Manufacturing share of GDP — all countries

Manufacturing share of GDP — Nepal

Manufacturing share of GDP in Nepal in 2025 — 5%. Ranked 115 in the world out of 132. Since 1965, the indicator has risen by 1.7 pp.

2025 5% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 115of 132
Period maximum 9%1996
Period minimum 3.3%1965

Trend over time

1965–2025 · % of GDP

Manufacturing share of GDP — Nepal, 1965–2025246810196519711977198319891995200120072013201920251965: 3.3%1967: 3.4%1969: 3.8%1971: 3.8%1973: 4%1975: 4%1977: 4.3%1979: 3.8%1981: 3.8%1983: 4.3%1985: 5.4%1987: 5.9%1989: 5.4%1991: 6.4%1993: 8.3%1995: 8.9%1997: 8.8%1999: 8.9%2001: 8.7%2003: 7.9%2005: 7.6%2007: 7.2%2009: 6.6%2011: 5.4%2013: 5.8%2015: 5.4%2017: 4.9%2019: 5%2021: 4.8%2023: 4.5%2025: 5%
Change over the period: +1.7 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Nepal 5%
World 14.9%
South Asia 14.3%
Southern Asia computed 14.2%
Manufacturing share of GDP — Nepal, by year Nepal All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 5 −0 pp
2024 5 +0.5 pp
2023 4.5 −0.3 pp
2022 4.8 +0.1 pp
2021 4.8 +0.3 pp
2020 4.5 −0.5 pp
2019 5 +0.1 pp
2018 4.9 +0.1 pp
2017 4.9 −0 pp
2016 4.9 −0.5 pp
2015 5.4 −0.3 pp
2014 5.6 −0.1 pp
2013 5.8 −0 pp
2012 5.8 +0.4 pp
2011 5.4 −0.5 pp
2010 5.9 −0.7 pp
2009 6.6 −0.4 pp
2008 7 −0.2 pp
2007 7.2 −0.1 pp
2006 7.3 −0.3 pp
2005 7.6 −0.1 pp
2004 7.8 −0.1 pp
2003 7.9 −0.3 pp
2002 8.2 −0.5 pp
2001 8.7 −0.1 pp
2000 8.8 −0 pp
1999 8.9 −0.1 pp
1998 9 +0.1 pp
1997 8.8 −0.2 pp
1996 9 +0.1 pp
1995 8.9 −0 pp
1994 9 +0.6 pp
1993 8.3 −0.1 pp
1992 8.4 +2 pp
1991 6.4 +0.6 pp
1990 5.8 +0.3 pp
1989 5.4 −0.6 pp
1988 6 +0.1 pp
1987 5.9 +0 pp
1986 5.8 +0.4 pp
1985 5.4 +0.8 pp
1984 4.6 +0.3 pp
1983 4.3 +0.3 pp
1982 4 +0.2 pp
1981 3.8 −0.2 pp
1980 4 +0.2 pp
1979 3.8 −0.2 pp
1978 4 −0.2 pp
1977 4.3 +0.3 pp
1976 4 −0 pp
1975 4 −0.1 pp
1974 4.1 +0.1 pp
1973 4 +0.1 pp
1972 3.9 +0.2 pp
1971 3.8 +0.1 pp
1970 3.7 −0.2 pp
1969 3.8 +0.3 pp
1968 3.6 +0.2 pp
1967 3.4 −0 pp
1966 3.4 +0.1 pp
1965 3.3

Southern Asia, 2025

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

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.