,105	5,556	6,254	6,681	7,181	7,645
CP141	Government - Housing	323	476	650	824	1,002	1,152
CP142	Government - Health	3,903	4,104	4,325	4,526	4,970	5,075
CP143	Government - Recreation and Culture	0	0	0	0	2	1
CP144	Government - Education	630	720	759	796	720	841
CP145	Government - Social Protection	249	256	519	534	488	576
	158. Personal consumption of goods and services at current market prices	96,316	100,256	106,259	111,048	99,875	108,457
	159. Taxes on personal income and wealth	30,829	32,254	34,535	37,323	36,136	42,391
	160. Total personal expenditure	127,145	132,510	140,794	148,371	136,011	150,848
	160.1 General Government expenditure on goods and services provided to Households (= Social transfers in kind via non-market production by Government D631)	17,807	19,027	20,024	22,104	25,082	27,253
	160.2 Actual Individual Consumption at current market prices	114,123	119,283	126,283	133,152	124,957	135,710

¹Preliminary

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Table 10.2 Annual Percentage Changes in the Main Constituents of Table 10.1

Table 10.3 Consumption of Personal Income (except Taxes on Personal Income and Wealth) at Constant Market Prices (chain linked annually and referenced to year 2020)

Table 10.3 Consumption of Personal Income (except Taxes on Personal Income and Wealth) at Constant Market Prices (chain linked annually and referenced to year 2020)
							€ million
Coicop Code	Description	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021 ¹
CP01	Food and non-alcoholic beverages	7,893	8,142	8,480	8,752	8,508	8,229
CP011	Food	7,031	7,216	7,512	7,825	7,652	7,393
CP012	Non-alcoholic beverages	861	926	969	927	856	836
CP02	Alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics	5,104	5,103	4,906	5,209	5,490	5,377
CP021	Alcoholic beverages	2,016	2,135	2,129	2,221	2,721	2,494
CP022	Tobacco	2,266	2,102	1,874	2,082	1,841	1,948
CP023	Narcotics	884	894	906	918	928	935
CP03	Clothing and footwear	3,077	3,347	3,668	3,930	3,678	4,303
CP031	Clothing	2,599	2,784	3,054	3,207	2,915	3,494
CP032	Footwear	486	568	619	725	763	809
CP04	Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels	26,147	25,831	26,171	26,119	26,322	26,302
CP041	Actual rentals for housing	5,400	5,456	5,514	5,579	5,630	5,657
CP042	Imputed rentals for housing	16,760	16,803	16,901	17,007	17,114	17,212
CP043	Maintenance and repair of the dwelling	294	293	294	295	296	297
CP044	Water supply and miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling	351	355	358	360	362	363
CP045	Electricity, gas and other fuels	3,262	2,915	3,076	2,881	2,920	2,773
CP05	Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance	3,192	3,566	3,904	4,183	3,813	4,550
CP051	Furniture and furnishings, carpets and other floor coverings	854	1,020	1,119	1,291	1,069	1,394
CP052	Household textiles	238	273	338	401	401	526
CP053	Household appliances	295	345	374	386	443	510
CP054	Glassware, tableware and household utensils	144	186	173	175	202	249
CP055	Tools and equipment for house and garden	136	163	179	194	231	269
CP056	Goods and services for routine household maintenance	1,561	1,596	1,734	1,738	1,468	1,602
CP06	Health	4,686	4,753	4,897	5,120	4,564	4,891
CP061	Medical products, appliances and equipment	732	750	788	823	850	926
CP062	Out-patient services	1,615	1,706	1,754	1,802	1,684	1,693
CP063	Hospital services	2,338	2,300	2,358	2,496	2,030	2,271
CP07	Transport	11,653	11,688	12,040	12,396	9,637	9,210
CP071	Purchase of vehicles	4,169	4,232	4,378	4,669	3,833	3,451
CP072	Operation of personal transport equipment	4,692	4,579	4,492	4,465	4,034	4,100
CP073	Transport services	2,790	2,862	3,137	3,233	1,770	1,659
CP08	Communications	2,090	2,086	2,196	2,278	2,580	2,755
CP081	Postal services	97	98	105	104	107	107
CP082	Telephone and telefax equipment	248	247	243	234	226	223
CP083	Telephone and telefax services	1,748	1,745	1,850	1,941	2,247	2,425
CP09	Recreation and culture	6,053	6,269	6,693	6,589	5,191	5,460
CP091	Audio-visual, photographic and information processing equipment	181	167	159	156	142	139
CP092	Other major durables for recreation and culture	7	8	10	19	18	30
CP093	Other recreational items and equipment, gardens and pets	810	895	1,169	1,017	995	1,125
CP094	Recreational and cultural services	3,625	3,665	3,740	3,740	3,096	3,270
CP095	Newspapers, books and stationery	733	750	737	740	723	717
CP096	Package holidays	758	840	892	955	217	180
CP10	Education	1,751	1,821	1,858	1,930	1,874	1,994
CP101	Pre-primary and primary education	154	153	154	154	154	152
CP102	Secondary education	203	207	212	217	219	222
CP103	Post-secondary non-tertiary education	20	20	20	20	20	20
CP104	Tertiary education	1,221	1,287	1,317	1,381	1,321	1,439
CP105	Education not definable by level	152	154	156	158	160	161
CP11	Restaurants and hotels	15,331	15,300	15,880	16,324	9,983	12,353
CP111	Catering services	13,344	13,317	13,772	14,043	9,098	11,245
CP112	Accommodation services	1,953	1,950	2,069	2,235	885	1,107
CP12	Miscellaneous goods and services	7,681	8,722	8,870	8,665	9,050	9,984
CP121	Personal care	2,371	2,463	2,600	2,529	2,341	2,854
CP122	Prostitution	94	95	96	98	99	100
CP123	Personal effects n.e.c.	421	510	579	688	748	1,080
CP124	Social protection	901	926	990	1,024	827	882
CP125	Insurance	1,256	2,003	1,741	1,326	2,082	2,186
CP126	Financial services n.e.c.	2,109	2,220	2,327	2,450	2,427	2,327
CP127	Other services n.e.c.	521	528	540	556	526	556
	Households Expenditure on Goods and Services in Ireland	94,223	96,435	99,501	101,508	90,689	95,407
	Expenditure outside the State	5,655	5,756	6,455	7,245	2,173	1,940
	less Expenditure by non-residents	4,978	5,173	5,308	5,176	1,931	1,994
	Total Expenditure of Households (National Concept)	94,729	96,846	100,464	103,357	90,931	95,353
CP13	Expenditure of NPISH on goods and services provided to households (P31) (= Social transfers in kind to Households D63)	1,908	2,039	2,109	1,806	1,762	1,689
CP14	General Government expenditure on goods and services provided to Households (= Social transfers in kind via market producers D632)	5,487	5,891	6,573	6,893	7,181	7,436
CP141	Government - Housing	492	656	802	915	1,002	1,002
CP142	Government - Health	4,009	4,177	4,437	4,625	4,970	5,034
CP143	Government - Recreation and Culture	0	0	0	0	2	1
CP144	Government - Education	662	751	784	811	720	840
CP145	Government - Social Protection	249	270	534	538	488	559
	161. Personal consumption of goods and services at constant market prices	102,162	104,812	109,177	112,085	99,875	104,479
	161.1 General Government expenditure on goods and services provided to Households (= Social transfers in kind via non-market production by Government D631)	19,182	20,076	20,833	22,387	25,082	26,619
	161.2 Actual Individual Consumption at constant market prices	121,371	124,912	130,036	134,487	124,957	131,098

¹ Preliminary
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Table 10.4 Annual Percentage Changes in the Main Constituents of Table 10.3

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Table 10.2 Annual Percentage Changes in the Main Constituents of Table 10.1
							%
Coicop Code	Description	2016-2021	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021
CP01	Food and non-alcoholic beverages	-0.0	1.5	2.3	2.6	-3.3	-3.2
CP02	Alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics	2.9	1.5	-2.4	8.8	7.4	-0.5
CP03	Clothing and footwear	3.9	4.1	7.9	5.5	-9.9	13.4
CP04	Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels	6.2	6.8	9.0	5.1	2.4	7.9
CP05	Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance	4.0	7.1	5.4	3.4	-12.4	19.3
CP06	Health	2.2	2.4	3.2	5.2	-8.4	9.6
CP07	Transport	-3.3	0.7	4.2	3.0	-22.9	1.8
CP08	Communications	3.8	-0.3	4.9	-0.1	6.9	7.7
CP09	Recreation and culture	-2.2	2.2	4.8	-0.8	-20.5	5.8
CP10	Education	4.4	5.7	3.6	6.3	-0.0	6.6
CP11	Restaurants and hotels	-1.9	1.8	5.8	6.3	-38.0	28.2
CP12	Miscellaneous goods and services	7.5	10.7	4.6	-0.5	8.0	15.2
	Expenditure outside the State	-17.1	3.8	10.9	13.6	-68.3	-5.5
	Expenditure by non-residents	-14.3	7.0	5.8	0.4	-62.3	8.2
CP13	Expenditure of NPISH on goods and services provided to households	-1.3	7.6	4.2	-13.1	-1.5	-2.5
CP14	General Government expenditure on goods and services provided to Households	8.4	8.8	12.6	6.8	7.5	6.5
CP141	Government - Housing	29.0	47.6	36.4	26.8	21.5	15.0
CP142	Government - Health	5.4	5.1	5.4	4.7	9.8	2.1
CP143	Government - Recreation and Culture	..	..	..	..	..	-63.2
CP144	Government - Education	6.0	14.3	5.5	4.9	-9.6	16.7
CP145	Government - Social Protection	18.3	2.9	103.0	2.8	-8.7	18.1
	Personal consumption of goods and services	2.4	4.1	6.0	4.5	-10.1	8.6

Table 10.4 Annual Percentage Changes in the Main Constituents of Table 10.3
							%
Coicop Code	Description	2016-2021	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021
CP01	Food and non-alcoholic beverages	0.8	3.1	4.2	3.2	-2.8	-3.3
CP02	Alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics	1.0	-0.0	-3.9	6.2	5.4	-2.1
CP03	Clothing and footwear	6.9	8.8	9.6	7.1	-6.4	17.0
CP04	Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels	0.1	-1.2	1.3	-0.2	0.8	-0.1
CP05	Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance	7.3	11.7	9.5	7.2	-8.8	19.3
CP06	Health	0.9	1.4	3.0	4.5	-10.8	7.2
CP07	Transport	-4.6	0.3	3.0	3.0	-22.3	-4.4
CP08	Communications	5.7	-0.2	5.3	3.8	13.2	6.8
CP09	Recreation and culture	-2.0	3.6	6.8	-1.5	-21.2	5.2
CP10	Education	2.6	4.0	2.0	3.9	-2.9	6.4
CP11	Restaurants and hotels	-4.2	-0.2	3.8	2.8	-38.8	23.7
CP12	Miscellaneous goods and services	5.4	13.5	1.7	-2.3	4.4	10.3
	Expenditure outside the State	-19.3	1.8	12.2	12.2	-70.0	-10.8
	Expenditure by non-residents	-16.7	3.9	2.6	-2.5	-62.7	3.3
CP13	Expenditure of NPISH on goods and services provided to households	-2.4	6.9	3.4	-14.4	-2.4	-4.1
CP14	General Government expenditure on goods and services provided to Households	6.3	7.4	11.6	4.9	4.2	3.5
CP141	Government - Housing	15.3	33.2	22.3	14.1	9.5	0.0
CP142	Government - Health	4.7	4.2	6.2	4.2	7.5	1.3
CP143	Government - Recreation and Culture	..	..	..	..	..	-65.2
CP144	Government - Education	4.9	13.4	4.4	3.5	-11.2	16.7
CP145	Government - Social Protection	17.5	8.4	97.6	0.7	-9.3	14.6
	Personal consumption of goods and services	0.4	2.6	4.2	2.7	-10.9	4.6

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