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Value added by the manufacturing sector as percent of GDP, 2025:

The average for 2025 based on 17 countries was 15 percent. The highest value was in Puerto Rico: 43.97 percent and the lowest value was in Panama: 4.8 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2025. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Share of manufacturing, 2025 Global rank Available data
Puerto Rico 43.97 1 1960 - 2025
Haiti 20.2 2 1988 - 2025
Mexico 19.98 3 1965 - 2025
Paraguay 19.43 4 1962 - 2025
Honduras 14.97 5 1960 - 2025
Argentina 13.58 6 1965 - 2025
Costa Rica 13.58 7 1970 - 2025
Ecuador 13.24 8 1960 - 2025
Guatemala 13.19 9 1965 - 2025
El Salvador 12.67 10 1965 - 2025
Nicaragua 12.59 11 1994 - 2025
Domin. Rep. 12.26 12 1965 - 2025
Brazil 11.77 13 1960 - 2025
Uruguay 9.96 14 1983 - 2025
Colombia 9.9 15 1965 - 2025
Chile 8.95 16 1960 - 2025
Panama 4.8 17 1970 - 2025


New - World map: Share of manufacturing




Definition: Manufacturing includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) major division C and is defined as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

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