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GDP - Expenditure

GDP - Expenditure

Personal Consumption Expenditure increased by 0.1% in Q1 2023

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Table 3.1 Expenditure Components of GDP1, Q1 20232
 Amount €mQuarterly % change
Personal Consumption of Goods and Services31,8990.1
Net Expenditure by Central and Local Government on Current Goods and Services11,022-4.9
Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation22,750-16.5
Net Exports48,336 
     Exports of Goods and Services166,835-1.5
     Less Imports of Goods and Services-118,499-2.9
Gross Domestic Product117,504-2.8
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 2021 and seasonally adjusted.

On the expenditure side of the accounts (Table 3.5), Capital Investment decreased by €1.8 billion in Q1 compared with the previous quarter and accounted for 37.2% of total domestic demand in Q1 2023.

Personal Consumption Expenditure grew by 0.1% in Q1 2023 compared to Q4 2022, while Government expenditure decreased by 4.9% over the same period. There was an overall decrease in real GDP of 2.8%.

Personal Consumption ExpenditureGovernment ExpenditureGross Fixed Capital FormationValue of Physical Changes in StocksNet ExportsGDP
Q1 202027.9553621999.564926518379.1106300161.87664893-23.9453362594.281600006
Q2 202023.80295377810.67679251818.3640515991.15610972134.8295919188.864858544
Q3 202026.94796438210.69891259125.3719263260.38549617638.35246404199.528911229
Q4 202026.34725640610.87544986738.0629429280.06498798218.1693969495.377209604
Q1 202125.30445772611.21493627518.5552600382.12384960949.383598433105.41991071
Q2 202128.74846189311.15671603220.0281318140.05747956348.967934891108.20529519
Q3 202129.69089644610.87569088419.3715856893.13579461748.369416914110.99211319
Q4 202129.98855491811.18221333838.842746989-0.10956058827.46044531109.04625036
Q1 202230.22424763711.25384012421.4449165731.56717703451.48529319115.18811861
Q2 202231.13876287411.46314678125.5720633963.86921801346.91127054118.06835164
Q3 202231.40804780811.6938967727.7884607754.19840775345.06525046120.93679304
Q4 202231.869544411.59208997927.242855721-0.01113184747.36065952120.87713939
Q1 202331.89851469211.02163049722.7498062152.67764337448.33603575117.50388116

Get the data: NAQ04

Building & ConstructionMachinery & EquipmentIntangiblesMachinery & Equipment + IntangiblesGross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation
Q1 20207.45395382370071.656676192379.110630016
Q2 20204.98629208490013.377759514118.364051599
Q3 20206.43718581885.286454565613.648285941025.371926326
Q4 20207.0193845475.456702269225.586856112038.062942928
Q1 20215.65380402335.29664508417.6048109308018.555260038
Q2 20216.39518162275.5233579678.1095922247020.028131814
Q3 20216.25071626184.36946802048.7514014072019.371585689
Q4 20216.86665234435.361720054526.61437459038.842746989
Q1 20226.51459756465.86412171019.0661972986021.444916573
Q2 20226.69728811917.448004763611.426770513025.572063396
Q3 20226.6001131457.118687078814.069660552027.788460775
Q4 20226.35262496686.737605555314.152625199027.242855721
Q1 20236.85814767436.81717278919.0744857516022.749806215

Get the data: NAQ04

Comparisons with Q1 2022

On the expenditure side of the accounts (Table 3.3), Capital Investment increased by 11.2%. Personal Consumption showed an increase of 5.1% while Government expenditure fell by 2.7% over the same period. Exports of Goods and Services increased by 5.7% (or €8.7 billion) in Q1 2023 compared with the same quarter of 2022. Imports of Goods and Services grew by 10.9% (or €11.1 billion) over the same period. Net Exports therefore decreased by 5.0% (or €2.4 billion) over the period year-on-year.

Table 3.2 Expenditure on Gross National Product at Current Market Prices

Table 3.3 Expenditure on Gross National Product at Constant Market Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2021)1

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

Table 3.5 Expenditure on Gross National Product at Constant Market Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2021)1 - Seasonally Adjusted

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

Table 3.7 Components of Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation at Constant Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2021)1 - Non-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 2021)1 - Seasonally Adjusted

FOR UPDATES TABLES, PLEASE CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK: Quarterly National Accounts Q1 2023 Updates Tables (XLS 56KB)