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Quarterly National Accounts Quarter 1 2021 Final

GDP - Expenditure

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Personal Consumption Expenditure declined by 5.9% in Q1

Table 3.1 Expenditure Components of GDP¹, Q1 2021²
	Amount €m	Quarterly % change
Personal Consumption of Goods and Services	23,462	-5.9
Net Expenditure by Central and Local Government on Current Goods and Services	10,218	-2.2
Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation	19,242	-22.5
Net Exports	50,641
Exports of Goods and Services	136,948	2.3
Less Imports of Goods and Services	-86,308	-16.4
Gross Domestic Product	101,937	8.6
¹Series not additive, Value of Physical Changes in Stocks not shown on table (see Table 3.5 for full detail).
²Constant Market Prices, chain linked annually and referenced to year 2019 and seasonally adjusted.

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On the expenditure side of the accounts (Table 3.5), Capital Investment, showed a decrease of €6.5 billion in Q1 compared with the previous quarter and accounted for 36.6% of total domestic demand in Q1 2021.

Personal Consumption Expenditure declined by 5.9% in Q1 compared to Q4, while Government expenditure decreased by 2.2% over the same period. Combining this with the growth in net exports, there was an overall increase in real GDP of 8.6% in Q1 compared to Q4.

	Personal Consumption Expenditure	Government Expenditure	Gross Fixed Capital Formation	Value of Physical Changes in Stocks	Net Exports	GDP
Q1 2019	27.829567596	8.9137659077	18.824009062	2.292229881	30.03911031	86.930140534
Q2 2019	27.976593042	8.9288530011	62.354643915	-0.1759401654	-9.48076291999999	90.21635373
Q3 2019	27.676314902	9.0916257327	21.181857779	0.9073932363	28.575421892	89.140871182
Q4 2019	27.451768069	8.954573075	88.53714954	0.8991434137	-37.02775647	90.020188165
Q1 2020	26.457362412	9.0966064764	81.73068878	1.4790852518	-25.62578281	92.771329515
Q2 2020	22.50348937	10.142199537	21.006873077	2.0046458699	37.703674358	91.464288336
Q3 2020	25.457367672	10.106168449	19.711071412	0.2586083247	45.718689389	99.083157596
Q4 2020	24.941489437	10.451467356	24.816194313	1.1435446903	30.54428859	93.891394563
Q1 2021	23.461975953	10.217720003	19.242144084	0.2124087138	50.640524493	101.93716238

	Building & Construction	Machinery & Equipment	Intangibles	Machinery & Equipment + Intangibles	Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation
Q1 2019	6.2800780966	6.3118550192	6.2320759465		18.824009062
Q2 2019	6.3030231413	6.3512331047	49.700387669		62.354643915
Q3 2019	6.6904890085	6.3652403094	8.1261284607		21.181857779
Q4 2019	6.3845647545	5.9168281313	76.235756654		88.53714954
Q1 2020	6.7957230186			74.9349657614	81.73068878
Q2 2020	4.5699646121	3.8262520205	12.610656445		21.006873077
Q3 2020	6.2069547161	5.0750490283	8.4290676676		19.711071412
Q4 2020	6.6692193337			18.1469749793	24.816194313
Q1 2021	5.5316318381	5.8642918026	7.8462204431		19.242144084

Comparisons with Q1 2020
On the expenditure side of the accounts (Table 3.3) Capital Investment contracted by €63.6 billion driven by Intellectual Property Products (IPP). Personal Consumption Expenditure exhibited a year-on-year decline of 11.8% reflecting ongoing COVID-19 related restrictions to economic activity while Government expenditure increased by 12.3% over the same period.

Table 3.2 Expenditure on Gross National Product at Current Market Prices

Table 3.2 Expenditure on Gross National Product at Current Market Prices										€million
Period	Personal Consumption of Goods and Services	Net Exp. by Central and Local Government on Current Goods and Services	Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation	Value of Physical Changes in Stocks	Exports of Goods and Services	Imports of Goods and Services	Statistical Discrepancy	GDP at Current Market Prices	Net Factor Income from Rest of World	GNP at Current Market Prices
2015	91,345	27,966	63,200	4,552	320,565	-244,886	58	262,800	-62,043	200,757
2016	96,264	29,273	96,703	4,765	328,235	-285,882	699	270,058	-51,082	218,976
2017	99,462	31,027	98,709	4,222	359,655	-294,028	-2,123	296,925	-62,251	234,674
2018	105,365	32,787	92,117	974	401,001	-307,898	1,696	326,043	-74,655	251,388
2019	111,054	35,896	191,086	3,925	456,097	-443,544	2,012	356,526	-80,952	275,574
2020	100,158	40,415	147,738	4,698	488,877	-405,824	-3,193	372,869	-90,235	282,633

2015
Q1	21,902	6,875	11,987	621	74,441	-53,445	899	63,281	-16,320	46,960
Q2	21,960	6,941	13,704	932	78,174	-59,304	541	62,948	-11,711	51,237
Q3	22,835	6,987	14,161	2,317	81,927	-59,603	-756	67,869	-18,127	49,741
Q4	24,648	7,162	23,349	683	86,023	-72,534	-627	68,703	-15,884	52,819
2016
Q1	23,611	7,164	19,132	752	78,730	-66,004	1,038	64,423	-11,281	53,143
Q2	23,105	7,222	24,201	402	80,086	-72,531	780	63,266	-11,619	51,647
Q3	23,777	7,416	22,725	494	82,459	-68,438	107	68,541	-14,727	53,814
Q4	25,770	7,471	30,645	3,117	86,960	-78,909	-1,226	73,828	-13,456	60,372
2017
Q1	24,132	7,459	15,218	-625	84,294	-62,545	1,338	69,271	-15,412	53,860
Q2	23,749	7,636	53,057	1,914	86,740	-100,937	-2,480	69,679	-16,671	53,008
Q3	24,842	7,912	14,239	2,985	88,932	-60,009	-1,605	77,296	-14,204	63,092
Q4	26,740	8,020	16,195	-52	99,689	-70,537	625	80,679	-15,965	64,714
2018
Q1	25,301	7,977	15,268	2,308	91,974	-62,861	-656	79,310	-18,331	60,979
Q2	25,478	8,148	17,071	119	98,639	-70,555	-749	78,151	-17,597	60,554
Q3	26,482	8,439	19,170	-8	100,877	-72,259	1,877	84,578	-17,925	66,653
Q4	28,104	8,223	40,609	-1,446	109,512	-102,224	1,225	84,003	-20,801	63,202
2019
Q1	26,772	8,677	17,092	3,079	106,901	-76,016	-397	86,107	-19,890	66,217
Q2	26,960	8,937	60,361	-346	110,204	-121,822	408	84,701	-21,434	63,268
Q3	27,876	9,146	21,286	1,357	115,231	-82,669	960	93,185	-20,379	72,806
Q4	29,447	9,136	92,347	-165	123,761	-163,037	1,042	92,532	-19,249	73,283
2020
Q1	25,674	9,178	80,360	2,172	118,284	-142,207	-277	93,183	-21,246	71,937
Q2	21,662	10,201	19,346	1,791	112,390	-79,777	-1,052	84,562	-21,950	62,612
Q3	25,835	10,255	19,618	493	119,167	-74,430	23	100,960	-29,068	71,892
Q4	26,987	10,781	28,414	242	139,037	-109,411	-1,887	94,164	-17,971	76,193
2021
Q1	22,753	10,190	18,271	809	131,033	-82,422	531	101,164	-28,557	72,607

Percentage change on corresponding period of previous year
2015	3.8	2.3	57.0		49.6	36.7		34.8		22.8
2016	5.4	4.7	53.0		2.4	16.7		2.8		9.1
2017	3.3	6.0	2.1		9.6	2.8		9.9		7.2
2018	5.9	5.7	-6.7		11.5	4.7		9.8		7.1
2019	5.4	9.5	107.4		13.7	44.1		9.3		9.6
2020	-9.8	12.6	-22.7		7.2	-8.5		4.6		2.6

2015
Q1	4.1	3.3	24.9		56.0	31.6		36.2		21.6
Q2	3.3	0.3	48.1		45.6	35.3		30.5		28.6
Q3	4.5	1.0	39.0		47.3	34.0		34.3		17.4
Q4	3.4	4.6	108.2		50.0	44.4		38.2		23.8
2016
Q1	7.8	4.2	59.6		5.8	23.5		1.8		13.2
Q2	5.2	4.0	76.6		2.4	22.3		0.5		0.8
Q3	4.1	6.1	60.5		0.6	14.8		1.0		8.2
Q4	4.6	4.3	31.3		1.1	8.8		7.5		14.3
2017
Q1	2.2	4.1	-20.5		7.1	-5.2		7.5		1.3
Q2	2.8	5.7	119.2		8.3	39.2		10.1		2.6
Q3	4.5	6.7	-37.3		7.8	-12.3		12.8		17.2
Q4	3.8	7.4	-47.2		14.6	-10.6		9.3		7.2
2018
Q1	4.8	6.9	0.3		9.1	0.5		14.5		13.2
Q2	7.3	6.7	-67.8		13.7	-30.1		12.2		14.2
Q3	6.6	6.7	34.6		13.4	20.4		9.4		5.6
Q4	5.1	2.5	150.8		9.9	44.9		4.1		-2.3
2019
Q1	5.8	8.8	11.9		16.2	20.9		8.6		8.6
Q2	5.8	9.7	253.6		11.7	72.7		8.4		4.5
Q3	5.3	8.4	11.0		14.2	14.4		10.2		9.2
Q4	4.8	11.1	127.4		13.0	59.5		10.2		16.0
2020
Q1	-4.1	5.8	370.2		10.6	87.1		8.2		8.6
Q2	-19.7	14.1	-67.9		2.0	-34.5		-0.2		-1.0
Q3	-7.3	12.1	-7.8		3.4	-10.0		8.3		-1.3
Q4	-8.4	18.0	-69.2		12.3	-32.9		1.8		4.0
2021
Q1	-11.4	11.0	-77.3		10.8	-42.0		8.6		0.9

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Table 3.3 Expenditure on Gross National Product at Constant Market Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2019)¹

Table 3.3 Expenditure on Gross National Product at Constant Market Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2019)¹									€million
Period	Personal Consumption of Goods and Services	Net Exp. by Central and Local Government on Current Goods and Services	Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation	Value of Physical Changes in Stocks	Exports of Goods and Services	Imports of Goods and Services	GDP at Constant Market Prices	Net Factor Income from Rest of World	GNP at Constant Market Prices
2015	96,218	29,470	70,225	3,801	322,930	-251,724	280,370	-63,153	216,759
2016	101,094	30,787	105,695	4,184	337,740	-299,581	286,096	-53,129	233,186
2017	103,405	31,960	105,063	3,692	370,287	-303,062	311,673	-64,740	247,007
2018	107,481	33,511	95,802	907	413,051	-313,118	339,817	-77,476	262,340
2019	111,054	35,896	191,086	3,925	456,097	-443,544	356,526	-80,952	275,574
2020	99,504	39,811	147,077	4,929	499,415	-410,530	377,444	-92,498	284,945

2015
Q1	23,271	7,276	13,637	510	75,439	-55,500	69,190	-16,708	52,287
Q2	23,130	7,327	15,548	747	78,370	-60,321	66,975	-11,853	55,246
Q3	23,893	7,368	16,093	1,964	82,644	-61,169	72,576	-18,466	53,838
Q4	25,924	7,499	24,948	581	86,477	-74,734	71,630	-16,125	55,388
2016
Q1	24,929	7,516	20,974	693	80,735	-70,355	68,366	-11,686	56,794
Q2	24,165	7,588	26,862	413	83,256	-76,163	67,682	-12,209	55,546
Q3	24,858	7,756	25,100	474	84,754	-71,550	71,433	-15,307	56,056
Q4	27,142	7,926	32,759	2,605	88,994	-81,513	78,615	-13,926	64,790
2017
Q1	25,297	7,769	16,333	-527	84,881	-63,790	72,453	-15,698	56,756
Q2	24,611	7,850	56,788	1,622	87,873	-103,783	73,051	-17,081	55,941
Q3	25,750	8,124	15,102	2,557	91,698	-61,870	81,581	-14,816	66,836
Q4	27,747	8,218	16,839	40	105,835	-73,619	84,588	-17,145	67,474
2018
Q1	26,081	8,037	15,933	2,053	94,489	-64,838	81,874	-18,963	62,908
Q2	25,929	8,338	17,708	109	102,160	-72,428	82,574	-18,358	64,221
Q3	26,852	8,680	19,851	40	102,984	-72,207	88,215	-18,441	69,794
Q4	28,619	8,456	42,309	-1,295	113,419	-103,645	87,154	-21,714	65,418
2019
Q1	26,982	8,781	17,525	3,031	105,701	-76,225	85,629	-19,690	65,939
Q2	26,905	8,897	61,096	-361	110,808	-122,581	85,843	-21,548	64,283
Q3	27,718	9,228	21,363	1,311	114,819	-83,277	93,491	-20,312	73,184
Q4	29,450	8,991	91,101	-56	124,768	-161,462	91,564	-19,403	72,168
2020
Q1	25,430	8,938	80,088	2,207	117,451	-143,110	91,165	-21,134	70,031
Q2	21,650	10,142	19,782	1,872	114,880	-80,436	87,024	-22,477	64,547
Q3	25,580	10,217	19,758	569	124,526	-75,557	103,590	-30,429	73,161
Q4	26,844	10,514	27,448	281	142,558	-111,427	95,665	-18,459	77,206
2021
Q1	22,417	10,033	17,786	872	134,389	-83,360	100,917	-29,339	71,577

Percentage change on corresponding period of previous year
2015	3.2	2.5	50.3		39.2	32.4	25.2		13.7
2016	5.1	4.5	50.5		4.6	19.0	2.0		7.6
2017	2.3	3.8	-0.6		9.6	1.2	8.9		5.9
2018	3.9	4.9	-8.8		11.5	3.3	9.0		6.2
2019	3.3	7.1	99.5		10.4	41.7	4.9		5.0
2020	-10.4	10.9	-23.0		9.5	-7.4	5.9		3.4

2015
Q1	3.6	2.6	22.3		44.7	27.8	29.1		15.7
Q2	2.7	-0.7	43.8		34.1	28.0	21.2		19.4
Q3	3.7	2.0	34.6		37.1	30.3	24.8		8.8
Q4	2.7	6.1	94.6		41.6	42.2	25.8		11.4
2016
Q1	7.1	3.3	53.8		7.0	26.8	-1.2		8.6
Q2	4.5	3.6	72.8		6.2	26.3	1.1		0.5
Q3	4.0	5.3	56.0		2.6	17.0	-1.6		4.1
Q4	4.7	5.7	31.3		2.9	9.1	9.8		17.0
2017
Q1	1.5	3.4	-22.1		5.1	-9.3	6.0		-0.1
Q2	1.8	3.4	111.4		5.5	36.3	7.9		0.7
Q3	3.6	4.7	-39.8		8.2	-13.5	14.2		19.2
Q4	2.2	3.7	-48.6		18.9	-9.7	7.6		4.1
2018
Q1	3.1	3.5	-2.4		11.3	1.6	13.0		10.8
Q2	5.4	6.2	-68.8		16.3	-30.2	13.0		14.8
Q3	4.3	6.8	31.4		12.3	16.7	8.1		4.4
Q4	3.1	2.9	151.3		7.2	40.8	3.0		-3.0
2019
Q1	3.5	9.2	10.0		11.9	17.6	4.6		4.8
Q2	3.8	6.7	245.0		8.5	69.2	4.0		0.1
Q3	3.2	6.3	7.6		11.5	15.3	6.0		4.9
Q4	2.9	6.3	115.3		10.0	55.8	5.1		10.3
2020
Q1	-5.8	1.8	357.0		11.1	87.7	6.5		6.2
Q2	-19.5	14.0	-67.6		3.7	-34.4	1.4		0.4
Q3	-7.7	10.7	-7.5		8.5	-9.3	10.8		-0.0
Q4	-8.8	16.9	-69.9		14.3	-31.0	4.5		7.0
2021
Q1	-11.8	12.3	-77.8		14.4	-41.8	10.7		2.2
¹Chain linked series not additive

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Table 3.4 Expenditure on Gross National Product at Current Market Prices - Seasonally Adjusted

Table 3.4 Expenditure on Gross National Product at Current Market Prices - Seasonally Adjusted									€million
Period	Personal Consumption of Goods and Services	Net Exp. by Central and Local Government on Current Goods and Services	Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation	Value of Physical Changes in Stocks	Exports of Goods and Services	Imports of Goods and Services	GDP at Current Market Prices	Net Factor Income from Rest of World	GNP at Current Market Prices
2015
Q1	22,391	6,947	12,647	346	76,042	-54,806	63,691	-16,081	47,610
Q2	22,689	6,947	13,530	866	78,079	-58,805	64,012	-11,378	52,634
Q3	23,052	6,926	14,595	2,002	81,762	-62,955	65,963	-18,161	47,803
Q4	23,217	7,145	22,253	1,374	84,138	-67,019	69,119	-16,423	52,695
2016
Q1	24,078	7,237	20,043	427	81,491	-68,367	65,152	-11,041	54,110
Q2	23,903	7,234	24,015	355	79,501	-71,587	64,835	-11,286	53,549
Q3	23,957	7,347	23,088	145	82,409	-71,925	66,283	-14,760	51,522
Q4	24,320	7,450	29,207	3,879	83,745	-73,753	72,896	-13,994	58,901
2017
Q1	24,599	7,544	16,472	-1,006	86,299	-64,564	70,055	-15,172	54,883
Q2	24,595	7,645	52,926	1,880	87,719	-100,732	72,203	-16,338	55,865
Q3	24,953	7,836	14,710	2,616	88,884	-64,145	74,369	-14,238	60,131
Q4	25,240	7,985	14,188	774	95,077	-64,116	79,143	-16,504	62,640
2018
Q1	25,885	8,099	17,100	1,872	94,453	-65,486	80,447	-18,092	62,355
Q2	26,377	8,137	16,879	92	99,778	-70,148	81,424	-17,263	64,161
Q3	26,514	8,359	19,812	-389	101,883	-76,511	81,666	-17,959	63,707
Q4	26,465	8,169	37,872	-566	103,544	-94,892	81,935	-21,340	60,594
2019
Q1	27,581	8,862	19,430	2,601	107,996	-78,642	86,753	-19,651	67,102
Q2	27,922	8,888	60,211	-381	112,281	-121,937	88,576	-21,101	67,475
Q3	27,795	9,067	22,122	977	115,812	-86,827	89,704	-20,413	69,291
Q4	27,612	9,055	88,793	759	119,243	-156,111	90,997	-19,788	71,210
2020
Q1	26,672	9,424	83,390	1,657	118,432	-144,561	93,574	-21,007	72,567
Q2	22,442	10,107	18,932	1,752	114,863	-79,886	88,479	-21,617	66,862
Q3	25,665	10,176	20,774	117	120,312	-78,694	97,392	-29,101	68,291
Q4	25,217	10,664	24,339	1,193	133,103	-101,310	92,695	-18,510	74,186
2021
Q1	23,777	10,504	21,454	271	133,022	-85,444	101,856	-28,317	73,538

Percentage change on previous quarter
2015
Q1	-0.0	1.7	21.7		35.1	17.4	26.7		11.5
Q2	1.3	-0.0	7.0		2.7	7.3	0.5		10.6
Q3	1.6	-0.3	7.9		4.7	7.1	3.0		-9.2
Q4	0.7	3.2	52.5		2.9	6.5	4.8		10.2
2016
Q1	3.7	1.3	-9.9		-3.1	2.0	-5.7		2.7
Q2	-0.7	-0.0	19.8		-2.4	4.7	-0.5		-1.0
Q3	0.2	1.6	-3.9		3.7	0.5	2.2		-3.8
Q4	1.5	1.4	26.5		1.6	2.5	10.0		14.3
2017
Q1	1.1	1.3	-43.6		3.0	-12.5	-3.9		-6.8
Q2	-0.0	1.3	221.3		1.6	56.0	3.1		1.8
Q3	1.5	2.5	-72.2		1.3	-36.3	3.0		7.6
Q4	1.2	1.9	-3.5		7.0	-0.0	6.4		4.2
2018
Q1	2.6	1.4	20.5		-0.7	2.1	1.6		-0.5
Q2	1.9	0.5	-1.3		5.6	7.1	1.2		2.9
Q3	0.5	2.7	17.4		2.1	9.1	0.3		-0.7
Q4	-0.2	-2.3	91.2		1.6	24.0	0.3		-4.9
2019
Q1	4.2	8.5	-48.7		4.3	-17.1	5.9		10.7
Q2	1.2	0.3	209.9		4.0	55.1	2.1		0.6
Q3	-0.5	2.0	-63.3		3.1	-28.8	1.3		2.7
Q4	-0.7	-0.1	301.4		3.0	79.8	1.4		2.8
2020
Q1	-3.4	4.1	-6.1		-0.7	-7.4	2.8		1.9
Q2	-15.9	7.2	-77.3		-3.0	-44.7	-5.4		-7.9
Q3	14.4	0.7	9.7		4.7	-1.5	10.1		2.1
Q4	-1.7	4.8	17.2		10.6	28.7	-4.8		8.6
2021
Q1	-5.7	-1.5	-11.9		-0.1	-15.7	9.9		-0.9

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Table 3.5 Expenditure on Gross National Product at Constant Market Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2019)¹ - Seasonally Adjusted

Table 3.5 Expenditure on Gross National Product at Constant Market Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2019)¹ - Seasonally Adjusted									€million
Period	Personal Consumption of Goods and Services	Net Exp. by Central and Local Government on Current Goods and Services	Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation	Value of Physical Changes in Stocks	Exports of Goods and Services	Imports of Goods and Services	GDP at Constant Market Prices	Net Factor Income from Rest of World	GNP at Constant Market Prices
2015
Q1	23,776	7,341	14,158	318	76,937	-56,427	69,384	-16,611	52,773
Q2	23,992	7,331	15,864	876	77,590	-59,231	68,006	-11,479	56,527
Q3	24,246	7,323	16,393	1,477	81,914	-64,384	69,347	-18,540	50,807
Q4	24,388	7,462	23,638	1,207	83,094	-69,553	71,199	-16,522	54,677
2016
Q1	25,385	7,588	21,521	368	82,160	-71,839	68,433	-11,589	56,845
Q2	25,114	7,611	27,143	637	83,292	-75,091	70,016	-11,835	58,180
Q3	25,120	7,702	25,298	-134	84,815	-75,370	68,475	-15,381	53,094
Q4	25,513	7,868	30,822	3,438	85,361	-75,785	77,534	-14,324	63,210
2017
Q1	25,754	7,859	17,339	-1,043	87,454	-65,855	73,283	-15,601	57,682
Q2	25,603	7,898	56,986	1,891	88,943	-102,965	76,413	-16,707	59,706
Q3	25,914	8,026	15,425	1,949	92,378	-65,822	78,010	-14,890	63,120
Q4	26,050	8,164	14,804	997	100,478	-66,926	82,734	-17,542	65,192
2018
Q1	26,675	8,155	17,112	1,397	97,153	-67,257	82,713	-18,866	63,847
Q2	26,973	8,384	18,477	355	103,831	-71,648	86,075	-17,984	68,091
Q3	26,918	8,550	19,935	-499	104,087	-76,399	84,350	-18,515	65,835
Q4	26,795	8,421	39,721	-279	107,298	-95,902	85,852	-22,111	63,741
2019
Q1	27,830	8,914	18,824	2,292	108,899	-78,860	86,930	-19,592	67,338
Q2	27,977	8,929	62,355	-176	113,062	-122,542	90,216	-21,173	69,043
Q3	27,676	9,092	21,182	907	116,378	-87,802	89,141	-20,386	68,755
Q4	27,452	8,955	88,537	899	117,190	-154,218	90,020	-19,801	70,219
2020
Q1	26,457	9,097	81,731	1,479	120,542	-146,168	92,771	-21,037	71,734
Q2	22,503	10,142	21,007	2,005	118,015	-80,311	91,464	-22,102	69,362
Q3	25,457	10,106	19,711	259	126,232	-80,513	99,083	-30,503	68,580
Q4	24,941	10,451	24,816	1,144	133,837	-103,292	93,891	-18,856	75,035
2021
Q1	23,462	10,218	19,242	212	136,948	-86,308	101,937	-29,242	72,695

Percentage change on previous quarter
2015
Q1	-0.1	4.0	20.5		28.9	16.9	22.5		8.3
Q2	0.9	-0.1	12.1		0.8	5.0	-2.0		7.1
Q3	1.1	-0.1	3.3		5.6	8.7	2.0		-10.1
Q4	0.6	1.9	44.2		1.4	8.0	2.7		7.6
2016
Q1	4.1	1.7	-9.0		-1.1	3.3	-3.9		4.0
Q2	-1.1	0.3	26.1		1.4	4.5	2.3		2.3
Q3	0.0	1.2	-6.8		1.8	0.4	-2.2		-8.7
Q4	1.6	2.1	21.8		0.6	0.6	13.2		19.1
2017
Q1	0.9	-0.1	-43.7		2.5	-13.1	-5.5		-8.7
Q2	-0.6	0.5	228.7		1.7	56.4	4.3		3.5
Q3	1.2	1.6	-72.9		3.9	-36.1	2.1		5.7
Q4	0.5	1.7	-4.0		8.8	1.7	6.1		3.3
2018
Q1	2.4	-0.1	15.6		-3.3	0.5	-0.0		-2.1
Q2	1.1	2.8	8.0		6.9	6.5	4.1		6.6
Q3	-0.2	2.0	7.9		0.2	6.6	-2.0		-3.3
Q4	-0.5	-1.5	99.3		3.1	25.5	1.8		-3.2
2019
Q1	3.9	5.9	-52.6		1.5	-17.8	1.3		5.6
Q2	0.5	0.2	231.3		3.8	55.4	3.8		2.5
Q3	-1.1	1.8	-66.0		2.9	-28.3	-1.2		-0.4
Q4	-0.8	-1.5	318.0		0.7	75.6	1.0		2.1
2020
Q1	-3.6	1.6	-7.7		2.9	-5.2	3.1		2.2
Q2	-14.9	11.5	-74.3		-2.1	-45.1	-1.4		-3.3
Q3	13.1	-0.4	-6.2		7.0	0.3	8.3		-1.1
Q4	-2.0	3.4	25.9		6.0	28.3	-5.2		9.4
2021
Q1	-5.9	-2.2	-22.5		2.3	-16.4	8.6		-3.1
¹Chain linked series not additive

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Table 3.6 Components of Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation at Current Market Prices - Non-Seasonally Adjusted

Table 3.6 Components of Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation at Current Market Prices - Non-Seasonally Adjusted								€million
Period	Dwellings	Improvements	Other Building and Construction	Transfer Costs	Machinery and Equipment	of which Other Transport Equipment	Intangible Assets	Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation
2015	1,492	1,856	9,917	911	15,639	6,377	33,385	63,200
2016	2,036	2,196	11,169	1,147	19,625	10,484	60,528	96,703
2017	3,059	2,589	12,734	1,106	22,174	14,370	57,047	98,709
2018	3,649	3,223	14,512	1,386	26,495	17,153	42,853	92,117
2019	4,497	2,809	16,932	1,506	25,013	17,279	140,329	191,086
2020	4,657	2,642	16,691	1,163	17,818	10,132	104,767	147,738

2015
Q1	303	461	1,874	242	4,159	1,427	4,949	11,987
Q2	330	448	2,214	204	4,085	1,934	6,423	13,704
Q3	461	445	2,614	220	3,360	1,002	7,062	14,161
Q4	398	503	3,216	245	4,035	2,013	14,952	23,349
	1,492	1,856	9,917	911	15,639	6,377	33,385	63,200
2016
Q1	459	478	1,874	260	4,982	2,329	11,078	19,132
Q2	522	565	2,437	262	4,853	2,811	15,562	24,201
Q3	544	588	3,154	314	4,591	2,285	13,534	22,725
Q4	511	564	3,704	311	5,200	3,059	20,354	30,645
	2,036	2,196	11,169	1,147	19,625	10,484	60,528	96,703
2017
Q1	630	596	2,419	270	6,110	3,770	5,194	15,218
Q2	691	601	2,650	242	6,376	4,453	42,497	53,057
Q3	882	620	3,441	250	3,999	2,154	5,048	14,239
Q4	857	773	4,224	344	5,689	3,993	4,308	16,195
	3,059	2,589	12,734	1,106	22,174	14,370	57,047	98,709
2018
Q1	758	882	2,686	295	5,659	2,820	4,988	15,268
Q2	920	841	3,140	344	5,914	3,463	5,912	17,071
Q3	1,021	779	4,041	344	6,479	4,299	6,505	19,170
Q4	950	721	4,645	403	8,442	6,571	25,448	40,609
	3,649	3,223	14,512	1,386	26,495	17,153	42,853	92,117
2019
Q1	993	682	3,184	333	6,105	3,618	5,796	17,092
Q2	1,051	666	3,521	341	5,942	4,259	48,840	60,361
Q3	1,297	788	4,693	381	6,006	4,241	8,121	21,286
Q4	1,157	674	5,533	451	6,960	5,161	77,573	92,347
	4,497	2,809	16,932	1,506	25,013	17,279	140,329	191,086
2020
Q1	1,227	479	3,944	378	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	80,360
Q2	721	538	2,575	195	3,288	1,881	12,030	19,346
Q3	1,222	756	4,744	210	4,654	2,374	8,032	19,618
Q4	1,488	869	5,429	381	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	28,414
	4,657	2,642	16,691	1,163	17,818	10,132	104,767	147,738
2021
Q1	991	507	3,030	326	5,497	2,769	7,919	18,271

Percentage change on corresponding period of previous year
2015	36.1	-3.4	14.1	9.3	-1.4	-16.9	182.1	57.0
2016	36.5	18.3	12.6	26.0	25.5	64.4	81.3	53.0
2017	50.2	17.9	14.0	-3.6	13.0	37.1	-5.8	2.1
2018	19.3	24.5	14.0	25.3	19.5	19.4	-24.9	-6.7
2019	23.3	-12.8	16.7	8.7	-5.6	0.7	227.5	107.4
2020	3.6	-6.0	-1.4	-22.8	-28.8	-41.4	-25.3	-22.7

2015
Q1	30.0	-4.6	11.3	48.6	0.6	-22.4	70.7	24.9
Q2	22.9	-10.4	12.3	20.6	21.0	9.5	116.6	48.1
Q3	51.5	-9.8	10.3	-2.1	-18.4	-47.5	163.7	39.0
Q4	36.9	12.6	20.5	-11.7	-4.8	-6.6	354.4	108.2
2016
Q1	51.6	3.8	0.0	7.4	19.8	63.2	123.9	59.6
Q2	58.0	26.3	10.1	28.5	18.8	45.3	142.3	76.6
Q3	18.2	32.3	20.7	42.7	36.6	128.0	91.6	60.5
Q4	28.3	12.2	15.2	27.2	28.9	51.9	36.1	31.3
2017
Q1	37.1	24.6	29.1	3.6	22.6	61.9	-53.1	-20.5
Q2	32.5	6.3	8.7	-7.7	31.4	58.4	173.1	119.2
Q3	62.0	5.4	9.1	-20.3	-12.9	-5.8	-62.7	-37.3
Q4	67.6	36.9	14.0	10.7	9.4	30.6	-78.8	-47.2
2018
Q1	20.4	48.0	11.0	9.5	-7.4	-25.2	-4.0	0.3
Q2	33.1	39.9	18.5	42.0	-7.2	-22.2	-86.1	-67.8
Q3	15.8	25.7	17.5	37.6	62.0	99.6	28.9	34.6
Q4	10.9	-6.7	10.0	17.0	48.4	64.6	490.7	150.8
2019
Q1	31.0	-22.7	18.5	12.8	7.9	28.3	16.2	11.9
Q2	14.2	-20.9	12.1	-0.8	0.5	23.0	726.1	253.6
Q3	27.0	1.1	16.1	10.9	-7.3	-1.3	24.8	11.0
Q4	21.8	-6.5	19.1	11.9	-17.6	-21.5	204.8	127.4
2020
Q1	23.5	-29.7	23.8	13.6	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	370.2
Q2	-31.4	-19.3	-26.9	-42.9	-44.7	-55.8	-75.4	-67.9
Q3	-5.7	-4.0	1.1	-45.0	-22.5	-44.0	-1.1	-7.8
Q4	28.6	28.8	-1.9	-15.6	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	-69.2
2021
Q1	-19.2	5.8	-23.2	-13.8	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	-77.3
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Table 3.7 Components of Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation at Constant Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2019)¹ - Non-Seasonally Adjusted

Table 3.7 Components of Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation at Constant Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2019)¹ - Non-Seasonally Adjusted								€million
Period	Dwellings	Improvements	Other Building and Construction	Transfer Costs	Machinery and Equipment	of which Other Transport Equipment	Intangible Assets	Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation
2015	1,670	2,395	12,813	1,201	15,804	6,666	36,736	70,225
2016	2,237	2,668	13,581	1,416	19,968	10,854	65,703	105,695
2017	3,241	2,969	14,606	1,247	22,289	14,671	60,571	105,063
2018	4,005	3,438	15,482	1,438	26,557	17,335	44,634	95,802
2019	4,497	2,809	16,932	1,506	25,013	17,279	140,329	191,086
2020	4,335	2,574	16,261	1,151	17,941	10,006	104,816	147,077

2015
Q1	358	617	2,511	331	4,227	1,500	5,565	13,637
Q2	379	585	2,900	273	4,124	2,025	7,312	15,548
Q3	511	578	3,399	285	3,389	1,044	8,123	16,093
Q4	421	615	4,003	313	4,064	2,097	15,735	24,948
	1,670	2,395	12,813	1,201	15,804	6,666	36,736	70,225
2016
Q1	504	594	2,345	333	5,069	2,415	11,975	20,974
Q2	563	687	2,983	332	4,948	2,912	17,257	26,862
Q3	608	729	3,886	381	4,688	2,368	14,904	25,100
Q4	563	657	4,367	370	5,264	3,160	21,567	32,759
	2,237	2,668	13,581	1,416	19,968	10,854	65,703	105,695
2017
Q1	705	698	2,839	319	6,139	3,863	5,537	16,333
Q2	757	699	3,077	281	6,370	4,547	45,237	56,788
Q3	913	718	3,968	276	4,017	2,196	5,383	15,102
Q4	865	854	4,722	371	5,764	4,065	4,414	16,839
	3,241	2,969	14,606	1,247	22,289	14,671	60,571	105,063
2018
Q1	859	965	2,986	316	5,681	2,860	5,077	15,933
Q2	1,018	902	3,373	359	5,923	3,501	6,092	17,708
Q3	1,107	829	4,298	352	6,462	4,341	6,791	19,851
Q4	1,021	742	4,825	410	8,491	6,633	26,674	42,309
	4,005	3,438	15,482	1,438	26,557	17,335	44,634	95,802
2019
Q1	1,004	711	3,315	337	6,117	3,634	5,974	17,525
Q2	1,057	681	3,603	343	5,917	4,269	49,509	61,096
Q3	1,286	791	4,739	378	5,975	4,242	8,186	21,363
Q4	1,150	625	5,275	448	7,003	5,134	76,660	91,101
	4,497	2,809	16,932	1,506	25,013	17,279	140,329	191,086
2020
Q1	1,153	443	3,745	376	n/a²	n/a²	n/a²	80,088
Q2	673	578	2,675	194	3,312	1,863	12,352	19,782
Q3	1,135	722	4,583	208	4,697	2,349	8,414	19,758
Q4	1,373	831	5,258	373	n/a²	n/a²	n/a²	27,448
	4,335	2,574	16,261	1,151	17,941	10,006	104,816	147,077
2021
Q1	909	486	2,916	314	5,643	2,720	7,518	17,786

Percentage change on corresponding period of previous year
2015	34.5	-8.5	8.1	-0.2	-3.2	-18.4	167.5	50.3
2016	34.0	11.4	6.0	17.9	26.4	62.8	78.9	50.5
2017	44.9	11.3	7.5	-11.9	11.6	35.2	-7.8	-0.6
2018	23.6	15.8	6.0	15.3	19.1	18.2	-26.3	-8.8
2019	12.3	-18.3	9.4	4.7	-5.8	-0.3	214.4	99.5
2020	-3.6	-8.4	-4.0	-23.6	-28.3	-42.1	-25.3	-23.0

2015
Q1	29.3	-9.4	5.6	27.9	-1.0	-23.6	72.8	22.3
Q2	22.6	-12.8	8.2	7.0	18.4	7.7	109.5	43.8
Q3	49.3	-15.7	3.7	-9.2	-20.0	-48.6	153.1	34.6
Q4	34.7	6.3	13.9	-16.8	-6.4	-8.6	312.7	94.6
2016
Q1	40.6	-3.7	-6.6	0.7	19.9	61.0	115.2	53.8
Q2	48.3	17.5	2.9	21.7	20.0	43.8	136.0	72.8
Q3	18.9	26.1	14.3	33.6	38.3	126.8	83.5	56.0
Q4	33.7	7.0	9.1	18.2	29.5	50.7	37.1	31.3
2017
Q1	40.0	17.4	21.1	-4.1	21.1	60.0	-53.8	-22.1
Q2	34.5	1.7	3.1	-15.4	28.7	56.2	162.1	111.4
Q3	50.3	-1.6	2.1	-27.6	-14.3	-7.3	-63.9	-39.8
Q4	53.7	29.9	8.1	0.3	9.5	28.6	-79.5	-48.6
2018
Q1	21.9	38.3	5.2	-1.0	-7.5	-26.0	-8.3	-2.4
Q2	34.5	29.1	9.6	28.0	-7.0	-23.0	-86.5	-68.8
Q3	21.1	15.5	8.3	27.6	60.8	97.7	26.1	31.4
Q4	18.0	-13.2	2.2	10.4	47.3	63.2	504.3	151.3
2019
Q1	16.9	-26.3	11.0	6.5	7.7	27.1	17.7	10.0
Q2	3.9	-24.5	6.8	-4.6	-0.1	21.9	712.7	245.0
Q3	16.2	-4.5	10.3	7.3	-7.5	-2.3	20.5	7.6
Q4	12.6	-15.7	9.3	9.3	-17.5	-22.6	187.4	115.3
2020
Q1	14.8	-37.7	13.0	11.6	n/a²	n/a²	n/a²	357.0
Q2	-36.3	-15.2	-25.8	-43.5	-44.0	-56.4	-75.1	-67.6
Q3	-11.7	-8.8	-3.3	-45.1	-21.4	-44.6	2.8	-7.5
Q4	19.4	32.9	-0.3	-16.7	n/a²	n/a²	n/a²	-69.9
2021
Q1	-21.2	9.6	-22.1	-16.3	n/a²	n/a²	n/a²	-77.8
¹Chain linked series not additive
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Table 3.8 Components of Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation at Current Market Prices & Constant Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2019)¹ - Seasonally Adjusted

Table 3.8 Components of Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation at Current Market Prices & Constant Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2019)¹ - Seasonally Adjusted								€million
	CURRENT MARKET PRICES				CONSTANT MARKET PRICES
Period	All Building and Construction (including Dwellings, Improvements, other B&C and Transfer Costs)²	Machinery and Equipment	Intangible Assets	Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation	All Building and Construction (including Dwellings, Improvements, other B&C and Transfer Costs)²	Machinery and Equipment	Intangible Assets	Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation
2015
Q1	3,400	4,059	5,188	12,647	4,411	3,898	5,848	14,158
Q2	3,474	3,946	6,110	13,530	4,494	3,849	7,521	15,864
Q3	3,488	3,850	7,257	14,595	4,424	3,888	8,080	16,393
Q4	3,759	3,725	14,770	22,253	4,648	3,709	15,281	23,638
2016
Q1	3,624	4,954	11,465	20,043	4,390	4,909	12,222	21,521
Q2	4,092	4,728	15,194	24,015	4,941	4,789	17,413	27,143
Q3	4,298	5,082	13,709	23,088	5,193	5,275	14,830	25,298
Q4	4,366	4,821	20,020	29,207	5,155	4,595	21,071	30,822
2017
Q1	4,579	6,063	5,830	16,472	5,292	6,210	5,838	17,339
Q2	4,601	6,341	41,984	52,926	5,286	6,382	45,318	56,986
Q3	4,838	4,469	5,403	14,710	5,467	4,591	5,367	15,425
Q4	5,342	5,264	3,581	14,188	5,913	4,909	3,982	14,804
2018
Q1	5,431	5,644	6,025	17,100	5,967	5,776	5,369	17,112
Q2	5,750	5,908	5,221	16,879	6,181	5,987	6,309	18,477
Q3	5,736	6,963	7,114	19,812	6,122	7,045	6,767	19,935
Q4	5,754	7,959	24,159	37,872	6,045	7,518	26,158	39,721
2019
Q1	6,092	6,033	7,305	19,430	6,280	6,312	6,232	18,824
Q2	6,230	6,047	47,934	60,211	6,303	6,351	49,700	62,355
Q3	6,632	6,443	9,047	22,122	6,690	6,365	8,126	21,182
Q4	6,621	6,431	75,741	88,793	6,385	5,917	76,236	88,537
2020
Q1	7,165	n/a³	n/a³	83,390	6,796	n/a³	n/a³	81,731
Q2	4,510	3,468	10,953	18,932	4,570	3,826	12,611	21,007
Q3	6,430	5,125	9,218	20,774	6,207	5,075	8,429	19,711
Q4	6,950	n/a³	n/a³	24,339	6,669	n/a³	n/a³	24,816
2021
Q1	5,791	5,422	10,241	21,454	5,532	5,864	7,846	19,242

Percentage change on previous quarter
2015
Q1	6.4	1.2	62.9	21.7	6.2	-7.5	73.0	20.5
Q2	2.2	-2.8	17.8	7.0	1.9	-1.2	28.6	12.1
Q3	0.4	-2.4	18.8	7.9	-1.5	1.0	7.4	3.3
Q4	7.8	-3.3	103.5	52.5	5.1	-4.6	89.1	44.2
2016
Q1	-3.6	33.0	-22.4	-9.9	-5.6	32.3	-20.0	-9.0
Q2	12.9	-4.6	32.5	19.8	12.5	-2.4	42.5	26.1
Q3	5.0	7.5	-9.8	-3.9	5.1	10.1	-14.8	-6.8
Q4	1.6	-5.1	46.0	26.5	-0.7	-12.9	42.1	21.8
2017
Q1	4.9	25.8	-70.9	-43.6	2.6	35.2	-72.3	-43.7
Q2	0.5	4.6	620.1	221.3	-0.1	2.8	676.3	228.7
Q3	5.1	-29.5	-87.1	-72.2	3.4	-28.1	-88.2	-72.9
Q4	10.4	17.8	-33.7	-3.5	8.1	6.9	-25.8	-4.0
2018
Q1	1.7	7.2	68.2	20.5	0.9	17.7	34.8	15.6
Q2	5.9	4.7	-13.4	-1.3	3.6	3.7	17.5	8.0
Q3	-0.2	17.9	36.3	17.4	-1.0	17.7	7.3	7.9
Q4	0.3	14.3	239.6	91.2	-1.2	6.7	286.5	99.3
2019
Q1	5.9	-24.2	-69.8	-48.7	3.9	-16.0	-76.2	-52.6
Q2	2.3	0.2	556.2	209.9	0.4	0.6	697.5	231.3
Q3	6.5	6.5	-81.1	-63.3	6.1	0.2	-83.6	-66.0
Q4	-0.2	-0.2	737.2	301.4	-4.6	-7.0	838.2	318.0
2020
Q1	8.2	n/a³	n/a³	-6.1	6.4	n/a³	n/a³	-7.7
Q2	-37.1	n/a³	n/a³	-77.3	-32.8	n/a³	n/a³	-74.3
Q3	42.6	47.8	-15.8	9.7	35.8	32.6	-33.2	-6.2
Q4	8.1	n/a³	n/a³	17.2	7.4	n/a³	n/a³	25.9
2021
Q1	-16.7	n/a³	n/a³	-11.9	-17.1	n/a³	n/a³	-22.5
¹Chain linked series not additive
²The results are aggregated to this level as some of the components, individually, do not have identifiable seasonality present
³Data suppressed for confidentiality reasons

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