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Value of Output increased by 11.5% in 2021

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CSO statistical publication, 18 November 2022, 11am

‌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, 2021). 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) and Information & Communication (J) were the two largest sectors by Output in both 1995 and 2021. 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 eighth largest in 2021. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (A) declined from the sixth biggest sector by Output in 1995 to the fourteenth biggest in 2005 and the thirteenth biggest in 2021.

Figure 2.1 Proportional composition of Output by A21 sector, 1995-2021

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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, 2021

Table 2.1 Output by NACE A64 sector, 1995-2021

Table 2.1 Output 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	6,760	6,123	4,807	5,485	7,316	9,043	10,247
2	2	Forestry and logging	290	122	156	234	150	177	198
3	3	Fishing and aquaculture	705	504	359	491	384	406	410
4	05-09	Mining and quarrying	757	1,153	1,519	1,572	959	790	1,030
5	10-12	Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products	6,406	12,234	20,116	21,792	26,682	24,415	29,041
6	13-15	Manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel and leather products	1,141	965	655	439	383	274	292
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	846	930	1,154
8	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	510	712	606	468	500	626	572
9	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	704	1,201	2,716	1,284	910	645	605
10-11	19-20	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products; basic chemicals	2,295	4,766	2,327	4,409	14,266	25,951	21,302
12, 17²	21 & 26	Manufacture of pharmaceutical products; computer, electronic and optical products	13,326	34,688	51,067	47,295	126,159	159,650	181,041
13	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	885	1,310	1,768	1,043	1,549	1,835	2,218
14	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	1,096	1,982	2,661	1,192	1,712	2,188	2,806
15	24	Manufacture of basic metals	397	649	1,132	709	810	1,011	1,132
16	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	929	1,603	2,210	1,344	2,074	2,575	3,065
18	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	774	1,742	757	448	1,129	1,006	945
19	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified	973	1,455	3,334	1,707	2,739	3,299	4,044
20-21	29-30	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers; other transport equipment	798	1,023	1,218	748	796	1,137	958
22	31-32	Manufacture of furniture; other manufacturing	1,746	4,435	7,682	6,164	10,639	18,186	23,302
23	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	211	401	322	444	971	1,063	1,193
24	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply	1,899	2,283	4,450	5,779	6,313	8,021	7,598
25	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	230	315	662	477	417	1,068	1,140
26	37-39	Sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	590	1,001	1,583	1,172	1,751	2,146	2,219
27	41-43	Construction	8,852	20,988	40,226	12,775	15,018	27,462	28,393
28	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	965	1,888	2,169	2,108	2,205	2,426	2,746
29	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	3,438	8,380	12,631	16,773	21,250	30,780	31,787
30	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	4,137	6,750	9,440	12,433	12,666	15,380	16,183
31	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	1,359	3,153	4,809	5,935	4,573	4,731	5,098
32	50	Water transport	156	383	286	383	510	579	651
33-34	51-52	Air transport, Warehousing and support activities for transportation	1,142	2,770	4,738	7,425	8,792	4,787	5,038
35	53	Postal and courier activities	616	881	1,278	1,590	1,221	2,258	2,468
36	55-56	Accommodation; food and beverage service activities	2,453	6,706	7,995	7,376	6,772	4,566	4,512
37-38	58-60	Publishing, audiovisual and broadcasting activities	3,831	8,992	11,090	18,312	22,049	50,214	62,243
39	61	Telecommunications	5,824	9,177	6,896	5,718	3,703	6,666	7,666
40	62-63	Computer programming, consultancy and related activities; information service activities	2,019	6,444	13,881	23,959	60,015	99,559	120,858
41	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	3,998	7,387	15,504	15,981	13,733	18,005	18,017
42	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	3,505	5,522	13,402	12,824	14,699	16,174	17,480
43	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	1,648	2,350	6,653	5,349	6,126	9,334	10,535
44	68	Real estate activities	3,937	9,724	16,048	17,483	18,548	26,122	29,222
45	69-70	Legal and accounting activities; activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	1,146	3,649	6,604	7,085	12,480	22,624	24,602
46	71	Architectural and engineering services; technical testing and analysis	862	2,656	4,161	4,121	2,195	3,891	4,620
47	72	Scientific research and development	231	406	586	2,110	1,846	1,658	2,089
48	73	Advertising and market research	441	1,038	1,019	1,526	930	1,749	1,907
49	74-75	Other professional, scientific and technical activities; veterinary activities	581	1,591	2,860	1,820	1,188	1,349	1,375
50	77	Rental and leasing activities	1,581	2,913	4,968	9,666	15,537	21,579	20,408
51	78	Employment activities	169	336	516	926	1,707	3,044	3,911
52	79	Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation services and related activities	559	1,185	1,431	1,350	408	402	363
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	3,425	7,389	6,960
54	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	3,773	5,280	7,668	10,605	12,798	16,363	17,429
55	85	Education	3,833	5,220	9,317	12,409	9,499	11,790	12,507
56	86	Human health activities	4,462	8,034	12,937	13,864	12,595	18,287	19,890
57	87-88	Social work activities	866	1,348	3,162	3,403	5,522	6,853	7,426
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	1,955	2,072	3,038
59	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	447	856	1,331	958	1,299	1,157	1,216
60	94	Activities of membership organisations	362	399	625	2,178	2,420	2,609	2,609
61	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	56	158	183	108	104	100	96
62	96	Other personal service activities	842	1,164	1,396	1,248	1,180	1,051	1,124
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	64	178	13
64	99	Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies (not included)
01-63	01-98	All NACE economic sectors	114,087	223,420	345,133	350,768	508,488	709,634	790,994
¹Preliminary figures.
²Codes aggregated for confidentiality reasons.

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Table 2.2 Output by NACE A21 sector, 1995-2021

Table 2.2 Output 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	7,755	6,749	5,322	6,211	7,850	9,626	10,856
B	05-09	Mining and Quarrying	757	1,153	1,519	1,572	959	790	1,030
C	10-33	Manufacturing	32,894	70,631	99,925	90,104	192,164	244,792	273,672
D	35	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	1,899	2,283	4,450	5,779	6,313	8,021	7,598
E	36-39	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	820	1,317	2,245	1,649	2,168	3,214	3,358
F	41-43	Construction	8,852	20,988	40,226	12,775	15,018	27,462	28,393
G	45-47	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	8,540	17,017	24,240	31,313	36,121	48,587	50,717
H	49-53	Transportation and Storage	3,273	7,186	11,110	15,334	15,096	12,355	13,256
I	55-56	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	2,453	6,706	7,995	7,376	6,772	4,566	4,512
J	58-63	Information and Communication	11,674	24,613	31,866	47,990	85,767	156,439	190,767
K	64-66	Financial and Insurance Activities	9,150	15,260	35,559	34,154	34,558	43,513	46,032
L	68	Real Estate Activities	3,937	9,724	16,048	17,483	18,548	26,122	29,222
M	69-75	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	3,262	9,339	15,230	16,661	18,640	31,271	34,593
N	77-82	Administrative and Support Service Activities	3,072	6,094	10,102	15,242	21,077	32,415	31,642
O	84	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	3,773	5,280	7,668	10,605	12,798	16,363	17,429
P	85	Education	3,833	5,220	9,317	12,409	9,499	11,790	12,507
Q	86-88	Human Health and Social Work Activities	5,328	9,382	16,099	17,268	18,117	25,140	27,316
R	90-93	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,314	2,489	3,563	3,274	3,254	3,230	4,254
S	94-96	Other Service Activities	1,260	1,722	2,204	3,534	3,704	3,760	3,828
T	97-98	Activities of Households as Employers; Activities of Households for Own Use	240	267	445	35	64	178	13
U	99	Activities of Extraterritorial Organisations and Bodies (not included)
		Total	114,087	223,420	345,133	350,768	508,488	709,634	790,994

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Table 2.3 Output by NACE A21 sector by rank, 1995-2021 (1 = biggest sector by value, 20 = smallest sector by value)

Table 2.4 Output by NACE A10 sector in constant market prices, 2013-2021 (chain linked annually and referenced to year 2020)

X-axis label	Manufacturing	Construction	Information and Communication	Other
1995	28.8328116745696	7.75857531279398	10.2326017906501	53.1760112219863
1996	29.0081368143962	7.8412454725757	10.5181715443555	52.6324461686726
1997	30.4668434305113	7.94799295961221	11.4777297038297	50.1074339060468
1998	31.7718781567594	8.20985166781102	11.2633862346727	48.7548839407569
1999	32.0361786681424	8.81267791758494	11.9763768234132	47.1747665908595
2000	31.6135954487924	9.39381610692413	11.0165984950922	47.9759899491912
2001	34.184010161324	9.64722341467777	10.0719164649885	46.0968499590097
2002	33.9846717053601	9.62385485055712	9.37589353687365	47.0155799072091
2003	31.723650140718	9.86379540407088	9.36133089548077	49.0512235597303
2004	30.2504068507744	10.9619986987644	8.47089917146656	50.3166952789947
2005	28.9525624709343	11.6552140662502	9.2330584641906	50.1591649986249
2006	27.7594694210859	12.3980025011773	9.30068902849276	50.5418390492441
2007	26.2390989288766	11.8886383767766	8.84713945710181	53.0251232372449
2008	25.1816301612487	9.78545445187082	10.2448890881027	54.7880262987778
2009	28.0048058891603	4.49401574040889	11.5151410735045	55.9860372969264
2010	25.6875640254882	3.64194349643662	13.6814148383897	56.9890776396855
2011	28.5019655931011	2.93992116274289	13.3591524203689	55.1989608237871
2012	27.8601791934997	2.03823817580636	16.5793909340785	53.5221916966154
2013	26.9930143382479	2.41915989142286	18.4346873693299	52.1531384009993
2014	28.330768636119	3.25510925176391	18.6835430670989	49.7305790450182
2015	37.7913818799988	2.95337949712403	16.8669875672466	42.3882510556305
2016	36.5908464705043	3.65295122372962	15.2540370120533	44.5021652937127
2017	34.7372279299963	4.32885395275735	16.5689201790589	44.3649979381874
2018	34.8088373237913	4.17780064945616	18.789988321793	42.2233737049595
2019	33.9180481259901	3.97225843050416	19.6469288360502	42.4627646074556
2020	34.4954833319465	3.86991831181003	22.0450528678691	39.5895454883744
2021	34.5985120232285	3.58956305305446	24.1173083538253	37.6946165698918

In the above figure, a version of which is repeated across each of the Output method chapters, the 1995-2021 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 1995-2021 period. Information and Communication (J) was the second biggest sector in 2021. These two sectors dominated and combined they comprised 59% of total Output across the economy in 2021, 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 15% 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 2.4 Output 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	7,791	8,011	8,153	8,750	8,845	9,209	9,354	9,626	9,612
05-39	B-E	Industry (excluding construction)	116,559	129,461	184,808	188,087	189,347	212,086	224,202	256,817	290,256
10-33	C	of which: Manufacturing	107,216	120,400	176,639	179,222	179,480	202,949	212,962	244,792	282,038
41-43	F	Construction	11,573	15,651	16,848	21,043	25,720	27,157	27,076	27,462	26,782
45-56	G-I	Distribution, transport, hotels and restaurants	56,324	56,701	58,652	71,070	70,456	73,464	74,550	65,508	65,266
58-63	J	Information and communication	77,355	82,880	90,954	86,313	99,066	122,741	134,731	156,439	188,786
64-66	K	Financial and insurance activities	36,294	38,324	40,064	38,875	40,306	42,077	46,418	43,513	45,118
68	L	Real estate activities	23,073	23,982	24,630	24,570	25,362	26,621	26,593	26,122	26,956
69-82	M-N	Professional, admin and support services	42,167	40,377	42,986	48,746	54,028	56,858	60,543	63,686	64,806
84-88	O-Q	Public administration, education and health	41,409	42,525	44,104	45,380	46,684	48,583	51,489	53,293	55,176
90-98	R-U	Arts, entertainment and other services	7,402	7,608	7,515	7,897	8,337	8,682	8,761	7,167	7,493
01-98	Total		417,626	443,155	518,739	540,741	566,848	626,454	662,555	709,634	780,251
¹ Chain linked series not additive except for 2020 and 2021.

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Table 2.3 Output 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	6	10	14	14	13	13	13
B	05-09	Mining and Quarrying	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
C	10-33	Manufacturing	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
D	35	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	15	16	15	15	15	14	14
E	36-39	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	18	18	17	18	18	18	18
F	41-43	Construction	4	3	2	10	10	7	8
G	45-47	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	5	4	5	4	3	3	3
H	49-53	Transportation and Storage	11	9	9	8	9	11	11
I	55-56	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	14	11	12	13	14	15	15
J	58-63	Information and Communication	2	2	4	2	2	2	2
K	64-66	Financial and Insurance Activities	3	5	3	3	4	4	4
L	68	Real Estate Activities	8	6	7	5	7	8	7
M	69-75	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	12	8	8	7	6	6	5
N	77-82	Administrative and Support Service Activities	13	12	10	9	5	5	6
O	84	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	10	13	13	12	11	10	10
P	85	Education	9	14	11	11	12	12	12
Q	86-88	Human Health and Social Work Activities	7	7	6	6	8	9	9
R	90-93	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	16	15	16	17	17	17	16
S	94-96	Other Service Activities	17	17	18	16	16	16	17
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)