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

The latest value for Industry, value added (constant 2010 US$) in Malawi was 1,153,405,000 as of 2020. Over the past 53 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 1,153,405,000 in 2020 and 136,285,300 in 1967.

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
1967 136,285,300
1968 142,876,600
1969 151,406,500
1970 157,416,300
1971 165,558,500
1972 194,637,900
1973 192,311,500
1974 207,238,900
1975 243,685,000
1976 235,930,600
1977 247,950,000
1978 277,804,800
1979 279,937,300
1980 284,008,400
1981 275,672,300
1982 276,060,100
1983 284,977,700
1984 283,620,700
1985 305,139,400
1986 299,711,300
1987 307,659,600
1988 325,301,100
1989 351,278,700
1990 384,041,400
1991 399,162,700
1992 408,855,800
1993 378,419,400
1994 387,530,900
1995 406,473,500
1996 439,977,100
1997 438,519,500
1998 448,046,300
1999 462,691,300
2000 458,163,800
2001 409,051,500
2002 379,167,500
2003 421,065,100
2004 442,172,800
2005 474,133,800
2006 521,283,100
2007 595,104,400
2008 645,688,300
2009 767,724,000
2010 831,502,800
2011 847,702,700
2012 843,067,800
2013 870,888,900
2014 911,779,600
2015 943,692,000
2016 966,340,600
2017 987,599,700
2018 1,058,553,000
2019 1,139,729,000
2020 1,153,405,000

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