Net Operating Surplus is obtained after deduction of Compensation of Employees, Non-product taxes less subsidies as well as Consumption of Fixed Capital from Gross Value Added. For more information see the Background Notes.
When examined by A21 sector, Manufacturing activities (C) was the largest sector by NOS in both 1995 and 2017. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (A) declined from the second biggest NOS sector in 1995 to the eighth biggest in 2017. Construction (F), the seventh largest sector by NOS in 1995 increased to the fifth largest in 2005, then declined to the twentieth (and lowest) in 2015 before recovering to the ninth largest NOS by A21 sector in 2017. Information and Communication activities (J) increased from the fifth largest NOS sector in 1995 to the second biggest in 2017.
Figure 6.1 Proportional composition of Net Operating Surplus (NOS) by A21 sector, 1995-2017
Proportional composition of Net Operating Surplus (NOS) by A21 sector, 1995
Proportional composition of Net Operating Surplus (NOS) by A21 sector, 2005
Proportional composition of Net Operating Surplus (NOS) by A21 sector, 2010
Proportional composition of Net Operating Surplus (NOS) by A21 sector, 2017
| Greece | Ireland | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Luxembourg | |
| 1995 | 28.2181937552641 | 16.7304017034802 | 18.1503407786619 | 13.2493068099036 | 11.7615533654417 | 16.96036199216 |
| 1996 | 28.5129040760062 | 16.8076102129294 | 18.9904999632732 | 13.3134721194003 | 11.555786698315 | 16.9869711488155 |
| 1997 | 28.8330326765664 | 17.6134349109558 | 18.2372985069988 | 13.5875740155956 | 11.6900069813306 | 15.5126758890934 |
| 1998 | 28.6938345504609 | 18.3609680957441 | 17.2148150766605 | 13.5928210993267 | 12.1149294236258 | 13.4808511541298 |
| 1999 | 27.8980325599053 | 18.5471808239124 | 15.9902751336884 | 12.9296176515342 | 11.6827742917388 | 14.2512501194028 |
| 2000 | 26.5616203247428 | 19.1113362469261 | 15.5284722489163 | 12.018300968167 | 11.5607326309432 | 12.4214087615618 |
| 2001 | 26.3891032380658 | 19.0809874291463 | 14.5846662623671 | 12.4257578471251 | 11.5068473097502 | 10.9529978118162 |
| 2002 | 25.0221542803562 | 20.1744078810552 | 15.0857392916703 | 12.7709573881891 | 11.299406308084 | 11.0530063643242 |
| 2003 | 26.0725057426739 | 19.4110265885614 | 15.8179115167324 | 12.5255987537634 | 11.2626247880112 | 11.3986727753793 |
| 2004 | 26.500459429858 | 18.4943956328799 | 15.4891517266792 | 13.1402577800461 | 11.2991090745692 | 10.6860656361391 |
| 2005 | 25.4699325004207 | 17.8291991417112 | 16.3789932830369 | 13.2657015286138 | 10.9043399651126 | 10.1652257863514 |
| 2006 | 25.3487205246614 | 16.5350703732653 | 15.6667585214721 | 13.8171506559323 | 10.8059940583234 | 10.68264328914 |
| 2007 | 25.0824730423936 | 16.370568051849 | 15.270404182196 | 13.9684712435196 | 11.081299793965 | 10.5281880307518 |
| 2008 | 24.7028287360873 | 14.3362111859392 | 15.8164781313159 | 13.1376452415316 | 10.7354772246462 | 9.64143326306128 |
| 2009 | 24.1297960534754 | 14.6186023542626 | 14.7245386485596 | 11.6942974810122 | 9.75359224592017 | 8.98291148684987 |
| 2010 | 22.732382999566 | 16.5165952962505 | 14.3228509830606 | 12.392938791568 | 9.90857437812336 | 9.5409738126058 |
| 2011 | 22.638308561289 | 18.6118575172866 | 14.6336660077263 | 12.1997233150859 | 9.58327736781623 | 10.0139186183457 |
| 2012 | 21.6727029823147 | 17.1461285814227 | 14.8120631882974 | 11.7023329910439 | 9.17318494857953 | 9.05971800907983 |
| 2013 | 22.2610212537242 | 17.241978674704 | 14.7011362147882 | 11.7920532796326 | 9.04498896641453 | 9.10307415359322 |
| 2014 | 22.2009629446978 | 18.2860203662594 | 15.5995617690632 | 12.0324285837777 | 9.2519089909623 | 8.42402390808627 |
| 2015 | 22.707634489477 | 21.2107719757655 | 15.5882600457443 | 12.187399799622 | 9.83597323387189 | 7.90655065749727 |
| 2016 | 22.5408189130206 | 19.2716229149698 | 15.7958780060488 | 12.3917352014464 | 9.5685169118457 | 7.81690922184169 |
| 2017 | 22.575613583487 | 19.2430032259968 | 15.2867703454691 | 12.1651199165356 | 9.26088102695626 | 7.30612100970717 |
Ireland's NOS as a percentage of Output (and GVA) remained relatively stable between 1995 (17%) and 2017 (19%). During the period it was among the highest among EU Member States and generally higher than the percentages for France, Germany and the UK. Greece reported the highest NOS as a percentage of Output among EU Member States in 2017 (23%), while the lowest percentage (7%) was reported by Luxembourg.
| NOS | NOS |
|---|---|
| Cyprus | 2.40649309132242 |
| Luxembourg | 2.60487051490664 |
| Malta | 5.05778139795347 |
| United Kingdom | 7.14669188341596 |
| France | 7.47030773808088 |
| Italy | 9.55419222109331 |
| Croatia | 12.2631819799664 |
| Belgium | 12.9138100675061 |
| Estonia | 13.1606593008513 |
| Latvia | 13.2129063544571 |
| Netherlands | 13.5906798060651 |
| Greece | 14.4470102824538 |
| Bulgaria | 14.6625213118042 |
| Portugal | 15.7408198343664 |
| Austria | 17.1717184136207 |
| Poland | 17.8633753066023 |
| Denmark | 18.1998515543466 |
| Sweden | 18.7573778718002 |
| Finland | 19.2103937959513 |
| Slovakia | 20.4603892754342 |
| Slovenia | 22.4261937527588 |
| Germany | 23.2608486816184 |
| Lithuania | 23.8448463469621 |
| Hungary | 24.3818130074282 |
| Romania | 24.3829067416876 |
| Czechia | 26.7677573822825 |
| Ireland | 38.318923247558 |
Ireland had the highest manufacturing NOS as a percentage of total NOS (38%) of reporting EU Member States in 2017. The next highest reported among EU Member States was in Czechia (27%), while the lowest was in Cyprus (2%).
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