Publication Recording data as a separate asset in National Accounts - A workshop report

In our increasingly digitalised world, data are growing in importance as an asset in their own right. The recommendation to integrate data as an asset in the gross domestic product (GDP) has arisen from the current revision of the United Nations System of National Accounts. The Federal Statistical Office is currently investigating how investments in data and associated depreciation could be captured. In addition to a possible calculation approach, the article also discusses the limitations of the currently recommended calculation model. These weaknesses represent the challenges involved in integrating the assets in GDP and national accounts.

Authors: Alejandro Donado, Benedikt Kuckelkorn, Yannik Weigelt, Daniel Seeger

Article published in "WISTA – Scientific Journal", 4/2024