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Increase of 8.6% in GDP (seasonally adjusted) in Quarter 1

Table 2.1 Gross Domestic Product1 by Nace Rev. 2 A10 Sector of Origin, Q1 20212
 Amount €mQuarterly % change
Industry (excl. Construction)41,8387.9
Information and Communication15,67814.1
Professional, Admin and Support Services8,780-0.5
Public Admin, Education and Health8,756-0.7
Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants7,597-4.6
Real Estate Activities5,1230.6
Financial and Insurance Activities3,6382.2
Construction1,532-27.9
Arts, Entertainment and Other Services91419.4
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing760-2.6
Gross Domestic Product101,9378.6
1Series is not additive, Taxes less Subsidies on Products not shown in table (see Table 2.5 for full detail).
2Constant Market Prices, chain linked annually and referenced to year 2019, seasonally adjusted.

The Information & Communication and Industry (excluding Construction) sectors recorded strong growth in Q1 compared with the previous quarter, increasing by 14.1% and 7.9% respectively. The domestically dominated Distribution, Transport, Hotels & Restaurants sector decreased by 4.6% over the same period. Quarter-on-quarter increases were recorded in Finance & Insurance (2.2%), Real Estate (0.6%) and Arts & Entertainment (19.4%) while domestic sectors that exhibited declines were Construction (27.9%), Public Administration, Education & Health (0.7%) and Professional & Administrative services (0.5%). The Agriculture sector decreased by 2.6% over the period compared with Q4 2020. (See Table 2.5)

Comparisons with Q1 2020
Estimates for the first quarter of 2021 indicate that there was an increase of 10.7% in GDP in real terms in Q1 2021 compared with Q1 2020. The Industry (excluding Construction) sector made the most positive contribution to the Q1 result, rising by 23.4% year-on-year. Information & Communication exhibited an increase of 12.5% compared with the same quarter of 2020 with Real Estate activities growing by 0.9%. All other sectors declined year-on-year with the Construction sector exhibiting the sharpest fall (31.6%). Distribution, Transport, Hotels & Restaurants declined by 18.1% year-on-year while Arts & Entertainment sector recorded a decrease of 14.8%. Year-on-year contractions were also recorded in Agriculture (5.3%), Professional & Administrative Services (4.3%) and Financial & Insurance activities (2.4%). Public Administration, Education & Health exhibited a decline of 1.5% year-on-year. (See Table 2.3)

Q1 2021Q4 2020
Industry (excl. Construction)41.83823410638.783538326
Information and Communication15.67844932813.735567208
Professional, Admin and Support Services8.7795437038.82594118
Public Admin, Education and Health8.755735358.813462865
Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants7.597174187.961158553
Real Estate Activities5.1226082395.090618477
Financial and Insurance Activities3.6382696673.560990495
Construction1.5316091022.124162599
Arts, Entertainment and Other Services0.9144962910.766102192
Agriculture Forestry and Fishing0.7600192640.780427693
Column1Q1 2021
Construction-27.8958633994855
Distribution,
Transport,
Hotels and
Restaurants
-4.57200256189899
Agriculture
Forestry
and Fishing
-2.61503137101005
Public Admin,
Education
and Health
-0.654992434690416
Professional,
Admin and
Support
Services
-0.52569438265847
Real
Estate
Activities
0.628406197489229
Financial and
Insurance
Activities
2.17015945727763
Industry
(excl.
Construction)
7.87626893225513
Information and
Communication
14.1448990826415
Arts,
Entertainment
and Other
Services
19.3700136286779
Agriculture Forestry and FishingIndustry (excl. Construction)ConstructionDistribution, Transport, Hotels and RestaurantsInformation and CommunicationFinancial and Insurance ActivitiesReal Estate ActivitiesProfessional, Admin and Support ServicesPublic Admin, Education and HealthArts, Entertainment and Other Services
Q1 2019100100100100100100100100100100
Q2 2019105.598506681667107.373976421399100.13941530052699.2598683166888120.94453833251998.2021140206375101.589240010934102.092032817987100.83506981324798.8537238208568
Q3 2019100.649935121586112.043584267813108.56289591912798.0117640216707109.43446312983102.711150666901102.636315750286100.194711094385101.71151594969299.3319197232148
Q4 2019119.289959803775112.186196549518103.73281697918398.2029917251464112.671563201135101.356008324778100.79792609341999.8159093465666102.14906109802594.3904975581599
Q1 2020105.031837401647123.944952889924103.12474778869196.246241670762119.8952434638693.4781248246059101.6656840126694.48485172685102.23651915442193.6080075588464
Q2 2020103.677706604496128.57085060169168.895744624049559.2762285659865117.73113644282597.707595837228897.351104255284187.4562345878136100.76122505318466.8579107805968
Q3 2020105.528273422584134.60140338756694.159310833732580.4970131034444143.55446977472289.269448012127698.626764844563191.4767166252033101.44528689522565.3695180114051
Q4 2020103.414147959633139.813202512313104.26401432852183.366791001614117.9022128195689.798084010766101.84989071381990.9880926722494101.39275842602166.7827383543753
Q1 2021100.709835548426150.82526634498175.17866731661779.5552591812473134.57936183908891.7468456233798102.48992173920190.5097733801833100.72864352900679.7185638752221
Table 2.2 Gross Domestic Product by Nace Rev. 2 A10 Sector1 of Origin and Gross National Product at Current Market Prices

Table 2.3 Gross Domestic Product by Nace Rev. 2 A10 Sector1 of Origin and Gross National Product at Constant Market Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2019)2

Table 2.4 Gross Domestic Product by Nace Rev. 2 A10 Sector1 of Origin and Gross National Product at Current Market Prices - Seasonally Adjusted

Table 2.5 Gross Domestic Product by Nace Rev. 2 A10 Sector1 of Origin and Gross National Product at Constant Market Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2019)2 - Seasonally Adjusted

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