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Manufacturing’s Share of the Economy: Brazil and Its Peers
Manufacturing value added, % of GDP, yearly: Brazil, the United States, China, Germany, Mexico and India
1 of 6 series is above their level a year earlier
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, NV.IND.MANF.ZS (CC BY 4.0); the United States from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, GDP by Industry (Palanor calculation; the World Bank’s U.S. series stops earlier). The World Bank’s data start in 1991 for Germany and 2004 for China, and BEA’s in 1997. Shares are of nominal GDP. Brazil’s line has breaks where its national accounts were revised.
Manufacturing’s share of Brazil’s economy has fallen by about two thirds since the early 1980s. The chart sets it beside the United States, China, Germany, Mexico and India on the same measure.
What this chart reads·6 series
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- Brazil · Manufacturing Value Added · % of GDPas “Brazil”latest 2025-12-31
- United States · Manufacturing Value Added · % of GDPas “United States”latest 2025-12-31
- China · Manufacturing Value Added · % of GDPas “China”latest 2025-12-31
- Germany · Manufacturing Value Added · % of GDPas “Germany”latest 2025-12-31
- Mexico · Manufacturing Value Added · % of GDPas “Mexico”latest 2025-12-31
- India · Manufacturing Value Added · % of GDPas “India”latest 2025-12-31
Sources·6 sources
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Brazil · Manufacturing Value Added · % of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.IND.MANF.ZS ("Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)"), from national statistical offices, central banks and World Bank staff estimates: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NV.IND.MANF.ZS. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (the indicator's WDI License_Type). WDI marks some missing years as 0; Palanor drops those, and otherwise stores the World Bank's values unchanged. Palanor reads it with.
United States · Manufacturing Value Added · % of GDP. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, GDP by Industry, table TVA105 (value added by industry, annual, current dollars), line 12 "Manufacturing" over line 1 "Gross domestic product", from https://apps.bea.gov/industry/Release/XLS/GDPxInd/ValueAdded.xlsx. A Palanor calculation: the World Bank's own U.S. series (NV.IND.MANF.ZS) is BEA's figure but stops in 2021 and carries an earlier BEA vintage, so Palanor divides BEA's current figures itself. BEA states the information on its site is in the public domain and may be used without specific permission. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Refreshed monthly.
China · Manufacturing Value Added · % of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.IND.MANF.ZS ("Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)"), from national statistical offices, central banks and World Bank staff estimates: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NV.IND.MANF.ZS. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (the indicator's WDI License_Type). WDI marks some missing years as 0; Palanor drops those, and otherwise stores the World Bank's values unchanged. Palanor reads it with.
Germany · Manufacturing Value Added · % of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.IND.MANF.ZS ("Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)"), from national statistical offices, central banks and World Bank staff estimates: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NV.IND.MANF.ZS. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (the indicator's WDI License_Type). WDI marks some missing years as 0; Palanor drops those, and otherwise stores the World Bank's values unchanged. Palanor reads it with.
Mexico · Manufacturing Value Added · % of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.IND.MANF.ZS ("Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)"), from national statistical offices, central banks and World Bank staff estimates: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NV.IND.MANF.ZS. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (the indicator's WDI License_Type). WDI marks some missing years as 0; Palanor drops those, and otherwise stores the World Bank's values unchanged. Palanor reads it with.
India · Manufacturing Value Added · % of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.IND.MANF.ZS ("Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)"), from national statistical offices, central banks and World Bank staff estimates: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NV.IND.MANF.ZS. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (the indicator's WDI License_Type). WDI marks some missing years as 0; Palanor drops those, and otherwise stores the World Bank's values unchanged. Palanor reads it with.
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