China vs India: Machinery and transport equipment
Machinery and transport equipment over time
- China
- India
How they compare
China currently reports 24.5% against 23.4% in India, a difference of 1.1%.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1980 it was China ahead.
China ranks 27th and India ranks 30th of 149 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, China averaged higher in 3 and India in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 17.7% | 17.1% | 0.7% | China |
| 1990s | 15.7% | 16.7% | 1.1% | India |
| 2000s | 22.2% | 17.1% | 5.2% | China |
| 2010s | 24.5% | 19.4% | 5.1% | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher machinery and transport equipment, China or India?
- China, at 24.5% against 23.4% in India as of 2019.
- What is the difference in machinery and transport equipment between China and India?
- 1.1%, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and India?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2019.
- How do China and India rank globally for machinery and transport equipment?
- China ranks 27th and India ranks 30th 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
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).