United Arab Emirates - Industry, value added (% of GDP)

Industry, value added (% of GDP) in United Arab Emirates was 40.87 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 74.00 in 1975, while its lowest value was 40.02 in 1998.

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.

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Year Value
1975 74.00
1976 71.81
1977 67.98
1978 68.06
1979 71.36
1980 72.66
1981 68.36
1982 63.15
1983 61.40
1984 62.81
1985 61.25
1986 52.15
1987 54.68
1988 53.01
1989 55.08
1990 58.90
1991 46.78
1992 55.30
1993 51.48
1994 46.26
1995 45.55
1996 46.37
1997 45.43
1998 40.02
1999 42.02
2000 48.52
2001 49.68
2002 47.55
2003 49.12
2004 51.68
2005 55.64
2006 57.90
2007 54.84
2008 58.02
2009 52.04
2010 52.53
2011 58.04
2012 57.45
2013 55.01
2014 52.76
2015 43.89
2016 41.45
2017 42.57
2018 47.03
2019 44.46
2020 40.87

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