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

The latest value for Industry, value added (constant 2010 US$) in Bhutan was 786,269,100 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 933,506,600 in 2017 and 20,899,400 in 1980.

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
1980 20,899,400
1981 35,525,230
1982 38,203,720
1983 48,881,950
1984 49,959,920
1985 47,009,720
1986 59,659,920
1987 112,887,000
1988 111,982,100
1989 122,949,900
1990 121,393,100
1991 118,247,200
1992 136,023,000
1993 137,821,500
1994 147,518,700
1995 171,064,200
1996 177,194,400
1997 175,701,900
1998 183,945,100
1999 211,677,600
2000 227,038,200
2001 256,019,300
2002 298,932,700
2003 327,741,200
2004 334,422,100
2005 347,053,700
2006 377,737,400
2007 531,585,800
2008 564,632,400
2009 584,134,800
2010 657,059,400
2011 683,727,000
2012 730,000,700
2013 758,484,700
2014 786,641,700
2015 851,270,500
2016 910,318,800
2017 933,506,600
2018 886,988,700
2019 904,784,700
2020 786,269,100

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