Structural Change Database, 1950-2016

The structural change database presents data on sectoral shares in GDP from 1950-2016, for  156 countries with than more than one million inhabitants. The structural change database provides sector shares as per cent of GDP in current local currency units. Sectoral data are presented for nine sectors. For a detailed description of sources and methods used in the construction of the database, see:

Adam Szirmai and Neil Foster-McGregor, Understanding the Ability to Sustain Growth, Annex I, Groningen Growth and Development Centre, Research Memorandum 173, Groningen 2017

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