Food, beverages and tobacco (% of value added in manufacturing) by country
Manufacturing of food, beverages, and tobacco includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) divisions 15 and 16. 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...
Countries reporting
157
Highest
98.1%
Marshall Islands
Lowest
0.6%
Myanmar
Median
29.4%
Years covered
62
1963–2024
Data points
5,773
What the numbers show
Food, beverages and tobacco (% of value added in manufacturing) is currently reported for 157 countries. The highest value is 98.1% in Marshall Islands; the lowest is 0.6% in Myanmar.
The median across all reporting countries is 29.4%, and the mean is 32.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 173.
Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 330.4%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 96.0%).
Food, beverages and tobacco: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marshall Islands | 98.1% | 2021 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 2 | Burundi | 87.6% | 2015 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 3 | Eswatini | 86.4% | 2011 | — | rising |
| 4 | Malawi | 83.5% | 2021 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 5 | Djibouti | 78.0% | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 6 | Mali | 77.3% | 2022 | up 306.8% | rising |
| 7 | Congo | 74.5% | 2009 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 71.1% | 1993 | up 117.0% | rising |
| 9 | Cuba | 67.0% | 1989 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 10 | Madagascar | 66.1% | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 11 | Sudan | 66.1% | 2006 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 12 | Rwanda | 66.0% | 2023 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | 65.4% | 2018 | up 121.9% | rising |
| 14 | Cape Verde | 64.6% | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 15 | Uganda | 63.9% | 2000 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 16 | Burkina Faso | 63.7% | 1983 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 17 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 63.5% | 2022 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 18 | Namibia | 62.2% | 2023 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 19 | Somalia | 58.9% | 1986 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 58.8% | 1984 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 21 | Benin | 58.4% | 1981 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 22 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 57.8% | 2022 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 23 | Mongolia | 57.4% | 2023 | up 99.6% | rising |
| 24 | Panama | 56.6% | 2020 | — | rising |
| 25 | Fiji | 55.7% | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 26 | Kosovo | 55.3% | 2021 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 26 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 55.3% | 2021 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 28 | Guinea-Bissau | 54.9% | 2024 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 29 | Bahamas | 54.0% | 1998 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 30 | Kenya | 53.3% | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 31 | Yemen | 53.2% | 2014 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 32 | Armenia | 53.1% | 2023 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 33 | Cameroon | 52.6% | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 34 | Iceland | 52.4% | 2023 | up 11.5% | flat |
| 35 | Paraguay | 52.1% | 2024 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 36 | Papua New Guinea | 51.8% | 2001 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 37 | Macau, China | 51.0% | 2024 | up 69.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Nicaragua | 50.3% | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 39 | Mauritius | 50.2% | 2023 | up 25.4% | falling |
| 40 | Ecuador | 49.9% | 2023 | up 96.9% | rising |
| 41 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 49.4% | 2019 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 42 | Saint Lucia | 49.0% | 1997 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 43 | Jamaica | 47.5% | 1996 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 44 | Uruguay | 46.1% | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 45 | Gabon | 45.8% | 1995 | up 93.9% | rising |
| 46 | Côte d'Ivoire | 44.4% | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 47 | Georgia | 44.2% | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 48 | Niger | 43.9% | 2016 | up 67.0% | falling |
| 49 | Mozambique | 43.7% | 1973 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 50 | Honduras | 42.0% | 1996 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 51 | Senegal | 41.2% | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 52 | Lebanon | 40.7% | 2020 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 53 | Republic of Moldova | 40.0% | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 54 | New Zealand | 39.8% | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 55 | Chile | 39.6% | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 56 | Guatemala | 37.8% | 1988 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 57 | Colombia | 37.1% | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 58 | Montenegro | 37.1% | 2022 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 59 | Ethiopia | 36.6% | 2015 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 60 | Barbados | 35.9% | 1997 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 61 | Costa Rica | 35.7% | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 62 | Hong Kong, China | 35.1% | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Ghana | 34.6% | 2015 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 64 | Eritrea | 34.0% | 2011 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 65 | Sri Lanka | 33.9% | 2022 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 66 | Philippines | 33.7% | 2022 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 67 | Iraq | 33.6% | 2022 | up 171.5% | falling |
| 68 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 33.4% | 2017 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 69 | Ukraine | 33.2% | 2023 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 70 | Zambia | 33.0% | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 71 | Nepal | 32.7% | 2022 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 72 | Cyprus | 32.7% | 2023 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 73 | Argentina | 32.6% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 74 | Gambia | 32.5% | 2004 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 75 | Libya | 30.9% | 1980 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 76 | Botswana | 30.3% | 2023 | up 105.7% | falling |
| 77 | Nigeria | 30.3% | 1996 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 78 | Morocco | 29.9% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 79 | Azerbaijan | 29.4% | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 80 | El Salvador | 29.2% | 1998 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 81 | Greece | 29.0% | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 82 | Indonesia | 28.6% | 2022 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 83 | Peru | 27.9% | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 84 | Egypt | 27.8% | 2022 | up 148.0% | flat |
| 85 | Syrian Arab Republic | 27.7% | 2005 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Australia | 25.7% | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 87 | Serbia | 24.8% | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 88 | Palestine, State of | 23.6% | 2021 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 89 | Jordan | 23.5% | 2022 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 90 | Belarus | 23.2% | 2022 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 91 | South Africa | 22.2% | 2019 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 92 | Mexico | 22.2% | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 93 | Pakistan | 22.1% | 2018 | up 22.9% | falling |
| 94 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 22.0% | 1998 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 95 | Tunisia | 20.8% | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 96 | Norway | 20.8% | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 97 | Brazil | 20.6% | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 98 | Spain | 20.6% | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 99 | Kazakhstan | 20.4% | 2023 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 100 | Albania | 19.8% | 2023 | up 26.8% | falling |
| 101 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.7% | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 102 | North Macedonia | 19.6% | 2022 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 103 | Canada | 19.2% | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 104 | Croatia | 19.0% | 2023 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 105 | Belgium | 18.6% | 2023 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 106 | Poland | 18.5% | 2023 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 107 | France | 18.3% | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 108 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18.2% | 2023 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 109 | Netherlands | 17.9% | 2023 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 110 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 17.6% | 2022 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 111 | Thailand | 17.5% | 2021 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 112 | Bermuda | 16.9% | 2020 | up 71.6% | rising |
| 113 | Portugal | 16.6% | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 114 | Bulgaria | 16.5% | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 115 | Latvia | 16.4% | 2023 | down 60.9% | rising |
| 116 | Lithuania | 16.3% | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 117 | Bangladesh | 15.4% | 2020 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 118 | Malta | 14.9% | 2023 | up 134.5% | falling |
| 119 | Uzbekistan | 14.4% | 2023 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 120 | Türkiye | 14.0% | 2024 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 121 | Estonia | 13.5% | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 122 | Russian Federation | 13.1% | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 123 | Israel | 12.9% | 2021 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 124 | Austria | 12.8% | 2023 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 125 | United States of America | 12.5% | 2024 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 126 | Viet Nam | 12.5% | 2023 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 127 | Malaysia | 12.2% | 2022 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 128 | Japan | 12.2% | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 129 | Romania | 12.1% | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 130 | China | 11.8% | 2019 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 131 | Hungary | 11.5% | 2023 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 132 | Italy | 11.5% | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 133 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 11.5% | 2022 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 134 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.1% | 2006 | down 54.4% | rising |
| 135 | Denmark | 11.1% | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 136 | Algeria | 10.6% | 2017 | down 77.6% | falling |
| 137 | India | 10.3% | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 138 | Luxembourg | 10.1% | 2023 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 139 | United Arab Emirates | 9.5% | 2023 | up 21.0% | flat |
| 140 | Saudi Arabia | 9.3% | 2022 | down 22.5% | flat |
| 141 | Finland | 9.3% | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 142 | Germany | 8.5% | 2023 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 143 | Czechia | 8.1% | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 144 | Oman | 7.9% | 2023 | up 27.1% | falling |
| 145 | Kuwait | 7.7% | 2021 | up 34.6% | falling |
| 146 | Slovakia | 7.6% | 2023 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 147 | Korea | 7.6% | 2023 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Switzerland | 7.2% | 2023 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 149 | Slovenia | 6.9% | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 150 | Sweden | 6.7% | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 151 | Ireland | 6.4% | 2022 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 152 | Lesotho | 5.5% | 2024 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Singapore | 3.7% | 2023 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Puerto Rico | 3.3% | 2023 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Qatar | 2.8% | 2022 | up 330.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Bahrain | 1.2% | 2018 | down 79.0% | rising |
| 157 | Myanmar | 0.6% | 2023 | down 96.0% | volatile |
About this data
Manufacturing of food, beverages, and tobacco includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) divisions 15 and 16. 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).