Sierra Leone - Industry, value added (constant 2010 US$)

The latest value for Industry, value added (constant 2010 US$) in Sierra Leone was 211,630,900 as of 2020. Over the past 56 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 770,213,900 in 2014 and 41,252,780 in 1985.

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
1964 50,648,850
1965 55,820,690
1966 55,206,660
1967 52,677,920
1968 51,008,570
1969 55,198,430
1970 60,865,440
1971 61,733,060
1972 59,901,720
1973 59,294,930
1974 59,918,190
1975 59,454,180
1976 55,651,460
1977 49,808,730
1978 45,478,850
1979 46,472,770
1980 49,240,380
1981 45,563,440
1982 44,129,600
1983 43,207,890
1984 45,641,850
1985 41,252,780
1986 45,336,720
1987 44,498,270
1988 45,907,030
1989 50,190,560
1990 98,064,500
1991 103,283,900
1992 124,921,300
1993 117,416,700
1994 117,106,100
1995 97,814,900
1996 103,234,000
1997 95,501,950
1998 89,672,440
1999 76,471,460
2000 80,354,100
2001 71,676,250
2002 94,098,240
2003 118,147,700
2004 131,547,200
2005 132,417,000
2006 140,271,800
2007 143,323,700
2008 128,360,600
2009 122,053,200
2010 137,096,800
2011 151,038,700
2012 343,531,600
2013 678,399,000
2014 770,213,900
2015 192,201,900
2016 247,527,500
2017 210,618,300
2018 205,443,800
2019 227,782,900
2020 211,630,900

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