Industry (including construction), value added in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Industry (including construction), value added was 31.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Industry (including construction), value added in Lower middle income, 1960–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Lower middle income recorded 31.3% for industry (including construction), value added in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, industry (including construction), value added in Lower middle income peaked at 41.1% in 1979 and was at its lowest, 28.3%, in 2001.
Lower middle income ranks 16th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.
Industry (including construction), value added in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 31.9% | — |
| 1961 | 32.7% | +2.4% |
| 1962 | 33.5% | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 33.9% | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 35.0% | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 35.9% | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 34.2% | -4.7% |
| 1967 | 33.2% | -3.0% |
| 1968 | 33.8% | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 34.3% | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 33.5% | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 35.3% | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 35.0% | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 35.5% | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 39.4% | +11.0% |
| 1975 | 37.2% | -5.6% |
| 1976 | 37.8% | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 38.5% | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 38.9% | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 41.1% | +5.7% |
| 1980 | 40.3% | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 34.0% | -15.6% |
| 1982 | 31.9% | -6.4% |
| 1983 | 30.7% | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 30.2% | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 30.0% | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 30.9% | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 30.0% | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 30.9% | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 31.2% | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 31.9% | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 31.4% | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 31.3% | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 31.0% | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 31.4% | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 32.7% | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 33.0% | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 32.2% | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 30.4% | -5.6% |
| 1999 | 29.0% | -4.6% |
| 2000 | 29.2% | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 28.3% | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 29.2% | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 29.9% | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 31.2% | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 31.7% | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 32.4% | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 32.4% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 32.2% | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 31.0% | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 31.7% | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 33.2% | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 32.9% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 33.0% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 32.6% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 31.6% | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 30.9% | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 31.4% | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 32.4% | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 31.2% | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 31.0% | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 32.0% | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 32.0% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 31.8% | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 31.5% | -0.8% |
| 2025 | 31.3% | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33.8% | 31.9% | 35.9% | 10 |
| 1970s | 37.2% | 33.5% | 41.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 32.0% | 30.0% | 40.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 31.4% | 29.0% | 33.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 30.7% | 28.3% | 32.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.1% | 30.9% | 33.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.6% | 31.0% | 32.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
- 13 Equatorial Guinea 41.4% compare
- 14 Bahrain 41.2% compare
- 15 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 39.7% compare
- 16 Iran, Islamic Republic of 39.6% compare
- 17 Azerbaijan 39.5% compare
- 18 Liechtenstein 39.1% compare
- 19 Indonesia 38.7% compare
More economy & growth data for Lower middle income
- GDP (current US$), per capita 2,481 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross capital formation 31.1% (2025)
- Imports of goods and services 1.92 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Imports of goods and services 1.75 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Imports of goods and services 8.1% (2025)
- Imports of goods and services 26.3% (2025)
- External balance on goods and services -3.1% (2025)
- Trade 46.6% (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.9569 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 1.40 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is industry (including construction), value added in Lower middle income?
- Industry (including construction), value added in Lower middle income was 31.3% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest industry (including construction), value added recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 41.1% in 1979.
- What is the lowest industry (including construction), value added recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.3% in 2001.
- How does Lower middle income rank for industry (including construction), value added?
- Lower middle income ranks 16th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is industry (including construction), value added rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lower 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 (% of GDP). 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 is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.