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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 2020 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 where it remained in 2020. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (A) declined from the fifth biggest sector by Intermediate Consumption in 1995 to the twelfth biggest in 2005 where it remained in 2020.

Figure 3.1 Proportional composition of Intermediate Consumption by A21 sector, 1995-2020

Proportional composition of Intermediate Consumption by A21 sector, 1995

Proportional composition of Intermediate Consumption by A21 sector, 2005

Proportional composition of Intermediate Consumption by A21 sector, 2010

Proportional composition of Intermediate Consumption by A21 sector, 2020

Table 3.1 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A64 sector, 1995-2020

Table 3.1 Intermediate Consumption 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	4,007	3,630	3,235	4,129	5,221	5,892
2	2	Forestry and logging	227	70	96	130	139	142
3	3	Fishing and aquaculture	465	332	230	354	239	285
4	05-09	Mining and quarrying	443	674	944	885	549	814
5	10-12	Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products	4,520	8,631	14,384	15,293	18,048	17,185
6	13-15	Manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel and leather products	734	621	393	286	228	231
7	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	524	1,092	889	455	644	747
8	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	315	440	364	281	313	320
9	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	474	808	1,887	897	541	436
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	11,806	28,493	42,229	36,374	75,305	91,744
13	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	529	782	1,101	681	985	1,087
14	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	654	1,182	1,646	812	1,148	1,884
15	24	Manufacture of basic metals	279	456	901	526	571	669
16	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	567	978	1,345	794	1,312	1,733
18	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	522	1,175	507	322	772	796
20	29	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	321	368	527	450	451	470
21	30	Manufacture of other transport equipment	209	305	221	89	22	32
23	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	114	217	164	213	640	558
24	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply	988	1,189	2,810	3,263	3,629	6,999
25	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	114	156	330	251	134	487
26	37-39	Sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	337	571	969	504	1,039	1,217
27	41-43	Construction	5,928	14,057	25,604	10,432	10,093	19,947
28	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	320	626	563	958	874	1,425
29	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1,493	3,639	5,996	9,636	11,191	15,364
30	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1,364	2,226	2,780	4,848	4,638	5,811
31	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	731	1,695	2,468	3,789	2,316	1,545
32	50	Water transport	93	230	129	280	432	346
33-34	51-52	Air transport, Warehousing and support activities for transportation	583	1,424	2,749	4,846	5,576	4,866
35	53	Postal and courier activities	140	201	470	735	467	425
36	55-56	Accommodation; food and beverage service activities	1,479	4,043	4,510	4,040	2,468	2,078
37-38	58-60	Publishing, audiovisual and broadcasting activities	2,624	5,840	7,352	11,032	9,824	20,217
39	61	Telecommunications	4,504	6,869	4,283	3,458	1,873	2,417
40	62-63	Computer programming, consultancy and related activities; information service activities	1,297	4,140	9,993	19,492	51,096	65,864
41	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	1,268	2,343	6,303	9,007	13,818	13,390
42	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	2,682	4,226	9,834	8,895	11,234	13,247
43	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	1,045	1,490	4,817	2,648	3,422	6,746
44	68	Real estate activities	1,156	2,856	6,034	7,586	3,974	4,684
45	69-70	Legal and accounting activities; activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	600	1,910	4,013	4,205	6,318	7,516
46	71	Architectural and engineering services; technical testing and analysis	585	1,802	2,277	2,563	681	720
47	72	Scientific research and development	168	296	120	1,509	754	1,928
48	73	Advertising and market research	352	826	711	987	345	237
49	74-75	Other professional, scientific and technical activities; veterinary activities	278	762	1,520	1,006	419	366
50	77	Rental and leasing activities	870	1,602	1,774	4,881	5,015	8,964
51	78	Employment activities	89	178	291	377	389	613
52	79	Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation services and related activities	467	989	1,131	1,130	87	152
53	80-82	Security and investigation activities; services to buildings and landscape activities; office administrative, office support and other business support activities	379	824	1,313	1,328	1,100	4,987
54	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	1,036	1,451	1,644	3,803	4,366	6,578
55	85	Education	1,014	1,381	2,367	3,180	1,202	1,878
56	86	Human health activities	2,009	3,616	5,079	4,872	3,862	5,641
57	87-88	Social work activities	372	579	1,308	505	1,690	2,275
58	90-92	Creative, arts and entertainment activities; libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities; gambling and betting activities	329	619	888	756	745	912
59	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	250	480	672	190	498	686
60	94	Activities of membership organisations	199	219	350	1,665	1,779	2,025
61	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	35	98	110	64	46	37
62	96	Other personal service activities	587	811	684	585	466	431
63	97-98	Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel; undifferentiated goods and services producing activities of households for own use	163	180	300	0	0	0
64	99	Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies (not included)
01-63	01-98	All NACE economic sectors	64,636	126,699	195,610	202,277	274,987	358,043
¹Preliminary figures.
² Codes aggregated for confidentiality reasons.

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Table 3.2 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A21 sector, 1995-2020

Table 3.3 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A21 sector by rank, 1995-2020 (1 = biggest sector by value, 20 = smallest sector by value)

Table 3.4 Intermediate Consumption 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	33.3659894898127	9.17191837239783	13.0334610887857	44.4286310490037
1996	33.6546802625222	9.2946184139694	13.4571071458816	43.5935941776268
1997	35.0330426807913	9.3645588417811	14.5206861216264	41.0817123558012
1998	36.3380514269365	9.63175159128712	13.8281859054639	40.2020110763125
1999	36.2955257078201	10.3723854898815	14.712797294751	38.6192915075474
2000	35.9499103699868	11.0945589897663	13.2985176696392	39.6570129706078
2001	38.581539117694	11.3153151376209	12.2229779787833	37.8801677659018
2002	37.0155040095178	11.5517040155478	11.6899660885415	39.7428258863929
2003	35.9078020498832	11.551984346058	11.5618566332761	40.9783569707827
2004	35.0772807647361	12.7202770164564	9.68116274449985	42.5212794743077
2005	34.0259187349593	13.0892756567077	11.0567328573486	41.8280727509844
2006	32.5788419757006	13.6452429626541	11.4569897675769	42.3189252940684
2007	30.5427058552496	13.8327273441718	10.5274312290688	45.0971355715099
2008	28.8203439923925	11.8797023338137	11.9719318022725	47.3280218715212
2009	31.6739339121226	5.70618647209884	13.6849704477556	48.9349091680229
2010	28.4137373766362	5.15751803746069	16.7996157300886	49.6291288558145
2011	32.8438672075978	4.66078474545615	16.944168812662	45.551179234284
2012	31.535938818868	2.2268610906994	21.1242357524873	45.1129643379452
2013	30.5075411278196	2.56350092875234	23.845836488023	43.0831214554051
2014	32.9121410169966	3.76222919555338	24.3174729811306	39.0081568063194
2015	36.721706472352	3.6702150144352	22.8350138581842	36.7730646550286
2016	35.9612867947492	4.6980076447654	19.2438922613249	40.0968132991605
2017	33.337770821925	5.60951574643857	20.507461636724	40.5452517949124
2018	32.4179673816818	5.94096504185268	22.8981592208114	38.7429083556542
2019	32.3348005011122	6.06751926043711	21.3991278110455	40.1985524274052
2020	32.9262023828612	5.57124949244015	24.7169896978849	36.7855584268138

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, Manufacturing (C) was the biggest single A21 sector of the economy when measured by Intermediate Consumption over the entire 1995-2020 period. Information and Communication (J) was the second biggest sector in 2020. These two sectors dominated and combined they comprised 58% of total Intermediate Consumption across the economy in 2020, which was an increase from 46% in 1995.

Construction (F) which had less Intermediate Consumption than Information and Communication in 1995, increased more than Information and Communication up to 2007, but had Intermediate Consumption which was less than a quarter 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 3.2 Intermediate Consumption 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	4,699	4,032	3,562	4,613	5,599	6,319
B	05-09	Mining and Quarrying	443	674	944	885	549	814
C	10-33	Manufacturing	21,566	45,548	66,558	57,474	100,980	117,890
D	35	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	988	1,189	2,810	3,263	3,629	6,999
E	36-39	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	450	727	1,298	756	1,173	1,704
F	41-43	Construction	5,928	14,057	25,604	10,432	10,093	19,947
G	45-47	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	3,177	6,491	9,339	15,442	16,703	22,600
H	49-53	Transportation and Storage	1,548	3,550	5,816	9,650	8,791	7,182
I	55-56	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	1,479	4,043	4,510	4,040	2,468	2,078
J	58-63	Information and Communication	8,424	16,849	21,628	33,982	62,793	88,498
K	64-66	Financial and Insurance Activities	4,995	8,059	20,955	20,550	28,474	33,383
L	68	Real Estate Activities	1,156	2,856	6,034	7,586	3,974	4,684
M	69-75	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	1,983	5,596	8,641	10,269	8,516	10,767
N	77-82	Administrative and Support Service Activities	1,805	3,594	4,510	7,716	6,591	14,716
O	84	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	1,036	1,451	1,644	3,803	4,366	6,578
P	85	Education	1,014	1,381	2,367	3,180	1,202	1,878
Q	86-88	Human Health and Social Work Activities	2,381	4,196	6,386	5,377	5,553	7,916
R	90-93	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	579	1,099	1,560	946	1,243	1,598
S	94-96	Other Service Activities	820	1,129	1,144	2,314	2,291	2,493
T	97-98	Activities of Households as Employers; Activities of Households for Own Use	163	180	300	0	0	0
U	99	Activities of Extraterritorial Organisations and Bodies (not included)
		Total	64,636	126,699	195,610	202,277	274,987	358,043

Table 3.4 Intermediate Consumption 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	6,023	5,769	5,799	6,150	6,128	7,018	6,272	6,605
05-39	B-E	Industry (excluding construction)	71,326	79,432	99,360	104,206	101,572	112,964	124,616	132,645
10-33	C	of which: Manufacturing	65,542	74,162	94,323	98,562	95,085	105,690	115,585	122,165
41-43	F	Construction	6,433	9,798	10,594	14,083	17,737	20,350	21,689	20,034
45-56	G-I	Distribution, transport, hotels and restaurants	31,105	29,538	29,668	40,493	36,769	38,133	39,930	33,474
58-63	J	Information and communication	57,900	60,985	65,542	58,512	63,689	76,663	76,494	85,906
64-66	K	Financial and insurance activities	23,936	24,195	30,790	32,716	37,800	33,112	36,699	32,470
68	L	Real estate activities	4,044	4,112	4,466	4,363	4,600	5,527	5,514	4,834
69-82	M-N	Professional, admin and support services	20,369	16,046	16,148	20,525	21,088	23,895	27,243	24,880
84-88	O-Q	Public administration, education and health	10,253	11,035	11,574	12,291	12,489	13,156	14,514	16,645
90-98	R-U	Arts, entertainment and other services	4,454	4,489	3,922	3,898	3,900	4,172	4,493	4,031
01-98	Total		234,402	244,562	278,083	297,061	305,208	334,909	357,463	361,523
¹Chain linked series not additive except for 2019 and 2020.

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Table 3.3 Intermediate Consumption 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	9	12	11	9	12
B	05-09	Mining and Quarrying	19	19	19	18	19	19
C	10-33	Manufacturing	1	1	1	1	1	1
D	35	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	15	15	13	14	13	10
E	36-39	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	18	18	17	19	18	17
F	41-43	Construction	3	3	2	5	5	5
G	45-47	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	6	5	5	4	4	4
H	49-53	Transportation and Storage	10	11	9	7	6	9
I	55-56	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	11	8	11	12	14	15
J	58-63	Information and Communication	2	2	3	2	2	2
K	64-66	Financial and Insurance Activities	4	4	4	3	3	3
L	68	Real Estate Activities	12	12	8	9	12	13
M	69-75	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	8	6	6	6	7	7
N	77-82	Administrative and Support Service Activities	9	10	10	8	8	6
O	84	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	13	13	15	13	11	11
P	85	Education	14	14	14	15	17	16
Q	86-88	Human Health and Social Work Activities	7	7	7	10	10	8
R	90-93	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	17	17	16	17	16	18
S	94-96	Other Service Activities	16	16	18	16	15	14
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)