Most Manufacturing-Intensive Economies
This chart ranks countries by manufacturing value added as a share of GDP. Unlike the broader industry measure, this excludes mining, construction and utilities, isolating factory production alone.
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Most Manufacturing-Intensive EconomiesPuerto Rico leads with manufacturing at 44.1% of GDP, roughly 15 points clear of Ireland on 29.6%, and both figures are shaped by pharmaceutical plants operated by multinationals rather than by domestic industrial tradition. Removing mining and construction transforms the picture entirely: not one of the oil states that dominate the broader industry ranking appears here. Instead Asia's factory economies emerge, with Cambodia on 27.8%, South Korea on 26.6%, China on 24.8%, Vietnam on 24.3%, Thailand on 24.2% and Malaysia on 22.5% taking six of the eleven places. South Korea is the only high-income country in that group, showing how rare it is for a wealthy nation to stay this manufacturing-heavy as services expand.
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