El Salvador vs Sweden: Chemicals

El Salvador
16.1%
in 1998
Sweden
15.1%
in 2023
El Salvador rank
30th
Sweden rank
33rd

Chemicals over time

  • El Salvador
  • Sweden
510152025196319932023

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 16.1% against 15.1% in Sweden, a difference of 1.0%.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Sweden ahead.

El Salvador ranks 30th and Sweden ranks 33rd of 153 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Sweden Difference Ahead
1960s 8.2% 5.5% 2.7% El Salvador
1970s 12.4% 5.9% 6.5% El Salvador
1980s 14.2% 7.4% 6.8% El Salvador
1990s 15.4% 8.6% 6.7% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher chemicals, El Salvador or Sweden?
El Salvador, at 16.1% against 15.1% in Sweden as of 1998.
What is the difference in chemicals between El Salvador and Sweden?
1.0%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sweden?
30 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 1998.
How do El Salvador and Sweden rank globally for chemicals?
El Salvador ranks 30th and Sweden ranks 33rd of 153 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), published as Chemicals (% of value added in manufacturing). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Chemicals (% of value added in manufacturing)
Unit
% of value added in manufacturing
Source
International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
153 places, 5,452 data points, 1963–2024
Last refreshed

Manufacturing of chemicals and chemical products includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) division 24. 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 value added in manufacturing which is the contribution to the economy by the manufacturing sector (ISIC Rev. 3 major division D).