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Intermediate Consumption

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Intermediate Consumption at market prices includes all goods and services used up in the production process in the accounting period, regardless of the date of purchase. For more information see the Background Notes.

When examined by A21 sector and similar to Output, the three largest sectors by Intermediate Consumption in 2017 were Manufacturing (C), Information & Communication (J) and Financial & Insurance activities (K). Construction (F), the third largest sector by Intermediate Consumption in 1995 increased to the second largest in 2005. Construction Intermediate Consumption then declined following 2005, but not as precipitously as Output, declining to fifth biggest by rank in 2010 before recovering to fourth biggest in 2017. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (A) declined from the fifth biggest sector by Intermediate Consumption in 1995 to the twelfth biggest in 2010 before recovering to the eighth largest in 2017.

Figure 3.1 Proportional composition of Intermediate Consumption by A21 sector, 1995-2017

Table 3.1 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A21 sector, 1995-2017

Table 3.2 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A21 sector by rank, 1995-2017

Table 3.3 EU Member State Intermediate Consumption by NACE A10 sector, sorted by Industry (NACE 5-39), 2017

IrelandFranceGermanyGreeceUnited KingdomLuxembourg
199556.653901475270647.074798212511845.979470373112145.913410614926546.33361327184550.0990866649066
199656.506093602927446.958044126088846.057611752647545.602228562583446.28178108284750.6539792058394
199756.85642312028547.236129139544946.466930872732744.481072267751246.613053737343653.4239743513626
199857.110313230724547.204291070314246.908512803026144.039363103076746.965597428026857.0452049634742
199956.933141845811447.859623891086247.820922273494243.955470198083947.364191084129458.4480525683262
200056.730183707232449.168334111964249.062794389972645.482510748711347.433887835923362.5749611581408
200157.120682488955549.34912130461249.01452180133745.553848800234147.637836996640362.6378993435449
200255.806149615713348.799442107162448.035262328644145.59938568745847.386832755319961.4200077371558
200356.065997053117348.315962065922148.711326888987244.083948590789346.798591493693761.2602688141852
200456.545905237986948.469281917263249.070062678970943.946959504425146.956049890819463.6510760838391
200556.694844163386549.009926772451950.043080664615544.379021599803246.100903005896465.8083780897299
200657.939556532688149.614126023842850.803727512297545.461590313629547.328376073180467.831619886166
200758.2688706248249.675005299611451.390910064069545.662058270890747.909238363624869.1745029796671
200860.276747182224849.757574245952452.098873151849344.667712142267547.881944033205169.3430997146094
200959.068623495502248.282681126764750.655847137562743.485131748614147.974245892685366.815355325501
201057.544798146006549.235879685711451.38954754724743.704158633721148.18907048214968.7108909948093
201154.273113099605349.839104226108852.501940550302543.726816326997848.534501285762768.8146473131593
201257.892901403273449.898639135552751.822987582144144.938732618099248.443725697766670.0032215783297
201357.945427488412149.513347662112951.151063919305945.213689474479648.624286442375371.1922360539286
201457.303321569070949.334646391727150.802321160840745.234644507077847.989400333793273.7114674849198
201552.969842443490448.929897383011150.126448903143644.093657600452447.755305300240875.1277748539087
201654.513859803273348.87133255294449.656481957325443.979108048063747.250805640612974.7307888765146
201754.521142029889349.309449659751549.957006020173444.920877677707947.776839097846374.7349040113242

Ireland's Intermediate Consumption as a percentage of Output has remained relatively stable between 1995 and 2017. It was lowest in 2015 at 53% and highest in 2008 at 60%. In 2017, the EU Member State with the highest Intermediate Consumption as a percentage of Ouput was Luxembourg (75%), while Greece (45%) had the lowest percentage.

X-axis labelIntermediate Consumption
Luxembourg6.80547457678529
Malta8.95647711899986
Cyprus10.0483366200806
United Kingdom20.4551033617308
Latvia22.8759592472372
Denmark24.1880075077502
France27.1593863204802
Croatia27.5978891793817
Greece30.6665639219825
Sweden30.886826857252
Netherlands32.3608898053551
Estonia34.0015633590527
Romania34.8644483990376
Belgium35.0280342109927
Ireland35.444596091732
Finland35.732609365652
Austria36.5873562822324
Portugal37.6484134392345
Bulgaria39.4834895080703
Spain39.7378297046967
Italy40.5910118224544
Slovenia41.5192573077406
Lithuania42.2175329712956
Poland42.3295568246834
Germany42.6286920446336
Czechia47.0629295331898
Slovakia47.4888561753348
Hungary51.3815141736809

Ireland's manufacturing Intermediate Consumption as a percentage of total Intermediate Consumption was 35% in 2017. This placed Ireland among the middle group of EU Member States. In 2017, the highest reported manufacturing Intermediate Consumption as a percentage of total Intermediate Consumption was in Hungary (51%), while the lowest reported among EU Member States was in Luxembourg (7%).

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