Industry (including construction), value added in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Industry (including construction), value added was 4.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Industry (including construction), value added in Low & middle income, 1961–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
In 2025, industry (including construction), value added in Low & middle income stood at 4.2%.
The figure is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, industry (including construction), value added in Low & middle income peaked at 11.0% in 1969 and was at its lowest, -0.7%, in 1983.
That places Low & middle income 18th out of 43 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Industry (including construction), value added in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.1% | — |
| 1962 | 5.2% | +374.9% |
| 1963 | 5.9% | +12.6% |
| 1964 | 9.2% | +56.0% |
| 1965 | 7.8% | -15.8% |
| 1966 | 7.6% | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 4.0% | -46.8% |
| 1968 | 8.0% | +98.7% |
| 1969 | 11.0% | +37.9% |
| 1970 | 9.3% | -15.8% |
| 1971 | 7.5% | -19.7% |
| 1972 | 8.1% | +8.1% |
| 1973 | 9.5% | +17.7% |
| 1974 | 4.9% | -48.2% |
| 1975 | 2.7% | -46.0% |
| 1976 | 8.0% | +200.6% |
| 1977 | 3.3% | -58.9% |
| 1978 | 2.4% | -28.1% |
| 1979 | 4.0% | +71.2% |
| 1980 | 2.5% | -38.0% |
| 1981 | 1.7% | -31.2% |
| 1982 | 2.3% | +36.2% |
| 1983 | -0.7% | -129.6% |
| 1984 | 4.6% | -766.1% |
| 1985 | 4.4% | -5.8% |
| 1986 | 4.3% | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 5.3% | +22.0% |
| 1988 | 4.0% | -25.0% |
| 1989 | 3.1% | -21.9% |
| 1990 | 4.5% | +43.9% |
| 1991 | 2.5% | -43.7% |
| 1992 | 4.0% | +60.0% |
| 1993 | 5.4% | +33.6% |
| 1994 | 6.4% | +20.0% |
| 1995 | 5.3% | -18.0% |
| 1996 | 7.6% | +44.0% |
| 1997 | 6.8% | -10.9% |
| 1998 | 2.7% | -60.0% |
| 1999 | 3.5% | +30.4% |
| 2000 | 6.6% | +87.6% |
| 2001 | 3.1% | -53.0% |
| 2002 | 5.3% | +69.4% |
| 2003 | 7.2% | +36.6% |
| 2004 | 8.6% | +19.6% |
| 2005 | 7.8% | -9.7% |
| 2006 | 9.2% | +17.6% |
| 2007 | 9.2% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 5.8% | -37.1% |
| 2009 | 3.7% | -35.7% |
| 2010 | 9.4% | +151.5% |
| 2011 | 7.0% | -24.9% |
| 2012 | 5.5% | -22.1% |
| 2013 | 5.2% | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 5.1% | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 4.3% | -16.9% |
| 2016 | 4.8% | +11.7% |
| 2017 | 5.0% | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 4.7% | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 2.9% | -38.9% |
| 2020 | -0.6% | -121.6% |
| 2021 | 7.7% | -1335.2% |
| 2022 | 2.8% | -63.5% |
| 2023 | 4.2% | +49.8% |
| 2024 | 4.3% | +3.3% |
| 2025 | 4.2% | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.7% | 1.1% | 11.0% | 9 |
| 1970s | 6.0% | 2.4% | 9.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.2% | -0.7% | 5.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.9% | 2.5% | 7.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.7% | 3.1% | 9.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.4% | 2.9% | 9.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.8% | -0.6% | 7.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More economy & growth data for Low & middle income
- Services, value added 5.0% (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 8.32 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Trade in services 8.2% (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 13.41 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 12.99 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 32.3% (2025)
- Services, value added 23.90 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Services, value added 22.45 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- GDP growth 4.5% (2025)
- GDP 38.93 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is industry (including construction), value added in Low & middle income?
- Industry (including construction), value added in Low & middle income was 4.2% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest industry (including construction), value added recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 11.0% in 1969.
- What is the lowest industry (including construction), value added recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.7% in 1983.
- How does Low & middle income rank for industry (including construction), value added?
- Low & middle income ranks 18th out of 43 groups with data for 2025.
- Is industry (including construction), value added rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Low & middle income data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Industry (including construction), value added (annual % growth). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Industry (including construction) corresponds to ISIC (Rev.4) divisions 05-43. It is comprised of mining, manufacturing, construction, electricity, water, and gas industries. 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.