Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP) by Country
Manufacturing, value added as a share of GDP measures the size of a country's manufacturing sector relative to the size of its entire economy. It is calculated as manufacturing value added divided by gross domestic product, expressed as a percentage. This indicator highlights how dependent economies are on manufacturing as a source of production, and it can change from year to year with shifts in industrial output, prices, and the growth of other sectors. The dataset covers 214 countries and territories with values from 2020 to 2025.
Countries and Territories With the Largest Manufacturing Share of GDP in 2025
Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States, recorded by far the largest manufacturing value added as a share of GDP in 2025 at 43.97 percent. Among countries, Ireland ranked first with 33.93 percent, followed by Cambodia with 29.02 percent, Eswatini with 28.06 percent, and South Korea with 27.43 percent. Myanmar (25.10 percent), China (24.73 percent), Vietnam (24.53 percent), Thailand (23.74 percent), and Bangladesh (22.44 percent) complete the top ten.
Beyond the top ten, Equatorial Guinea (22.31 percent), Malaysia (22.10 percent), Uzbekistan (20.77 percent), Belarus (20.51 percent), and Haiti (20.20 percent) also record manufacturing shares above 20 percent. In Europe, the largest shares are found in the Czech Republic (19.42 percent), Switzerland (18.93 percent), Denmark (18.74 percent), and Slovenia (18.60 percent), while Germany records a share of 17.61 percent.
Among the world's largest economies, China and South Korea stand out with manufacturing shares above 24 percent, while the United States, Japan, Canada, and Türkiye do not have 2025 figures in this dataset; their latest available shares are 10.53 percent (in 2021), 18.82 percent (in 2024), 9.32 percent (in 2022), and 16.84 percent (in 2024) respectively.
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP) by Country
Manufacturing Share of GDP Around the World
In Asia, the largest manufacturing shares are found in Cambodia, South Korea, Myanmar, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh, and Malaysia, each above 22 percent. India (13.47 percent), Indonesia (19.07 percent), and Pakistan (13.02 percent) record lower shares, while Japan's latest available figure is 18.82 percent in 2024.
In Europe, Ireland records by far the largest manufacturing share at 33.93 percent, followed by the Czech Republic (19.42 percent), Switzerland (18.93 percent), Denmark (18.74 percent), and Slovenia (18.60 percent), and then Germany (17.61 percent), Slovakia (16.19 percent), Hungary (15.14 percent), and Poland (15.05 percent).
In the Americas, Mexico records the largest share among countries with 2025 data at 19.98 percent, ahead of Paraguay (19.43 percent), Argentina (13.58 percent), and Brazil (11.77 percent). In the Middle East and North Africa, Egypt (14.50 percent), Saudi Arabia (15.82 percent), and Jordan (17.37 percent) record the largest shares. In Africa, Eswatini (28.06 percent) leads, ahead of Equatorial Guinea (22.31 percent), Gabon (19.07 percent), Zimbabwe (14.91 percent), and Cameroon (14.57 percent).
Largest Increases in Manufacturing Share of GDP, 2020–2025
Denmark recorded the largest increase in manufacturing value added as a share of GDP between 2020 and 2025, with its share rising from 12.84 percent to 18.74 percent, an increase of 5.90 percentage points. Cambodia recorded the second largest increase at 5.02 percentage points (from 24.00 percent to 29.02 percent), followed by Brunei (6.83 to 9.93 percent, plus 3.10 points), Equatorial Guinea (19.53 to 22.31 percent, plus 2.78 points), and Haiti (17.64 to 20.20 percent, plus 2.56 points).
Among other countries and territories with large increases, Saudi Arabia's manufacturing share rose from 13.39 percent to 15.82 percent (plus 2.43 points), while South Korea (25.70 to 27.43 percent, plus 1.73 points), Bangladesh (20.60 to 22.44 percent, plus 1.84 points), and Jordan (15.74 to 17.37 percent, plus 1.63 points) also recorded substantial gains.
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP) by Country
| # |
Country
|
2020 (%)
|
2021 (%)
|
2022 (%)
|
2023 (%)
|
2024 (%)
|
2025 (%)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
47.77% | 47.52% | 44.84% | 43.69% | 44.14% | 43.97% |
| 2 |
|
34.34% | 35.95% | 34.6% | 34.17% | - | - |
| 3 |
|
33.62% | 34.31% | 37.1% | 29.8% | 29.56% | 33.93% |
| 4 |
|
31.48% | 32.77% | 33.63% | 31.77% | - | - |
| 5 |
|
26.44% | 28.29% | 29.62% | 29.19% | 29.12% | 28.06% |
| 6 |
|
25.7% | 26.25% | 26.5% | 25.46% | 26.62% | 27.43% |
| 7 |
|
25.58% | 26.62% | 25.98% | 25.01% | 24.84% | 24.73% |
| 8 |
|
25.56% | 27.16% | 27.03% | 24.98% | 24.24% | 23.74% |
| 9 |
|
25.45% | 25.64% | 25.56% | 25.92% | 25.1% | 25.1% |
| 10 |
|
24% | 26.65% | 27.12% | 26.33% | 27.81% | 29.02% |
| 11 |
|
23.95% | 24.46% | 24.66% | 24.11% | 24.33% | 24.53% |
| 12 |
|
23.11% | 21.71% | 27.67% | 25.48% | 19.83% | - |
| 13 |
|
22.87% | 23.44% | 22.22% | 21.62% | 20.59% | - |
| 14 |
|
22.23% | 23.36% | 23.34% | 23.02% | 22.5% | 22.1% |
| 15 |
|
21.49% | 22.76% | 23.99% | 22.16% | 20.88% | 20.51% |
| 16 |
|
20.8% | 19.64% | 19.4% | 20.43% | 19.88% | 19.42% |
| 17 |
|
20.6% | 21.24% | 21.76% | 22.34% | 21.89% | 22.44% |
| 18 |
|
20.52% | 19.92% | 19.93% | 19.52% | 19.37% | 18.6% |
| 19 |
|
20.51% | 20.42% | 19.29% | 19.23% | 19.95% | 20.77% |
| 20 |
|
20.18% | 20.84% | 21.49% | 20.47% | 20.13% | 19.98% |
| 21 |
|
19.87% | 19.24% | 18.34% | 18.67% | 18.98% | 19.07% |
| 22 |
|
19.78% | 19.68% | 18.82% | 19.49% | 18.82% | - |
| 23 |
|
19.66% | 20.61% | 19.7% | 16.73% | 16.26% | 17.43% |
| 24 |
|
19.53% | 20.93% | 25.39% | 22.15% | 25.81% | 22.31% |
| 25 |
|
19.05% | 20.69% | 19.92% | 19.36% | 19.07% | 18.93% |
| 26 |
|
19.03% | 22.12% | 21.8% | 19.47% | 16.84% | - |
| 27 |
|
18.7% | 19.16% | 19.49% | 19.33% | 19.17% | 19.43% |
| 28 |
|
18.58% | 21.65% | 20.8% | 20.54% | 19.46% | 19.07% |
| 29 |
|
18.53% | 18.57% | 18.32% | 18.94% | 18.01% | 17.61% |
| 30 |
|
18.05% | 20.53% | 20.94% | 20.13% | 19.87% | 19.89% |
| 31 |
|
17.73% | 18.71% | 18.34% | 17.95% | - | - |
| 32 |
|
17.66% | 17.64% | 17.23% | 16.23% | 15.67% | 15.33% |
| 33 |
|
17.64% | 16.18% | 20.07% | 21.65% | 20.84% | 20.2% |
| 34 |
|
17.54% | 16.63% | 17.35% | 16.85% | 16.33% | 16.19% |
| 35 |
|
17.27% | 16.53% | 16.78% | 17.17% | 15.86% | 15.14% |
| 36 |
|
16.6% | 16.98% | 16.65% | 15.94% | 15.13% | 15.23% |
| 37 |
|
16.38% | 15.49% | 15.97% | 15.06% | 13.89% | 14.5% |
| 38 |
|
16.35% | 16.54% | 16.28% | 14.05% | 12.07% | - |
| 39 |
|
16.29% | 17.97% | 19.65% | 17.97% | 17.49% | 17.12% |
| 40 |
|
16.23% | 16.22% | 16.22% | 15.21% | 14.87% | 14.97% |
| 41 |
|
16.21% | 17.3% | 17.65% | 17.46% | 16.08% | 15.05% |
| 42 |
|
15.92% | 15.71% | 13.82% | 13.88% | 13.2% | 11.82% |
| 43 |
|
15.8% | 16.43% | 16.37% | 15.65% | 15.11% | 14.47% |
| 44 |
|
15.74% | 15.45% | 15.7% | 16.38% | 16.86% | 17.37% |
| 45 |
|
15.63% | 15% | 15.14% | 14.61% | 13.24% | - |
| 46 |
|
15.46% | 15.91% | 16.17% | 14.92% | 13.58% | 13.13% |
| 47 |
|
15.18% | 15.24% | 16.05% | 15.79% | 15.27% | 14.93% |
| 48 |
|
15.1% | 17.26% | 17.54% | 14.06% | 14.38% | - |
| 49 |
|
14.85% | 14.47% | 14.84% | 13.29% | 12.69% | - |
| 50 |
|
14.74% | 15.07% | 13.77% | 13.09% | 12.91% | 12.67% |
| 51 |
|
14.64% | 15.09% | 15.56% | 14.54% | 14.22% | 13.2% |
| 52 |
|
14.59% | 15.56% | 16.42% | 16.53% | 15.19% | 13.58% |
| 53 |
|
14.52% | 14.94% | 15.76% | 14.48% | 14.23% | 14.24% |
| 54 |
|
14.48% | 15.37% | 15.38% | 15.47% | 15.08% | 15% |
| 55 |
|
14.12% | 14.38% | 13.33% | 13.31% | 13.14% | 13.47% |
| 56 |
|
14.11% | 13.93% | 14.09% | 14.01% | 13.54% | 13.19% |
| 57 |
|
13.97% | 14.53% | 14.44% | 14.43% | 13.43% | 12.59% |
| 58 |
|
13.79% | 11.17% | 18.06% | 15.28% | 15.57% | 14.91% |
| 59 |
|
13.73% | 12.51% | 11.61% | 11.84% | 11.42% | - |
| 60 |
|
13.69% | 14.45% | 15.63% | 15.17% | 14.79% | - |
| 61 |
|
13.4% | 13.13% | 13.15% | 12.96% | 13.26% | 13.66% |
| 62 |
|
13.39% | 14.14% | 15.12% | 15.89% | 16.1% | 15.82% |
| 63 |
|
13.35% | 12.89% | 12.78% | 12.92% | 12.62% | 12.54% |
| 64 |
|
13.3% | 13.48% | 13.19% | 14.39% | 14.34% | 14.33% |
| 65 |
|
13.18% | 13.3% | 13.36% | 13.22% | 12.88% | 14.57% |
| 66 |
|
13.16% | 11.81% | 13.64% | 12.56% | 12.69% | 13.7% |
| 67 |
|
13.07% | 13.61% | 13.42% | 12.29% | 12.39% | 12.71% |
| 68 |
|
12.95% | 13.68% | 13.37% | 12.53% | 12.46% | 12.26% |
| 69 |
|
12.94% | 13.01% | 12.88% | 13.26% | 13% | 13.24% |
| 70 |
|
12.85% | - | - | - | - | - |
| 71 |
|
12.84% | 12.55% | 12.82% | 16.35% | 17.86% | 18.74% |
| 72 |
|
12.73% | 13.67% | 14.13% | 13.78% | 13.1% | 13.58% |
| 73 |
|
12.66% | 13.99% | 14.37% | 13.28% | 12.7% | 12.03% |
| 74 |
|
12.66% | 12.9% | 13.69% | 13.39% | 13.07% | 12.45% |
| 75 |
|
12.59% | 13.03% | 12% | 11.41% | 10.83% | 10.78% |
| 76 |
|
12.34% | 11.03% | 11.43% | 10.24% | 10.16% | 10.99% |
| 77 |
|
12.32% | 11.9% | 12.07% | 11.48% | 11.24% | - |
| 78 |
|
12.29% | 12.05% | 11.7% | 11.84% | 11.34% | 9.14% |
| 79 |
|
12.25% | 12.06% | 12.39% | 12.7% | 12.24% | - |
| 80 |
|
12.16% | 11.66% | 12.28% | 12.22% | 10.48% | 10.14% |
| 81 |
|
12.12% | 10.18% | 9.49% | 8.25% | 8.6% | 7.9% |
| 82 |
|
12.09% | 12.44% | 12.46% | 12.08% | 11.75% | 11.3% |
| 83 |
|
12.06% | 11.89% | 10.75% | 12.8% | 10.97% | - |
| 84 |
|
12.05% | 13.4% | 12.81% | 13.26% | 12.92% | 12.29% |
| 85 |
|
12.01% | 10.74% | 12.52% | 11.97% | 11.44% | 11.17% |
| 86 |
|
11.73% | 12.08% | 12.45% | 12.98% | 12.8% | 12.25% |
| 87 |
|
11.48% | 12.85% | 11.99% | 10.88% | 9.95% | 9.99% |
| 88 |
|
11.42% | 11.93% | 13.76% | 13.65% | 13.15% | 13.02% |
| 89 |
|
11.36% | 12.02% | 12.26% | 11.84% | 13.07% | - |
| 90 |
|
11.2% | 10.54% | 10.74% | 11.08% | 10.68% | - |
| 91 |
|
11.05% | 11.19% | 11.2% | 11% | 11.32% | - |
| 92 |
|
11.02% | 10.76% | 11.24% | 12.53% | 12.26% | 13.1% |
| 93 |
|
11.02% | 10.78% | 11.16% | 11% | 10.29% | 10.02% |
| 94 |
|
10.95% | 10.89% | 11.48% | 11.14% | 10.57% | 10.11% |
| 95 |
|
10.85% | 11.26% | 11.03% | 10.95% | 10.84% | 10.6% |
| 96 |
|
10.81% | 10.68% | 10.09% | 11.4% | 9.46% | - |
| 97 |
|
10.73% | 11.2% | 11.15% | 10.89% | 10.23% | 9.9% |
| 98 |
|
10.69% | 11.9% | 13.07% | 13.25% | 12.11% | 11.77% |
| 99 |
|
10.67% | 11.56% | 11.8% | 11.5% | 11.09% | 11.23% |
| 100 |
|
10.48% | 10.75% | 10.35% | 10.47% | 10.08% | 10.08% |
| 101 |
|
10.47% | 10.53% | - | - | - | - |
| 102 |
|
10.11% | 9.64% | 9.25% | 8.35% | 7.61% | 7.41% |
| 103 |
|
10.1% | 10.28% | 7.6% | 8.31% | 8.42% | 8.32% |
| 104 |
|
10.03% | 9.81% | 10.22% | 9.93% | 9.5% | 6.62% |
| 105 |
|
9.72% | 11.37% | 12.06% | 13.01% | 13.12% | - |
| 106 |
|
9.71% | 10.47% | 10.5% | 9.91% | 10.02% | 9.96% |
| 107 |
|
9.69% | 9.48% | 9.82% | 10.06% | 10.17% | 10.15% |
| 108 |
|
9.68% | 10.14% | 10.11% | 10.17% | 10.09% | - |
| 109 |
|
9.57% | 11.42% | 12.75% | - | - | - |
| 110 |
|
9.43% | 9.92% | 9.72% | 8.36% | 8.44% | 7.99% |
| 111 |
|
9.38% | 8.69% | 8.91% | 8.27% | - | - |
| 112 |
|
9.3% | 9.53% | 9.32% | - | - | - |
| 113 |
|
9.25% | 9.1% | 9.3% | 9.77% | 9.57% | 9.49% |
| 114 |
|
9.09% | 11.04% | 7.87% | 7.55% | 7.96% | 7.74% |
| 115 |
|
9.08% | 8.73% | 7.96% | 8.22% | 7.97% | 7.68% |
| 116 |
|
9.02% | 8.56% | 9.5% | 9.58% | 9.37% | 8.95% |
| 117 |
|
8.99% | 8.77% | 8.54% | 9.46% | 9.37% | - |
| 118 |
|
8.84% | 9.9% | 9.86% | 8.46% | 8.77% | 8.53% |
| 119 |
|
8.51% | 8.28% | 7.45% | 6.41% | 6.31% | - |
| 120 |
|
8.43% | 8.67% | 9.72% | 8.95% | 9.07% | 9.08% |
| 121 |
|
8.38% | 8.94% | 9.19% | 8.57% | 8.12% | 8.32% |
| 122 |
|
8.36% | 9.41% | 10.52% | 9.35% | 10% | 9.38% |
| 123 |
|
8.34% | 8.06% | 8.14% | 7.12% | 6.44% | 6.19% |
| 124 |
|
8.08% | 8.82% | 9.14% | 9.27% | 8.66% | 8.26% |
| 125 |
|
8.03% | 8.02% | 8.18% | 8.4% | - | - |
| 126 |
|
7.91% | 8.76% | 9.29% | 8.66% | 8.18% | 7.88% |
| 127 |
|
7.89% | 7.64% | 6.92% | 7.28% | 6.99% | - |
| 128 |
|
7.76% | 7.11% | 7.12% | 6.3% | 5.57% | 5.88% |
| 129 |
|
7.7% | 8.67% | 8% | 8.5% | 9.05% | 8.75% |
| 130 |
|
7.68% | 8.7% | 8.81% | 9.25% | 9.05% | 9.11% |
| 131 |
|
7.6% | 7.36% | 7.74% | 7.49% | 7.29% | 7.12% |
| 132 |
|
7.53% | 8.49% | 10.19% | 7.54% | 8.42% | - |
| 133 |
|
7.07% | 6.92% | 7.5% | 7.2% | 6.51% | 6.03% |
| 134 |
|
7.07% | 7.74% | 7.37% | 7.16% | 7.32% | 7.46% |
| 135 |
|
7.03% | 7.36% | 7% | 7.67% | 6.96% | - |
| 136 |
|
7.02% | 7.6% | 8.14% | 7.94% | 7.73% | 7.69% |
| 137 |
|
6.83% | 9.68% | 11.63% | 10.38% | 10.66% | 9.93% |
| 138 |
|
6.71% | 6.57% | 6.69% | 6.49% | 6.59% | - |
| 139 |
|
6.69% | 6.09% | 6.63% | 6.5% | 5.01% | 4.63% |
| 140 |
|
6.68% | 6.57% | 5.64% | 4.79% | 5.06% | 5.41% |
| 141 |
|
6.56% | 6.16% | 6.24% | 5.84% | 5.7% | 5.34% |
| 142 |
|
6.46% | 6.63% | 7.01% | 8.91% | 9.17% | 8.6% |
| 143 |
|
6.44% | 5.51% | 4.78% | 5.64% | 5.77% | 6.12% |
| 144 |
|
6.42% | 7.12% | 7.5% | 8.02% | 7.16% | 7.17% |
| 145 |
|
6.28% | 8.19% | 10.22% | 9.12% | 9.45% | - |
| 146 |
|
6.1% | 6.19% | 6.72% | 7.4% | 6.58% | 6.79% |
| 147 |
|
6.1% | 6.42% | 5.28% | 5.13% | 5.55% | 5.98% |
| 148 |
|
5.67% | 5.28% | 5.08% | 4.95% | 4.94% | 4.8% |
| 149 |
|
5.66% | 5.23% | 5.39% | 5.62% | 5.58% | 5.69% |
| 150 |
|
5.63% | 4.99% | 4.3% | 4.64% | 4.46% | 4.39% |
| 151 |
|
5.5% | 5.43% | 5.29% | 5.27% | 5.38% | 5.32% |
| 152 |
|
5.46% | 5.53% | 4.71% | 4.81% | 4.24% | - |
| 153 |
|
5.38% | 5.69% | 4.63% | 4.96% | 5.54% | - |
| 154 |
|
5.3% | 4.61% | 4.24% | 4.48% | 4.39% | 4.2% |
| 155 |
|
5.19% | 5.39% | 4.75% | 4.95% | 5.16% | 5.19% |
| 156 |
|
5.1% | 4.8% | 5.15% | 5.15% | 4.95% | - |
| 157 |
|
5.08% | 4.8% | 4.4% | 4.06% | 3.9% | 3.96% |
| 158 |
|
4.93% | 7.22% | 8.73% | 7.85% | 6.62% | - |
| 159 |
|
4.93% | 4.65% | 3.91% | 4.05% | 3.96% | 3.72% |
| 160 |
|
4.73% | - | - | - | - | - |
| 161 |
|
4.48% | 5.22% | 5.03% | 4.7% | 5.28% | - |
| 162 |
|
4.47% | 4.77% | 4.83% | 4.54% | 5.01% | 4.98% |
| 163 |
|
4.24% | 3.14% | 1.87% | 2.26% | 1.7% | 1.9% |
| 164 |
|
4.12% | 4.39% | 3.83% | 4.27% | 4.05% | - |
| 165 |
|
3.95% | 5.03% | 4.31% | 4.8% | 5.21% | 4.92% |
| 166 |
|
3.84% | 3.69% | 3.75% | 2.9% | 3.33% | - |
| 167 |
|
3.73% | 4.06% | 3.58% | 3.4% | 3.13% | - |
| 168 |
|
3.62% | 3.77% | 3.87% | 3.68% | 3.76% | 3.93% |
| 169 |
|
3.23% | 2.27% | 2.52% | 2.62% | 3.17% | - |
| 170 |
|
3.17% | 3.63% | 3.95% | 3.84% | 4.73% | 4.78% |
| 171 |
|
3.13% | 3.32% | 3.37% | 3.55% | 3.52% | 3.3% |
| 172 |
|
2.95% | 3.05% | 2.29% | 3.36% | 3.36% | 3.58% |
| 173 |
|
2.94% | 1.43% | - | - | - | - |
| 174 |
|
2.91% | 2.78% | 2.7% | 2.45% | 2.53% | 2.44% |
| 175 |
|
2.88% | 1.99% | 4.1% | 2.72% | - | - |
| 176 |
|
2.69% | 2.14% | 2% | 1.97% | 1.58% | 1.79% |
| 177 |
|
2.61% | 1.9% | 1.43% | 1.7% | 1.45% | - |
| 178 |
|
2.59% | 2.47% | 2.25% | 3.02% | 4.09% | 4% |
| 179 |
|
2.58% | 2.27% | 2.63% | 2.36% | - | - |
| 180 |
|
2.44% | 2.05% | 1.86% | 2.02% | - | - |
| 181 |
|
1.94% | 1.91% | 1.08% | 0.86% | 0.63% | - |
| 182 |
|
1.69% | 1.7% | 1.63% | 1.66% | 1.65% | - |
| 183 |
|
1.53% | 0.75% | 1.29% | 1.65% | 1.9% | - |
| 184 |
|
1.03% | 1.04% | 1.08% | 1.14% | 1.21% | - |
| 185 |
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0.95% | 0.91% | 0.95% | 0.95% | 0.93% | - |
| 186 |
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0.92% | 0.99% | 0.91% | 0.89% | 0.87% | - |
| 187 |
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0.86% | 0.83% | 0.73% | 0.61% | 0.64% | 0.59% |
| 188 |
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0.83% | 0.84% | 0.94% | 0.76% | 0.65% | - |
| 189 |
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0.54% | 0.52% | 0.58% | 0.47% | 0.45% | - |
| 190 |
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0.49% | 0.51% | 0.51% | 0.51% | 0.5% | 0.48% |
| 191 |
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0.34% | 0.35% | 0.35% | 0.33% | 0.31% | - |
Largest Decreases in Manufacturing Share of GDP, 2020–2025
The DR Congo recorded the largest decrease in manufacturing value added as a share of GDP between 2020 and 2025, with its share falling from 12.12 percent to 7.90 percent, a decline of 4.22 percentage points. Romania recorded the second largest decline at 4.10 points (from 15.92 to 11.82 percent), followed by Puerto Rico (47.77 to 43.97 percent, minus 3.80 points), Burkina Faso (10.03 to 6.62 percent, minus 3.41 points), and Fiji (12.29 to 9.14 percent, minus 3.15 points).
In Asia, the largest declines were recorded in Thailand (25.56 to 23.74 percent, minus 1.82 points), Singapore (19.66 to 17.43 percent, minus 2.23 points), and the Philippines (17.66 to 15.33 percent, minus 2.33 points). In Europe, Hungary (17.27 to 15.14 percent, minus 2.13 points), Lithuania (15.46 to 13.13 percent, minus 2.33 points), and Slovenia (20.52 to 18.60 percent, minus 1.92 points) recorded the largest declines.
Methodology
The statistics are based on the World Bank World Development Indicators dataset, indicator NV.IND.MANF.ZS (Manufacturing, value added as a share of GDP). The main comparison uses 2025 data where available, covering 132 of the 214 countries and territories in our dataset. For countries without a 2025 observation, the latest available year is noted where relevant, but earlier years are not substituted for missing 2025 values in the ranking. The indicator is expressed as a percentage, calculated in current prices and not adjusted for inflation. Currency conversion does not affect its value, since the numerator and denominator are expressed in the same currency. Changes are reported in percentage points, reflecting the difference between two shares. Missing observations are treated as missing, not as zero.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which country or territory has the largest manufacturing sector as a share of GDP?
Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States, recorded the largest manufacturing value added as a share of GDP in 2025 at 43.97 percent. Among countries, Ireland recorded the largest share at 33.93 percent, followed by Cambodia (29.02 percent).
How many countries are included in the dataset?
Our dataset includes 214 countries and territories. Of these, 132 have data available for 2025. Countries without a 2025 observation are not included in the 2025 ranking.
What does manufacturing value added as a share of GDP represent?
It represents the value that manufacturing contributes to a country's economy, expressed as a percentage of gross domestic product. A high share means manufacturing plays a large role in the economy, while a low share means other sectors, such as services or agriculture, dominate.
Why do some major economies not appear in the 2025 ranking?
The United States, Japan, Canada, and Türkiye do not have 2025 figures in this dataset. Their latest available observations are from earlier years (2021, 2024, 2022, and 2024 respectively), and earlier years are not substituted for missing 2025 values in the ranking.
Is a higher manufacturing share always better?
Not necessarily. A high share of manufacturing in GDP can reflect a strong industrial base, but it can also reflect weak growth in other sectors. Similarly, a declining share does not always mean manufacturing is shrinking, since the manufacturing sector may be growing more slowly than the rest of the economy.
Data Disclaimer: Projected data (future years) are estimates based on mathematical models. Actual values may differ. Learn about our methodology →
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Updated: 03.08.2026https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NV.IND.MANF.ZS
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