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Gross Value Added (GVA)

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Gross Value Added (GVA) is conceptually the same aggregate as Gross Domestic Product (GDP). They both measure the added value generated in an economy by the production of goods and services. The difference between the two concepts is that GDP is measured after including product taxes (e.g. excise duties, non-deductible VAT, etc.) and deducting product subsidies while GVA is measured prior to adding product taxes but includes product subsidies. For more information see the Background Notes.

When GVA is examined by A21 sector, Manufacturing (C) and Information & Communication (J) were the two largest sectors in 2019. The Wholesale, Retail and Motor trade (G) was the second biggest in 1995 declining to the third biggest in 2019. Construction (F), the seventh largest sector by GVA in 1995 increased to the third largest in 2005, then declined to the fourteenth largest sector by GVA in 2010 before recovering to the tenth largest in 2019. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (A) declined from the fifth biggest sector by GVA in 1995 to the sixteenth biggest in 2010 before recovering slightly to the fourteenth largest in 2019.

Figure 4.1 Proportional composition of Gross Value Added (GVA) by A21 sector, 1995-2019

Proportional composition of Gross Value Added (GVA) by A21 sector, 1995

Proportional composition of Gross Value Added (GVA) by A21 sector, 2005

Proportional composition of Gross Value Added (GVA) by A21 sector, 2010

Proportional composition of Gross Value Added (GVA) by A21 sector, 2019

Table 4.1 GVA by NACE A21 sector, 1995-2019

Table 4.2 GVA by NACE A21 sector by rank, 1995-2019 (1 = biggest sector by value, 20 = smallest sector by value)

Table 4.3 GVA by NACE A10 sector in constant market prices, 2013-2019 (chain linked annually and referenced to year 2018)

SECTOR/TIME	Manufacturing	Construction	Information and Communication	Other
1995	11327.999239	2923.151501	3249.744127	31971.472368
1996	12293.884984	3185.986022	3585.847175	34459.735491
1997	15122.490224	3761.471114	4619.549364	38323.978736
1998	18695.775474	4596.755589	5712.120165	43692.460452
1999	21835.033801	5582.924644	6913.873052	48239.251644
2000	25083.17915	6931.048273	7764.290243	56860.396272
2001	30827.358346	8081.376958	7843.947598	61994.310645
2002	36372.786964	8671.755641	7784.696287	67746.237533
2003	34004.693464	9933.131265	8438.33887	76580.708932
2004	33013.605696	11947.108349	9495.380775	82914.946757
2005	33366.636805	14622.01545	10238.220361	91232.814212
2006	34344.601749	17364.992343	10294.877197	100584.825462
2007	35418.768501	16062.081314	11382.108202	112277.444447
2008	32885.147909	11049.232372	12751.756345	111000.266684
2009	34562.84583	4170.488822	12752.43197	101129.868259
2010	32629.404062	2342.318398	14008.328193	103558.38255
2011	36078.705013	1750.375949	14038.737517	103097.50097
2012	35314.999402	2701.235825	15424.5521	104845.687309
2013	35303.633824	3503.603875	16825.503333	108790.801436
2014	39024.434137	4463.35575	19010.982757	116401.356454
2015	91641.914856	4930.933532	22853.386473	124917.928875
2016	89726.010107	5768.094362	24686.631988	131740.547344
2017	97422.960896	7348.949705	31327.003898	143787.643039
2018	107486.106365	7992.901396	39208.110722	153090.785042
2019	112151.517269	8645.094339	49847.781836	164183.768639

In the above figure, a version of which is repeated across Chapters, the 1995-2019 time-series of notable sectors of the economy are displayed.

Similarly to Output and Intermediate Consumption, Manufacturing (C) was the biggest single A21 sector of the economy when measured by GVA over the entire 1995-2019 period. Information and Communication (J) was the second biggest sector in 2019. These two sectors dominated, though not as much as for Output and Intermediate Consumption, and combined they comprised 48.4% of total GVA across the economy in 2019, which was an increase from 29.5% in 1995.

Construction (F) which had less GVA than Information and Communication in 1995, increased more than Information and Communication up to 2007, but had GVA which was less than a fifth of Information and Communication in 2019.

The Other category in the figure above is total Output less Manufacturing, Information and Communication and Construction. Sector figures can be found in the tables above and in the full 1995-2019 time series available in the CSO's StatBank database.

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Table 4.1 GVA by NACE A21 sector, 1995-2019
							€million
NACE Level 1 codes (21 of which 20 used in National Accounts)		1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2019
A	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	3,056	2,718	1,760	1,598	2,354	3,264
B	Mining and Quarrying	315	479	575	687	396	540
C	Manufacturing	11,328	25,083	33,367	32,629	91,642	112,152
D	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	910	1,095	1,640	2,516	2,920	3,198
E	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	370	590	946	893	982	1,403
F	Construction	2,923	6,931	14,622	2,342	4,931	8,645
G	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	5,363	10,526	14,901	15,871	19,281	25,316
H	Transportation and Storage	1,725	3,636	5,294	5,684	6,487	6,785
I	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	974	2,663	3,486	3,336	4,357	5,710
J	Information and Communication	3,250	7,764	10,238	14,008	22,853	49,848
K	Financial and Insurance Activities	4,155	7,201	14,604	17,479	16,523	19,346
L	Real Estate Activities	2,802	6,785	9,951	10,069	15,058	23,032
M	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	1,279	3,744	6,589	6,392	10,027	14,692
N	Administrative and Support Service Activities	1,268	2,500	5,593	7,526	14,509	21,959
O	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	2,736	3,830	6,023	6,803	8,775	10,485
P	Education	2,819	3,839	6,950	9,230	7,304	8,574
Q	Human Health and Social Work Activities	2,947	5,186	9,713	11,891	12,485	15,527
R	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	735	1,390	2,003	2,328	1,995	2,606
S	Other Service Activities	440	593	1,060	1,220	1,401	1,700
T	Activities of Households as Employers; Activities of Households for Own Use	78	86	144	35	66	47
U	Activities of Extraterritorial Organisations and Bodies (not included)
	Total	49,472	96,639	149,460	152,538	244,344	334,828

Table 4.3 GVA by NACE A10 sector in constant market prices, 2013-2019 (chain linked¹ annually and referenced to year 2018)
									€million
NACE	A10 codes		2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
01-03	A	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	2,129	2,696	2,848	3,131	3,306	2,907	3,733
05-39	B-E	Industry (excluding construction)	49,669	54,860	99,249	97,779	101,297	112,427	116,112
10-33	C	of which: Manufacturing	44,823	49,518	94,765	93,225	96,491	107,486	110,912
41-43	F	Construction	5,001	5,342	5,697	6,308	7,150	7,993	8,593
45-56	G-I	Distribution, transport, hotels and restaurants	27,534	29,244	31,245	33,109	34,469	35,848	37,152
58-63	J	Information and communication	17,013	19,215	22,418	24,398	31,207	39,208	45,964
64-66	K	Financial and insurance activities	16,718	17,250	18,528	16,963	17,553	18,597	19,685
68	L	Real estate activities	18,501	19,286	19,494	19,544	19,896	19,970	20,233
69-82	M-N	Professional, admin and support services	19,843	22,439	25,045	26,086	30,228	33,892	35,063
84-88	O-Q	Public administration, education and health	29,006	29,291	30,225	30,701	31,862	32,735	33,943
90-98	R-U	Arts, entertainment and other services	3,058	3,200	3,520	3,898	4,105	4,201	4,261
01-98	Total		190,327	204,853	257,448	261,286	280,832	307,778	324,739
¹ Chain linked series not additive except for 2018 and 2019.

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Table 4.2 GVA by NACE A21 sector by rank, 1995-2019 (1 = biggest sector by value, 20 = smallest sector by value)
							Rank
NACE Level 1 codes (21 of which 20 used in National Accounts)		1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2019
A	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	5	12	15	16	15	14
B	Mining and Quarrying	19	19	19	19	19	19
C	Manufacturing	1	1	1	1	1	1
D	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	15	16	16	13	14	15
E	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	18	18	18	18	18	18
F	Construction	7	5	3	14	12	10
G	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	2	2	2	3	3	3
H	Transportation and Storage	11	11	12	11	11	12
I	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	14	13	13	12	13	13
J	Information and Communication	4	3	5	4	2	2
K	Financial and Insurance Activities	3	4	4	2	4	6
L	Real Estate Activities	9	6	6	6	5	4
M	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	12	10	9	10	8	8
N	Administrative and Support Service Activities	13	14	11	8	6	5
O	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	10	9	10	9	9	9
P	Education	8	8	8	7	10	11
Q	Human Health and Social Work Activities	6	7	7	5	7	7
R	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	16	15	14	15	16	16
S	Other Service Activities	17	17	17	17	17	17
T	Activities of Households as Employers; Activities of Households for Own Use	20	20	20	20	20	20
U	Activities of Extraterritorial Organisations and Bodies (not included)