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‌Output at basic prices covers the value of all goods produced for sale, including unsold goods, and all receipts for services rendered. Output furthermore covers the market equivalent of goods and services produced for own use, such as own account capital formation, services of owner-occupied dwellings and agricultural products produced by farmers for own consumption. For more information see the Background Notes.

The following set of four treemap charts illustrate the proportional composition of the total by each A21 sector in a particular year (1995, 2005, 2010, 2020). Clicking on a treemap enlarges the image and offers options to look at the four treemaps as a slideshow, allowing for comparisons over time. The value and rank of each A21 sector are also provided in the tables below. This structure is repeated across each Output method thematic Chapter. Further details on the composition of the A21 and A10 sectors are provided in the charts and tables and in the Background Notes.

When examined by A21 sector, Manufacturing (C), Information & Communication (J) and Financial & Insurance activities (K) were the largest sectors by Output in both 1995 and 2020. Construction (F), the fourth largest sector by Output in 1995, increased to the second largest in 2005. Construction (F) then declined to the tenth largest sector by Output in 2010 before recovering to the sixth largest in 2020. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (A) declined from the sixth biggest sector by Output in 1995 to the fourteenth biggest in 2005, where it remained in 2020.

Figure 2.1 Proportional composition of Output by A21 sector, 1995-2020

Proportional composition of Output by A21 sector, 1995

Proportional composition of Output by A21 sector, 2005

Proportional composition of Output by A21 sector, 2010

Proportional composition of Output by A21 sector, 2020

Table 2.1 Output by NACE A64 sector, 1995-2020

Table 2.1 Output 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	6,760	6,123	4,807	5,485	7,414	9,160
2	2	Forestry and logging	290	122	156	234	153	180
3	3	Fishing and aquaculture	705	504	359	491	387	445
4	05-09	Mining and quarrying	757	1,153	1,519	1,572	947	1,217
5	10-12	Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products	6,406	12,234	20,116	21,792	26,987	24,771
6	13-15	Manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel and leather products	1,141	965	655	439	386	353
7	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	703	1,466	1,353	620	847	1,029
8	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	510	712	606	468	498	535
9	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	704	1,201	2,716	1,284	907	649
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	18,340	45,345	64,411	59,574	154,045	208,089
13	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	885	1,310	1,768	1,043	1,561	1,721
14	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	1,096	1,982	2,661	1,192	1,708	2,730
15	24	Manufacture of basic metals	397	649	1,132	709	810	918
16	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	929	1,603	2,210	1,344	2,067	2,727
18	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	774	1,742	757	448	1,131	1,274
20	29	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	461	529	750	597	657	679
21	30	Manufacture of other transport equipment	337	494	468	150	130	170
23	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	211	401	322	444	974	946
24	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply	1,899	2,283	4,450	5,779	6,562	10,046
25	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	230	315	662	477	409	1,288
26	37-39	Sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	590	1,001	1,583	1,172	1,749	2,126
27	41-43	Construction	8,852	20,988	40,226	12,775	15,044	27,605
28	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	965	1,888	2,169	2,108	2,205	2,882
29	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	3,438	8,380	12,631	16,773	21,143	29,867
30	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	4,137	6,750	9,440	12,433	12,608	14,246
31	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	1,359	3,153	4,809	5,935	4,562	3,876
32	50	Water transport	156	383	286	383	509	408
33-34	51-52	Air transport, Warehousing and support activities for transportation	1,142	2,770	4,738	7,425	8,990	6,285
35	53	Postal and courier activities	616	881	1,278	1,590	1,219	1,323
36	55-56	Accommodation; food and beverage service activities	2,453	6,706	7,995	7,376	6,801	4,650
37-38	58-60	Publishing, audiovisual and broadcasting activities	3,831	8,992	11,090	18,312	22,004	52,117
39	61	Telecommunications	5,824	9,177	6,896	5,718	3,722	5,790
40	62-63	Computer programming, consultancy and related activities; information service activities	2,019	6,444	13,881	23,959	59,926	91,371
41	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	3,998	7,387	15,504	19,856	24,006	21,824
42	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	3,505	5,522	13,402	12,824	14,730	15,826
43	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	1,648	2,350	6,653	5,349	6,172	10,411
44	68	Real estate activities	3,937	9,724	16,048	17,385	18,413	26,138
45	69-70	Legal and accounting activities; activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	1,146	3,649	6,604	7,085	12,407	17,202
46	71	Architectural and engineering services; technical testing and analysis	862	2,656	4,161	4,121	2,186	2,988
47	72	Scientific research and development	231	406	586	2,110	1,726	3,186
48	73	Advertising and market research	441	1,038	1,019	1,526	1,039	1,442
49	74-75	Other professional, scientific and technical activities; veterinary activities	581	1,591	2,860	1,820	1,183	1,308
50	77	Rental and leasing activities	1,581	2,913	4,968	9,666	15,498	24,438
51	78	Employment activities	169	336	516	926	1,656	2,393
52	79	Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation services and related activities	559	1,185	1,431	1,350	405	386
53	80-82	Security and investigation activities; services to buildings and landscape activities; office administrative, office support and other business support activities	764	1,661	3,188	3,300	3,528	7,908
54	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	3,773	5,280	7,668	10,605	12,384	16,698
55	85	Education	3,833	5,220	9,317	12,409	9,503	12,086
56	86	Human health activities	4,462	8,034	12,937	13,864	12,640	17,307
57	87-88	Social work activities	866	1,348	3,162	3,403	5,525	6,945
58	90-92	Creative, arts and entertainment activities; libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities; gambling and betting activities	867	1,633	2,232	2,317	1,948	2,223
59	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	447	856	1,331	958	1,293	1,321
60	94	Activities of membership organisations	362	399	625	2,178	2,420	2,640
61	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	56	158	183	108	103	92
62	96	Other personal service activities	842	1,164	1,396	1,248	1,178	1,058
63	97-98	Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel; undifferentiated goods and services producing activities of households for own use	240	267	445	35	82	16
64	99	Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies (not included)
01-63	01-98	All NACE economic sectors	114,087	223,420	345,133	354,545	519,086	707,307
¹Preliminary figures.
²Codes aggregated for confidentiality reasons.

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Table 2.2 Output by NACE A21 sector, 1995-2020

Table 2.3 Output by NACE A21 sector by rank, 1995-2020 (1 = biggest sector by value, 20 = smallest sector by value)

Table 2.4 Output by NACE A10 sector in constant market prices, 2013-2020 (chain linked annually and referenced to year 2019)

X-axis label	Manufacturing	Construction	Information and Communication	Other
1995	28.8328116730077	7.75857531253778	10.2326017900968	53.1760112243577
1996	29.0081368141497	7.84124547237891	10.5181715442308	52.6324461692406
1997	30.4668434300062	7.94799295973952	11.477729703375	50.1074339068793
1998	31.7718781574882	8.20985166804423	11.2633862348724	48.7548839395951
1999	32.0361786672532	8.81267791733861	11.9763768232717	47.1747665921365
2000	31.6135954487808	9.39381610689574	11.0165984948261	47.9759899494973
2001	34.1840101606787	9.64722341451284	10.0719164649849	46.0968499598236
2002	33.9846717048028	9.62385485023908	9.37589353672678	47.0155799082313
2003	31.7236501400971	9.86379540404234	9.36133089530062	49.0512235605599
2004	30.2504068510787	10.9619986988187	8.47089917160601	50.3166952784966
2005	28.9525624713954	11.6552140662806	9.23305846417285	50.1591649981511
2006	27.7594694215592	12.3980025011448	9.30068902844123	50.5418390488548
2007	26.2390989284541	11.8886383769559	8.84713945723412	53.0251232373559
2008	25.1816301601244	9.78545445172059	10.2448890880365	54.7880263001185
2009	28.0048058906134	4.4940157404172	11.5151410735642	55.9860372954052
2010	25.4138902361226	3.60314244549616	13.5356538529877	57.4473134653935
2011	28.3653274036123	3.00943319003138	13.2545195176432	55.3707198887131
2012	27.649282520161	2.01194227501551	16.3404145482136	53.9983606566099
2013	26.7370458160041	2.3883515115166	18.1437561935353	52.7308464789441
2014	28.1756903612468	3.22464055121667	18.4556610567907	50.1440080307458
2015	37.1242257210071	2.89809476774181	16.5004435252738	43.4772359859773
2016	35.9361371275231	3.58489639474963	14.8857083343136	45.5932581434136
2017	34.0453461262673	4.221845771479	16.2031283506417	45.5296797516119
2018	33.7224022349923	4.36487716874547	18.1413681067157	43.7713524895465
2019	33.1586988288241	4.34563855789945	18.4719053825306	44.0237572307458
2020	34.8633649852486	3.90276411367826	21.1051111726723	40.1287597284009

In the above figure, a version of which is repeated across each of the Output method chapters, the 1995-2020 time-series of some 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.

Manufacturing (C) was the biggest single A21 sector of the economy 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 56% of total Output across the economy in 2020, which was an increase from 39% in 1995.

Construction (F) which had lower Output than Information and Communication in 1995, increased to have higher Output than Information and Communication up to 2007, but had Output which was less than a fifth 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 2.2 Output 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	7,755	6,749	5,322	6,211	7,955	9,785
B	05-09	Mining and Quarrying	757	1,153	1,519	1,572	947	1,217
C	10-33	Manufacturing	32,894	70,631	99,925	90,104	192,707	246,591
D	35	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	1,899	2,283	4,450	5,779	6,562	10,046
E	36-39	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	820	1,317	2,245	1,649	2,158	3,414
F	41-43	Construction	8,852	20,988	40,226	12,775	15,044	27,605
G	45-47	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	8,540	17,017	24,240	31,313	35,956	46,996
H	49-53	Transportation and Storage	3,273	7,186	11,110	15,334	15,282	11,893
I	55-56	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	2,453	6,706	7,995	7,376	6,801	4,650
J	58-63	Information and Communication	11,674	24,613	31,866	47,990	85,651	149,278
K	64-66	Financial and Insurance Activities	9,150	15,260	35,559	38,029	44,908	48,060
L	68	Real Estate Activities	3,937	9,724	16,048	17,385	18,413	26,138
M	69-75	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	3,262	9,339	15,230	16,661	18,541	26,126
N	77-82	Administrative and Support Service Activities	3,072	6,094	10,102	15,242	21,087	35,125
O	84	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	3,773	5,280	7,668	10,605	12,384	16,698
P	85	Education	3,833	5,220	9,317	12,409	9,503	12,086
Q	86-88	Human Health and Social Work Activities	5,328	9,382	16,099	17,268	18,165	24,251
R	90-93	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,314	2,489	3,563	3,274	3,241	3,544
S	94-96	Other Service Activities	1,260	1,722	2,204	3,534	3,701	3,789
T	97-98	Activities of Households as Employers; Activities of Households for Own Use	240	267	445	35	82	16
U	99	Activities of Extraterritorial Organisations and Bodies (not included)
		Total	114,087	223,420	345,133	354,545	519,086	707,307

Table 2.4 Output 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	7,836	8,080	8,247	8,841	8,976	9,477	9,491	9,763
05-39	B-E	Industry (excluding construction)	126,410	140,379	202,338	205,806	206,662	229,105	244,018	278,425
10-33	C	of which: Manufacturing	115,907	130,109	192,993	195,751	195,427	216,959	229,711	262,594
41-43	F	Construction	11,366	15,361	16,534	20,646	25,093	28,361	30,105	27,590
45-56	G-I	Distribution, transport, hotels and restaurants	58,601	58,973	61,188	73,984	71,942	74,932	77,737	63,999
58-63	J	Information and communication	76,397	81,812	89,800	85,028	97,660	119,483	127,967	144,480
64-66	K	Financial and insurance activities	41,160	41,892	49,987	49,722	53,121	49,933	52,713	47,108
68	L	Real estate activities	22,354	23,186	23,806	23,735	24,343	25,491	25,760	24,806
69-82	M-N	Professional, admin and support services	41,547	39,577	42,290	47,985	52,896	60,745	66,279	60,239
84-88	O-Q	Public administration, education and health	40,443	41,530	43,046	44,280	45,643	47,150	49,699	51,927
90-98	R-U	Arts, entertainment and other services	7,532	7,727	7,586	7,962	8,217	8,568	8,995	7,386
01-98	Total		433,954	458,722	544,983	567,984	594,290	653,215	692,763	715,721
¹ Chain linked series not additive except for 2019 and 2020.

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Table 2.3 Output 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	6	10	14	14	13	14
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	15	15	15	13
E	36-39	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	18	18	17	18	18	18
F	41-43	Construction	4	3	2	10	10	6
G	45-47	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	5	4	5	4	4	4
H	49-53	Transportation and Storage	11	9	9	8	9	12
I	55-56	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	14	11	12	13	14	15
J	58-63	Information and Communication	2	2	4	2	2	2
K	64-66	Financial and Insurance Activities	3	5	3	3	3	3
L	68	Real Estate Activities	8	6	7	5	7	7
M	69-75	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	12	8	8	7	6	8
N	77-82	Administrative and Support Service Activities	13	12	10	9	5	5
O	84	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	10	13	13	12	11	10
P	85	Education	9	14	11	11	12	11
Q	86-88	Human Health and Social Work Activities	7	7	6	6	8	9
R	90-93	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	16	15	16	17	17	17
S	94-96	Other Service Activities	17	17	18	16	16	16
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)