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Rail transportation: U.S. value added 2017

Value added of the U.S. rail transportation industry from 2000 to 2017 (Figures expressed in billions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise specified)

The data describes the value added by the rail transportation industry in the U.S. between 2000 and 2017. In 2017, this sector contributed just under 45.5 billion USD to the nation's gross domestic product. According to the source, value added equals the difference between an industry’s gross output and the cost of its intermediate inputs.

2000 23.35
2001 23.41
2002 21.8
2003 23.53
2004 25.36
2005 28.11
2006 32.16
2007 32.37
2008 37.55
2009 33.68
2010 35.01
2011 37.93
2012 41.83
2013 43.67
2014 46.79
2015 46.01
2016 43.77
2017 45.45