Industry, value added (current US$) - Country Ranking - Central America & the Caribbean

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 current U.S. dollars.

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

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Puerto Rico 52,736,000,000.00 2020
2 Cuba 24,711,000,000.00 2020
3 Dominican Republic 23,876,120,000.00 2020
4 Guatemala 17,133,320,000.00 2020
5 Panama 12,354,310,000.00 2020
6 Costa Rica 12,209,400,000.00 2020
7 Trinidad and Tobago 10,595,460,000.00 2019
8 Honduras 6,140,387,000.00 2020
9 El Salvador 5,866,220,000.00 2020
10 Haiti 3,384,411,000.00 2020
11 Nicaragua 3,162,956,000.00 2020
12 Jamaica 2,816,525,000.00 2020
13 The Bahamas 1,153,500,000.00 2020
14 Barbados 570,850,000.00 2005
15 Cayman Islands 450,467,400.00 2019
16 Antigua and Barbuda 289,174,100.00 2020
17 Belize 254,912,100.00 2020
18 St. Kitts and Nevis 226,914,600.00 2020
19 St. Lucia 178,837,700.00 2020
20 Grenada 136,453,900.00 2020
21 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 110,740,700.00 2020
22 Dominica 61,662,960.00 2020

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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

Periodicity: Annual

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