Lesotho - Manufacturing, value added (constant 2010 US$)

The latest value for Manufacturing, value added (constant 2010 US$) in Lesotho was 350,481,700 as of 2020. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 436,982,600 in 2019 and 14,271,010 in 1972.

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 expressed constant 2010 U.S. dollars.

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

See also:

Year Value
1970 15,106,380
1971 15,679,490
1972 14,271,010
1973 16,480,830
1974 17,450,350
1975 15,996,330
1976 18,419,870
1977 17,450,350
1978 17,935,370
1979 24,236,500
1980 28,289,270
1981 30,099,130
1982 48,314,800
1983 56,718,550
1984 61,958,950
1985 57,388,770
1986 66,925,320
1987 69,452,600
1988 86,508,940
1989 93,958,780
1990 102,778,400
1991 102,759,700
1992 116,033,700
1993 133,453,200
1994 138,379,400
1995 145,897,400
1996 149,372,300
1997 174,591,900
1998 176,234,500
1999 175,920,400
2000 208,182,800
2001 265,113,100
2002 345,010,900
2003 390,761,800
2004 413,735,600
2005 362,724,000
2006 397,526,100
2007 401,777,600
2008 392,077,400
2009 378,991,200
2010 391,388,800
2011 380,259,000
2012 364,433,600
2013 349,565,900
2014 309,809,400
2015 357,092,900
2016 419,636,900
2017 379,798,100
2018 433,832,900
2019 436,982,600
2020 350,481,700

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