Manufacturing, value added in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Manufacturing, value added was 17.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing, value added in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1965–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for manufacturing, value added in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) is 17.6%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 3.4% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing, value added in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 56.6% in 1965 and was at its lowest, 16.1%, in 2013.
That places Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 10th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 61 years of available data.
Manufacturing, value added in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 56.6% | — |
| 1966 | 53.3% | -5.8% |
| 1967 | 47.7% | -10.6% |
| 1968 | 47.1% | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 48.6% | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 45.8% | -5.7% |
| 1971 | 47.3% | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 45.8% | -3.1% |
| 1973 | 44.8% | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 46.0% | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 42.0% | -8.6% |
| 1976 | 40.2% | -4.4% |
| 1977 | 39.9% | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 40.2% | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 38.0% | -5.5% |
| 1980 | 24.9% | -34.4% |
| 1981 | 29.1% | +16.9% |
| 1982 | 30.1% | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 28.9% | -3.7% |
| 1984 | 29.3% | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 29.3% | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 29.7% | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 28.8% | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 30.2% | +4.9% |
| 1989 | 29.9% | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 25.4% | -15.1% |
| 1991 | 24.4% | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 24.2% | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 25.2% | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 24.4% | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 20.0% | -18.1% |
| 1996 | 19.8% | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 20.0% | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 19.5% | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 19.9% | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 20.1% | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 19.8% | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 19.8% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 20.5% | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 20.2% | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 19.5% | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 19.4% | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 18.8% | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 18.3% | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 17.0% | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 16.9% | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 16.6% | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 16.1% | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 16.1% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 16.1% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 17.2% | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 17.1% | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 16.9% | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 17.1% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 17.0% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 17.6% | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 18.6% | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 19.4% | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 19.3% | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 18.3% | -5.2% |
| 2025 | 17.6% | -3.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Manufacturing, value added in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | -34.4% | 38.0% | 24.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 50.6% | 47.1% | 56.6% | 5 |
| 1970s | 43.0% | 38.0% | 47.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 29.0% | 24.9% | 30.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 22.3% | 19.5% | 25.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.4% | 17.0% | 20.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.7% | 16.1% | 17.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.4% | 17.6% | 19.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
More economy & growth data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 7,260 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 2.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.138 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 1,436 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 4.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 0.6975 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 0.5838 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 4.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 6,076 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 1,706 current US$ per person (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing, value added in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Manufacturing, value added in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 17.6% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest manufacturing, value added recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 56.6% in 1965.
- What is the lowest manufacturing, value added recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.1% in 2013.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for manufacturing, value added?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 10th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is manufacturing, value added rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Manufacturing includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) major division C and is defined as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products. 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.