Saudi Arabia - Industry, value added (constant 2010 US$)

The latest value for Industry, value added (constant 2010 US$) in Saudi Arabia was 278,772,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 52 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 303,906,000,000 in 2018 and 45,731,360,000 in 1968.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1968 45,731,360,000
1969 48,026,280,000
1970 78,516,580,000
1971 96,711,290,000
1972 121,104,000,000
1973 152,241,000,000
1974 173,164,000,000
1975 147,384,000,000
1976 180,031,000,000
1977 191,880,000,000
1978 176,385,000,000
1979 201,496,000,000
1980 211,613,000,000
1981 211,724,000,000
1982 150,208,000,000
1983 112,702,000,000
1984 103,915,000,000
1985 86,106,260,000
1986 116,085,000,000
1987 104,090,000,000
1988 123,923,000,000
1989 122,078,000,000
1990 149,795,000,000
1991 181,866,000,000
1992 187,204,000,000
1993 182,485,000,000
1994 184,207,000,000
1995 185,555,000,000
1996 190,728,000,000
1997 189,455,000,000
1998 195,144,000,000
1999 182,187,000,000
2000 194,953,000,000
2001 189,292,000,000
2002 178,532,000,000
2003 206,411,000,000
2004 222,410,000,000
2005 233,150,000,000
2006 234,206,000,000
2007 231,374,000,000
2008 243,423,000,000
2009 226,482,000,000
2010 232,230,000,000
2011 260,000,000,000
2012 272,829,000,000
2013 273,436,000,000
2014 281,981,000,000
2015 296,204,000,000
2016 303,157,000,000
2017 295,890,000,000
2018 303,906,000,000
2019 296,020,000,000
2020 278,772,000,000

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