Manufacturing share of GDP — all countries

Manufacturing share of GDP — Sri Lanka

Manufacturing share of GDP in Sri Lanka in 2025 — 17.1%. Ranked 28 in the world out of 132. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 0.8 pp.

2025 17.1% −0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 28of 132
Period maximum 22%1977
Period minimum 13.1%1983

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Manufacturing share of GDP — Sri Lanka, 1960–202512.51517.52022.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 16.4%1962: 16.6%1964: 16.2%1966: 16%1968: 16.1%1970: 16.1%1972: 17%1974: 18.3%1976: 18.6%1978: 19%1980: 16.6%1982: 13.7%1984: 13.6%1986: 13.9%1988: 14.1%1990: 13.4%1992: 14%1994: 13.9%1996: 14.7%1998: 14.8%2000: 15.1%2002: 19.1%2004: 18.7%2006: 19.2%2008: 18%2010: 18.5%2012: 19.7%2014: 17.2%2016: 16%2018: 15%2020: 16.3%2022: 19.7%2024: 17.5%2025: 17.1%
Change over the period: +0.8 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Sri Lanka 17.1%
World 14.9%
South Asia 14.3%
Southern Asia computed 14.2%
Manufacturing share of GDP — Sri Lanka, by year Sri Lanka All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 17.1 −0.4 pp
2024 17.5 −0.5 pp
2023 18 −1.7 pp
2022 19.7 +1.7 pp
2021 18 +1.7 pp
2020 16.3 +0.1 pp
2019 16.2 +1.1 pp
2018 15 +0.1 pp
2017 14.9 −1.1 pp
2016 16 −0.2 pp
2015 16.2 −1 pp
2014 17.2 −0.9 pp
2013 18.1 −1.7 pp
2012 19.7 +1.1 pp
2011 18.6 +0.2 pp
2010 18.5 +0.3 pp
2009 18.1 +0.2 pp
2008 18 −0.5 pp
2007 18.5 −0.7 pp
2006 19.2 −0.3 pp
2005 19.5 +0.8 pp
2004 18.7 +0.1 pp
2003 18.6 −0.5 pp
2002 19.1 +5 pp
2001 14.1 −0.9 pp
2000 15.1 +0.3 pp
1999 14.7 −0.1 pp
1998 14.8 +0 pp
1997 14.8 +0.1 pp
1996 14.7 +0.6 pp
1995 14.1 +0.2 pp
1994 13.9 +0.1 pp
1993 13.8 −0.2 pp
1992 14 +0.6 pp
1991 13.4 −0 pp
1990 13.4 −0.5 pp
1989 13.9 −0.2 pp
1988 14.1 −0.4 pp
1987 14.5 +0.6 pp
1986 13.9 +0.4 pp
1985 13.5 −0.1 pp
1984 13.6 +0.5 pp
1983 13.1 −0.6 pp
1982 13.7 −1.5 pp
1981 15.2 −1.5 pp
1980 16.6 −1.5 pp
1979 18.1 −0.9 pp
1978 19 −3.1 pp
1977 22 +3.4 pp
1976 18.6 −0.8 pp
1975 19.4 +1.1 pp
1974 18.3 +1.3 pp
1973 17 −0 pp
1972 17 −0.1 pp
1971 17.1 +1 pp
1970 16.1 −1.2 pp
1969 17.3 +1.2 pp
1968 16.1 +1 pp
1967 15.1 −0.9 pp
1966 16 −1.5 pp
1965 17.5 +1.3 pp
1964 16.2 −0.2 pp
1963 16.4 −0.2 pp
1962 16.6 +0.6 pp
1961 15.9 −0.4 pp
1960 16.4

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.