Egypt - Chemicals (% of value added in manufacturing)

The value for Chemicals (% of value added in manufacturing) in Egypt was 12.37 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 21.85 in 2002 and a minimum value of 8.07 in 2014.

Definition: Value added in manufacturing is the sum of gross output less the value of intermediate inputs used in production for industries classified in ISIC major division D. Chemicals correspond to ISIC division 24.

Source: United Nations Industrial Development Organization, International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics.

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Year Value
1964 13.39
1965 12.27
1966 11.56
1967 11.33
1968 11.64
1969 11.80
1970 11.72
1971 11.26
1972 8.50
1973 9.05
1974 9.65
1975 8.32
1976 9.08
1977 10.43
1978 9.24
1979 8.78
1980 8.82
1981 12.39
1982 16.99
1983 10.04
1984 11.67
1985 12.00
1986 11.36
1987 9.95
1988 9.35
1989 8.98
1990 13.75
1991 10.81
1992 8.38
1993 10.56
1994 12.29
1995 12.93
1996 15.59
1997 18.10
1998 20.83
1999 20.83
2000 20.83
2001 21.64
2002 21.85
2003 21.64
2004 15.47
2005 15.69
2006 16.19
2007 16.19
2008 16.19
2009 14.84
2010 14.96
2011 14.79
2012 13.84
2013 11.34
2014 8.07
2015 10.08
2016 11.78
2017 12.37
2018 12.37

Development Relevance: Firms typically use multiple processes to produce a product. For example, an automobile manufacturer engages in forging, welding, and painting as well as advertising, accounting, and other service activities. Collecting data at such a detailed level is not practical, nor is it useful to record production data at the highest level of a large, multiplant, multiproduct firm. The ISIC has therefore adopted as the definition of an establishment "an enterprise or part of an enterprise which independently engages in one, or predominantly one, kind of economic activity at or from one location . . . for which data are available . . ." (United Nations 1990). By design, this definition matches the reporting unit required for the production accounts of the United Nations System of National Accounts. The ISIC system is described in the United Nations' International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Third Revision (1990). The discussion of the ISIC draws on Ryten (1998).

Limitations and Exceptions: In establishing classifications systems compilers must define both the types of activities to be described and the units whose activities are to be reported. There are many possibilities, and the choices affect how the statistics can be interpreted and how useful they are in analyzing economic behavior. The ISIC emphasizes commonalities in the production process and is explicitly not intended to measure outputs (for which there is a newly developed Central Product Classification). Nevertheless, the ISIC views an activity as defined by "a process resulting in a homogeneous set of products."

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The data on the distribution of manufacturing value added by industry are provided by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). UNIDO obtains the data from a variety of national and international sources, including the United Nations Statistics Division, the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and the International Monetary Fund. To improve comparability over time and across countries, UNIDO supplements these data with information from industrial censuses, statistics from national and international organizations, unpublished data that it collects in the field, and estimates by the UNIDO Secretariat. Nevertheless, coverage may be incomplete, particularly for the informal sector. When direct information on inputs and outputs is not available, estimates may be used, which may result in errors in industry totals. Moreover, countries use different reference periods (calendar or fiscal year) and valuation methods (basic or producer prices) to estimate value added.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts