World Bank Group · Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)
Manufacturing share of GDP by country
How much of the economy comes from making things?
Of the 132 countries compared in 2025, Puerto Rico had the highest reading, 43.97416%, and Micronesia had the lowest reading, 0.48073%. In the middle country the figure was 11.26499%. Among the 60 countries measured in every edition since 1977, the middle one moved from 16.07744% to 12.46912%.
Manufacturing share of GDP · 2025
Context statistic
Highest of 132Puerto Rico
43.97416%012025 · position · derived
The highest and the lowest
The three countries with the highest values of 132 compared, the three with the lowest, and the highest on each continent. This statistic has no better end, so no country is shown as leading.
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- 2
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Lowest in 2025
- 132
Micronesia0.48073% - 131
São Tomé and Príncipe0.59435% - 130
Maldives1.78728%
Positions out of 132. This statistic has no better end: the two ends describe size, not success.
02Every measured country
Manufacturing share of GDP on a map
Each country is shaded by its value, in five groups holding the same number of countries. Hover a country for its value, or select it to open its profile. Below the map, each continent’s middle country.
Darker is a higher value. This statistic has no better end, so the shades describe size, not success.
- 0.48073–6.11534%
- 6.18906–9.93459%
- 9.95737–13.09905%
- 13.13378–17.37194%
- 17.42959–43.97416%
- No reading in 2025 (72 measured in an earlier edition)
- Asia
13.69784%
the middle country, of 33 measured · 52 members
Cambodia29.02347%Maldives1.78728%Highest and lowest reading in Asia.
- Europe
12.02799%
the middle country, of 37 measured · 49 members
Ireland33.92513%
Luxembourg3.72308%Highest and lowest reading in Europe.
- Americas
11.77226%
the middle country, of 25 measured · 48 members
Puerto Rico43.97416%
Guyana1.89868%Highest and lowest reading in Americas.
- Africa
8.74895%
the middle country, of 33 measured · 55 members
Eswatini28.06129%São Tomé and Príncipe0.59435%Highest and lowest reading in Africa.
- Oceania
4 of 21 measured — too few for a middle: Australia, Fiji, Micronesia, Samoa.
Fiji9.13530%Micronesia0.48073%Highest and lowest reading in Oceania.
- Every region
21 sub-regions, highest middle country first
- South-eastern Asia
20.58039%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 11 members
Cambodia29.02347%
Laos9.11407%Highest and lowest reading in South-eastern Asia.
- Eastern Europe
15.04570%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 10 members
Belarus20.50612%
Moldova7.40903%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Europe.
- Southern Asia
13.24596%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 9 members
Bangladesh22.44140%Maldives1.78728%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Asia.
- Central America
13.19443%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 8 members
Mexico19.97570%
Panama4.79646%Highest and lowest reading in Central America.
- Northern Europe
11.61720%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 13 members
Ireland33.92513%
Norway6.11534%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Europe.
- Southern Europe
11.29627%
the middle country, of 11 measured · 17 members
Slovenia18.60474%
Malta5.34154%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Europe.
- Middle Africa
11.23129%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 9 members
Equatorial Guinea22.30561%São Tomé and Príncipe0.59435%Highest and lowest reading in Middle Africa.
- Western Europe
11.17123%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 9 members
Switzerland18.92542%Luxembourg3.72308%Highest and lowest reading in Western Europe.
- South America
10.86482%
the middle country, of 8 measured · 12 members
Paraguay19.42741%Guyana1.89868%Highest and lowest reading in South America.
- Western Africa
8.42847%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 16 members
Senegal13.20249%
Mauritania4.62810%Highest and lowest reading in Western Africa.
- Eastern Africa
8.31618%
the middle country, of 11 measured · 19 members
Zimbabwe14.90812%
Ethiopia4.20246%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Africa.
- Western Asia
7.98651%
the middle country, of 11 measured · 19 members
Bahrain19.89450%
Iraq3.99654%Highest and lowest reading in Western Asia.
- Caribbean
4.36906%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 24 members
Puerto Rico43.97416%
Antigua and Barbuda2.43714%Highest and lowest reading in Caribbean.
- Australia and New Zealand
1 of 2 measured — too few for a middle: Australia.
Australia5.31715%Highest and lowest reading in Australia and New Zealand.
- Central Asia
3 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan20.77172%
Kazakhstan12.70574%Highest and lowest reading in Central Asia.
- Eastern Asia
3 of 8 measured — too few for a middle: China, Mongolia, South Korea.
South Korea27.42633%
Mongolia5.87525%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Asia.
- Melanesia
1 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Fiji.
Fiji9.13530%Highest and lowest reading in Melanesia.
- Micronesia
1 of 7 measured — too few for a middle: Micronesia.
Micronesia0.48073%Highest and lowest reading in Micronesia.
- Northern Africa
2 of 6 measured — too few for a middle: Egypt, Morocco.
Morocco14.93193%
Egypt14.49893%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Africa.
- Polynesia
1 of 7 measured — too few for a middle: Samoa.
Samoa4.92484%Highest and lowest reading in Polynesia.
- Southern Africa
4 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia, South Africa.
Eswatini28.06129%
Botswana5.69117%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Africa.
03The whole field at once
The spread
132 countries, one dot each, on one scale — further right is a higher value. Half the countries are above 11.26499%; a quarter are above 15.07023%, and a quarter below 7.44717%. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.
04All 204 ever measured
Every country
In order, highest value first. “=” marks a position shared with another country. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. This is the table where reading a ranking misleads hardest: the world’s richest economies are service economies and sit LOW here, while manufacturing-led middle-income countries sit at the top. Neither end is better, the indicator carries no good-or-bad colouring, and it is out of the Country Index for that reason.
Showing 25 of 204 countries
Values for 2025. The change column compares 2025 with 2024 only; the sparkline covers the recent editions.
051977–2025 · 49 reference years
Over time
Each point is one reference year from 1977.
- the middle country
- the middle half of countries
- the middle of the 60 countries measured every time
- each continent’s middle country
The same, year by year
| Year | Countries | Middle country | Middle half | Measured every time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 132 | 11.26499% | 7.44717% – 15.07023% | 12.46912% |
| 2024 | 178 | 10.61341% | 5.90313% – 14.69091% | 12.63061% |
| 2023 | 187 | 11.00041% | 6.06807% – 15.19003% | 12.75692% |
| 2022 | 189 | 11.15886% | 6.62525% – 15.75516% | 12.63476% |
| 2021 | 192 | 10.76686% | 6.18606% – 15.26808% | 11.99302% |
| 2020 | 194 | 10.71022% | 6.14677% – 14.81955% | 12.00598% |
| 2019 | 194 | 10.49973% | 6.10207% – 14.79329% | 12.13831% |
| 2018 | 194 | 11.01048% | 6.15064% – 15.01160% | 11.99083% |
| 2017 | 196 | 10.49808% | 6.12520% – 14.91618% | 11.98961% |
| 2016 | 195 | 10.82042% | 6.13903% – 14.96088% | 12.25121% |
| 2015 | 194 | 10.61141% | 6.37292% – 14.87127% | 12.35117% |
| 2014 | 193 | 10.38663% | 6.23700% – 14.83854% | 12.17823% |
| 2013 | 193 | 10.47961% | 6.18138% – 15.00824% | 12.31398% |
| 2012 | 192 | 10.54134% | 6.41447% – 15.60381% | 12.54113% |
| 2011 | 191 | 10.56474% | 6.10460% – 15.26450% | 12.44896% |
| 2010 | 189 | 10.81695% | 6.00792% – 15.55650% | 12.67297% |
| 2009 | 188 | 10.75986% | 6.73466% – 15.13013% | 13.04372% |
| 2008 | 187 | 11.01228% | 6.67754% – 16.05346% | 13.36326% |
| 2007 | 184 | 11.42639% | 7.04818% – 16.17228% | 13.26618% |
| 2006 | 181 | 11.33160% | 7.08196% – 16.35055% | 13.40097% |
| 2005 | 177 | 11.88584% | 7.00932% – 16.59821% | 13.13528% |
| 2004 | 177 | 11.53821% | 7.20916% – 16.75970% | 14.08551% |
| 2003 | 176 | 12.21489% | 7.32249% – 16.84368% | 14.33718% |
| 2002 | 173 | 12.80445% | 7.54418% – 16.82951% | 14.58431% |
| 2001 | 169 | 13.14383% | 7.81863% – 17.04054% | 14.12849% |
| 2000 | 168 | 12.82951% | 7.73014% – 17.34883% | 14.00959% |
| 1999 | 160 | 13.07136% | 8.84561% – 17.27117% | 14.23923% |
| 1998 | 158 | 13.23419% | 8.75290% – 17.31454% | 14.25212% |
| 1997 | 156 | 13.70035% | 8.79590% – 18.24816% | 13.95429% |
| 1996 | 153 | 13.36918% | 8.61952% – 18.29099% | 14.09530% |
| 1995 | 151 | 14.22001% | 8.48633% – 18.91571% | 14.58346% |
| 1994 | 128 | 13.82413% | 8.66902% – 18.88583% | 14.45756% |
| 1993 | 122 | 13.48924% | 8.08027% – 18.98289% | 14.56741% |
| 1992 | 118 | 14.01568% | 7.95815% – 19.01408% | 14.69060% |
| 1991 | 116 | 14.12250% | 7.83731% – 19.00319% | 15.05485% |
| 1990 | 113 | 14.15659% | 7.88271% – 19.13556% | 15.17914% |
| 1989 | 102 | 13.53661% | 8.09692% – 19.46287% | 14.75728% |
| 1988 | 98 | 13.50644% | 8.25777% – 19.39615% | 15.05862% |
| 1987 | 96 | 12.77726% | 8.47266% – 19.68508% | 14.99309% |
| 1986 | 95 | 13.69005% | 8.24539% – 19.09344% | 14.88519% |
| 1985 | 93 | 13.27103% | 8.07220% – 19.14523% | 14.38725% |
| 1984 | 92 | 13.23157% | 7.90199% – 17.81650% | 15.18414% |
| 1983 | 93 | 12.27820% | 7.18894% – 17.88342% | 15.17552% |
| 1982 | 89 | 12.34973% | 6.78915% – 17.59925% | 14.55716% |
| 1981 | 89 | 13.30891% | 6.41256% – 17.89041% | 15.03947% |
| 1980 | 87 | 12.87626% | 6.90798% – 17.98302% | 15.39868% |
| 1979 | 85 | 13.05177% | 7.76001% – 18.30739% | 15.72659% |
| 1978 | 83 | 13.50079% | 7.59778% – 18.85464% | 15.61939% |
| 1977 | 81 | 13.61554% | 7.64033% – 18.97931% | 16.07744% |
062024 → 2025
Who rose and fell
The biggest changes in value between the two newest editions — reference years recalculated in one report, not two separate publications. Places are shown second, because they also move when other countries do.
Rose most
before → after- Ireland29.56500% → 33.92513% · 2nd → 2nd+4.36013
Cameroon12.88023% → 14.56738% · 66th → 39th+1.68715- Cambodia27.80577% → 29.02347% · 4th → 3rd+1.21770
Singapore16.25809% → 17.42959% · 33rd → 26th+1.17150
Kyrgyzstan12.68761% → 13.69784% · 69th → 44th+1.01023
Fell most
before → after- Equatorial Guinea25.80982% → 22.30561% · 6th → 11th−3.50420
Burkina Faso9.49879% → 6.61761% · 102nd → 104th−2.88119- Fiji11.34257% → 9.13530% · 81st → 83rd−2.20727
Argentina15.18505% → 13.58366% · 40th → 46th−1.60139
Romania13.19613% → 11.82433% · 56th → 64th−1.37181
132 countries were measured in both 2024 and 2025. The field changed from 178 to 132 countries, so a place can move for reasons that have nothing to do with the country itself.
07Across every edition
Manufacturing share of GDP in records
The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.
Highest reading on record
48.44288%
Manufacturing value added (% of GDP)
Lowest reading on record
0.19928%
Manufacturing value added (% of GDP)
Biggest rise between editions
+22.36326
5.15968% → 27.52294%
Biggest fall between editions
−34.63524
44.98040% → 10.34515%
Biggest change since first measured
+20.40625
8.61722% → 29.02347%
Highest most often
44 of 49
editions, alone at the first-listed end
08The measure
About Manufacturing share of GDP
Manufacturing value added is how much of a country’s output comes from making things, as a share of GDP. It describes the shape of an economy rather than its success — and it is the measure most often misread as a scoreboard.
What the number is: Manufacturing value added (% of GDP).
09Where it fits
Connections
Its part in the Country Index, the statistics whose values line up most closely with it across countries, and others on the same subject.
In the Country Index
Context, with no vote
This statistic is published in full under Economy & Innovation and Development & Human Capital, but does not help decide any Country Index standing.
Economy & InnovationDevelopment & Human CapitalWhich statistics vote, and why
Moves with
Where Manufacturing share of GDP is higher, these tend to be higher too.
- Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 132 countries in commonρ 0.51
- Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexKeyUNCTAD · 103 countries in commonρ 0.45
- Total PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 132 countries in commonρ 0.40
Moves against
Where Manufacturing share of GDP is higher, these tend to be lower.
- Net Official Development Assistance ReceivedOECD Development Assistance Committee · 86 countries in commonρ −0.43
- Outbound Mobility Ratio, TertiaryUIS · 86 countries in commonρ −0.41
Rank correlation (ρ, from −1 to 1) across countries, on each statistic’s newest edition, out of 167 statistics sharing at least 80 countries with this one. Two statistics that move together do not cause each other.
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11Questions
Manufacturing share of GDP: questions and answers
Which country has the highest Manufacturing share of GDP?
Puerto Rico, at 43.97416%, among the 132 countries compared in 2025.
Which country has the lowest Manufacturing share of GDP?
Micronesia, at 0.48073%, among the 132 countries compared in 2025.
How many countries does the Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP) cover?
132 in 2025, and 204 at least once across all editions. The number measured varies from 81 to 196 between editions.
What is the world average Manufacturing share of GDP?
This site does not calculate a world average, which would depend on how countries are weighted. In the middle country of the 132 compared in 2025, the figure was 11.26499%.
Is this World Bank Group’s own ranking?
No. World Bank Group publishes the values but ranks nobody; the position on this page is derived by Nations Inquiry by ordering the published values, and equal values share a position.
How often is the Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP) published?
This site holds 49 reference years, 1977–2025, all recalculated in World Bank Group’s 2026 report on one method — not 49 separate publications.
Where does the data come from, and can I download it?
From World Bank Group, under CC BY 4.0. Pulled from the World Bank’s indicator API (NV.IND.MANF.ZS). 41 country-years recorded as exactly 0 are treated as missing — Venezuela has a 21-year run and Brazil a 19-year one, which are gaps written as a number rather than countries that stopped manufacturing. Every edition is on this site’s Datasets pages as a full table, and downloads as a CSV file with every value unrounded.
12Method
Sources, method and citation
Source
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP) — World Bank Group
Pulled from the World Bank’s indicator API (NV.IND.MANF.ZS). 41 country-years recorded as exactly 0 are treated as missing — Venezuela has a 21-year run and Brazil a 19-year one, which are gaps written as a number rather than countries that stopped manufacturing.
Newest edition
Report year 2025Data year 2025
Cite the source as: World Bank. World Development Indicators. Washington, DC: World Bank Group.
Licence: CC BY 4.0, checked 2026-09-06.
How this page reads the numbers
- World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure. The position is derived by Nations Inquiry by ordering the published values; equal values share a position.
- This statistic has no better end, so the page describes higher and lower values and never calls a country a leader.
- A country is named at an end only when it holds that value alone. Where several share it, the page says how many and names none first.
- Values are stored exactly as published and trimmed only for display. “The middle country” is the median of the countries measured, not a world average.
The file itself, column by column — where it came from, what each column holds, and every edition as a CSV — is on its dataset page.
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Manufacturing share of GDP by country: Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), data from World Bank Group. https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/manufacturing-value-added