Chemicals (% of value added in manufacturing) by country
Manufacturing of chemicals and chemical products includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) division 24. 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...
Countries reporting
152
Highest
86.9%
Myanmar
Lowest
-6.8%
Iceland
Median
7.8%
Years covered
62
1963–2024
Data points
5,438
What the numbers show
Chemicals (% of value added in manufacturing) is currently reported for 152 countries. The highest value is 86.9% in Myanmar; the lowest is -6.8% in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.8%, and the mean is 10.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.
Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 647.3%), and the largest decrease in Iceland (down 354.6%).
Chemicals: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Myanmar | 86.9% | 2023 | up 647.3% | rising |
| 2 | Qatar | 54.8% | 2022 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 3 | Oman | 39.5% | 2023 | up 108.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 38.7% | 2006 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Venezuela | 34.3% | 1998 | up 191.5% | rising |
| 6 | Switzerland | 33.3% | 2023 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 7 | Belgium | 33.3% | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 8 | Barbados | 30.4% | 1997 | up 197.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Puerto Rico | 29.2% | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 28.9% | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 11 | Bahamas | 27.6% | 1998 | up 45.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Nigeria | 25.7% | 1996 | up 90.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Iran | 25.2% | 2022 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Kuwait | 22.8% | 2021 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Israel | 22.4% | 2010 | up 117.9% | rising |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 21.9% | 2022 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 17 | Syria | 21.5% | 1995 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 20.7% | 2022 | up 167.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Senegal | 19.5% | 2023 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 20 | United States | 19.2% | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 21 | Jamaica | 18.8% | 1996 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 22 | Morocco | 18.7% | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 23 | Zambia | 18.6% | 2024 | up 92.5% | rising |
| 24 | Guatemala | 18.4% | 1988 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 25 | Colombia | 18.0% | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 26 | Singapore | 17.8% | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 27 | India | 17.0% | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 28 | Slovenia | 16.3% | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 29 | Bahrain | 16.1% | 2018 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 30 | El Salvador | 16.1% | 1998 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 31 | Libya | 16.1% | 1980 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 32 | Pakistan | 15.8% | 2018 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 33 | Sweden | 15.1% | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 34 | France | 15.1% | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 35 | Netherlands | 14.8% | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 36 | Jordan | 14.8% | 2022 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 37 | Lebanon | 14.6% | 2020 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 38 | Paraguay | 14.6% | 2014 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Chile | 14.2% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 40 | Argentina | 13.8% | 2024 | up 19.2% | flat |
| 41 | Uruguay | 12.9% | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 42 | Indonesia | 12.7% | 2022 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 43 | Somalia | 12.7% | 1986 | up 548.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Egypt | 12.6% | 2022 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 45 | Hong Kong | 12.4% | 2023 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Cyprus | 12.2% | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 47 | South Korea | 12.1% | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 48 | Russia | 11.7% | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 49 | Spain | 11.6% | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 50 | Georgia | 11.2% | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 51 | Brazil | 11.1% | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 52 | Uganda | 11.1% | 2000 | up 89.3% | volatile |
| 53 | China | 10.8% | 2019 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 54 | Japan | 10.8% | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 55 | Ethiopia | 10.6% | 2015 | up 105.5% | rising |
| 56 | United Kingdom | 10.4% | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 57 | Canada | 10.3% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 58 | Botswana | 10.1% | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 59 | Azerbaijan | 10.0% | 2023 | up 244.2% | rising |
| 60 | Germany | 10.0% | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 61 | Finland | 10.0% | 2021 | up 199.3% | rising |
| 62 | Kenya | 9.9% | 2023 | up 45.3% | falling |
| 63 | Greece | 9.9% | 2023 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 64 | Hungary | 9.8% | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 65 | Malaysia | 9.7% | 2022 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 66 | Austria | 9.4% | 2021 | up 16.5% | flat |
| 67 | Bolivia | 9.4% | 2019 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 68 | Latvia | 9.3% | 2023 | up 420.5% | flat |
| 69 | Central African Republic | 9.2% | 1993 | up 93.9% | rising |
| 70 | Norway | 9.1% | 2020 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 71 | Ecuador | 8.9% | 2023 | up 43.8% | flat |
| 72 | Ukraine | 8.4% | 2023 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 73 | Cuba | 8.3% | 1989 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 74 | Thailand | 8.1% | 2021 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Nepal | 7.9% | 2022 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 76 | Italy | 7.8% | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 77 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.8% | 2023 | up 22.8% | falling |
| 78 | North Macedonia | 7.7% | 2022 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 79 | Turkey | 7.4% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 80 | Australia | 7.4% | 2024 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 81 | Tunisia | 7.3% | 2023 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 82 | Mexico | 7.2% | 2024 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 83 | Rwanda | 7.1% | 2023 | down 28.2% | rising |
| 84 | South Africa | 7.0% | 2019 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 85 | Uzbekistan | 6.8% | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 86 | Lithuania | 6.8% | 2023 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 87 | Croatia | 6.7% | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 88 | Eritrea | 6.7% | 2011 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 89 | Czechia | 6.6% | 2023 | up 39.0% | flat |
| 90 | Benin | 6.6% | 1981 | up 112.0% | rising |
| 91 | Kazakhstan | 6.5% | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 92 | Zimbabwe | 6.5% | 2018 | up 195.3% | falling |
| 93 | Malta | 6.5% | 2023 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Portugal | 6.4% | 2023 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 95 | Philippines | 6.4% | 2022 | up 25.8% | falling |
| 96 | Ghana | 6.3% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 97 | Cape Verde | 6.1% | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 98 | Fiji | 6.1% | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 99 | Macao | 6.1% | 2024 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Peru | 6.0% | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 101 | Lesotho | 6.0% | 1985 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 102 | Poland | 5.9% | 2023 | down 24.7% | flat |
| 103 | Ireland | 5.9% | 2022 | down 87.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Moldova | 5.7% | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 105 | Dominican Republic | 5.6% | 1984 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 106 | Serbia | 5.5% | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 107 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5.5% | 2022 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Bulgaria | 5.4% | 2023 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 109 | Mozambique | 5.3% | 1973 | up 135.1% | rising |
| 110 | Honduras | 5.2% | 1996 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 111 | Namibia | 5.0% | 2023 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 112 | Vietnam | 4.9% | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 113 | Gabon | 4.8% | 1995 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 114 | Palestine | 4.7% | 2021 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 115 | Tanzania | 4.7% | 2022 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 116 | New Zealand | 4.7% | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 117 | Panama | 4.6% | 2020 | — | rising |
| 118 | Mongolia | 4.6% | 2023 | up 139.1% | rising |
| 119 | Costa Rica | 4.5% | 2023 | down 40.8% | flat |
| 120 | Montenegro | 4.3% | 2022 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 121 | Denmark | 4.3% | 2023 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Mauritius | 4.3% | 1996 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 123 | Sudan | 4.1% | 2006 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Sri Lanka | 4.0% | 2022 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Gambia | 3.9% | 2004 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Luxembourg | 3.6% | 2023 | up 31.0% | falling |
| 127 | Cameroon | 3.6% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 128 | Saint Lucia | 3.6% | 1997 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 129 | Mali | 3.4% | 2022 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 130 | Papua New Guinea | 3.3% | 2001 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Bermuda | 3.2% | 2020 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 132 | Malawi | 3.1% | 2021 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Bangladesh | 3.1% | 2020 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 134 | Nicaragua | 2.9% | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 135 | Estonia | 2.8% | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 136 | Slovakia | 2.8% | 2021 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Burundi | 2.8% | 2015 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Belarus | 2.7% | 2022 | down 86.9% | falling |
| 139 | Armenia | 2.3% | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 140 | Laos | 2.3% | 2017 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 141 | Albania | 2.3% | 2023 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Madagascar | 2.1% | 2006 | down 64.1% | falling |
| 143 | Romania | 1.9% | 2023 | down 67.4% | falling |
| 144 | Algeria | 1.8% | 2017 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Yemen | 1.6% | 2014 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 146 | Kosovo | 1.0% | 2021 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 147 | Burkina Faso | 0.9% | 1983 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 148 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.7% | 2023 | down 62.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Iraq | 0.7% | 2022 | down 74.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Eswatini | 0.6% | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Congo | -5.4% | 2009 | down 262.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Iceland | -6.8% | 2023 | down 354.6% | volatile |
About this data
Manufacturing of chemicals and chemical products includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) division 24. 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).