Manufacturing share of GDP — all countries

Manufacturing share of GDP — Latin America & Caribbean

Manufacturing share of GDP in Latin America & Caribbean in 2025 — 17.1%. Since 1965, the indicator has fallen by 34.1 pp.

2025 17.1% −0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 51.2%1965
Period minimum 16%2013

Trend over time

1965–2025 · % of GDP

Manufacturing share of GDP — Latin America & Caribbean, 1965–20250204060196519711977198319891995200120072013201920251965: 51.2%1967: 44.2%1969: 45.3%1971: 44%1973: 42.6%1975: 39%1977: 37.7%1979: 36%1981: 28.1%1983: 28%1985: 28.5%1987: 28.1%1989: 29.1%1991: 24.3%1993: 24.9%1995: 20.2%1997: 19.9%1999: 19.8%2001: 20.1%2003: 20.8%2005: 19.6%2007: 18.6%2009: 17.1%2011: 16.5%2013: 16%2015: 17.1%2017: 16.6%2019: 16.7%2021: 18%2023: 18.5%2025: 17.1%
Change over the period: −34.1 pp Annual average: -0.57 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 17.1%
World 14.9%
Manufacturing share of GDP — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 17.1 −0.6 pp
2024 17.7 −0.9 pp
2023 18.5 −0.2 pp
2022 18.7 +0.7 pp
2021 18 +0.7 pp
2020 17.3 +0.6 pp
2019 16.7 −0.1 pp
2018 16.9 +0.2 pp
2017 16.6 −0.4 pp
2016 17 −0.2 pp
2015 17.1 +1.1 pp
2014 16 +0 pp
2013 16 −0.1 pp
2012 16.1 −0.4 pp
2011 16.5 −0.4 pp
2010 16.9 −0.3 pp
2009 17.1 −0.9 pp
2008 18.1 −0.6 pp
2007 18.6 −0.6 pp
2006 19.3 −0.3 pp
2005 19.6 −0.8 pp
2004 20.4 −0.4 pp
2003 20.8 +0.6 pp
2002 20.2 +0.1 pp
2001 20.1 +0 pp
2000 20.1 +0.3 pp
1999 19.8 +0.2 pp
1998 19.6 −0.3 pp
1997 19.9 +0.1 pp
1996 19.8 −0.4 pp
1995 20.2 −3.9 pp
1994 24.1 −0.8 pp
1993 24.9 +0.8 pp
1992 24.1 −0.2 pp
1991 24.3 −0.8 pp
1990 25.1 −4 pp
1989 29.1 −0.3 pp
1988 29.4 +1.3 pp
1987 28.1 −0.7 pp
1986 28.9 +0.4 pp
1985 28.5 −0 pp
1984 28.5 +0.5 pp
1983 28 −0.8 pp
1982 28.8 +0.8 pp
1981 28.1 +3.8 pp
1980 24.3 −11.7 pp
1979 36 −2 pp
1978 37.9 +0.3 pp
1977 37.7 −0.3 pp
1976 37.9 −1.1 pp
1975 39 −4.5 pp
1974 43.5 +0.9 pp
1973 42.6 −0.3 pp
1972 42.9 −1.1 pp
1971 44 +1 pp
1970 43 −2.3 pp
1969 45.3 +1.3 pp
1968 44 −0.2 pp
1967 44.2 −4.4 pp
1966 48.7 −2.5 pp
1965 51.2

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.