Belize - Industry, value added (constant 2010 US$)

The latest value for Industry, value added (constant 2010 US$) in Belize was 237,550,200 as of 2020. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 315,725,500 in 2009 and 27,226,660 in 1970.

Definition: Industry corresponds to ISIC divisions 10-45 and includes manufacturing (ISIC divisions 15-37). It comprises value added in mining, manufacturing (also reported as a separate subgroup), construction, electricity, water, and gas. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in constant 2010 U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

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Year Value
1970 27,226,660
1971 28,918,190
1972 32,878,870
1973 35,844,890
1974 39,971,500
1975 42,513,420
1976 42,291,710
1977 48,731,740
1978 52,413,280
1979 55,406,640
1980 76,431,580
1981 79,372,060
1982 77,659,480
1983 76,386,290
1984 75,262,430
1985 76,029,500
1986 78,734,700
1987 86,619,140
1988 91,609,400
1989 105,227,600
1990 116,790,400
1991 125,258,200
1992 138,462,700
1993 150,486,800
1994 141,952,200
1995 141,575,600
1996 139,038,100
1997 141,328,900
1998 138,418,400
1999 151,267,900
2000 188,664,600
2001 189,710,100
2002 193,834,300
2003 187,154,500
2004 200,973,400
2005 199,158,800
2006 248,389,300
2007 253,941,100
2008 270,536,400
2009 315,725,500
2010 302,982,000
2011 294,465,200
2012 276,739,800
2013 257,241,200
2014 250,797,400
2015 243,054,800
2016 247,274,900
2017 249,599,000
2018 251,923,100
2019 241,342,200
2020 237,550,200

Development Relevance: An economy's growth is measured by the change in the volume of its output or in the real incomes of its residents. The 2008 United Nations System of National Accounts (2008 SNA) offers three plausible indicators for calculating growth: the volume of gross domestic product (GDP), real gross domestic income, and real gross national income. The volume of GDP is the sum of value added, measured at constant prices, by households, government, and industries operating in the economy. GDP accounts for all domestic production, regardless of whether the income accrues to domestic or foreign institutions.

Limitations and Exceptions: Ideally, industrial output should be measured through regular censuses and surveys of firms. But in most developing countries such surveys are infrequent, so earlier survey results must be extrapolated using an appropriate indicator. The choice of sampling unit, which may be the enterprise (where responses may be based on financial records) or the establishment (where production units may be recorded separately), also affects the quality of the data. Moreover, much industrial production is organized in unincorporated or owner-operated ventures that are not captured by surveys aimed at the formal sector. Even in large industries, where regular surveys are more likely, evasion of excise and other taxes and nondisclosure of income lower the estimates of value added. Such problems become more acute as countries move from state control of industry to private enterprise, because new firms and growing numbers of established firms fail to report. In accordance with the System of National Accounts, output should include all such unreported activity as well as the value of illegal activities and other unrecorded, informal, or small-scale operations. Data on these activities need to be collected using techniques other than conventional surveys of firms.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) represents the sum of value added by all its producers. Value added is the value of the gross output of producers less the value of intermediate goods and services consumed in production, before accounting for consumption of fixed capital in production. The United Nations System of National Accounts calls for value added to be valued at either basic prices (excluding net taxes on products) or producer prices (including net taxes on products paid by producers but excluding sales or value added taxes). Both valuations exclude transport charges that are invoiced separately by producers. Total GDP is measured at purchaser prices. Value added by industry is normally measured at basic prices.

Aggregation method: Gap-filled total

Base Period: 2010

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Note: Data for OECD countries are based on ISIC, revision 4.

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts