Mauritania - Industry, value added (current US$)

The latest value for Industry, value added (current US$) in Mauritania was $2,282,661,000 as of 2020. Over the past 59 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $2,983,739,000 in 2011 and $36,012,210 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. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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

See also:

Year Value
1961 $47,522,850
1962 $41,582,580
1963 $36,012,210
1964 $67,889,930
1965 $95,045,900
1966 $107,294,800
1967 $110,059,800
1968 $125,037,000
1969 $119,881,000
1970 $124,802,700
1971 $139,037,200
1972 $144,301,200
1973 $150,450,400
1974 $199,584,600
1975 $240,810,400
1976 $262,300,100
1977 $241,835,200
1978 $217,213,700
1979 $284,376,900
1980 $285,140,800
1981 $297,398,400
1982 $262,031,200
1983 $246,283,200
1984 $272,686,100
1985 $329,004,200
1986 $369,099,600
1987 $360,021,500
1988 $384,602,100
1989 $434,203,900
1990 $434,186,400
1991 $531,474,000
1992 $522,171,800
1993 $463,919,000
1994 $492,100,500
1995 $535,893,200
1996 $550,173,600
1997 $556,417,000
1998 $681,623,600
1999 $643,626,100
2000 $533,000,200
2001 $506,989,900
2002 $505,045,400
2003 $548,365,100
2004 $650,446,500
2005 $974,474,400
2006 $1,719,505,000
2007 $1,608,325,000
2008 $1,899,784,000
2009 $1,544,237,000
2010 $2,149,834,000
2011 $2,983,739,000
2012 $2,521,341,000
2013 $2,788,808,000
2014 $1,874,771,000
2015 $1,402,770,000
2016 $1,613,754,000
2017 $1,614,469,000
2018 $1,685,390,000
2019 $2,066,812,000
2020 $2,282,661,000

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.

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts