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Manufacturing share of GDP — all countries

Manufacturing share of GDP — Laos

Manufacturing share of GDP in Laos in 2025 — 9.1%. Ranked 84 in the world out of 132. Since 1989, the indicator has risen by 5.3 pp.

2025 9.1% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 84of 132
Period maximum 15.6%1997
Period minimum 3.8%1989

Trend over time

1989–2025 · % of GDP

Manufacturing share of GDP — Laos, 1989–20250510152019891993199720012005200920132017202120251989: 3.8%1990: 4.2%1991: 5.2%1992: 5.6%1993: 5.5%1994: 5.5%1995: 6%1996: 6.6%1997: 15.6%1998: 8.7%1999: 8.7%2000: 8.7%2001: 9.1%2002: 10.1%2003: 9.8%2004: 10.1%2005: 9.6%2006: 9.5%2007: 10.1%2008: 10.1%2009: 11.7%2010: 11.1%2011: 10.7%2012: 9%2013: 8.4%2014: 8.4%2015: 8.2%2016: 7.8%2017: 7.5%2018: 7.5%2019: 7.6%2020: 7.7%2021: 8.7%2022: 8.8%2023: 9.2%2024: 9.1%2025: 9.1%
Change over the period: +5.3 pp Annual average: 0.15 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Laos

Laos 9.1%
World 14.9%
East Asia & Pacific 22.3%
South-Eastern Asia computed 20.2%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 14.6%
Manufacturing share of GDP — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 9.1 +0.1 pp
2024 9.1 −0.2 pp
2023 9.2 +0.4 pp
2022 8.8 +0.1 pp
2021 8.7 +1 pp
2020 7.7 +0 pp
2019 7.6 +0.2 pp
2018 7.5 −0 pp
2017 7.5 −0.3 pp
2016 7.8 −0.4 pp
2015 8.2 −0.2 pp
2014 8.4 −0 pp
2013 8.4 −0.5 pp
2012 9 −1.7 pp
2011 10.7 −0.4 pp
2010 11.1 −0.6 pp
2009 11.7 +1.6 pp
2008 10.1 +0 pp
2007 10.1 +0.6 pp
2006 9.5 −0.2 pp
2005 9.6 −0.5 pp
2004 10.1 +0.3 pp
2003 9.8 −0.3 pp
2002 10.1 +1 pp
2001 9.1 +0.4 pp
2000 8.7 +0 pp
1999 8.7 +0 pp
1998 8.7 −6.9 pp
1997 15.6 +9 pp
1996 6.6 +0.6 pp
1995 6 +0.5 pp
1994 5.5 +0 pp
1993 5.5 −0.1 pp
1992 5.6 +0.4 pp
1991 5.2 +1 pp
1990 4.2 +0.4 pp
1989 3.8 —

South-Eastern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

KH Cambodia 29 MM Myanmar 25.1 VN Vietnam 24.5 TH Thailand 23.7 MY Malaysia 22.1 ID Indonesia 19.1 SG Singapore 17.4 PH Philippines 15.3 BN Brunei Darussalam 9.9 LA Laos 9.1
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About the indicator

The share of manufacturing value added in GDP. This is the cleanest indicator of an industrial base: unlike the share of industry as a whole it excludes mining and construction. A rising share usually accompanies industrialization, while its decline in advanced countries marks the shift to a service economy.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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