Kenya - Industry, value added (% of GDP)

Industry, value added (% of GDP) in Kenya was 17.38 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 19.66 in 2011, while its lowest value was 13.56 in 1995.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 16.89
1961 17.14
1962 15.43
1963 13.98
1964 15.47
1965 16.67
1966 16.28
1967 17.47
1968 17.66
1969 18.04
1970 17.97
1971 18.29
1972 18.68
1973 18.64
1974 18.32
1975 17.89
1976 16.36
1977 15.87
1978 17.43
1979 17.32
1980 17.78
1981 17.39
1982 17.31
1983 16.91
1984 16.43
1985 16.74
1986 16.18
1987 15.93
1988 16.75
1989 16.37
1990 16.33
1991 17.00
1992 15.85
1993 14.37
1994 14.55
1995 13.56
1996 16.39
1997 15.93
1998 15.54
1999 14.92
2000 15.02
2001 15.31
2002 15.45
2003 15.62
2004 16.21
2005 17.01
2006 19.38
2007 19.30
2008 18.58
2009 18.39
2010 18.57
2011 19.66
2012 19.26
2013 19.08
2014 19.04
2015 18.89
2016 18.16
2017 17.50
2018 17.31
2019 16.74
2020 17.38

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