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EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 1:30 P.M. EST, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2020
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AMERICAN SAMOA GDP DECREASES IN 2019
Today, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is releasing estimates of gross domestic product (GDP) for
American Samoa for 2019, in addition to estimates of GDP by industry and compensation by industry for
2018.1 These estimates were developed under the Statistical Improvement Program funded by the
Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Gross Domestic Product for 2019
The estimates of GDP for American Samoa show that real GDP—GDP adjusted to remove price
changes—decreased 1.4 percent in 2019.

Chart 1. Contributions to Percent Change in Real GDP for 2019
Percentage points
6.0

5.12

4.0
2.25

2.0

0.96

0.0
-2.0

-1.4%

-2.00

-4.0

-3.15
-4.60

-6.0
GDP

PCE

Private fixed
investment

CIPI

Exports

Imports

Government
spending

Note: Imports are a subtraction item. Thus, a decline in imports results in a positive contribution to GDP.
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

As shown in Chart 1, the decline in real GDP reflected decreases in government spending, exports, and
private fixed investment that were partly offset by an increase in consumer spending and inventory
investment. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, decreased.
1

These estimates are based on limited source data and are subject to revision.

Government spending decreased 8.8 percent (see Table 1.3). This decrease primarily reflected a decline
in territorial government spending following the completion in 2018 of a multimillion-dollar
telecommunications construction project.
Exports decreased 4.7 percent, primarily reflecting a decrease in exports of canned tuna and related
products.
Private fixed investment decreased 22.7 percent. This decrease reflected declines in construction
activity and purchases of equipment following the completion in the prior year of reconstruction
activities associated with Tropical Cyclone Gita.
Consumer spending increased 3.0 percent. This reflected growth in services that was largely driven by
purchases of health care services. Health care services included those directly financed by government
social benefits such as Medicaid. The federal government’s Additional Supplemental Appropriations for
Disaster Relief Act of 2019 (P.L. 116-20) provided American Samoa with additional federal Medicaid
funding.
Inventory investment increased, reflecting growth in supplies held by the canning industry.
Gross Domestic Product by Industry and Compensation by Industry for 2018
The estimates of GDP by industry for American Samoa show that the private sector was the source of
economic growth in 2018 (see Table 2.4).
The growth in the private sector reflected an increase in manufacturing output of the cannery industry.
Output of nonmanufacturing industries, such as construction and related professional services, also
increased, reflecting post-cyclone recovery activities.2
The government sector declined, primarily reflecting a decrease in territorial government compensation.
The compensation by industry estimates, which are measured in current dollars, show trends in
compensation for major industries (see Table 2.6). Total compensation increased in 2018, primarily
reflecting growth in manufacturing.
The accompanying tables present estimates for GDP and its major components, GDP by industry, and
compensation by industry. Also included in this release are estimates for the major components of gross
domestic income.
Revisions to GDP and Related Estimates
This release also includes the results of a comprehensive update of the territorial economic
accounts. Comprehensive updates are typically performed every 5 years, based on the Census Bureau’s
every-five-years economic censuses of island areas.
With the comprehensive update, estimates for 2002 to 2018 have been revised in order to incorporate
improvements to source data, including information from:
2

Note that construction activities performed by the government sector are reflected within nonmanufacturing
industry value added.
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• The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2017 Economic Census of Island Areas (ECIA), which provides the most
thorough and detailed statistics on the structure of the American Samoa economy,
• The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2018 Census of Agriculture for American Samoa,
• The American Samoa Department of Commerce’s 2015 Household Income and Expenditure Survey
(HIES),
• Updates to BEA’s U.S. national income and product accounts,
• Newly available County Business Patterns data for 2017 and 2018 from the U.S. Census Bureau, and
• Newly available American Samoa government data sources, such as fiscal year 2019 (and select fiscal
year 2018) audited government financial statements and fiscal year 2019 imports of goods.
Although the new estimates show a similar pattern of inflation-adjusted growth as the previously
published estimates, some of the more recent years are revised substantially (see Chart 2).

Chart 2. Percent Change from Preceding Year in Real GDP
4.0
2.0
0.0
-2.0
-4.0
-6.0
-8.0
'03

'04

'05

'06

'07

'08

'09

'10

'11

Previously published

'12

'13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

Revised

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

The largest source of the revisions to real GDP from 2013 to 2017 was the incorporation of 2017 ECIA
data for the retail sector, which indicated higher growth in retail sales over this period than originally
estimated. For 2018, the revision primarily reflected the incorporation of revenues and expenditures
data from newly available government financial statements.
The reference year for inflation-adjusted measures has also been updated to 2012, the same period as
the U.S. national GDP estimates.
The estimates of GDP by industry and compensation by industry have been updated to incorporate the
above data sources.

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Future Directions
Moving forward, an agreement between OIA and BEA will extend and improve the estimates of GDP for
American Samoa. The information provided by the American Samoa Government will continue to be
critical to the successful production of these estimates.
BEA currently plans to release GDP estimates for 2020 for all territories beginning in the summer of
2021. GDP by industry and compensation by industry estimates for 2019 will be released at the same
time.

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Additional Information
goods and services. Exports measures the portion of total
American Samoa production of goods and services that is
provided to the rest of the world. Imports measures the
portion of total American Samoa expenditures that is
accounted for by goods and services provided by the rest of
the world.

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Government consumption expenditures and gross
investment, or “government spending,” measures the
portion of GDP that is accounted for by the government
sector. Government consumption expenditures consists of
spending by government to produce and provide services
to the public. Gross investment consists of spending by
government for fixed assets that directly benefit the public
or that assist government agencies in their production
activities.

Definitions

Gross domestic income (GDI) is the sum of incomes earned
and costs incurred in the production of GDP. In national
economic accounting, GDP and GDI are conceptually equal.

Gross domestic product (GDP) is the value of the goods and
services produced by the American Samoa economy less
the value of the goods and services used up in production.
GDP is also equal to the sum of personal consumption
expenditures, private fixed investment, change in private
inventories, net exports of goods and services, and
government consumption expenditures and gross
investment.

Current-dollar estimates are valued in the prices of the
period when the transactions occurred—that is, at “market
value.” Also referred to as “nominal estimates” or as
“current-price estimates.”
Real values are inflation-adjusted estimates—that is,
estimates that exclude the effects of price changes.

Personal consumption expenditures (PCE), also referred to
as “consumer spending,” measures the goods and services
purchased by “persons”—that is, by households and by
nonprofit institutions serving households (NPISHs)—who
are resident in American Samoa.

Statistical Conventions
Quantities and prices. Quantities, or “real” volume
measures, and prices are expressed as index numbers with
a specified reference year equal to 100 (currently 2012).
Quantity and price indexes are calculated using a Fisher
chain-weighted formula that incorporates weights from
two adjacent years. “Real” dollar series are calculated by
multiplying the quantity index by the current-dollar value in
the reference year (2012) and then dividing by 100.

Private fixed investment (PFI) measures spending by
private businesses, nonprofit institutions, and households
on fixed assets in the American Samoa economy. Fixed
assets consist of structures, equipment, and software that
are used in the production of goods and services.
Change in private inventories (CIPI), or “inventory
investment,” is a measure of the value of the change in the
physical volume of the inventories—additions less
withdrawals—that businesses maintain to support their
production and distribution activities.

Chained-dollar values are not additive because the relative
weights for a given period differ from those of the reference
year.

Net exports of goods and services is the difference
between exports of goods and services and imports of

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List of News Release Tables
Table 1.1.
Table 1.2.
Table 1.3.
Table 1.4.
Table 1.5.
Table 1.6.
Table 1.7.
Table 2.1.
Table 2.2.
Table 2.3.
Table 2.4.
Table 2.5.
Table 2.6.

Gross Domestic Product
Real Gross Domestic Product, Chained Dollars
Percent Change From Preceding Year in Real Gross Domestic Product
Contributions to Percent Change in Real Gross Domestic Product
Percent Change From Preceding Year in Prices for Gross Domestic Product and Price
Indexes for Gross Domestic Product
Gross Domestic Income
Revisions to Percent Change in Real Gross Domestic Product
Value Added by Industry
Value Added by Industry as a Percentage of GDP
Real Value Added by Industry
Percent Changes in Real Value Added by Industry
Contributions to Percent Change in Real Gross Domestic Product by Industry
Compensation of Employees by Industry

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American Samoa
1. Domestic Product and Income
Table 1.1. Gross Domestic Product
[Millions of dollars]
Line
Gross domestic product

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

1

512

524

509

500

493

518

560

675

573

570

640

638

643

673

671

612

641

638

Personal consumption expenditures
Goods
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Services
Net foreign travel

2
3
4
5
6
7

312
155
20
135
156
1

332
167
21
145
164
1

357
185
26
159
172
-1

367
189
24
165
180
-3

375
191
24
167
186
-1

384
195
23
171
190
-1

407
206
27
179
203
-3

398
195
24
171
208
-5

401
194
25
169
213
-6

411
184
23
161
232
-5

420
183
23
160
246
-9

446
207
25
181
247
-8

463
217
34
183
256
-10

460
214
32
182
256
-10

463
209
30
179
264
-9

471
208
26
182
270
-7

487
214
27
187
278
-5

506
214
28
186
296
-4

Private fixed investment
Change in private inventories

8
9

23
5

25
9

29
8

35
-6

40
-3

41
-8

47
-17

39
-6

50
-5

52
-3

54
0

66
6

72
32

56
23

53
46

54
38

56
-11

44
-5

Net exports of goods and services
Exports
Goods
Services
Imports
Goods
Services

10
11
12
13
14
15
16

-44
518
502
16
562
511
51

-62
513
495
18
574
517
58

-111
460
440
20
570
513
57

-119
498
479
19
618
564
53

-143
495
477
18
638
582
56

-120
505
487
17
625
571
54

-118
641
621
20
758
698
61

-29
530
510
20
559
508
52

-177
364
341
22
541
489
52

-228
335
313
22
563
509
53

-163
483
457
26
646
588
57

-193
458
435
24
651
591
60

-266
429
402
27
695
625
70

-237
428
401
27
665
596
69

-210
429
401
27
639
571
68

-264
362
336
26
626
552
74

-225
437
410
27
662
573
89

-219
404
378
26
623
554
68

Government consumption
expenditures and gross investment
Federal
Territorial

17
18
19

216
10
206

221
20
201

227
26
201

224
23
201

224
19
205

220
17
203

241
20
220

275
30
245

303
22
281

337
23
314

329
22
306

313
21
292

343
24
319

371
26
345

320
26
294

313
25
288

334
25
310

311
23
288

NOTE. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.

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American Samoa

Table 1.2. Real Gross Domestic Product, Chained Dollars
[Millions of chained (2012) dollars]
Line
Gross domestic product

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

1

725

732

735

732

702

715

696

667

669

669

640

624

635

655

644

599

619

610

Personal consumption expenditures
Goods
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Services
Net foreign travel

2
3
4
5
6
7

494
235
31
203
258
0

506
245
33
212
260
-1

528
263
38
225
264
-2

521
258
34
224
266
-5

512
252
32
220
261
-3

503
249
31
218
254
-2

489
243
32
211
249
-4

474
224
28
196
255
-6

454
212
28
184
248
-7

431
190
24
166
246
-5

420
183
23
160
246
-9

440
204
25
179
243
-7

451
213
33
180
248
-10

458
211
31
180
255
-9

463
207
29
178
263
-8

460
202
25
176
263
-5

465
203
27
176
265
-3

478
202
27
175
278
-2

Private fixed investment
Change in private inventories

8
9

27
7

29
12

32
9

36
-8

41
-3

42
-8

48
-13

40
-8

52
-5

55
-3

54
0

63
6

67
33

51
28

48
56

48
43

48
-11

37
-5

Net exports of goods and services
Exports
Goods
Services
Imports
Goods
Services

10
11
12
13
14
15
16

-79
973
951
26
1,053
981
75

-92
954
929
29
1,046
969
79

-113
798
772
29
911
837
74

-73
839
816
26
912
848
66

-95
783
761
25
878
811
68

-52
793
775
22
845
782
64

-73
790
770
23
863
797
66

-130
621
600
23
751
691
61

-145
522
499
24
668
612
56

-161
461
438
23
621
567
55

-163
483
457
26
646
588
57

-192
481
458
23
673
614
59

-250
503
477
26
753
686
67

-239
540
515
26
780
713
67

-222
534
508
26
755
688
67

-251
417
393
24
668
595
71

-187
475
451
24
663
579
80

-177
453
430
23
630
567
62

Government consumption
expenditures and gross investment
Federal
Territorial

17
18
19

300
15
285

298
27
270

290
34
256

277
28
249

263
22
241

251
19
232

265
21
243

304
32
272

322
23
298

343
23
319

329
22
306

308
21
287

331
23
308

359
25
333

309
25
284

297
24
273

305
22
282

278
20
258

Addenda:
Population (thousands)1
Per capita real GDP (chained dollars)

20
21

60.8
11,924

62.6
11,693

64.1
11,466

65.5
11,176

64.8
10,833

64.8
11,034

65.1
10,691

62.4
10,689

55.5
12,054

56.0
11,946

56.5
11,327

57.0
10,947

57.5
11,043

58.1
11,274

58.6
10,990

58.7
10,204

58.0
10,672

56.9
10,721

1. BEA estimates based on data from the American Samoa Department of Commerce and the U.S. Census Bureau.

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American Samoa

Table 1.3. Percent Change From Preceding Year in Real Gross Domestic Product
[Percent]
Line
Gross domestic product

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

1

0.8

0.4

-0.4

-4.1

1.9

-2.7

-4.3

0.3

0.0

-4.3

-2.5

1.6

3.3

-1.8

-6.9

3.3

-1.4

Personal consumption expenditures
Goods
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Services
Net foreign travel

2
3
4
5
6
7

2.4
4.4
4.1
4.4
0.6
……..

4.3
7.4
17.1
5.9
1.6
……..

-1.2
-2.0
-12.3
-0.3
0.8
……..

-1.8
-2.2
-5.5
-1.8
-2.0
……..

-1.8
-1.1
-3.0
-0.8
-2.7
……..

-2.6
-2.5
3.0
-3.2
-2.1
……..

-3.1
-8.0
-12.7
-7.3
2.6
……..

-4.3
-5.3
0.9
-6.1
-2.8
……..

-5.0
-10.4
-14.6
-9.8
-0.7
……..

-2.6
-3.7
-5.7
-3.4
-0.3
……..

4.7
11.3
10.4
11.5
-1.0
……..

2.7
4.7
32.2
0.9
2.0
……..

1.4
-1.0
-5.8
-0.2
3.1
……..

1.1
-1.7
-5.8
-1.0
3.1
……..

-0.6
-2.9
-13.3
-1.1
-0.2
……..

1.1
0.7
5.1
0.1
0.9
……..

3.0
-0.3
2.9
-0.8
5.0
……..

Private fixed investment
Change in private inventories

8
9

5.6
……..

11.8
……..

14.0
……..

11.0
……..

3.8
……..

14.4
……..

-16.6
……..

30.0
……..

5.1
……..

-0.7
……..

15.7
……..

6.1
……..

-23.4
……..

-7.1
……..

1.3
……..

-0.4
……..

-22.7
……..

Net exports of goods and services
Exports
Goods
Services
Imports
Goods
Services

10
11
12
13
14
15
16

……..
-2.0
-2.4
8.9
-0.7
-1.2
4.6

……..
-16.3
-16.9
0.2
-12.9
-13.6
-6.0

……..
5.1
5.7
-9.4
0.1
1.3
-11.1

……..
-6.7
-6.7
-5.0
-3.7
-4.4
3.7

……..
1.3
1.8
-11.4
-3.7
-3.5
-5.8

……..
-0.4
-0.6
4.9
2.0
1.9
3.2

……..
-21.4
-22.1
-0.2
-13.0
-13.4
-8.2

……..
-15.8
-16.8
5.4
-11.1
-11.4
-7.8

……..
-11.8
-12.2
-5.8
-6.9
-7.4
-2.6

……..
4.8
4.3
13.1
3.9
3.8
4.5

……..
-0.5
0.1
-10.2
4.2
4.3
3.9

……..
4.8
4.3
12.7
11.9
11.8
12.9

……..
7.4
7.9
-0.7
3.5
3.9
0.4

……..
-1.2
-1.3
-0.7
-3.1
-3.5
0.0

……..
-21.9
-22.8
-8.3
-11.5
-13.5
6.1

……..
14.0
14.9
1.8
-0.8
-2.6
12.5

……..
-4.7
-4.7
-5.4
-5.0
-2.2
-22.9

Government consumption
expenditures and gross investment
Federal
Territorial

17
18
19

-0.8
87.2
-5.1

-2.6
24.4
-5.3

-4.6
-17.6
-2.9

-5.0
-23.2
-2.9

-4.5
-10.8
-3.9

5.3
11.3
4.8

15.1
51.0
11.8

5.6
-28.3
9.8

6.6
1.0
7.0

-4.1
-5.7
-4.0

-6.4
-4.6
-6.5

7.5
9.9
7.3

8.4
9.5
8.4

-13.9
-1.1
-14.8

-4.0
-4.1
-4.0

2.7
-7.0
3.6

-8.8
-10.2
-8.7

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American Samoa

Table 1.4. Contributions to Percent Change in Real Gross Domestic Product
Line
Percent change:
Gross domestic product
Percentage points:
Personal consumption expenditures
Goods
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Services
Net foreign travel

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

1

0.8

0.4

-0.4

-4.1

1.9

-2.7

-4.3

0.3

0.0

-4.3

-2.5

1.6

3.3

-1.8

-6.9

3.3

-1.4

2
3
4
5
6
7

1.50
1.33
0.16
1.17
0.19
-0.02

2.81
2.44
0.73
1.71
0.53
-0.16

-0.87
-0.74
-0.65
-0.09
0.27
-0.40

-1.34
-0.84
-0.26
-0.58
-0.72
0.22

-1.39
-0.43
-0.14
-0.29
-1.03
0.07

-1.94
-0.93
0.13
-1.06
-0.75
-0.26

-1.98
-2.63
-0.54
-2.08
0.86
-0.21

-2.87
-1.72
0.03
-1.75
-0.97
-0.18

-3.64
-3.65
-0.66
-2.99
-0.29
0.29

-1.77
-1.11
-0.22
-0.90
-0.13
-0.53

3.06
3.23
0.37
2.86
-0.37
0.21

1.92
1.55
1.29
0.25
0.77
-0.40

1.01
-0.34
-0.30
-0.04
1.20
0.16

0.72
-0.53
-0.27
-0.26
1.16
0.10

-0.45
-0.91
-0.60
-0.31
-0.06
0.53

0.81
0.25
0.22
0.03
0.38
0.18

2.25
-0.10
0.12
-0.23
2.17
0.18

Private fixed investment
Change in private inventories

8
9

0.25
0.67

0.58
-0.40

0.82
-2.85

0.77
0.79

0.30
-0.93

1.08
-0.99

-1.22
0.90

1.89
0.43

0.45
0.36

-0.06
0.48

1.35
0.90

0.64
4.05

-2.62
-0.67

-0.58
3.37

0.11
-1.66

-0.03
-8.22

-2.00
0.96

Net exports of goods and services
Exports
Goods
Services
Imports
Goods
Services

10
11
12
13
14
15
16

-1.26
-2.02
-2.31
0.29
0.76
1.24
-0.48

-1.39
-16.85
-16.86
0.01
15.46
14.77
0.69

4.60
4.69
5.07
-0.38
-0.09
-1.37
1.28

-2.05
-6.76
-6.57
-0.19
4.71
5.11
-0.40

6.02
1.28
1.71
-0.43
4.74
4.08
0.66

-3.00
-0.46
-0.62
0.16
-2.54
-2.20
-0.33

-7.72
-22.22
-22.21
-0.01
14.50
13.74
0.76

-1.71
-12.31
-12.49
0.18
10.60
9.92
0.68

-0.74
-7.70
-7.47
-0.23
6.96
6.71
0.25

-0.65
3.09
2.62
0.47
-3.75
-3.35
-0.39

-4.50
-0.34
0.07
-0.41
-4.16
-3.81
-0.35

-8.70
3.24
2.76
0.48
-11.94
-10.70
-1.24

1.07
4.69
4.72
-0.03
-3.63
-3.59
-0.04

2.28
-0.78
-0.75
-0.03
3.06
3.06
0.00

-2.98
-14.69
-14.35
-0.35
11.72
12.35
-0.64

9.34
8.47
8.40
0.07
0.86
2.42
-1.56

1.97
-3.15
-2.92
-0.23
5.12
1.94
3.18

Government consumption
expenditures and gross investment
Federal
Territorial

17
18
19

-0.32
1.73
-2.05

-1.15
0.97
-2.12

-2.11
-0.94
-1.17

-2.27
-1.09
-1.19

-2.06
-0.41
-1.64

2.19
0.37
1.82

5.73
1.62
4.11

2.58
-1.42
4.00

3.58
0.04
3.54

-2.29
-0.22
-2.07

-3.26
-0.16
-3.10

3.73
0.33
3.39

4.47
0.35
4.12

-7.58
-0.04
-7.54

-1.95
-0.16
-1.79

1.41
-0.29
1.70

-4.60
-0.39
-4.20

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Table 1.5. Percent Change From Preceding Year in Prices for Gross Domestic Product and Price Indexes for Gross Domestic Product
Line
Gross domestic product
Personal consumption expenditures
Gross domestic product
Personal consumption expenditures

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

1

……..

1.6

-3.3

-1.3

2.7

3.0

11.1

2

……..

3.8

3.0

4.2

4.2

4.0

8.9

3

70.5

71.7

69.3

68.4

70.2

72.4

80.4

4

63.2

65.6

67.6

70.4

73.3

76.3

83.1

2009
26.0

2010

2011

[Percent]
-15.5
-0.6

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

17.4

2.1

-0.7

1.2

1.6

-2.0

1.4

0.9

0.9
5.4
7.9
4.8
[Index numbers, 2012=100]
101.3
85.7
85.2
100.0

1.5

1.0

-2.1

-0.2

2.4

2.2

0.9

102.1

101.4

102.6

104.3

102.2

103.6

104.5

101.5

102.5

100.4

100.1

102.5

104.8

105.8

83.9

88.5

95.4

100.0

Table 1.6. Gross Domestic Income
[Millions of dollars]
Line
Gross domestic income

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

1

512

524

509

500

493

518

560

675

573

570

640

638

643

673

671

612

641

638

Compensation of employees

2

232

245

256

269

265

265

274

271

270

262

272

277

294

308

311

294

301

……..

Taxes on production and imports
less subsidies

3

23

23

23

22

22

22

24

22

18

18

25

26

28

26

27

24

34

……..

Gross operating surplus

4

257

256

230

209

206

231

262

382

285

290

343

335

321

339

333

294

306

……..

NOTE. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.

Table 1.7. Revisions to Percent Change in Real Gross Domestic Product
Line

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Percent change:
Revised
Previously published

1
2

0.8
0.8

0.4
0.5

-0.4
-0.4

-4.1
-4.1

1.9
1.9

-2.7
-2.5

-4.3
-4.2

0.3
0.4

0.0
0.3

-4.3
-4.3

-2.5
-2.8

1.6
1.0

3.3
1.4

-1.8
-2.8

-6.9
-5.8

3.3
2.2

Percentage points:
Revision

3

0.0

-0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

-0.2

-0.1

-0.1

-0.3

0.0

0.3

0.6

1.9

1.0

-1.1

1.1

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2. GDP by Industry
Table 2.1. Value Added by Industry
[Millions of dollars]
Line
Gross domestic product

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

1

512

524

509

500

493

518

560

675

573

570

640

638

643

673

671

612

641

Private industries
Manufacturing
Nonmanufacturing

2
3
4

390
109
281

394
108
287

366
79
287

346
68
278

340
67
273

362
77
285

400
112
288

511
163
348

386
41
345

384
21
363

446
89
356

447
93
354

455
77
378

477
94
384

475
92
383

420
67
353

445
89
355

Government
Federal
Territorial

5
6
7

121
8
113

130
11
120

143
16
127

154
20
134

153
16
138

156
14
142

160
16
144

165
18
146

187
18
169

185
17
168

194
17
177

190
18
172

188
18
171

195
18
177

196
18
178

193
18
175

196
18
178

NOTE. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.

Table 2.2. Value Added by Industry as a Percentage of GDP
[Percent]
Line
Gross domestic product

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

1

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Private industries
Manufacturing
Nonmanufacturing

2
3
4

76
21
55

75
21
55

72
16
56

69
14
56

69
14
55

70
15
55

71
20
51

76
24
52

67
7
60

67
4
64

70
14
56

70
15
55

71
12
59

71
14
57

71
14
57

69
11
58

69
14
55

Government
Federal
Territorial

5
6
7

24
2
22

25
2
23

28
3
25

31
4
27

31
3
28

30
3
27

29
3
26

24
3
22

33
3
29

32
3
29

30
3
28

30
3
27

29
3
27

29
3
26

29
3
27

32
3
29

31
3
28

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Table 2.3. Real Value Added by Industry
[Millions of chained (2012) dollars]
Line
Gross domestic product

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

1

725

732

735

732

702

715

696

667

669

669

640

624

635

655

644

599

619

Private industries
Manufacturing
Nonmanufacturing

2
3
4

567
126
428

566
124
428

562
118
431

543
131
401

523
127
387

537
132
396

513
132
372

485
105
379

473
93
382

483
85
393

446
89
356

439
88
351

457
91
366

477
105
373

466
104
364

424
83
341

447
97
351

Government
Federal
Territorial

5
6
7

163
12
150

170
14
155

177
20
156

189
25
165

180
18
162

180
15
165

183
18
166

182
19
162

196
18
178

188
17
171

194
17
177

186
18
168

178
17
161

179
17
162

178
17
161

174
16
158

172
16
156

Table 2.4. Percent Changes in Real Value Added by Industry
[Percent]
Line
Gross domestic product

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

1

0.8

0.4

-0.4

-4.1

1.9

-2.7

-4.3

0.3

0.0

-4.3

-2.5

1.6

3.3

-1.8

-6.9

3.3

Private industries
Manufacturing
Nonmanufacturing

2
3
4

-0.3
-1.0
0.0

-0.7
-5.0
0.8

-3.4
11.2
-6.9

-3.7
-3.7
-3.7

2.8
4.2
2.4

-4.4
0.4
-5.9

-5.6
-20.3
1.8

-2.5
-12.3
0.7

2.1
-7.9
3.1

-7.7
4.9
-9.4

-1.6
-1.5
-1.6

4.2
3.0
4.4

4.4
16.3
1.9

-2.3
-1.5
-2.5

-8.9
-20.2
-6.3

5.4
16.6
3.1

Government
Federal
Territorial

5
6
7

4.5
16.0
3.6

3.7
40.2
0.5

7.3
22.2
5.4

-5.0
-27.7
-1.6

0.1
-14.4
1.8

1.7
14.8
0.4

-0.6
10.7
-1.8

7.8
-7.6
9.7

-4.2
-4.5
-4.1

3.4
-0.8
3.8

-4.5
5.0
-5.4

-4.1
-4.0
-4.2

0.5
-1.3
0.7

-0.5
1.7
-0.7

-2.2
-4.9
-1.9

-1.1
0.3
-1.2

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Table 2.5. Contributions to Percent Change in Real Gross Domestic Product by Industry
Line
Percent change:
Gross domestic product
Percentage points:
Private industries
Manufacturing
Nonmanufacturing
Government
Federal
Territorial

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

1

0.8

0.4

-0.4

-4.1

1.9

-2.7

-4.3

0.3

0.0

-4.3

-2.5

1.6

3.3

-1.8

-6.9

3.3

2
3
4

-0.23
-0.21
-0.03

-0.51
-0.97
0.45

-2.47
1.53
-4.00

-2.53
-0.50
-2.03

1.92
0.58
1.34

-3.15
0.07
-3.22

-4.14
-5.01
0.86

-1.85
-2.22
0.37

1.39
-0.47
1.87

-5.34
0.41
-5.75

-1.09
-0.21
-0.88

2.89
0.40
2.49

3.10
1.98
1.11

-1.65
-0.20
-1.45

-6.27
-2.67
-3.61

3.66
1.93
1.73

5
6
7

1.07
0.27
0.80

0.96
0.85
0.11

2.06
0.71
1.35

-1.57
-1.14
-0.43

0.03
-0.46
0.49

0.49
0.38
0.11

-0.15
0.28
-0.43

2.16
-0.23
2.39

-1.39
-0.14
-1.25

1.03
-0.02
1.06

-1.36
0.13
-1.49

-1.26
-0.11
-1.15

0.16
-0.04
0.19

-0.15
0.05
-0.19

-0.65
-0.14
-0.52

-0.35
0.01
-0.35

NOTE. Percentage-point contributions do not sum to the percent change in real gross domestic product because of rounding and differences in source data used to estimate GDP by industry and the
expenditures measure of real GDP.

Table 2.6. Compensation of Employees by Industry
[Millions of dollars]
Line

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

1

232

245

256

269

265

265

274

271

270

262

272

277

294

308

311

294

301

Private industries
Manufacturing
Nonmanufacturing

2
3
4

124
53
71

128
53
75

125
48
76

127
49
79

126
50
76

125
52
73

131
59
72

125
53
71

97
31
66

97
27
70

104
40
63

105
42
63

116
45
72

124
51
73

128
51
77

118
40
79

127
49
78

Government
Federal
Territorial

5
6
7

108
8
100

117
10
107

132
15
117

141
20
121

139
15
123

140
13
127

143
16
127

147
18
129

173
17
156

164
17
148

169
16
152

171
17
154

178
17
161

185
17
167

183
18
165

175
17
158

174
18
156

Total compensation

NOTE. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.

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