Germany gross value added index, production sector
Germany gross value added index, production sector stood at 101.6 in 2025, according to Deutsche Bundesbank. It is one of the indicators in the National accounts (annual) table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1991 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the National accounts (annual) table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origin of GDP, All economic sectors, Chain-linked index | 105.69 | 105.67 | 105.68 | 106.35 | 104.12 | 100 | 104.4 | 103.56 | 102.19 | 99.21 | |
| Origin of GDP, Production sector (excluding construction), Chain-linked index | 101.6 | 102.76 | 103.38 | 105.53 | 106.41 | 100 | 107.98 | 108.91 | 107.76 | 104.06 | |
| Origin of GDP, Construction, Chain-linked index | 78.13 | 80.81 | 81.68 | 86.11 | 96.69 | 100 | 98.45 | 102.01 | 99.65 | 98.51 |
Understanding germany gross value added index, production sector
Industrial manufacturing, energy generation, water supply, and mining form the core components of the production sector's contribution to the national economy. This subset explicitly excludes civil engineering and building construction, isolating the output of factories and utilities from the distinct cycles of real estate development. The measure calculates the final value of manufactured goods and utility services minus the intermediate inputs consumed during their creation, such as raw materials and electricity. As a branch of the broader total economy index, this row allows analysts to separate heavy industry and factory output from the services and agricultural sectors.
Isolating the volume of industrial output through a 2020=100 reference scale removes the distorting effects of fluctuating producer prices, which are notoriously volatile in energy and manufacturing. Because factory operations and utility consumption follow strict seasonal patterns dictated by weather and working day arrangements, raw period-on-period observations often mislead; year-on-year evaluations provide a much cleaner view of the sector's trajectory. Reclassification of companies between manufacturing and services occasionally causes structural breaks in the historical sequence. Furthermore, initial estimates rely heavily on preliminary factory surveys and order books, guaranteeing routine revisions to the latest figures as finalized corporate tax and accounting data arrives.
Frequently asked questions
- Are construction and real estate activities captured in this production index?
- No, building construction, civil engineering, and real estate services are deliberately excluded and tracked in separate national account categories.
- Does this metric reflect changes in factory gate prices?
- The chain-linked volume index eliminates price effects entirely, tracking only the physical quantity of goods and utilities produced.
- What intermediate inputs are subtracted to calculate this figure?
- Everything consumed in the manufacturing process, from raw ores and components to the electricity powering the machinery, is deducted from total output.