Mauritania - Industry, value added (% of GDP)

Industry, value added (% of GDP) in Mauritania was 28.84 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 44.11 in 2011, while its lowest value was 21.14 in 1983.

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 or 4.

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

See also:

Year Value
1961 29.85
1962 25.31
1963 21.41
1964 30.24
1965 37.22
1966 40.26
1967 38.94
1968 40.15
1969 40.63
1970 40.34
1971 41.43
1972 36.84
1973 30.50
1974 32.56
1975 34.24
1976 33.84
1977 30.27
1978 27.00
1979 29.87
1980 27.21
1981 26.90
1982 23.63
1983 21.14
1984 25.38
1985 32.58
1986 31.10
1987 26.77
1988 27.18
1989 29.93
1990 28.81
1991 24.91
1992 24.13
1993 25.11
1994 25.30
1995 25.62
1996 25.80
1997 26.85
1998 33.54
1999 32.41
2000 29.95
2001 29.04
2002 28.42
2003 26.73
2004 27.53
2005 33.19
2006 43.87
2007 37.01
2008 36.49
2009 32.75
2010 38.19
2011 44.11
2012 37.47
2013 38.61
2014 28.44
2015 22.75
2016 25.22
2017 23.75
2018 22.92
2019 26.20
2020 28.84

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: Weighted average

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