Manufacturing, value added in Post-demographic dividend
Post-demographic dividend: Manufacturing, value added was 12.7% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing, value added in Post-demographic dividend, 1997–2021
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Post-demographic dividend recorded 12.7% for manufacturing, value added in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing, value added in Post-demographic dividend peaked at 17.9% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 12.7%, in 2021.
That places Post-demographic dividend 30th out of 47 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Manufacturing, value added in Post-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 17.9% | — |
| 1998 | 17.5% | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 17.2% | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 17.2% | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 16.1% | -6.0% |
| 2002 | 15.6% | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 15.5% | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 15.4% | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 15.1% | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 15.0% | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 14.8% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 14.4% | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 13.4% | -6.8% |
| 2010 | 14.0% | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 14.0% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 13.8% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 13.5% | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 13.5% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 13.5% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 13.4% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 13.4% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 13.4% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 13.1% | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 12.8% | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 12.7% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.5% | 17.2% | 17.9% | 3 |
| 2000s | 15.2% | 13.4% | 17.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.6% | 13.1% | 14.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.7% | 12.7% | 12.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Post-demographic dividend
More economy & growth data for Post-demographic dividend
- GDP (current US$), annual growth rate 5.91 % change on previous year (2025)
- Imports of goods and services 19.68 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Imports of goods and services 16.34 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Imports of goods and services 4.2% (2025)
- Imports of goods and services 29.2% (2025)
- External balance on goods and services -0.3% (2025)
- Trade 58.9% (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added 21.0% (2021)
- Industry (including construction), value added 11.81 trillion current US$ (2021)
- GDP (current US$), per capita 59,490 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing, value added in Post-demographic dividend?
- Manufacturing, value added in Post-demographic dividend was 12.7% in 2021, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest manufacturing, value added recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 17.9% in 1997.
- What is the lowest manufacturing, value added recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.7% in 2021.
- How does Post-demographic dividend rank for manufacturing, value added?
- Post-demographic dividend ranks 30th out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is manufacturing, value added rising or falling in Post-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Post-demographic dividend 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.