Japan vs Singapore: Machinery and transport equipment

Japan
47.4%
in 2023
Singapore
58.8%
in 2023
Japan rank
2nd
Singapore rank
1st

Machinery and transport equipment over time

  • Japan
  • Singapore
0204060196319932023

How they compare

Singapore currently reports 58.8% against 47.4% in Japan, a difference of 11.4%.

That makes Singapore's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 2nd and Singapore ranks 1st of 149 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Singapore in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Singapore Difference Ahead
1960s 19.8% 10.4% 9.4% Japan
1970s 21.4% 19.5% 1.9% Japan
1980s 22.7% 18.8% 3.9% Japan
1990s 29.3% 51.5% 22.2% Singapore
2000s 36.3% 50.3% 14.0% Singapore
2010s 42.5% 54.0% 11.5% Singapore
2020s 45.2% 61.1% 15.9% Singapore

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher machinery and transport equipment, Japan or Singapore?
Singapore, at 58.8% against 47.4% in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in machinery and transport equipment between Japan and Singapore?
11.4%, with Singapore ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Singapore?
61 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2023.
How do Japan and Singapore rank globally for machinery and transport equipment?
Japan ranks 2nd and Singapore ranks 1st 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).