Mauritius - Industry, value added (% of GDP)

Industry, value added (% of GDP) in Mauritius was 16.63 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 28.57 in 1992, while its lowest value was 16.63 in 2020.

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
1976 22.13
1977 22.29
1978 22.95
1979 22.21
1980 21.98
1981 21.25
1982 21.00
1983 20.34
1984 22.20
1985 24.41
1986 26.37
1987 27.17
1988 27.21
1989 27.21
1990 27.78
1991 28.17
1992 28.57
1993 28.37
1994 28.15
1995 28.39
1996 28.33
1997 27.23
1998 27.11
1999 26.30
2000 25.99
2001 26.74
2002 25.97
2003 25.25
2004 24.41
2005 23.36
2006 22.34
2007 22.55
2008 23.34
2009 23.35
2010 22.47
2011 21.60
2012 20.94
2013 20.60
2014 19.83
2015 19.24
2016 18.58
2017 17.64
2018 17.46
2019 17.26
2020 16.63

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