Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP US$ in Australia

Australia: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP US$ was 5.49 % in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
5.49 %
Change on year
up 2.4%
World rank
157th
of 203 countries
All-time high
20.93 %
in 1970
All-time low
5.36 %
in 2022
Years of data
54
1970–2023

Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP US$ in Australia, 1970–2023

5101520197019962023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

Australia recorded 5.49 % for value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ in 2023.

That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and down 13.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ in Australia peaked at 20.93 % in 1970 and was at its lowest, 5.36 %, in 2022.

That places Australia 157th out of 203 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 54 years of available data.

Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP US$ in Australia, year by year

Annual values for Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP US$ in Australia, 1970 to 2023.
Year % Change
1970 20.93 %
1971 20.54 % -1.9%
1972 20.19 % -1.7%
1973 19.4 % -3.9%
1974 19.22 % -0.9%
1975 18.77 % -2.3%
1976 18.31 % -2.5%
1977 18 % -1.7%
1978 17.36 % -3.5%
1979 17.34 % -0.1%
1980 17.55 % +1.2%
1981 16.93 % -3.5%
1982 16.1 % -4.9%
1983 16.01 % -0.5%
1984 15.92 % -0.6%
1985 15.67 % -1.5%
1986 14.98 % -4.5%
1987 14.69 % -1.9%
1988 14.16 % -3.6%
1989 13.79 % -2.6%
1990 12.57 % -8.9%
1991 12.58 % +0.1%
1992 12.87 % +2.3%
1993 13.2 % +2.6%
1994 13.11 % -0.7%
1995 12.73 % -2.9%
1996 12.29 % -3.5%
1997 12.46 % +1.4%
1998 11.94 % -4.2%
1999 11.55 % -3.2%
2000 10.98 % -5.0%
2001 10.54 % -3.9%
2002 10.85 % +2.9%
2003 10.87 % +0.2%
2004 10.33 % -5.0%
2005 9.88 % -4.3%
2006 9.28 % -6.1%
2007 9.19 % -0.9%
2008 8.45 % -8.1%
2009 7.99 % -5.4%
2010 7.36 % -7.8%
2011 7.05 % -4.3%
2012 6.6 % -6.3%
2013 6.36 % -3.7%
2014 6.29 % -1.1%
2015 6.08 % -3.4%
2016 5.79 % -4.7%
2017 5.76 % -0.5%
2018 5.59 % -3.1%
2019 5.61 % +0.4%
2020 5.51 % -1.7%
2021 5.37 % -2.5%
2022 5.36 % -0.2%
2023 5.49 % +2.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 19.01 % 17.34 % 20.93 % 10
1980s 15.58 % 13.79 % 17.55 % 10
1990s 12.53 % 11.55 % 13.2 % 10
2000s 9.84 % 7.99 % 10.98 % 10
2010s 6.25 % 5.59 % 7.36 % 10
2020s 5.44 % 5.36 % 5.51 % 4

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  3. 156 Seychelles 5.56 % compare
  4. 158 Liberia 5.17 % compare
  5. 159 French Polynesia 4.84 % compare
  6. 160 Kiribati 4.72 % compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ in Australia?
Value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ in Australia was 5.49 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ recorded in Australia?
The highest recorded value was 20.93 % in 1970.
What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 5.36 % in 2022.
How does Australia rank for value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$?
Australia ranks 157th out of 203 countries with data for 2023.
Is value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ rising or falling in Australia?
Over the last ten years it is down 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Australia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP US$. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP US$
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
252 places, 12,511 data points, 1970–2023
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).