Zambia - Manufacturing, value added (current US$)

The latest value for Manufacturing, value added (current US$) in Zambia was $1,397,302,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $2,102,809,000 in 2017 and $26,857,140 in 1960.

Definition: Manufacturing refers to industries belonging to ISIC divisions 15-37. 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 current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 $26,857,140
1961 $34,000,000
1962 $33,428,570
1963 $39,428,570
1964 $47,714,280
1965 $68,571,430
1966 $98,714,290
1967 $123,142,900
1968 $156,285,700
1969 $160,428,600
1970 $184,571,400
1971 $213,857,100
1972 $259,142,900
1973 $279,000,000
1974 $400,666,700
1975 $416,666,700
1976 $394,285,700
1977 $441,250,000
1978 $537,625,000
1979 $608,375,000
1980 $649,000,000
1981 $687,000,000
1982 $743,000,000
1983 $638,307,700
1984 $561,444,400
1985 $521,451,600
1986 $376,448,700
1987 $583,894,700
1988 $1,144,048,000
1989 $1,238,384,000
1990 $1,046,568,000
1991 $1,126,718,000
1992 $1,056,132,000
1993 $817,526,500
1994 $332,342,700
1995 $349,397,200
1996 $392,658,800
1997 $464,536,900
1998 $381,139,300
1999 $347,628,300
2000 $340,383,200
2001 $371,855,300
2002 $402,017,000
2003 $497,445,400
2004 $626,166,300
2005 $819,894,500
2006 $1,200,155,000
2007 $1,220,116,000
2008 $1,514,178,000
2009 $1,331,255,000
2010 $1,535,782,000
2011 $1,763,255,000
2012 $1,804,549,000
2013 $1,688,889,000
2014 $1,851,013,000
2015 $1,598,583,000
2016 $1,610,890,000
2017 $2,102,809,000
2018 $1,801,756,000
2019 $1,582,409,000
2020 $1,397,302,000

Development Relevance: Firms typically use multiple processes to produce a product. For example, an automobile manufacturer engages in forging, welding, and painting as well as advertising, accounting, and other service activities. Collecting data at such a detailed level is not practical, nor is it useful to record production data at the highest level of a large, multiplant, multiproduct firm. The ISIC has therefore adopted as the definition of an establishment "an enterprise or part of an enterprise which independently engages in one, or predominantly one, kind of economic activity at or from one location . . . for which data are available . . ." (United Nations 1990). By design, this definition matches the reporting unit required for the production accounts of the United Nations System of National Accounts. The ISIC system is described in the United Nations' International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Third Revision (1990). The discussion of the ISIC draws on Ryten (1998).

Limitations and Exceptions: In establishing classifications systems compilers must define both the types of activities to be described and the units whose activities are to be reported. There are many possibilities, and the choices affect how the statistics can be interpreted and how useful they are in analyzing economic behavior. The ISIC emphasizes commonalities in the production process and is explicitly not intended to measure outputs (for which there is a newly developed Central Product Classification). Nevertheless, the ISIC views an activity as defined by "a process resulting in a homogeneous set of products."

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The data on manufacturing value added in U.S. dollars are from the World Bank's national accounts files and may differ from those UNIDO uses to calculate shares of value added by industry, in part because of differences in exchange rates. Thus value added in a particular industry estimated by applying the shares to total manufacturing value added will not match those from UNIDO sources. Classification of manufacturing industries accords with the United Nations International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) revision 3. Data prior to 2008 used revision 2, first published in 1948. Revision 3 was completed in 1989, and many countries now use it. But revision 2 is still widely used for compiling cross-country data. UNIDO has converted these data to accord with revision 3. Concordances matching ISIC categories to national classification systems and to related systems such as the Standard International Trade Classification are available.

Aggregation method: Gap-filled total

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