Costa Rica vs Uruguay: Machinery and transport equipment

Costa Rica
7.5%
in 2023
Uruguay
7.2%
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
78th
Uruguay rank
79th

Machinery and transport equipment over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Uruguay
0102030196319932024

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 7.5% against 7.2% in Uruguay, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Uruguay ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 78th and Uruguay ranks 79th of 149 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 6 and Uruguay in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Uruguay Difference Ahead
1960s 4.0% 3.8% 0.2% Costa Rica
1970s 4.6% 4.0% 0.6% Costa Rica
1980s 3.6% 5.2% 1.6% Uruguay
1990s 6.9% 4.0% 2.9% Costa Rica
2000s 14.5% 3.0% 11.5% Costa Rica
2010s 23.0% 4.7% 18.2% Costa Rica
2020s 20.1% 6.0% 14.1% Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher machinery and transport equipment, Costa Rica or Uruguay?
Costa Rica, at 7.5% against 7.2% in Uruguay as of 2023.
What is the difference in machinery and transport equipment between Costa Rica and Uruguay?
0.3%, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Uruguay?
53 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Uruguay rank globally for machinery and transport equipment?
Costa Rica ranks 78th and Uruguay ranks 79th 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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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).