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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 2020. The Wholesale, Retail and Motor trade (G) was the second biggest in 1995 declining to the third biggest in 2020. 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 eleventh largest in 2020. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (A) declined from the fifth biggest sector by GVA in 1995 to the sixteenth biggest in 2010 before recovering to the thirteenth largest in 2020.

Figure 4.1 Proportional composition of Gross Value Added (GVA) by A21 sector, 1995-2020

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, 2020

Table 4.1 Gross Value Added by NACE A64 sector, 1995-2020

Table 4.1 Gross Value Added by NACE A64 sector, 1995-2020¹
								€million
ESA A64 code	NACE Rev. 2	Activity	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020

1	1	Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	2,752	2,493	1,571	1,356	2,193	3,268
2	2	Forestry and logging	63	53	60	104	14	38
3	3	Fishing and aquaculture	241	172	129	137	148	160
4	05-09	Mining and quarrying	315	479	575	687	398	403
5	10-12	Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products	1,886	3,602	5,732	6,499	8,939	7,586
6	13-15	Manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel and leather products	407	344	261	152	158	123
7	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	179	374	464	164	203	282
8	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	195	272	242	186	185	216
9	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	230	393	830	387	365	213
10, 11, 12, 17, 19, 22²	19, 20, 21, 26, 28, 31-32	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products; basic chemicals; pharmaceutical products; computer, electronic and optical products; machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified; furniture, other manufacturing	6,534	16,852	22,182	23,199	78,740	116,345
13	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	357	528	667	362	576	634
14	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	442	799	1,015	380	561	846
15	24	Manufacture of basic metals	118	193	231	183	239	250
16	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	362	625	865	550	754	994
18	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	252	567	250	126	359	478
20	29	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	141	162	223	148	206	210
21	30	Manufacture of other transport equipment	129	188	246	61	107	138
23	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	97	184	158	231	334	388
24	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply	910	1,095	1,640	2,516	2,933	3,047
25	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	117	160	332	226	276	801
26	37-39	Sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	254	430	615	668	709	909
27	41-43	Construction	2,923	6,931	14,622	2,342	4,951	7,657
28	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	645	1,262	1,606	1,149	1,331	1,457
29	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1,945	4,741	6,635	7,137	9,952	14,503
30	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	2,773	4,524	6,660	7,584	7,970	8,436
31	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	628	1,458	2,341	2,147	2,247	2,332
32	50	Water transport	62	153	157	103	77	62
33-34	51-52	Air transport, Warehousing and support activities for transportation	559	1,346	1,989	2,580	3,414	1,419
35	53	Postal and courier activities	475	680	807	855	752	898
36	55-56	Accommodation; food and beverage service activities	974	2,663	3,486	3,336	4,333	2,573
37-38	58-60	Publishing, audiovisual and broadcasting activities	1,207	3,153	3,737	7,281	12,180	31,900
39	61	Telecommunications	1,321	2,307	2,613	2,261	1,849	3,373
40	62-63	Computer programming, consultancy and related activities; information service activities	722	2,304	3,888	4,467	8,830	25,507
41	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	2,730	5,045	9,201	10,848	10,187	8,434
42	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	822	1,296	3,568	3,930	3,496	2,578
43	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	603	860	1,836	2,701	2,751	3,665
44	68	Real estate activities	2,780	6,868	10,014	9,799	14,439	21,454
45	69-70	Legal and accounting activities; activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	546	1,739	2,591	2,880	6,089	9,686
46	71	Architectural and engineering services; technical testing and analysis	277	854	1,884	1,558	1,505	2,268
47	72	Scientific research and development	63	110	466	601	972	1,258
48	73	Advertising and market research	90	211	308	539	694	1,205
49	74-75	Other professional, scientific and technical activities; veterinary activities	303	830	1,341	814	765	942
50	77	Rental and leasing activities	711	1,310	3,193	4,784	10,483	15,474
51	78	Employment activities	80	158	225	550	1,267	1,780
52	79	Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation services and related activities	92	195	300	220	318	234
53	80-82	Security and investigation activities; services to buildings and landscape activities; office administrative, office support and other business support activities	385	836	1,875	1,972	2,429	2,921
54	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	2,736	3,830	6,023	6,803	8,018	10,119
55	85	Education	2,819	3,839	6,950	9,230	8,301	10,208
56	86	Human health activities	2,453	4,417	7,858	8,992	8,778	11,666
57	87-88	Social work activities	494	769	1,854	2,898	3,834	4,669
58	90-92	Creative, arts and entertainment activities; libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities; gambling and betting activities	538	1,014	1,344	1,560	1,202	1,311
59	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	196	376	659	767	795	635
60	94	Activities of membership organisations	163	180	275	513	641	614
61	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	21	60	73	44	56	55
62	96	Other personal service activities	255	353	712	663	713	627
63	97-98	Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel; undifferentiated goods and services producing activities of households for own use	78	86	144	35	82	16
64	99	Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies (not included)
01-63	01-98	All NACE economic sectors	49,451	96,722	149,523	152,269	244,098	349,264
¹Preliminary figures. GVA excludes NIE statistical discrepancy.
²Codes aggregated for confidentiality reasons.

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Table 4.2 GVA by NACE A21 sector, 1995-2020

Table 4.3 GVA by NACE A21 sector by rank, 1995-2020 (1 = biggest sector by value, 20 = smallest sector by value)

Table 4.4 GVA by NACE A10 sector in constant market prices, 2013-2020 (chain linked annually and referenced to year 2019)

	Manufacturing	Construction	Information and Communication	Other
1995	22.907610501964	5.91123062514001	6.57166999412094	64.609488878775
1996	22.9722695086012	5.95331171905977	6.70048953833259	64.3739292340065
1997	24.4522819145112	6.08210359077291	7.46957159127532	61.9960429034405
1998	25.6971977704008	6.31820475363548	7.85126467593883	60.1333328000249
1999	26.4120311985847	6.75320135615829	8.36313936661343	58.4716280786436
2000	25.9333365154942	7.16596593254584	8.02744941028289	58.873248141677
2001	28.3303704912355	7.42679280948446	7.2085950106721	57.034241688608
2002	30.1587016150076	7.1902351368903	6.45472486657293	56.1963383815292
2003	26.3629056459229	7.70088407310578	6.54201255110993	59.3941977298614
2004	24.0222686356905	8.69328387883882	6.9092903657857	60.375157119685
2005	22.3154348792105	9.77912863931164	6.84726905741566	61.0581674240621
2006	21.1249896602141	10.6810172491301	6.33226659401083	61.861726496645
2007	20.2316738598032	9.1748754800809	6.50161230121124	64.0918383589047
2008	19.6522886675662	6.60306302195872	7.62049778227771	66.1241505281974
2009	22.6885817015677	2.73769344222492	8.37126074826545	66.2024641079419
2010	21.4288353046218	1.53827986212541	9.19974380072965	67.8331410325231
2011	23.2727461936553	1.13166894760899	9.05899162319174	66.5365932355439
2012	22.2834530473182	1.71523023673858	9.73597957227497	66.2653371436683
2013	21.5219885139682	2.14609839306105	10.2570800354048	66.074833057566
2014	21.8725296782798	2.50922982424682	10.6548952200587	64.9633452774146
2015	37.5776810261467	2.02826798439982	9.36427663948692	51.0297743499666
2016	35.907306015635	2.3088463987178	9.88956748637271	51.8942800992745
2017	34.8282536745894	2.68643704852909	11.4405327816723	51.0447764952091
2018	35.1558301850423	2.63293294103268	12.9141869009876	49.2970499729374
2019	34.0370578357555	2.50993944527855	15.3511899876699	48.1018127312961
2020	36.8492243818577	2.19233600432092	17.402436497078	43.5560031167433

In the above figure, a version of which is repeated across the Output method chapters, the 1995-2020 time-series of notable sectors of the economy are displayed. To allow for greater comparability over time the percentage contribution made by each to the total is 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 1995-2020 period. Information and Communication (J) was the second biggest sector in 2020. These two sectors dominated, though not as much as for Output and Intermediate Consumption, and combined they comprised 54% of total GVA across the economy in 2020, which was an increase from 29% 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 an eighth of Information and Communication in 2020.

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 1995-2020 time series available in the CSO's PxStat database.

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Table 4.2 GVA by NACE A21 sector, 1995-2020
								€million
NACE A21	NACE Rev. 2	Activity	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020
A	01-03	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	3,056	2,718	1,760	1,598	2,355	3,466
B	05-09	Mining and Quarrying	315	479	575	687	398	403
C	10-33	Manufacturing	11,328	25,083	33,367	32,629	91,727	128,701
D	35	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	910	1,095	1,640	2,516	2,933	3,047
E	36-39	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	370	590	946	893	985	1,710
F	41-43	Construction	2,923	6,931	14,622	2,342	4,951	7,657
G	45-47	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	5,363	10,526	14,901	15,871	19,253	24,396
H	49-53	Transportation and Storage	1,725	3,636	5,294	5,684	6,490	4,711
I	55-56	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	974	2,663	3,486	3,336	4,333	2,573
J	58-63	Information and Communication	3,250	7,764	10,238	14,008	22,858	60,780
K	64-66	Financial and Insurance Activities	4,155	7,201	14,604	17,479	16,434	14,677
L	68	Real Estate Activities	2,780	6,868	10,014	9,799	14,439	21,454
M	69-75	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	1,279	3,744	6,589	6,392	10,024	15,359
N	77-82	Administrative and Support Service Activities	1,268	2,500	5,593	7,526	14,497	20,409
O	84	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	2,736	3,830	6,023	6,803	8,018	10,119
P	85	Education	2,819	3,839	6,950	9,230	8,301	10,208
Q	86-88	Human Health and Social Work Activities	2,947	5,186	9,713	11,891	12,612	16,335
R	90-93	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	735	1,390	2,003	2,328	1,998	1,946
S	94-96	Other Service Activities	440	593	1,060	1,220	1,410	1,296
T	97-98	Activities of Households as Employers; Activities of Households for Own Use	78	86	144	35	82	16
U	99	Activities of Extraterritorial Organisations and Bodies (not included)
		Total	49,451	96,722	149,523	152,269	244,098	349,264

Table 4.4 GVA by NACE A10 sector in constant market prices, 2013-2020 (chain linked¹ annually and referenced to year 2019)
										€million
NACE	A10 codes	Activity	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
01-03	A	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	1,821	2,307	2,437	2,679	2,833	2,563	3,219	3,158
05-39	B-E	Industry (excluding construction)	51,903	57,336	103,373	101,525	105,380	116,422	119,402	145,780
10-33	C	of which: Manufacturing	46,949	51,874	98,913	96,989	100,573	111,509	114,126	140,429
41-43	F	Construction	5,342	5,706	6,085	6,599	7,342	8,009	8,416	7,555
45-56	G-I	Distribution, transport, hotels and restaurants	27,889	29,620	31,646	33,681	35,186	36,809	37,807	30,525
58-63	J	Information and communication	18,166	20,481	23,905	26,189	33,590	42,411	51,472	58,574
64-66	K	Financial and insurance activities	17,549	18,076	19,430	17,042	15,440	16,805	16,013	14,638
68	L	Real estate activities	18,475	19,269	19,473	19,523	19,874	19,960	20,246	19,972
69-82	M-N	Professional, admin and support services	20,759	23,480	26,190	27,516	31,832	36,878	39,036	35,359
84-88	O-Q	Public administration, education and health	30,220	30,520	31,496	31,996	33,167	34,002	35,186	35,282
90-98	R-U	Arts, entertainment and other services	3,194	3,341	3,672	4,061	4,323	4,398	4,502	3,355
01-98	Total		197,793	212,839	267,302	270,742	289,145	318,402	335,300	354,198
¹Chain linked series not additive except for 2019 and 2020.

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Table 4.3 GVA by NACE A21 sector by rank, 1995-2020 (1 = biggest sector by value, 20 = smallest sector by value)
								Rank
NACE A21	NACE Rev. 2	Activity	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020
A	01-03	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	5	12	15	16	15	13
B	05-09	Mining and Quarrying	19	19	19	19	19	19
C	10-33	Manufacturing	1	1	1	1	1	1
D	35	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	15	16	16	13	14	14
E	36-39	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	18	18	18	18	18	17
F	41-43	Construction	7	5	3	14	12	11
G	45-47	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	2	2	2	3	3	3
H	49-53	Transportation and Storage	11	11	12	11	11	12
I	55-56	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	14	13	13	12	13	15
J	58-63	Information and Communication	4	3	5	4	2	2
K	64-66	Financial and Insurance Activities	3	4	4	2	4	8
L	68	Real Estate Activities	9	6	6	6	6	4
M	69-75	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	12	10	9	10	8	7
N	77-82	Administrative and Support Service Activities	13	14	11	8	5	5
O	84	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	10	9	10	9	10	10
P	85	Education	8	8	8	7	9	9
Q	86-88	Human Health and Social Work Activities	6	7	7	5	7	6
R	90-93	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	16	15	14	15	16	16
S	94-96	Other Service Activities	17	17	17	17	17	18
T	97-98	Activities of Households as Employers; Activities of Households for Own Use	20	20	20	20	20	20
U	99	Activities of Extraterritorial Organisations and Bodies (not included)