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

The latest value for Manufacturing, value added (constant 2010 US$) in Nepal was 1,467,081,000 as of 2020. Over the past 47 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 1,604,651,000 in 2019 and 147,391,800 in 1973.

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
1973 147,391,800
1974 160,815,200
1975 159,192,200
1976 164,530,500
1977 181,986,700
1978 179,506,100
1979 174,320,100
1980 178,803,700
1981 185,654,100
1982 201,183,200
1983 210,444,400
1984 246,064,400
1985 305,351,400
1986 351,683,100
1987 359,830,700
1988 380,382,000
1989 353,507,200
1990 388,164,800
1991 456,750,300
1992 602,920,100
1993 640,374,600
1994 719,296,600
1995 733,402,800
1996 799,677,800
1997 856,102,800
1998 885,409,700
1999 932,227,800
2000 999,354,000
2001 1,035,331,000
2002 980,207,000
2003 980,638,300
2004 1,001,744,000
2005 1,027,972,000
2006 1,048,512,000
2007 1,075,279,000
2008 1,065,952,000
2009 1,054,820,000
2010 1,086,061,000
2011 1,130,052,000
2012 1,195,039,000
2013 1,229,583,000
2014 1,303,958,000
2015 1,304,778,000
2016 1,180,718,000
2017 1,379,397,000
2018 1,506,394,000
2019 1,604,651,000
2020 1,467,081,000

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