United States · Manufacturing Value Added · % of GDP

## What this measures

Value added by manufacturing in the United States as a share of gross domestic product, in percent, annual from 1997 to 2025: BEA's value added for the manufacturing industry (NAICS 31–33) divided by GDP, both in current dollars. Each value is dated December 31.

## Why it matters

Manufacturing's share of the economy is the standard measure of industrialisation and of its reverse. It frames debates over reshoring, tariffs, industrial policy and the "premature deindustrialisation" of middle-income economies whose factory share peaks early.

## How to read it

Higher means manufacturing makes up more of the economy. It peaked at 16.1% in 1997 in this record and was 9.5% in 2025. A falling share is the usual path as economies get richer and services grow, and it can fall while factory output still rises, because the share is in current prices and manufactured goods tend to get cheaper relative to services. Compare countries on the same measure (country.<iso3>.manufacturing_pct_gdp; the world and regions are manufacturing.wb.va_pct_gdp.<geo>).

## What it does not say

It is a share of nominal GDP, not a measure of real output, employment or productivity. It records where value is added, so a company that designs at home and outsources assembly abroad counts as services at home. BEA revises the whole history in its annual update each September.

## 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 by /api/cron/worldbank-sync.