Malawi - Industry, value added (% of GDP)

Industry, value added (% of GDP) in Malawi was 18.49 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 28.37 in 1992, while its lowest value was 8.88 in 1963.

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 or 4.

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

See also:

Year Value
1960 9.97
1961 10.10
1962 9.71
1963 8.88
1964 12.37
1965 12.75
1966 14.14
1967 14.74
1968 15.71
1969 15.71
1970 16.27
1971 14.69
1972 16.25
1973 15.74
1974 16.01
1975 18.99
1976 17.50
1977 17.53
1978 17.90
1979 23.31
1980 20.22
1981 19.59
1982 19.10
1983 19.36
1984 17.97
1985 19.49
1986 19.35
1987 21.87
1988 20.81
1989 23.73
1990 24.71
1991 24.40
1992 28.37
1993 22.08
1994 19.32
1995 17.36
1996 17.51
1997 16.82
1998 16.54
1999 16.58
2000 16.16
2001 15.18
2002 16.80
2003 17.97
2004 15.65
2005 14.87
2006 16.30
2007 18.07
2008 16.07
2009 15.33
2010 15.21
2011 15.41
2012 15.03
2013 14.78
2014 14.65
2015 14.81
2016 14.65
2017 17.75
2018 18.37
2019 18.54
2020 18.49

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: Weighted average

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