Question NW2675 to the Minister of Finance

Reply:

The sectoral contributions to gross value added are presented in Table 1, over the period requested. As official national accounts data are not published by organisational type, it is not possible to provide the requested breakdown according to the above categories using publicly available data. Private business enterprises dominate economic activity in most sectors, except in the electricity, gas, and water sector, as well as general government services, which are largely concentrated by the public sector. There is also sizeable participation of the public sector in the transport services sector. Nonprofit firms are largely found in the community, social, and personal services sector. Based on estimates from the Annual Financial Statistics Survey 2015 (Statistics South Africa, 2016), co-operative firms contributed little over R10 billion (or 0.12%) to total turnover in 2015, most of which is generated in the trade services sector.

More information on sector level contributions can be obtained from Statistics South Africa.

Table 1: Sectoral composition of total gross value added, 2015-2016

Industry	Gross value added (R million, current prices, 2015-161)	Contribution to total value added (%, 2015-16)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	89,328	2.5%
Mining and quarrying	285,489	7.8%
Manufacturing	479,595	13.2%
Electricity, gas and water	132,811	3.6%
Construction	146,333	4.0%
Trade, catering and accommodation	549,210	15.1%
Transport, storage and communication	371,604	10.2%
Finance, real estate and business services	750,708	20.6%
General government services	624,277	17.1%
Personal services	215,121	5.9%

1 Total over the period between 2015Q2 and 2016Q1

Source of basic data: Statistics South Africa