St. Lucia - Industry, value added (constant 2010 US$)

The latest value for Industry, value added (constant 2010 US$) in St. Lucia was 178,676,600 as of 2020. Over the past 43 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 208,287,100 in 2017 and 30,248,360 in 1977.

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
1977 30,248,360
1978 37,937,470
1979 42,299,090
1980 45,953,380
1981 49,518,370
1982 45,700,040
1983 42,670,450
1984 50,495,830
1985 61,475,480
1986 69,904,120
1987 74,922,320
1988 87,536,510
1989 103,132,300
1990 96,867,580
1991 103,485,100
1992 117,530,200
1993 116,680,500
1994 118,591,100
1995 125,542,600
1996 120,528,300
1997 119,024,600
1998 132,235,800
1999 144,031,200
2000 138,411,200
2001 124,647,700
2002 121,290,600
2003 130,488,400
2004 155,194,100
2005 133,519,200
2006 170,061,200
2007 155,124,800
2008 190,178,200
2009 185,251,200
2010 186,615,900
2011 189,682,100
2012 190,582,600
2013 184,155,600
2014 185,103,000
2015 197,809,700
2016 199,756,100
2017 208,287,100
2018 201,192,000
2019 198,281,400
2020 178,676,600

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