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Production value index, September 2024

Private sector production increased in September 2024

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2024-11-08 8.00

Private sector production increased by 1.1 percent in September 2024 compared with August 2024 in seasonally adjusted figures, and increased by 2.4 percent compared with September 2023 in calendar adjusted figures.

– Information and communication services has shown positive annual growth every month since June 2023. In the past two months, the annual growth has exceeded 12%, says Karl Sahlberg, statistician at SCB.

Production value in industry decreased

Production in the industry sector decreased by 1.0 percent in September 2024 compared with the corresponding month last year, in calendar adjusted figures. Of the largest manufacturing industries, the electrical equipment industry showed the largest positive development, with an increase of 21.9 percent in constant prices. The motor vehicle industry was the industry with the largest negative development among the largest manufacturing industries, with a decrease of 9.0 percent in constant prices.

Production value in services increased

Production in the services sector increased by 2.6 percent in September 2024 compared with the corresponding month last year, in calendar adjusted figures. Of the largest service industries, information and communication services showed the largest positive development, with an increase of 14.0 percent in constant prices. Transportation and storage was the industry with the largest negative development among the largest service industries, with a decrease of 5.3 percent in constant prices.

Production value in construction increased

Production in the construction sector increased by 1.3 percent in September 2024 compared with the corresponding month last year, in calendar adjusted figures. The construction sector accounts for 9.2 percent of total value added in the private sector.

Remarks

In addition to the industry, services and construction sectors, industries D (electricity, gas, steam and hot water plants) and E (waterworks; sewage plants; waste-disposal plants) also impact private sector production. The development for these industries can be seen in the table further down the page. Please note that data series are seasonally and calender adjusted individually. Contributions and development for these industries can be seen in the table and diagram further down the page. This means that a seasonally or calender adjusted figure for an aggregate may differ from a weighted mean of the corresponding figures for included sectors.

Revisions

When publishing the reference month September 2024, changes are implemented that aim to increase the quality of the statistics. The changes involve revisions, in most cases small, from April 2018 to August 2024 in several industries and aggregates. Part of this improvement is due to the enhancement of methods for constant price calculations from January 2022 and onwards, which affect the industries of Education (P), Human health and social work activities (Q), Arts, entertainment and recreation (R) and Other service activities (S) and all aggregates that include these activities.

When the Production Value Index is published for a new month, the indices for the two previous months are also revised, if new information has been added. Administrative data from the Swedish Tax Agency is used quarterly to increase the number of companies that are examined. This means that definitive quarterly statistics are based on a calculation on all the companies in the population. Administrative data is used every quarter to improve the quality of the Production Value Index and reduce the response burden. Normally, the material is revised between two and four months backwards, depending on when in the quarter the reference month falls. In connection with the publication of the first and second months in a quarter, the entire previous quarter is revised. The series, corrected for calendar and seasonal effects and trend estimates, is always revised from January 2010 and forward. Information regarding major revisions will be published at:

Production Value Index

Index and percentage change, calendar adjusted
NACE 2007 Sector April[1] May[1] June[1] July[3] August[3] September[4] July-September[5] Weight[6]
B-S (ex. K, O) Private sector, total (excluding financial and insurance services) 101.2 102.5 108.4 85.2 94.3 108.1 95.9 100
  Annual change, percent ‑2.0 ‑0.7 0.7 ‑1.3 0.9 2.4 0.8  
  (Previous publication) ‑1.8 ‑0.7 0.8 ‑1.0 1.1      
B+C Industry 100.3 101.3 109.1 78.2 85.6 110.3 91.4 21.1
  Annual change, percent ‑5.6 ‑4.1 ‑2.1 ‑3.7 ‑4.4 ‑1.0 ‑2.8  
  (Previous publication) ‑5.0 ‑4.0 ‑0.3 ‑2.0 ‑3.2      
D Electricity, gas, steam and hot water 97.1 89.2 79.2 79.9 90.0 85.8 85.2 3.7
  Annual change, percent 2.8 4.2 7.8 5.8 7.7 10.0 7.8  
  (Previous publication) 2.8 4.2 7.8 5.8 7.7 .    
E Waterworks, sewage and waste disposal 101.6 98.5 114.7 91.4 95.1 111.4 99.3 1.0
  Annual change, percent ‑5.0 ‑3.3 6.6 0.1 ‑8.4 0.7 ‑2.6  
  (Previous publication) ‑5.0 ‑3.6 6.3 0.4 ‑5.0 .    
F Construction 86.7 89.4 99.4 65.9 84.1 96.2 82.1 9.2
  Annual change, percent ‑7.1 ‑8.5 ‑4.8 ‑6.7 ‑0.7 1.3 ‑1.6  
  (Previous publication) ‑4.8 ‑7.7 ‑7.5 ‑7.0 1.1 .    
G-S (ex. K, O) Services (excluding financial and insurance services) 103.9 105.8 111.0 90.6 98.8 110.4 99.9 65.0
  Annual change, percent ‑0.2 1.1 1.0 ‑0.3 2.2 2.6 1.6  
  (Previous publication) ‑0.4 0.8 1.0 ‑0.2 2.0 .    

1) Data are not revised, but published statistics may be revised due to changes in seasonal adjustment or calendar adjustment models. 2) No revisions in survey data, but published statistics may be revised due to readjustment of register data. 3) Within period of revision for survey data. 4) Current period. 5) Mean index during the period, percentage changes compared to the corresponding period the previous year. 6) Share of 2023 value added.

Index and percentage change, seasonally adjusted
NACE 2007 Sector April[1] May[1] June[1] July[3] August[3] September[4] July-September[5] Weight[6]
B-S (ex. K, O) Private sector, total (excluding financial and insurance services) 102.3 102.9 103.0 101.6 103.6 104.7 103.3 100.0
  Monthly change, percent ‑1.1 0.6 0.1 ‑1.4 2.0 1.1 0.6  
  (Previous publication) ‑1.2 0.5 0.0 ‑0.9 1.6      

1) Data are not revised, but published statistics may be revised due to changes in seasonal adjustment or calendar adjustment models. 2) No revisions in survey data, but published statistics may be revised due to readjustment of register data. 3) Within period of revision for survey data. 4) Current period. 5) Mean index during the period, percentage changes compared to the previous three-month period. 6) Share of 2023 value added.

Definitions and explanations

The Production Value Index (PVI) describes developments in the private sector production of goods and services each month. Production value is a measure used to calculate the GDP that includes net turnover from industry and service production, and the trade margin (revenue from sales minus costs of retail goods).

The PVI has been produced since the reference month November 2017 and replaces the Business Production Index. 

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