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Industry as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita by country

The vertical axis shows historical estimates of the share of industry in GDP. The horizontal axis shows GDP per capita, adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.

Countries reporting
43
Highest
52.6%
Venezuela
Lowest
5.6%
Hong Kong
Median
28.6%
Years covered
217
1800–2016
Data points
2,935

What the numbers show

Industry as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita is currently reported for 43 countries. The highest value is 52.6% in Venezuela; the lowest is 5.6% in Hong Kong.

The median across all reporting countries is 28.6%, and the mean is 30.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Zambia (up 47.6%), and the largest decrease in Hong Kong (down 43.4%).

Industry as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Venezuela 52.6% 2012 up 5.6% falling
2 Indonesia 47.5% 2012 up 5.6% rising
3 Nigeria 46.5% 2011 up 7.6% rising
4 China 46.4% 2011 up 4.7% rising
5 South Korea 43.3% 2011 up 10.7% rising
6 Thailand 41.3% 2011 up 2.7% rising
7 Botswana 40.8% 2010 down 18.6% rising
8 Malaysia 39.1% 2011 down 7.6% rising
9 Chile 38.7% 2011 up 29.4% rising
10 Egypt 38.2% 2013 up 10.1% rising
11 Mexico 37.6% 2011 up 3.0% rising
12 Colombia 37.2% 2011 up 30.1% rising
13 Bolivia 36.0% 2011 up 40.1% rising
14 Peru 35.3% 2011 up 25.6% rising
15 Zambia 33.8% 2010 up 47.6% falling
16 Argentina 33.1% 2011 up 14.1% falling
17 Italy 31.9% 2011 down 5.6% falling
18 South Africa 29.4% 2011 down 7.8% falling
19 Sweden 28.9% 2010 down 5.6% rising
20 Spain 28.6% 2011 down 12.3% rising
20 Philippines 28.6% 2012 down 11.2% falling
20 Japan 28.6% 2011 down 6.8% rising
23 Taiwan 28.3% 2012 down 4.7% rising
24 Mauritius 26.7% 2012 down 7.9% rising
24 Brazil 26.7% 2011 down 0.4% falling
26 Morocco 26.4% 2012 up 13.3% falling
26 Denmark 26.4% 2011 down 10.8% falling
28 Singapore 26.3% 2012 down 10.8% falling
29 India 26.0% 2012 up 0.8% rising
29 Netherlands 26.0% 2011 down 6.5% rising
31 Germany 25.9% 2010 down 15.9% falling
32 Ghana 25.1% 2011 up 27.4% falling
33 Tanzania 24.2% 2011 up 36.0% falling
34 United Kingdom 24.0% 2011 down 18.9% flat
35 France 23.1% 2011 down 16.9% falling
36 Costa Rica 22.5% 2011 down 17.3% falling
37 Belgium 21.8% 2008 down 13.8% falling
38 Senegal 21.6% 2010 down 0.9% rising
39 United States 17.3% 2016 down 13.5% falling
40 Kenya 16.4% 2011 up 7.2% rising
41 Malawi 15.9% 2010 down 9.1% rising
42 Ethiopia 9.3% 2012 down 23.8% rising
43 Hong Kong 5.6% 2011 down 43.4% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Industry as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita
Unit
% GDP
Source
Herrendorf et al. and Groningen Growth and Development Centre (2015) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
43 places, 2,935 data points, 1800–2016
Last refreshed

The vertical axis shows historical estimates of the share of industry in GDP. The horizontal axis shows GDP per capita, adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.