Korea vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP

Korea
0.2743 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
0.1763 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Korea rank
7th
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
10th

Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Korea
  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Korea currently reports 0.2743 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.1763 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 0.098 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Korea's figure about 1.6 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.

Korea ranks 7th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 10th of 203 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Korea averaged higher in 4 and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Korea Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1692 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.5065 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.3373 current US$ per US$ of GDP Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1970s 0.1991 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.43 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2309 current US$ per US$ of GDP Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1980s 0.2442 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2903 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0461 current US$ per US$ of GDP Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1990s 0.2545 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2227 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0318 current US$ per US$ of GDP Korea
2000s 0.2575 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1935 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.064 current US$ per US$ of GDP Korea
2010s 0.2805 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1671 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1134 current US$ per US$ of GDP Korea
2020s 0.2632 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1845 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0788 current US$ per US$ of GDP Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher manufacturing, value added (current us$), per unit of gdp, Korea or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
Korea, at 0.2743 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.1763 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2025.
What is the difference in manufacturing, value added (current us$), per unit of gdp between Korea and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
0.098 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
How do Korea and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for manufacturing, value added (current us$), per unit of gdp?
Korea ranks 7th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 10th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
251 places, 10,052 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Manufacturing, value added (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.