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

The latest value for Industry, value added (constant 2010 US$) in South Asia was 808,905,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 858,387,000,000 in 2019 and 32,193,050,000 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 32,193,050,000
1961 34,353,950,000
1962 37,244,130,000
1963 40,587,850,000
1964 44,253,130,000
1965 46,507,310,000
1966 48,047,070,000
1967 49,071,050,000
1968 52,082,340,000
1969 56,053,730,000
1970 57,054,450,000
1971 57,611,850,000
1972 57,575,560,000
1973 59,833,060,000
1974 61,585,400,000
1975 64,867,890,000
1976 69,778,910,000
1977 74,427,420,000
1978 79,689,890,000
1979 79,462,940,000
1980 83,786,430,000
1981 90,488,460,000
1982 93,159,740,000
1983 99,477,440,000
1984 104,140,000,000
1985 109,413,000,000
1986 116,444,000,000
1987 123,488,000,000
1988 134,553,000,000
1989 144,503,000,000
1990 155,173,000,000
1991 157,492,000,000
1992 163,778,000,000
1993 172,751,000,000
1994 187,297,000,000
1995 205,827,000,000
1996 217,971,000,000
1997 226,861,000,000
1998 237,362,000,000
1999 250,903,000,000
2000 264,543,000,000
2001 272,551,000,000
2002 289,753,000,000
2003 309,884,000,000
2004 341,280,000,000
2005 372,285,000,000
2006 416,448,000,000
2007 449,985,000,000
2008 470,934,000,000
2009 504,636,000,000
2010 542,293,000,000
2011 565,343,000,000
2012 586,965,000,000
2013 610,176,000,000
2014 651,624,000,000
2015 709,900,000,000
2016 764,239,000,000
2017 811,073,000,000
2018 857,498,000,000
2019 858,387,000,000
2020 808,905,000,000

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