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The following tables show a further breakdown of the Personal Consumption of goods and services items from Expenditure.

	Food and non-alcoholic beverages	Alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics	Clothing and footwear	Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels	Furnishings, household equipment and routine maintenance	Health	Transport	Communications	Recreation and culture	Education	Restaurants and hotels	Miscellaneous goods and services
2020	8.9315772192749	5.4742040486974	3.8646411848	26.1206522427	3.96574848945	4.5608214143	10.3017941297	2.6739929949	5.30482591705	1.8521100969	9.8904076250277

Figure 8.1 above shows the contributions of each of the different types of expenditure to the total Households Expenditure on Goods and Services. Of this total we can see that housing, water, electricity, gas & other fuels accounts for 29%. Transport and restaurants & hotels each account for 11% while food & non-alcoholic beverages accounts for 10%.

	Food and non-alcoholic beverages	Alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics	Clothing and footwear	Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels	Furnishings, household equipment and routine maintenance	Health	Transport	Communications	Recreation and culture	Education	Restaurants and hotels	Miscellaneous goods and services
2019 - 2020	2.14154478440566	5.11003144730485	-1.67787602114669	0.811475429006344	-5.43496649147456	-10.85364535239	-18.4332733242929	18.4973906975289	-19.200031137092	-0.707193428686584	-39.9463649931885

Figure 8.2 above shows the percentage change in each of the components of Households Expenditure on Goods and Services in 2020. The categories of spending most effected by COVID-19 and its related economic restrictions were travel related expenditure, restaurants & hotels and recreation & culture.

	Personal Consumption of Goods and Services	Actual Individual Consumption
2012	90.8874296302	107.499806416716
2013	90.862743161	107.63503785001
2014	93.2476702894	110.614395412164
2015	96.2180583095	114.084090345055
2016	101.093824576	119.741658334233
2017	103.4053255015	122.930801589581
2018	107.4807007845	127.888348096226
2019	111.0543325533	133.0370931507
2020	99.504292678	124.059668332709

Figure 8.3 shows a comparison of Personal Consumption Expenditure and Actual Individual Consumption at constant market prices from 2012 to 2020.

Further information is available in the CSO Information Note on Actual Individual Consumption.

Table 13 Consumption of Personal Income at Current Market Prices

Table 13 Consumption of Personal Income at Current Market Prices
							€ million
Coicop_code	Description	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020 ¹
CP01	Food and non-alcoholic beverages	7,961	8,238	8,326	8,574	8,787	8,932
CP011	Food	7,144	7,369	7,405	7,602	7,851	7,973
CP012	Non-alcoholic beverages	817	870	921	973	936	958
CP02	Alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics	4,499	4,741	4,812	4,695	5,109	5,474
CP021	Alcoholic beverages²	1,814	2,023	2,108	2,107	2,209	2,712
CP022	Tobacco	1,780	1,804	1,782	1,686	1,995	1,834
CP023	Narcotics	905	913	922	903	906	928
CP03	Clothing and footwear	3,389	3,446	3,562	3,871	4,082	3,865
CP031	Clothing	2,777	2,850	2,920	3,188	3,314	3,100
CP032	Footwear	612	595	642	683	769	764
CP04	Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels	20,054	21,002	22,037	24,161	25,590	26,121
CP041	Actual rentals for housing	3,763	4,222	4,554	4,987	5,393	5,588
CP042	Imputed rentals for housing	12,263	13,021	13,992	15,275	16,459	16,971
CP043	Maintenance and repair of the dwelling	274	274	273	280	289	296
CP044	Water supply and miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling	336	344	348	353	357	362
CP045	Electricity, gas and other fuels	3,419	3,141	2,869	3,265	3,091	2,904
CP05	Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance	3,771	3,731	3,943	4,211	4,368	3,966
CP051	Furniture and furnishings, carpets and other floor coverings	1,042	1,060	1,156	1,231	1,367	1,212
CP052	Household textiles	191	338	355	411	440	412
CP053	Household appliances	363	334	366	394	396	438
CP054	Glassware, tableware and household utensils	362	183	218	196	188	199
CP055	Tools and equipment for house and garden	167	160	177	191	199	229
CP056	Goods and services for routine household maintenance	1,645	1,655	1,671	1,788	1,778	1,477
CP06	Health	4,323	4,481	4,597	4,736	4,981	4,561
CP061	Medical products, appliances and equipment	736	755	780	784	811	849
CP062	Out-patient services	1,444	1,470	1,587	1,659	1,739	1,682
CP063	Hospital services	2,142	2,256	2,230	2,294	2,431	2,030
CP07	Transport	11,111	11,574	11,656	12,142	12,757	10,302
CP071	Purchase of vehicles	3,749	4,376	4,197	4,313	4,586	3,833
CP072	Operation of personal transport equipment	4,646	4,340	4,449	4,561	4,551	4,030
CP073	Transport services	2,716	2,858	3,010	3,269	3,620	2,439
CP08	Communications	2,348	2,309	2,303	2,407	2,388	2,674
CP081	Postal services	74	76	90	102	103	107
CP082	Telephone and telefax equipment	268	264	261	258	243	225
CP083	Telephone and telefax services	2,007	1,969	1,952	2,047	2,042	2,342
CP09	Recreation and culture	5,907	6,136	6,260	6,574	6,523	5,305
CP091	Audio-visual, photographic and information processing equipment	466	291	214	178	155	145
CP092	Other major durables for recreation and culture	9	10	9	10	19	18
CP093	Other recreational items and equipment, gardens and pets	1,082	1,054	1,049	1,295	1,038	1,103
CP094	Recreational and cultural services	2,983	3,396	3,506	3,568	3,684	3,094
CP095	Newspapers, books and stationery	731	683	688	689	727	729
CP096	Package holidays	636	702	794	834	901	216
CP10	Education	1,556	1,610	1,703	1,765	1,811	1,852
CP101	Pre-primary and primary education	149	150	152	153	154	155
CP102	Secondary education	180	187	196	204	212	219
CP103	Post-secondary non-tertiary education	18	19	19	19	20	20
CP104	Tertiary education	1,068	1,109	1,187	1,235	1,268	1,299
CP105	Education not definable by level	141	145	150	153	157	159
CP11	Restaurants and hotels	12,328	14,139	14,361	15,161	16,248	9,890
CP111	Catering services	10,853	12,291	12,416	13,074	13,780	9,069
CP112	Accommodation services	1,475	1,848	1,946	2,087	2,468	821
CP12	Miscellaneous goods and services	6,964	7,259	8,071	8,411	8,344	8,369
CP121	Personal care	2,091	2,672	2,667	2,674	2,547	2,424
CP122	Prostitution	92	93	94	96	98	99
CP123	Personal effects n.e.c.	615	560	603	625	759	749
CP124	Social protection	794	856	888	958	1,001	834
CP125	Insurance	1,464	1,089	1,797	1,635	1,262	1,280
CP126	Financial services n.e.c.	1,448	1,502	1,518	1,898	2,130	2,458
CP127	Other services n.e.c.	460	488	504	525	547	525
	Households Expenditure on Goods and Services in Ireland	84,211	88,666	91,631	96,709	100,990	91,310
	Expenditure outside the State	4,630	5,151	5,333	5,943	6,887	2,024
	less Expenditure by non-residents	4,153	4,493	4,785	5,052	5,066	1,481
	Total Expenditure of Households (National Concept)	84,688	89,324	92,179	97,601	102,810	91,852
CP13	Expenditure of NPISH on goods and services provided to households (P31) (= Social transfers in kind to Households D63)	1,819	1,836	1,736	1,738	1,778	1,566
CP14	General Government expenditure on goods and services provided to Households (= Social transfers in kind via market producers D632)	4,838	5,105	5,548	6,026	6,467	6,739
CP141	Government - Housing	237	323	476	650	824	1,002
CP142	Government - Health	3,773	3,903	4,096	4,338	4,547	4,714
CP144	Government - Education	584	630	720	759	796	718
CP145	Government - Social Protection	244	249	256	278	299	305
	158. Personal consumption of goods and services at current market prices	91,345	96,264	99,462	105,365	111,054	100,158
	159. Taxes on personal income and wealth	29,518	30,829	32,254	34,535	37,436	36,949
	160. Total personal expenditure	120,863	127,093	131,716	139,900	148,490	137,106
	160.1 General Government expenditure on goods and services provided to Households (= Social transfers in kind via non-market production by Government D631)	16,953	17,730	18,955	19,965	21,983	24,927
	160.2 Actual Individual Consumption at current market prices (= items 158 + 160.1)	108,298	113,995	118,417	125,330	133,037	125,085

¹Preliminary
²The alcoholic beverages classified here are those purchased for consumption at home. Alcohol sold for immediate consumption away from the home are classified in catering services.

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Table 13.1 Annual Percentage Changes in the Main Constituents of Table 13

Table 14 Consumption of Personal Income (except Taxes on Personal Income and Wealth) at Constant Market Prices (chain linked annually and referenced to year 2019)

Table 14 Consumption of Personal Income (except Taxes on Personal Income and Wealth) at Constant Market Prices (chain linked annually and referenced to year 2019)
							€ million
Coicop_code	Description	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020 ¹
CP01	Food and non-alcoholic beverages	7,566	7,920	8,135	8,527	8,787	8,976
CP011	Food	6,756	7,055	7,206	7,552	7,851	8,010
CP012	Non-alcoholic beverages	809	864	930	976	936	966
CP02	Alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics	4,828	5,007	5,006	4,811	5,109	5,370
CP021	Alcoholic beverages²	1,764	2,004	2,121	2,116	2,209	2,696
CP022	Tobacco	2,287	2,172	2,016	1,796	1,995	1,758
CP023	Narcotics	863	872	882	894	906	916
CP03	Clothing and footwear	3,066	3,196	3,452	3,810	4,082	4,014
CP031	Clothing	2,553	2,686	2,868	3,155	3,314	3,203
CP032	Footwear	515	515	586	657	769	811
CP04	Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels	25,825	25,672	25,363	25,699	25,590	25,798
CP041	Actual rentals for housing	5,000	5,220	5,274	5,331	5,393	5,437
CP042	Imputed rentals for housing	16,496	16,223	16,266	16,360	16,459	16,544
CP043	Maintenance and repair of the dwelling	290	289	288	288	289	291
CP044	Water supply and miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling	340	349	353	355	357	359
CP045	Electricity, gas and other fuels	3,653	3,557	3,178	3,354	3,091	3,167
CP05	Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance	3,252	3,323	3,663	4,063	4,368	4,130
CP051	Furniture and furnishings, carpets and other floor coverings	822	895	1,055	1,173	1,367	1,270
CP052	Household textiles	140	260	297	371	440	452
CP053	Household appliances	320	302	344	383	396	449
CP054	Glassware, tableware and household utensils	298	154	196	186	188	214
CP055	Tools and equipment for house and garden	143	139	163	183	199	235
CP056	Goods and services for routine household maintenance	1,575	1,597	1,619	1,773	1,778	1,511
CP06	Health	4,428	4,558	4,632	4,765	4,981	4,440
CP061	Medical products, appliances and equipment	702	721	746	776	811	838
CP062	Out-patient services	1,564	1,559	1,646	1,692	1,739	1,625
CP063	Hospital services	2,164	2,278	2,240	2,297	2,431	1,977
CP07	Transport	10,522	11,712	11,786	12,121	12,757	10,405
CP071	Purchase of vehicles	3,116	4,062	4,159	4,284	4,586	3,764
CP072	Operation of personal transport equipment	4,839	4,787	4,671	4,582	4,551	4,112
CP073	Transport services	2,727	2,896	2,971	3,257	3,620	2,529
CP08	Communications	2,226	2,213	2,209	2,317	2,388	2,830
CP081	Postal services	95	95	97	104	103	106
CP082	Telephone and telefax equipment	258	257	256	253	243	234
CP083	Telephone and telefax services	1,872	1,861	1,857	1,961	2,042	2,490
CP09	Recreation and culture	5,745	5,995	6,197	6,627	6,523	5,271
CP091	Audio-visual, photographic and information processing equipment	233	179	162	158	155	145
CP092	Other major durables for recreation and culture	7	8	8	10	19	18
CP093	Other recreational items and equipment, gardens and pets	844	826	909	1,193	1,038	1,136
CP094	Recreational and cultural services	3,171	3,570	3,610	3,683	3,684	3,050
CP095	Newspapers, books and stationery	765	720	737	724	727	717
CP096	Package holidays	661	716	794	844	901	205
CP10	Education	1,698	1,700	1,769	1,805	1,811	1,799
CP101	Pre-primary and primary education	152	153	154	154	154	154
CP102	Secondary education	195	199	203	208	212	215
CP103	Post-secondary non-tertiary education	20	20	20	20	20	20
CP104	Tertiary education	1,181	1,177	1,240	1,269	1,268	1,252
CP105	Education not definable by level	149	151	152	154	157	158
CP11	Restaurants and hotels	13,505	15,193	15,136	15,679	16,248	9,758
CP111	Catering services	11,734	13,165	13,111	13,529	13,780	8,904
CP112	Accommodation services	1,768	2,030	2,027	2,151	2,468	853
CP12	Miscellaneous goods and services	7,002	7,463	8,524	8,599	8,344	8,184
CP121	Personal care	1,806	2,387	2,502	2,618	2,547	2,442
CP122	Prostitution	94	94	96	97	98	99
CP123	Personal effects n.e.c.	451	465	584	639	759	825
CP124	Social protection	823	880	905	968	1,001	815
CP125	Insurance	1,659	1,217	1,943	1,693	1,262	1,247
CP126	Financial services n.e.c.	1,794	1,892	1,989	2,051	2,130	2,238
CP127	Other services n.e.c.	488	513	520	532	547	518
	Households Expenditure on Goods and Services in Ireland	89,051	93,572	95,702	98,770	100,990	90,974
	Expenditure outside the State	4,811	5,256	5,335	6,014	6,887	1,913
	less Expenditure by non-residents	4,572	4,910	5,076	5,198	5,066	1,465
	Total Expenditure of Households (National Concept)	89,260	93,895	95,938	99,582	102,810	91,422
CP13	Expenditure of NPISH on goods and services provided to households (P31) (= Social transfers in kind to Households D63)	1,880	1,880	1,767	1,759	1,778	1,553
CP14	General Government expenditure on goods and services provided to Households (= Social transfers in kind via market producers D632)	5,075	5,318	5,701	6,139	6,467	6,529
CP141	Government - Housing	335	444	591	723	824	903
CP142	Government - Health	3,812	3,923	4,080	4,356	4,547	4,615
CP144	Government - Education	615	651	737	770	796	706
CP145	Government - Social Protection	242	252	273	285	299	306
	161. Personal consumption of goods and services at constant market prices	96,218	101,094	103,405	107,481	111,054	99,504
	161.1 General Government expenditure on goods and services provided to Households (= Social transfers in kind via non-market production by Government D631)	17,865	18,647	19,525	20,406	21,983	24,555
	161.2 Actual Individual Consumption at constant market prices (= items 161 + 161.1)	114,084	119,742	122,931	127,888	133,037	124,060

¹Preliminary
²The alcoholic beverages classified here are those purchased for consumption at home. Alcohol sold for immediate consumption away from the home are classified in catering services.
Chain linked series not additive except for 2019 and 2020

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Table 14.1 Annual Percentage Changes in the Main Constituents of Table 14

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Table 13.1 Annual Percentage Changes in the Main Constituents of Table 13
							%
Coicop_code	Description	2015-2020	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020
CP01	Food and non-alcoholic beverages	2.3	3.5	1.1	3.0	2.5	1.6
CP02	Alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics	4.0	5.4	1.5	-2.4	8.8	7.1
CP03	Clothing and footwear	2.7	1.7	3.4	8.7	5.5	-5.3
CP04	Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels	5.4	4.7	4.9	9.6	5.9	2.1
CP05	Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance	1.0	-1.1	5.7	6.8	3.7	-9.2
CP06	Health	1.1	3.7	2.6	3.0	5.2	-8.4
CP07	Transport	-1.5	4.2	0.7	4.2	5.1	-19.2
CP08	Communications	2.6	-1.7	-0.3	4.5	-0.8	12.0
CP09	Recreation and culture	-2.1	3.9	2.0	5.0	-0.8	-18.7
CP10	Education	3.5	3.5	5.8	3.6	2.6	2.2
CP11	Restaurants and hotels	-4.3	14.7	1.6	5.6	7.2	-39.1
CP12	Miscellaneous goods and services	3.7	4.2	11.2	4.2	-0.8	0.3
	Expenditure outside the State	-15.3	11.2	3.5	11.4	15.9	-70.6
	Expenditure by non-residents	-18.6	8.2	6.5	5.6	0.3	-70.8
CP13	Expenditure of NPISH on goods and services provided to households	-3.0	0.9	-5.5	0.1	2.3	-11.9
CP14	General Government expenditure on goods and services provided to Households	6.9	5.5	8.7	8.6	7.3	4.2
CP141	Government - Housing	33.4	36.0	47.6	36.4	26.8	21.5
CP142	Government - Health	4.6	3.5	4.9	5.9	4.8	3.7
CP144	Government - Education	4.2	7.8	14.3	5.5	4.9	-9.8
CP145	Government - Social Protection	4.6	2.1	2.9	8.8	7.2	2.1
	Personal consumption of goods and services	1.9	5.4	3.3	5.9	5.4	-9.8

Table 14.1 Annual Percentage Changes in the Main Constituents of Table 14
							%
Coicop_code	Description	2015-2020	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020
CP01	Food and non-alcoholic beverages	3.5	4.7	2.7	4.8	3.1	2.1
CP02	Alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics	2.2	3.7	-0.0	-3.9	6.2	5.1
CP03	Clothing and footwear	5.5	4.3	8.0	10.4	7.1	-1.7
CP04	Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels	-0.0	-0.6	-1.2	1.3	-0.4	0.8
CP05	Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance	4.9	2.2	10.2	10.9	7.5	-5.4
CP06	Health	0.1	2.9	1.6	2.9	4.5	-10.9
CP07	Transport	-0.2	11.3	0.6	2.8	5.2	-18.4
CP08	Communications	4.9	-0.6	-0.2	4.9	3.1	18.5
CP09	Recreation and culture	-1.7	4.4	3.4	6.9	-1.6	-19.2
CP10	Education	1.2	0.1	4.1	2.0	0.3	-0.7
CP11	Restaurants and hotels	-6.3	12.5	-0.4	3.6	3.6	-39.9
CP12	Miscellaneous goods and services	3.2	6.6	14.2	0.9	-3.0	-1.9
	Expenditure outside the State	-16.8	9.3	1.5	12.7	14.5	-72.2
	Expenditure by non-residents	-20.4	7.4	3.4	2.4	-2.5	-71.1
CP13	Expenditure of NPISH on goods and services provided to households	-3.7	0.0	-6.0	-0.4	1.0	-12.6
CP14	General Government expenditure on goods and services provided to Households	5.2	4.8	7.2	7.7	5.3	1.0
CP141	Government - Housing	22.0	32.6	33.2	22.3	14.1	9.5
CP142	Government - Health	3.9	2.9	4.0	6.8	4.4	1.5
CP144	Government - Education	2.8	5.8	13.4	4.4	3.5	-11.4
CP145	Government - Social Protection	4.8	4.0	8.4	4.4	4.8	2.4
	Personal consumption of goods and services	0.7	5.1	2.3	3.9	3.3	-10.4

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