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Intermediate Consumption

Intermediate Consumption increased to €390 billion in 2021

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CSO statistical publication, 18 November 2022, 11am

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 two largest sectors by Intermediate Consumption in 2021 were Manufacturing (C) and Information & Communication (J). 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 2021. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (A) declined from the fifth biggest sector by Intermediate Consumption in 1995 to the twelfth biggest in 2005 and the eleventh biggest in 2021.

Figure 3.1 Proportional composition of Intermediate Consumption by A21 sector, 1995-2021

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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, 2021

Table 3.1 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A64 sector, 1995-2021

Table 3.1 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A64 sector, 1995-2021¹
									€million
ESA A64 code	NACE Rev. 2	Activity	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2021

1	1	Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	4,007	3,630	3,235	4,129	5,122	5,748	6,128
2	2	Forestry and logging	227	70	96	130	141	139	149
3	3	Fishing and aquaculture	465	332	230	354	236	268	240
4	05-09	Mining and quarrying	443	674	944	885	566	470	586
5	10-12	Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products	4,520	8,631	14,384	15,293	17,996	16,749	19,941
6	13-15	Manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel and leather products	734	621	393	286	229	159	155
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	645	631	796
8	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	315	440	364	281	312	402	345
9	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	474	808	1,887	897	541	353	312
10-11	19-20	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products; basic chemicals	1,524	2,842	1,579	2,785	8,668	8,900	7,480
12, 17²	21 & 26	Manufacture of pharmaceutical products; computer, electronic and optical products	8,746	22,388	34,041	29,340	58,769	71,832	74,105
13	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	529	782	1,101	681	992	1,143	1,426
14	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	654	1,182	1,646	812	1,145	1,189	1,527
15	24	Manufacture of basic metals	279	456	901	526	570	756	889
16	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	567	978	1,345	794	1,308	1,606	2,032
18	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	522	1,175	507	322	774	554	470
19	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified	612	914	2,059	1,034	1,628	2,067	2,421
20-21	29-30	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers; other transport equipment	529	673	748	539	466	812	642
22	31-32	Manufacture of furniture; other manufacturing	924	2,348	4,550	3,216	6,356	10,071	12,882
23	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	114	217	164	213	642	636	692
24	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply	988	1,189	2,810	3,263	3,412	4,968	4,705
25	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	114	156	330	251	126	659	620
26	37-39	Sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	337	571	969	504	1,038	1,209	1,250
27	41-43	Construction	5,928	14,057	25,604	10,432	10,109	19,284	19,675
28	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	320	626	563	958	874	796	1,078
29	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1,493	3,639	5,996	9,636	11,135	16,847	16,604
30	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1,364	2,226	2,780	4,848	4,617	6,332	6,726
31	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	731	1,695	2,468	3,789	2,310	2,219	2,374
32	50	Water transport	93	230	129	280	432	527	546
33-34	51-52	Air transport, Warehousing and support activities for transportation	583	1,424	2,749	4,846	5,379	4,738	3,288
35	53	Postal and courier activities	140	201	470	735	467	1,283	1,353
36	55-56	Accommodation; food and beverage service activities	1,479	4,043	4,510	4,040	2,479	1,901	1,768
37-38	58-60	Publishing, audiovisual and broadcasting activities	2,624	5,840	7,352	11,032	9,825	20,387	25,266
39	61	Telecommunications	4,504	6,869	4,283	3,458	1,884	3,242	3,985
40	62-63	Computer programming, consultancy and related activities; information service activities	1,297	4,140	9,993	19,492	51,020	72,343	89,042
41	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	1,268	2,343	6,303	5,132	3,440	8,649	8,166
42	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	2,682	4,226	9,834	8,895	11,258	13,408	12,664
43	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	1,045	1,490	4,817	2,648	3,396	5,563	6,231
44	68	Real estate activities	1,156	2,856	6,034	7,628	4,015	4,838	4,242
45	69-70	Legal and accounting activities; activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	600	1,910	4,013	4,205	6,280	10,457	11,371
46	71	Architectural and engineering services; technical testing and analysis	585	1,802	2,277	2,563	678	1,113	1,321
47	72	Scientific research and development	168	296	120	1,509	753	587	739
48	73	Advertising and market research	352	826	711	987	251	386	421
49	74-75	Other professional, scientific and technical activities; veterinary activities	278	762	1,520	1,006	417	249	262
50	77	Rental and leasing activities	870	1,602	1,774	4,881	5,002	5,264	4,992
51	78	Employment activities	89	178	291	377	378	1,118	1,436
52	79	Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation services and related activities	467	989	1,131	1,130	87	212	208
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	1,136	3,926	3,710
54	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	1,036	1,451	1,644	3,803	4,799	6,256	6,764
55	85	Education	1,014	1,381	2,367	3,180	1,196	1,687	1,832
56	86	Human health activities	2,009	3,616	5,079	4,872	3,807	6,527	7,055
57	87-88	Social work activities	372	579	1,308	505	1,671	2,449	2,636
58	90-92	Creative, arts and entertainment activities; libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities; gambling and betting activities	329	619	888	756	748	798	1,172
59	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	250	480	672	190	495	529	481
60	94	Activities of membership organisations	199	219	350	1,665	1,777	1,930	1,916
61	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	35	98	110	64	46	32	36
62	96	Other personal service activities	587	811	684	585	464	383	393
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	- 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	198,444	264,307	357,579	389,547
¹Preliminary figures.
² Codes aggregated for confidentiality reasons.

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Table 3.2 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A21 sector, 1995-2021

Table 3.2 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A21 sector, 1995-2021
									€million
NACE A21	NACE Rev. 2	Activity	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2021
A	01-03	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	4,699	4,032	3,562	4,613	5,499	6,154	6,517
B	05-09	Mining and Quarrying	443	674	944	885	566	470	586
C	10-33	Manufacturing	21,566	45,548	66,558	57,474	101,041	117,859	126,114
D	35	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	988	1,189	2,810	3,263	3,412	4,968	4,705
E	36-39	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	450	727	1,298	756	1,163	1,868	1,871
F	41-43	Construction	5,928	14,057	25,604	10,432	10,109	19,284	19,675
G	45-47	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	3,177	6,491	9,339	15,442	16,626	23,975	24,408
H	49-53	Transportation and Storage	1,548	3,550	5,816	9,650	8,587	8,766	7,562
I	55-56	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	1,479	4,043	4,510	4,040	2,479	1,901	1,768
J	58-63	Information and Communication	8,424	16,849	21,628	33,982	62,729	95,973	118,294
K	64-66	Financial and Insurance Activities	4,995	8,059	20,955	16,675	18,094	27,620	27,060
L	68	Real Estate Activities	1,156	2,856	6,034	7,628	4,015	4,838	4,242
M	69-75	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	1,983	5,596	8,641	10,269	8,380	12,792	14,114
N	77-82	Administrative and Support Service Activities	1,805	3,594	4,510	7,716	6,602	10,520	10,346
O	84	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	1,036	1,451	1,644	3,803	4,799	6,256	6,764
P	85	Education	1,014	1,381	2,367	3,180	1,196	1,687	1,832
Q	86-88	Human Health and Social Work Activities	2,381	4,196	6,386	5,377	5,479	8,976	9,691
R	90-93	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	579	1,099	1,560	946	1,243	1,327	1,653
S	94-96	Other Service Activities	820	1,129	1,144	2,314	2,288	2,345	2,344
T	97-98	Activities of Households as Employers; Activities of Households for Own Use	163	180	300	0	0	0	0
U	99	Activities of Extraterritorial Organisations and Bodies (not included)
		Total	64,636	126,699	195,610	198,444	264,307	357,579	389,547

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Table 3.3 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A21 sector by rank, 1995-2021 (1 = biggest sector by value, 20 = smallest sector by value)

Table 3.4 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A10 sector in constant market prices, 2013-2021 (chain linked annually and referenced to year 2020)

	Manufacturing	Construction	Information and Communication	Other
1995	33.3659894890273	9.1719183716292	13.0334610888861	44.4286310504574
1996	33.6546802620769	9.29461841334027	13.4571071452831	43.5935941792998
1997	35.0330426807044	9.36455884160132	14.5206861218422	41.0817123558521
1998	36.3380514264411	9.63175159095202	13.8281859054651	40.2020110771418
1999	36.2955257093226	10.3723854900879	14.7127972951243	38.6192915054651
2000	35.949910371045	11.0945589903076	13.2985176702841	39.6570129683633
2001	38.5815391180658	11.3153151377705	12.2229779787377	37.880167765426
2002	37.0155040092049	11.5517040153234	11.6899660883689	39.7428258871027
2003	35.9078020499934	11.5519843457798	11.5618566332363	40.9783569709904
2004	35.0772807640293	12.7202770160745	9.68116274406699	42.5212794758292
2005	34.0259187356975	13.089275657224	11.0567328573987	41.8280727496798
2006	32.5788419764194	13.645242962793	11.4569897678378	42.3189252929499
2007	30.5427058549199	13.8327273439863	10.5274312290109	45.0971355720829
2008	28.8203439923803	11.8797023337161	11.9719318024403	47.3280218714634
2009	31.6739339129218	5.70618647235101	13.6849704481767	48.9349091665506
2010	28.9624658790274	5.25712046278281	17.1240513317053	48.6563623264845
2011	33.6502018425738	4.59800468241682	17.2030132601219	44.5487802148874
2012	32.4154899999039	2.29303522931589	21.6707540811812	43.620720689599
2013	31.4446255442474	2.64250804673779	24.5011680294828	41.411698379532
2014	33.6894129350356	3.85005416435164	24.8081131714815	37.6524197291313
2015	38.228564494973	3.82463920691212	23.7334709124971	34.2133253856178
2016	37.4406036913406	4.89374907619456	20.0773317527033	37.5883154797616
2017	34.918387751632	5.85357778422814	21.4506341980105	37.7774002661294
2018	34.6785558349852	5.64355826352362	24.3461551060598	35.3317307954314
2019	34.1589722376574	5.30236512725327	24.0693330227651	36.4693296123242
2020	32.9603317959929	5.39283836122003	26.8396060795374	34.8072237632497
2021	32.3745985500457	5.05085239056262	30.3670599357504	32.2074891236413

In the above figure, a version of which is repeated across the Output method chapters, the 1995-2021 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 1995-2021 period. Information and Communication (J) was the second biggest sector in 2021. These two sectors dominated and combined they comprised 63% of total Intermediate Consumption across the economy in 2021, 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 17% of Information and Communication in 2021.

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 1995-2021 time series available in the CSO's PxStat database.

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Table 3.4 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A10 sector in constant market prices, 2013-2021 (chain linked¹ annually and referenced to year 2020)
											€million
NACE	A10 codes	Activity	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
01-03	A	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	5,736	5,469	5,473	5,812	5,742	6,526	5,940	6,154	6,127
05-39	B-E	Industry (excluding construction)	65,852	73,290	92,233	96,804	94,803	107,134	116,881	125,165	130,481
10-33	C	of which: Manufacturing	60,832	68,796	87,943	91,915	89,195	102,308	110,303	117,859	126,405
41-43	F	Construction	6,344	9,655	10,440	13,875	17,604	18,316	17,826	19,284	18,860
45-56	G-I	Distribution, transport, hotels and restaurants	28,640	27,200	27,099	37,204	35,100	36,462	36,608	34,642	33,232
58-63	J	Information and communication	58,978	62,091	66,770	59,872	65,184	80,329	83,874	95,973	118,562
64-66	K	Financial and insurance activities	17,954	19,414	20,191	20,977	24,076	24,368	28,801	27,620	26,402
68	L	Real estate activities	3,929	4,022	4,338	4,210	4,495	5,373	5,028	4,838	4,260
69-82	M-N	Professional, admin and support services	20,465	16,207	16,200	20,734	21,620	19,232	20,639	23,312	24,193
84-88	O-Q	Public administration, education and health	10,334	11,108	11,659	12,371	12,500	13,232	14,619	16,918	17,681
90-98	R-U	Arts, entertainment and other services	4,457	4,515	3,960	3,931	4,023	4,270	4,307	3,673	3,948
01-98	Total		220,370	231,329	258,709	276,552	284,792	315,360	334,740	357,579	383,747
¹Chain linked series not additive except for 2020 and 2021.

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Table 3.3 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A21 sector by rank, 1995-2021 (1 = biggest sector by value, 20 = smallest sector by value)
									Rank
NACE A21	NACE Rev. 2	Activity	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2021
A	01-03	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	5	9	12	11	9	11	11
B	05-09	Mining and Quarrying	19	19	19	18	19	19	19
C	10-33	Manufacturing	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
D	35	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	15	15	13	14	13	12	12
E	36-39	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	18	18	17	19	18	16	15
F	41-43	Construction	3	3	2	5	5	5	5
G	45-47	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	6	5	5	4	4	4	4
H	49-53	Transportation and Storage	10	11	9	7	6	9	9
I	55-56	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	11	8	11	12	14	15	17
J	58-63	Information and Communication	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
K	64-66	Financial and Insurance Activities	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
L	68	Real Estate Activities	12	12	8	9	12	13	13
M	69-75	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	8	6	6	6	7	6	6
N	77-82	Administrative and Support Service Activities	9	10	10	8	8	7	7
O	84	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	13	13	15	13	11	10	10
P	85	Education	14	14	14	15	17	17	16
Q	86-88	Human Health and Social Work Activities	7	7	7	10	10	8	8
R	90-93	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	17	17	16	17	16	18	18
S	94-96	Other Service Activities	16	16	18	16	15	14	14
T	97-98	Activities of Households as Employers; Activities of Households for Own Use	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
U	99	Activities of Extraterritorial Organisations and Bodies (not included)