South Africa - Industry, value added (constant 2010 US$)

The latest value for Industry, value added (constant 2010 US$) in South Africa was 70,537,830,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 82,365,780,000 in 2013 and 27,807,850,000 in 1960.

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
1960 27,807,850,000
1961 29,139,000,000
1962 31,272,830,000
1963 33,625,360,000
1964 37,025,060,000
1965 39,057,300,000
1966 40,724,870,000
1967 41,606,660,000
1968 43,489,640,000
1969 45,686,850,000
1970 48,092,920,000
1971 48,560,680,000
1972 48,340,780,000
1973 49,866,060,000
1974 49,632,030,000
1975 49,448,540,000
1976 51,531,330,000
1977 51,230,730,000
1978 52,692,520,000
1979 55,328,240,000
1980 57,567,250,000
1981 59,761,870,000
1982 59,018,090,000
1983 57,107,150,000
1984 59,394,110,000
1985 58,121,380,000
1986 57,016,800,000
1987 56,318,590,000
1988 57,559,490,000
1989 58,093,810,000
1990 57,298,690,000
1991 55,523,960,000
1992 55,090,830,000
1993 55,471,030,000
1994 56,784,230,000
1995 58,281,670,000
1996 59,408,540,000
1997 60,968,340,000
1998 60,080,170,000
1999 59,909,320,000
2000 62,656,360,000
2001 63,631,000,000
2002 65,309,000,000
2003 66,031,420,000
2004 69,051,480,000
2005 72,677,190,000
2006 76,065,440,000
2007 79,653,940,000
2008 80,217,940,000
2009 75,396,550,000
2010 78,860,660,000
2011 80,173,140,000
2012 80,812,360,000
2013 82,365,780,000
2014 81,866,620,000
2015 82,282,230,000
2016 81,718,170,000
2017 81,376,220,000
2018 82,063,850,000
2019 80,698,630,000
2020 70,537,830,000

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