Canada vs China: Machinery and transport equipment

Canada
23.4%
in 2024
China
24.5%
in 2019
Canada rank
29th
China rank
27th

Machinery and transport equipment over time

  • Canada
  • China
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How they compare

China currently reports 24.5% against 23.4% in Canada, a difference of 1.1%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1980 it was China ahead.

Canada ranks 29th and China ranks 27th of 149 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada China Difference Ahead
1980s 18.5% 17.7% 0.8% Canada
1990s 26.6% 15.7% 10.9% Canada
2000s 27.3% 22.2% 5.0% Canada
2010s 25.5% 24.5% 0.9% Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher machinery and transport equipment, Canada or China?
China, at 24.5% against 23.4% in Canada as of 2019.
What is the difference in machinery and transport equipment between Canada and China?
1.1%, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and China?
40 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2019.
How do Canada and China rank globally for machinery and transport equipment?
Canada ranks 29th and China ranks 27th of 149 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), published as Machinery and transport equipment (% 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
Machinery and transport equipment (% 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
149 places, 5,404 data points, 1963–2024
Last refreshed

Machinery and transport equipment manufacturing includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) divisions 29-35. 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).