Costa Rica vs Uruguay: Machinery and transport equipment
Machinery and transport equipment over time
- Costa Rica
- Uruguay
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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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).