Global Value Chains (GVC) Database

Production of goods and services has increasingly globalized since the 1970s but is hard to measure. Standard approaches either overstate the degree of backward integration or underestimate the involvement of some industries—especially services—in Global Value Chain (GVC) activity. This dataset is based on a novel comprehensive method to measure GVC participation using Inter-Country Input-Output (ICIO) linkages in both trade and output. The database and relative data visualizations are also available on the World Bank’s World Integrated Trade Solution website and they are discussed in “Countries and Sectors in Global Value Chains, by Alessandro Borin, Michele Mancini, Daria Taglioni the , World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 9785, September 2021