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Journal of Economic Structures

The Official Journal of the Pan-Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS)

Table 3 Distribution of the output multiplier among the economic activities, Ghana 2015.

From: The role of the agricultural sector in Ghanaian development: a multiregional SAM-based analysis

  

Output multiplier

Agriculture in

Forestry (%)

Food industry (%)

Petroleum and mining (%)

Manuf (%)

Utilities (%)

Constr (%)

Services (%)

Western (%)

Central (%)

Greater Accra (%)

Volta (%)

Eastern (%)

Ashanti (%)

Brong Ahafo (%)

Northern (%)

Upper East (%)

Upper West (%)

Primary sector

Maize

2.63

1.49

3.10

1.44

6.20

9.82

4.94

11.11

7.12

3.34

1.29

0.71

5.02

4.42

2.74

4.29

0.64

32.33

Sorghum and millet

2.68

0.96

1.07

0.49

1.69

2.39

1.35

5.31

26.58

5.99

1.38

0.70

5.44

4.62

2.64

4.39

0.74

34.24

Rice

1.55

1.34

1.07

0.49

5.85

3.58

3.90

6.09

13.75

11.42

0.40

0.70

5.38

4.57

2.67

4.37

0.76

33.66

Pulses

2.64

1.01

1.34

0.50

3.26

2.47

1.41

5.27

25.93

6.82

1.24

0.70

5.54

4.45

2.67

4.37

0.75

32.27

Groundnuts

2.63

1.15

1.13

0.48

3.54

5.34

2.35

22.41

10.15

1.99

1.09

0.71

4.93

4.38

2.77

4.32

0.63

32.61

Other oilseeds

2.57

2.15

11.75

0.61

3.20

20.73

3.76

3.19

2.39

1.41

0.19

0.70

4.80

4.55

2.74

4.24

0.56

33.03

Cassava

2.61

6.04

4.09

2.25

4.71

8.86

5.12

4.89

4.68

1.32

0.36

0.69

4.67

5.18

2.59

4.33

0.59

39.63

Other roots

2.64

2.06

2.16

0.50

7.30

4.82

4.55

8.13

15.04

1.49

0.34

0.70

5.06

4.73

2.64

4.33

0.65

35.52

Vegetables

2.59

1.55

1.88

1.73

3.05

16.42

7.13

3.65

3.15

4.12

0.28

0.70

4.73

5.02

2.64

4.33

0.62

38.99

Sugar cane

2.70

1.15

4.20

0.52

27.64

9.33

1.48

1.76

2.46

1.46

0.20

0.68

5.17

4.47

2.60

4.24

0.64

32.01

Tobacco

2.69

1.00

1.12

0.50

1.64

2.46

1.40

1.71

37.46

1.65

0.26

0.70

5.68

4.46

2.62

4.37

0.73

32.26

Cotton and fibres

2.75

0.92

0.99

0.49

1.55

2.32

1.32

1.69

2.74

28.59

7.93

0.71

5.55

4.49

2.80

4.46

0.92

32.53

Fruits and nuts

2.54

1.81

6.42

4.22

2.34

8.29

2.32

8.08

3.01

1.24

0.35

0.68

4.40

5.54

2.51

4.39

0.57

43.82

Cocoa

2.37

7.78

4.02

0.45

2.05

6.93

4.72

10.50

2.11

1.25

0.17

0.69

4.44

5.37

2.60

4.35

0.57

41.99

Coffee and tea

2.57

0.79

0.91

0.41

2.03

2.01

1.11

20.82

1.86

1.12

0.16

0.67

4.03

6.04

2.47

4.47

0.56

50.55

Other crops

1.20

9.78

1.09

0.60

1.70

8.10

1.33

1.61

17.81

1.67

0.32

0.69

5.05

5.03

2.61

4.35

0.64

37.61

Cattle

2.70

1.35

1.06

3.24

7.12

2.37

3.39

1.84

13.19

13.94

0.54

0.70

5.50

4.59

2.63

4.39

0.80

33.34

Poultry

2.50

3.14

1.27

0.66

5.17

5.52

1.61

3.53

8.99

11.60

0.54

0.69

5.07

5.13

2.59

4.42

0.73

39.35

Other livestock

2.63

2.35

1.72

1.39

5.04

5.68

6.55

5.80

9.23

10.80

0.47

0.71

5.29

4.48

2.71

4.34

0.74

32.70

Forestry

2.59

0.58

0.73

0.33

0.93

1.58

0.82

1.08

1.40

0.79

0.11

38.04

3.27

8.91

1.95

5.71

0.40

33.37

Fishing

2.60

7.65

9.34

4.60

7.37

4.41

1.31

2.22

5.39

1.34

0.20

0.68

4.77

5.16

2.54

4.33

0.59

38.10

Food industry

Meat, fish and dairy

0.82

0.90

1.07

0.58

1.37

1.76

1.06

1.28

1.99

1.41

0.13

0.61

10.63

7.30

2.03

4.41

0.51

62.98

Fruit and vegetable processing

0.89

0.70

1.53

0.68

1.06

2.65

0.98

1.71

1.50

0.80

0.13

0.58

23.07

6.55

3.13

4.34

0.46

50.14

Fats and oils

2.60

1.26

6.01

0.42

1.91

10.72

2.13

2.02

1.76

0.98

0.14

0.54

30.55

4.25

2.02

3.59

0.43

31.27

Grain milling

2.49

0.99%

1.31

0.61

2.84

3.93

2.19

4.58

6.54

3.02

0.56

0.51

30.31

4.43

1.95

3.56

0.47

32.20

Sugar refining

0.64

0.64

1.52

0.35

7.55

3.33

0.86

1.12

1.50

0.87

0.12

0.59

20.02

5.90

2.22

4.11

0.56

48.75

Other foods

1.57

1.14

1.23

0.45

1.26

2.29

1.15

1.96

1.95

0.99

0.16

0.69

23.34

6.61

1.97

4.35

0.46

50.00

Beverages

1.56

0.61

0.86

0.34

1.11

1.84

0.88

1.38

2.36

1.00

0.17

0.75

30.83

6.05

2.91

4.13

0.44

44.35

Tobacco processing

1.56

0.54

0.66

0.30

0.87

1.43

0.75

0.99

6.26

0.78

0.11

1.16

33.48

5.87

3.68

3.59

0.43

39.09

  1. Rows indicate the output multiplier effect per each commodity and its distribution (in %) among the different activities
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