<p>I am trying to make a pie chart of value added by economic activity (as a % of gdp). I am trying to use data from world bank for each of the four sectors: manufacturing, agriculture, industry, services <a href="http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NV.IND.TOTL.ZS?display=default" rel="nofollow">http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NV.IND.TOTL.ZS?display=default</a> , but surprisingly the percentage share for each of those sectors, for one country do not add up to 100 but to 120. Why is that?</p>

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2015-04-26T17:42:34.877Z
Check the definitions... I think you'll find that "manufacturing" is a subset of "industry", so by adding them, you're double-counting.
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# Value added by sector of economic activity

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-04-26)

I am trying to make a pie chart of value added by economic activity (as a % of gdp). I am trying to use data from world bank for each of the four sectors: manufacturing, agriculture, industry, services <http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NV.IND.TOTL.ZS?display=default> , but surprisingly the percentage share for each of those sectors, for one country do not add up to 100 but to 120. Why is that?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Check the definitions... I think you'll find that "manufacturing" is a subset of "industry", so by adding them, you're double-counting.  

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