Caribbean Small States vs Costa Rica: Manufacturing, value added
Manufacturing, value added over time
- Caribbean Small States
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 10.9% against 4.7% in Caribbean Small States, a difference of 6.2%.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 2.3 times Caribbean Small States's.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Caribbean Small States ranks 11th and Costa Rica ranks 12th of 35 groups.
Across the 5 decades both report, Caribbean Small States averaged higher in 1 and Costa Rica in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean Small States | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | -3.3% | 4.1% | 7.4% | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 1.6% | 4.1% | 2.5% | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 5.8% | 1.2% | 4.7% | Caribbean Small States |
| 2010s | -0.7% | 2.8% | 3.5% | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | -1.2% | 7.8% | 9.0% | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher manufacturing, value added, Caribbean Small States or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 10.9% against 4.7% in Caribbean Small States as of 2025.
- What is the difference in manufacturing, value added between Caribbean Small States and Costa Rica?
- 6.2%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean Small States and Costa Rica?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean Small States and Costa Rica rank globally for manufacturing, value added?
- Caribbean Small States ranks 11th and Costa Rica ranks 12th of 35 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as Manufacturing, value added (annual % growth). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Manufacturing includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) major division C and is defined as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products. 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 denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.