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Gross Domestic Product for the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2020
Gross Domestic Product by Industry and Compensation by Industry, 2019

Real gross domestic product (GDP) for the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) decreased 2.2 percent in 2020 after
increasing 2.8 percent in 2019 (table 1.3), according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of
Economic Analysis (BEA). These statistics were developed under the Statistical Improvement Program
funded by the Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
GDP for 2020
The decrease in real GDP reflected decreases in exports of services, private fixed investment, personal
consumption expenditures, and government spending (table 1.4). These decreases were partly offset by
an increase in private inventory investment. Imports, a subtraction item in the calculation of GDP,
declined.

COVID-19 Impact on the 2020 USVI GDP Estimate
The USVI economy was substantially affected by the COVID-19 pandemic due to its effects on spending
by consumers, visitors, businesses, and governments. The U.S. government passed several laws to
support and sustain businesses and individuals through the pandemic. Expenditures funded by the
various federal grants and transfer payments are reflected in the GDP estimates. However, the full
effects of the pandemic cannot be quantified in the GDP statistics for the USVI because the impacts are
generally embedded in source data and cannot be separately identified.
Exports of services, which consists primarily of spending by visitors, decreased 43.5 percent (table 1.3).
Total visitor arrivals declined 58.5 percent, according to statistics from the USVI government, reflecting
the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Private fixed investment decreased 27.7 percent, reflecting declines in business spending on
construction and equipment. Despite this decline, private-sector investment spending remained at an
elevated level (table 1.2), supported by capital improvement projects ongoing in 2020 to resume oil
refinery operations on St. Croix.
Personal consumption expenditures decreased 5.0 percent, reflecting declines in spending on goods,
such as motor vehicles and household appliances, and services, as nonessential businesses throughout
the territory were subject to mandatory reductions in operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Government spending decreased 4.0 percent, reflecting a decrease in territorial government spending
that was partly offset by an increase in federal government spending. Territorial government spending
decreased 7.2 percent, reflecting a continued decline in disaster response and recovery activities
following the 2017 hurricanes. Although spending in 2020 was supported by Coronavirus Relief Fund
payments, prior year spending was elevated by expenditures funded by federal disaster grants.
The declines in the components above were partly offset by an increase in private inventory investment,
reflecting an increase in crude oil and other petroleum products imported and stored in the islands.
Imports decreased 10.6 percent, reflecting declines in imports of goods including consumer goods and
equipment and in imports of services.
GDP by industry and compensation by industry for 2019
In 2019, GDP increased 2.8 percent. The newly available GDP by industry data, which are released on a
1-year lag, reveal that both the private sector and government sector contributed to growth in real GDP
in 2019 (table 2.5).
Growth in the private sector was widespread; the largest increase was in accommodation and food
services, which increased 14.4 percent, reflecting growth in visitor spending (table 2.4). Goodsproducing industries increased 5.5 percent, reflecting an increase in construction activity, including
construction related to the restart of the oil refinery on St. Croix.
The government sector increased 2.5 percent, primarily reflecting increases in compensation for both
federal and territorial government employees.
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Total compensation increased in 2019, reflecting growth in all industries shown (table 2.6). The largest
contributor was goods-producing industries, which includes the construction industry.
The accompanying news release tables present estimates for GDP and its major components, GDP by
industry, compensation by industry, and estimates of gross domestic income.
Data Availability for the 2020 USVI GDP Estimate
Due to lags in the availability of source data, in particular for territorial government spending and
territorial government sales to the household sector, the estimates presented in the news release are
preliminary for 2020. As of February 2022, most of the USVI government’s fiscal year 2020 audited
financial statements were unavailable. In place of these financial statements, BEA used information
from a variety of alternate data sources, including budget documents, unaudited operating statements,
reports on federal grant expenditures, and the USVI government’s Open Finance database, which
includes checkbook-level spending by the primary government.
Updates to GDP and Related Estimates for Prior Years
Estimates for 2018 and 2019 that were released on May 26, 2021, have been revised to incorporate
updates to source data, including the following:
• Newly available audited financial statements for the Government of USVI and its independent
agencies and
• Revised data on shipments from the U.S. Census Bureau's International Trade in Goods and
Services (FT-900) report.
The revised estimates exhibit a pattern of inflation-adjusted GDP growth similar to the previously
published estimates (table 1.7).
For more information on data sources underlying these estimates, see “Summary of Methodologies:
Gross Domestic Product for American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.”

Next release: First Quarter 2023
Gross Domestic Product for the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2021
U.S. Virgin Islands GDP by Industry and Compensation by Industry, 2020

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Additional Information
Resources
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the rest of the world. Imports measures the portion of total
USVI expenditures that is accounted for by goods and
services provided by the rest of the world.

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Historical time series for gross domestic product
for the U.S. territories can be accessed at BEA’s
website.
For more on BEA’s statistics, see our monthly
online journal, the Survey of Current Business.
For upcoming economic indicators, see BEA’s
news release schedule.

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.
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.

Definitions
Gross domestic product (GDP) is the value of the goods and
services produced by the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) 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.
Preliminary estimates are based on source data that are
incomplete and subject to revision.

Personal consumption expenditures measures the goods
and services purchased by “persons”—that is, by
households and by nonprofit institutions serving
households—who are resident in the USVI.

Statistical conventions

Private fixed investment measures spending by private
businesses, nonprofit institutions, and households on fixed
assets in the USVI economy. Fixed assets consists of
structures, equipment, and software that are used in the
production of goods and services.

Quantities (“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 and then
dividing by 100.

Change in private inventories, or “private 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
goods and services. Exports measures the portion of total
USVI production of goods and services that is provided to

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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 Gross Domestic Product
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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U.S. Virgin Islands
1. Domestic Product and Income
Table 1.1. Gross Domestic Product
[Millions of dollars]
Line
Gross domestic product

2012

o

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020p

1

4,089

3,738

3,565

3,663

3,798

3,794

3,922

4,117

4,204

Personal consumption expenditures
Goods
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Foods, feeds, and beverages
Other nondurable goods
Services
Housing and utilities
Health care
Food services and accommodations
Other services
Net foreign travel

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

2,528
1,206
666
540
322
219
2,402
745
288
568
801
-1,080

2,515
1,195
723
472
319
153
2,437
789
292
577
780
-1,117

2,493
1,198
737
462
324
138
2,455
791
285
599
780
-1,160

2,564
1,199
731
468
332
136
2,554
829
305
623
797
-1,188

2,582
1,198
747
451
322
129
2,577
826
315
623
814
-1,193

2,578
1,087
607
479
327
153
2,468
829
293
566
780
-976

2,657
1,176
694
482
332
150
2,304
862
253
374
814
-823

2,851
1,287
795
492
361
131
2,596
871
293
533
899
-1,031

2,762
981
507
474
360
114
2,368
913
298
396
762
-587

Private fixed investment
Change in private inventories

14
15

292
114

298
149

300
-6

286
-168

274
625

303
878

480
1,168

999
614

740
794

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

16
17
18
19
20
21
22

129
3,278
2,186
1,091
3,149
2,932
217

-267
2,525
1,395
1,130
2,792
2,570
222

-269
2,794
1,623
1,171
3,063
2,843
220

-54
1,525
329
1,196
1,580
1,367
213

-730
1,786
585
1,201
2,517
2,291
226

-1,178
2,403
1,418
985
3,580
3,268
313

-2,079
2,084
1,252
833
4,163
3,680
483

-1,883
2,265
1,226
1,039
4,148
3,650
497

-1,590
1,621
1,027
594
3,212
2,756
456

Government consumption
expenditures and gross investment
Federal
Territorial

23
24
25

1,026
161
865

1,043
159
884

1,048
141
907

1,035
150
884

1,048
147
901

1,212
208
1,004

1,695
239
1,457

1,536
187
1,348

1,499
225
1,274

Note. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.
(p) Estimates are preliminary.

U.S. Virgin Islands

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

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020p

1

4,089

3,832

3,764

3,748

3,808

3,780

3,852

3,959

3,874

Personal consumption expenditures
Goods
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Foods, feeds, and beverages
Other nondurable goods
Services
Housing and utilities
Health care
Food services and accommodations
Other services
Net foreign travel

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

2,528
1,206
666
540
322
219
2,402
745
288
568
801
-1,080

2,454
1,194
724
470
309
160
2,367
744
289
565
769
-1,107

2,427
1,211
760
452
304
146
2,366
752
281
572
761
-1,151

2,479
1,229
770
460
299
161
2,421
770
299
579
773
-1,172

2,472
1,212
759
454
293
162
2,427
770
307
575
774
-1,168

2,417
1,075
611
464
285
186
2,287
758
282
511
735
-946

2,431
1,145
700
447
281
170
2,090
771
243
331
749
-793

2,578
1,240
801
445
292
153
2,324
774
280
457
814
-980

2,450
954
510
439
291
146
2,057
769
278
334
681
-551

Private fixed investment
Change in private inventories

14
15

292
114

293
150

289
-7

274
-313

261
1,342

284
1,557

437
1,737

877
958

634
1,580

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

16
17
18
19
20
21
22

129
3,278
2,186
1,091
3,149
2,932
217

-89
2,741
1,608
1,119
2,830
2,611
219

94
3,228
2,084
1,161
3,134
2,925
211

159
2,063
614
1,180
1,903
1,686
202

-708
2,485
1,214
1,177
3,192
2,990
216

-921
3,133
2,597
955
4,054
3,780
287

-1,688
2,495
1,996
803
4,184
3,758
415

-1,442
2,785
2,070
988
4,227
3,817
403

-1,487
2,291
2,221
558
3,778
3,403
366

Government consumption
expenditures and gross investment
Federal
Territorial

23
24
25

1,026
161
865

1,011
157
854

983
137
846

962
144
818

956
139
817

1,079
191
889

1,440
212
1,227

1,250
162
1,086

1,199
192
1,008

(p) Estimates are preliminary.

U.S. Virgin Islands

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

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020p

1

-6.3

-1.8

-0.4

1.6

-0.7

1.9

2.8

-2.2

Personal consumption expenditures
Goods
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Foods, feeds, and beverages
Other nondurable goods
Services
Housing and utilities
Health care
Food services and accommodations
Other services
Net foreign travel

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

-2.9
-1.0
8.8
-13.0
-4.0
-26.8
-1.4
-0.1
0.4
-0.7
-4.0
……..

-1.1
1.4
4.9
-3.8
-1.5
-8.7
-0.1
1.0
-2.8
1.3
-1.1
……..

2.1
1.5
1.4
1.6
-1.8
10.2
2.3
2.4
6.6
1.2
1.6
……..

-0.3
-1.4
-1.4
-1.3
-1.9
0.3
0.2
0.0
2.7
-0.7
0.2
……..

-2.2
-11.3
-19.6
2.3
-2.7
14.8
-5.8
-1.5
-8.1
-11.1
-5.1
……..

0.6
6.4
14.6
-3.7
-1.4
-8.3
-8.6
1.7
-14.0
-35.3
1.9
……..

6.1
8.3
14.5
-0.5
3.8
-10.3
11.2
0.4
15.1
38.4
8.7
……..

-5.0
-23.1
-36.4
-1.3
-0.3
-4.2
-11.5
-0.7
-0.6
-27.1
-16.4
……..

Private fixed investment
Change in private inventories

14
15

0.2
……..

-1.3
……..

-5.0
……..

-4.7
……..

8.7
……..

53.7
……..

100.8
……..

-27.7
……..

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

16
17
18
19
20
21
22

……..
-16.4
-26.5
2.6
-10.1
-10.9
0.8

……..
17.8
29.7
3.7
10.7
12.0
-3.7

……..
-36.1
-70.6
1.7
-39.3
-42.3
-3.9

……..
20.5
97.9
-0.3
67.7
77.4
6.9

……..
26.1
113.9
-18.8
27.0
26.4
32.9

……..
-20.3
-23.2
-16.0
3.2
-0.6
44.4

……..
11.6
3.7
23.0
1.0
1.6
-2.9

……..
-17.7
7.3
-43.5
-10.6
-10.9
-9.2

Government consumption
expenditures and gross investment
Federal
Territorial

23
24
25

-1.4
-2.1
-1.3

-2.7
-13.1
-0.9

-2.2
5.1
-3.4

-0.6
-3.6
0.0

12.9
37.7
8.8

33.4
11.0
38.0

-13.2
-23.6
-11.5

-4.0
18.6
-7.2

(p) Estimates are preliminary.

U.S. Virgin Islands

Table 1.4. Contributions to Percent Change in Real Gross Domestic Product
Line

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020p

Percent change:
Gross domestic product
Percentage points:
Personal consumption expenditures
Goods
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Foods, feeds, and beverages
Other nondurable goods
Services
Housing and utilities
Health care
Food services and accommodations
Other services
Net foreign travel

1

-6.3

-1.8

-0.4

1.6

-0.7

1.9

2.8

-2.2

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

-1.85
-0.30
1.44
-1.74
-0.32
-1.42
-0.87
-0.02
0.03
-0.09
-0.79
-0.68

-0.77
0.46
0.95
-0.49
-0.13
-0.36
-0.04
0.20
-0.22
0.20
-0.22
-1.19

1.50
0.49
0.29
0.21
-0.17
0.37
1.61
0.54
0.52
0.20
0.35
-0.61

-0.18
-0.45
-0.29
-0.16
-0.17
0.01
0.16
0.00
0.22
-0.11
0.05
0.11

-1.53
-3.59
-3.86
0.28
-0.24
0.51
-3.93
-0.33
-0.68
-1.83
-1.09
5.99

0.38
1.85
2.32
-0.47
-0.12
-0.34
-5.62
0.38
-1.08
-5.30
0.38
4.15

4.10
2.49
2.54
-0.06
0.33
-0.39
6.54
0.08
0.97
3.69
1.81
-4.93

-3.40
-7.01
-6.86
-0.15
-0.03
-0.13
-7.16
-0.14
-0.04
-3.45
-3.53
10.77

Private fixed investment
Change in private inventories

14
15

0.02
0.89

-0.11
-3.89

-0.42
-5.91

-0.37
22.16

0.63
2.91

4.33
2.91

12.46
-12.95

-6.66
8.61

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

16
17
18
19
20
21
22

-4.97
-12.77
-13.47
0.70
7.80
7.85
-0.05

3.78
11.84
10.72
1.13
-8.06
-8.28
0.22

5.06
-25.42
-25.96
0.55
30.47
30.23
0.24

-19.87
8.39
8.48
-0.09
-28.26
-27.86
-0.39

-6.32
12.54
18.51
-5.97
-18.86
-16.87
-1.99

-16.59
-13.43
-9.29
-4.14
-3.16
0.60
-3.76

4.95
6.04
1.16
4.88
-1.10
-1.46
0.36

0.78
-8.93
1.87
-10.80
9.71
8.61
1.10

Government consumption
expenditures and gross investment
Federal
Territorial

23
24
25

-0.37
-0.08
-0.28

-0.79
-0.57
-0.22

-0.65
0.20
-0.85

-0.15
-0.15
-0.01

3.58
1.48
2.11

10.86
0.61
10.24

-5.78
-1.44
-4.33

-1.48
0.83
-2.31

(p) Estimates are preliminary.

U.S. Virgin Islands

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
(p) Estimates are preliminary.

2012

2013

2014

1

13.7

-2.5

-2.9

2

3.6

2.5

0.3

3

100.0

97.5

4

100.0

102.5

2015

2017

[Percent]
2.1

2018

2019

2020p

0.6

1.5

2.1

4.4

0.7
0.9
2.1
[Index numbers, 2012=100]
94.7
97.7
99.7
100.4

2.5

1.2

1.9

101.8

104.0

108.5

109.3

110.6

112.7

102.7

3.2

2016

103.5

104.4

106.7

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

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020p

1

4,089

3,738

3,565

3,663

3,798

3,794

3,922

4,117

4,204

Compensation of employees

2

2,040

1,886

1,893

1,936

1,998

2,012

2,087

2,592

2,531

Taxes on production and imports
less subsidies

3

170

161

160

175

184

174

223

242

141

Gross operating surplus

4

1,879

1,691

1,512

1,552

1,616

1,608

1,612

1,283

1,532

Note. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.
(p) Estimates are preliminary.

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

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Percent change:
Revised
Previously published

1
2

-6.3
-6.3

-1.8
-1.8

-0.4
-0.4

1.6
1.6

-0.7
-0.7

1.9
1.6

2.8
2.2

Percentage points:
Revision

3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.6

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

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

1

4,089

3,738

3,565

3,663

3,798

3,794

3,922

4,117

Private industries
Goods-producing industries
Services-producing industries
Wholesale and retail trade
Accommodation and food services
Other

2
3
4
5
6
7

3,330
823
2,507
411
450
1,646

2,986
556
2,430
411
454
1,565

2,815
448
2,367
405
470
1,493

2,865
386
2,479
398
486
1,596

2,973
336
2,638
394
483
1,760

3,008
373
2,635
381
436
1,818

3,193
686
2,506
380
288
1,839

3,337
758
2,579
395
341
1,843

Government
Federal
Territorial

8
9
10

759
138
621

752
139
613

750
135
615

797
144
654

825
141
684

786
140
646

730
145
584

780
159
621

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

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

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

1

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Private industries
Goods-producing industries
Services-producing industries
Wholesale and retail trade
Accommodation and food services
Other

2
3
4
5
6
7

81
20
61
10
11
40

80
15
65
11
12
42

79
13
66
11
13
42

78
11
68
11
13
44

78
9
69
10
13
46

79
10
69
10
11
48

81
17
64
10
7
47

81
18
63
10
8
45

Government
Federal
Territorial

8
9
10

19
3
15

20
4
16

21
4
17

22
4
18

22
4
18

21
4
17

19
4
15

19
4
15

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

U.S. Virgin Islands

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

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

1

4,089

3,832

3,764

3,748

3,808

3,780

3,852

3,959

Private industries
Goods-producing industries
Services-producing industries
Wholesale and retail trade
Accommodation and food services
Other

2
3
4
5
6
7

3,330
823
2,507
411
450
1,646

3,105
559
2,548
407
441
1,700

3,067
435
2,646
398
444
1,812

3,025
363
2,685
384
438
1,880

3,076
312
2,796
383
428
2,015

3,101
338
2,792
371
376
2,092

3,266
604
2,646
367
240
2,123

3,359
637
2,702
373
275
2,128

Government
Federal
Territorial

8
9
10

759
138
621

724
137
586

694
130
563

717
134
583

725
131
595

680
126
553

606
127
479

621
136
486

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

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

1

-6.3

-1.8

-0.4

1.6

-0.7

1.9

2.8

Private industries
Goods-producing industries
Services-producing industries
Wholesale and retail trade
Accommodation and food services
Other

2
3
4
5
6
7

-6.8
-32.0
1.6
-0.9
-2.0
3.3

-1.2
-22.3
3.9
-2.2
0.7
6.5

-1.4
-16.5
1.5
-3.4
-1.4
3.7

1.7
-14.1
4.1
-0.4
-2.4
7.2

0.8
8.5
-0.1
-3.0
-12.1
3.8

5.3
78.7
-5.2
-1.1
-36.1
1.5

2.8
5.5
2.1
1.8
14.4
0.2

Government
Federal
Territorial

8
9
10

-4.6
-0.2
-5.6

-4.1
-5.3
-3.9

3.4
3.2
3.4

1.2
-2.7
2.1

-6.3
-3.1
-6.9

-10.9
0.5
-13.4

2.5
6.8
1.4

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Table 2.5. Contributions to Percent Change in Real Gross Domestic Product by Industry
Line
Percent change:
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Percentage points:
Private industries
Goods-producing industries
Services-producing industries
Wholesale and retail trade
Accommodation and food services
Other
Government
Federal
Territorial

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

1

-6.3

-1.8

-0.4

1.6

-0.7

1.9

2.8

2
3
4
5
6
7

-5.47
-6.46
0.99
-0.09
-0.22
1.30

-0.96
-3.42
2.46
-0.25
0.08
2.63

-1.08
-2.07
0.99
-0.39
-0.19
1.57

1.30
-1.48
2.78
-0.05
-0.32
3.14

0.65
0.75
-0.10
-0.31
-1.55
1.77

4.19
7.79
-3.60
-0.11
-4.19
0.71

2.31
0.97
1.34
0.17
1.06
0.11

8
9
10

-0.88
-0.01
-0.88

-0.86
-0.20
-0.66

0.71
0.12
0.59

0.26
-0.11
0.37

-1.37
-0.12
-1.25

-2.30
0.02
-2.32

0.47
0.25
0.22

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

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

1

2,040

1,886

1,893

1,936

1,998

2,012

2,087

2,592

Private industries
Goods-producing industries
Services-producing industries
Wholesale and retail trade
Accommodation and food services
Other

2
3
4
5
6
7

1,319
275
1,045
209
212
624

1,164
110
1,054
237
214
603

1,163
103
1,060
223
222
616

1,169
109
1,060
213
243
604

1,213
108
1,104
207
248
649

1,225
166
1,060
198
234
627

1,292
284
1,008
197
128
683

1,755
540
1,215
209
176
830

Government
Federal
Territorial

8
9
10

721
136
585

723
136
586

730
132
598

768
140
627

786
138
648

787
135
651

795
140
654

837
154
683

Total compensation

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