Data for 1987
Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP), 1987
1987, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP), 1987 covers 113 countries. Brunei is highest, at 82.018; Uganda is lowest, at 9.721. The middle country reads 26.813. Against 1986, 110 values changed (61 up, 49 down), 3 countries joined, 1 left.
Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP) · Data for 1987
HighestBrunei
82.018LowestUganda
9.721Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP), 1987, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 113 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 82.018 |
| 2 | BGREastern Europe | 61.466 |
| 3 | BWASouthern Africa | 58.025 |
| 4 | OMNWestern Asia | 56.769 |
| 5 | AREWestern Asia | 54.681 |
| 6 | MLTSouthern Europe | 53.717 |
| 7 | GABMiddle Africa | 48.848 |
| 8 | QATWestern Asia | 47.032 |
| 9 | VENSouth America | 45.185 |
| 10 | UKREastern Europe | 45.121 |
| 11 | TTOCaribbean | 43.879 |
| 12 | CHNEastern Asia | 43.242 |
| 13 | BRASouth America | 42.895 |
| 14 | TJKCentral Asia | 42.742 |
| 15 | IRQWestern Asia | 42.018 |
| 16 | PRICaribbean | 41.209 |
| 17 | ZMBEastern Africa | 41.125 |
| 18 | TKMCentral Asia | 40.000 |
| 19 | SAUWestern Asia | 39.367 |
| 20 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 38.527 |
| 21 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 38.169 |
| 22 | ARGSouth America | 37.829 |
| 23 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 36.664 |
| 24 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 36.254 |
| 25 | URYSouth America | 35.833 |
| 26 | COGMiddle Africa | 35.788 |
| 27 | KOREastern Asia | 35.658 |
| 28 | CHLSouth America | 35.636 |
| 29 | UZBCentral Asia | 35.340 |
| 30 | GEOWestern Asia | 35.169 |
| 31 | COLSouth America | 34.748 |
| 32 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 33.343 |
| 33 | NGAWestern Africa | 32.887 |
| 34 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 32.617 |
| 35 | SWZSouthern Africa | 31.926 |
| 36 | PNGMelanesia | 31.682 |
| 37 | TURWestern Asia | 31.394 |
| 38 | NAMSouthern Africa | 30.531 |
| 39 | FINNorthern Europe | 30.487 |
| 40 | BOLSouth America | 30.352 |
| 41 | AUTWestern Europe | 30.230 |
| 42 | MEXCentral America | 30.213 |
| 43 | ZWEEastern Africa | 29.560 |
| 44 | TUNNorthern Africa | 29.472 |
| 45 | CMRMiddle Africa | 29.053 |
| 46 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 28.778 |
| 47 | NORNorthern Europe | 28.669 |
| 48 | SWENorthern Europe | 28.600 |
| 49 | MNGEastern Asia | 28.393 |
| 50 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 28.362 |
| 51 | PRYSouth America | 27.803 |
| 52 | LKASouthern Asia | 27.781 |
| 53 | MARNorthern Africa | 27.608 |
| 54 | CRICentral America | 27.574 |
| 55 | CYPWestern Asia | 27.497 |
| 56 | ECUSouth America | 27.196 |
| 57 | MUSEastern Africa | 26.813 |
| 58 | MRTWestern Africa | 26.774 |
| 59 | INDSouthern Asia | 26.699 |
| 60 | BTNSouthern Asia | 26.661 |
| 61 | GUYSouth America | 26.014 |
| 62 | EGYNorthern Africa | 25.942 |
| 63 | MWIEastern Africa | 25.777 |
| 64 | NLDWestern Europe | 25.676 |
| 65 | SLVCentral America | 25.585 |
| 66 | IRNSouthern Asia | 24.979 |
| 67 | FRAWestern Europe | 24.837 |
| 68 | PANCentral America | 24.257 |
| 69 | BLZCentral America | 23.902 |
| 70 | GINWestern Africa | 23.572 |
| 71 | SURSouth America | 23.316 |
| 72 | JORWestern Asia | 22.946 |
| 73 | DNKNorthern Europe | 22.751 |
| 74 | SYCEastern Africa | 22.565 |
| 75 | BFAWestern Africa | 22.548 |
| 76 | CIVWestern Africa | 22.365 |
| 77 | HNDCentral America | 21.846 |
| 78 | PAKSouthern Asia | 21.630 |
| 79 | TGOWestern Africa | 21.071 |
| 80 | SENWestern Africa | 20.044 |
| 81 | DOMCaribbean | 19.923 |
| 82 | GTMCentral America | 19.846 |
| 83 | BGDSouthern Asia | 19.601 |
| 84 | SYRWestern Asia | 19.499 |
| 85 | FJIMelanesia | 19.252 |
| 86 | KNACaribbean | 18.796 |
| 87 | CPVWestern Africa | 18.704 |
| 88 | NERWestern Africa | 18.701 |
| 89 | SLEWestern Africa | 17.929 |
| 90 | RWAEastern Africa | 17.831 |
| 91 | VCTCaribbean | 17.195 |
| 92 | GHAWestern Africa | 16.319 |
| 93 | CUBCaribbean | 16.170 |
| 94 | KENEastern Africa | 15.930 |
| 95 | SDNNorthern Africa | 15.712 |
| 96 | BDIEastern Africa | 15.711 |
| 97 | NPLSouthern Asia | 14.961 |
| 98 | LSOSouthern Africa | 14.562 |
| 99 | GRDCaribbean | 14.175 |
| 100 | KIRMicronesia | 14.097 |
| 101 | TCDMiddle Africa | 13.970 |
| 102 | BRBCaribbean | 13.623 |
| 103 | ATGCaribbean | 13.483 |
| 104 | VUTMelanesia | 12.520 |
| 105 | BENWestern Africa | 12.366 |
| 106 | GNBWestern Africa | 12.294 |
| 107 | COMEastern Africa | 12.206 |
| 108 | GMBWestern Africa | 10.837 |
| 109 | TONPolynesia | 10.829 |
| 110 | ETHEastern Africa | 10.737 |
| 111 | MLIWestern Africa | 10.677 |
| 112 | DMACaribbean | 10.291 |
| 113 | UGAEastern Africa | 9.721 |
02In 1987
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Brunei82.018
- 2
Bulgaria61.466
- 3
Botswana58.025
- 4
Oman56.769
- 5
United Arab Emirates54.681
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 26.813. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031986 → 1987
Since 1986
What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +3 / −1countries joined / left
- 110values changed, of 110 in both
- 61 · 49rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Fell most
Guinea-Bissau19.803 → 12.294−7.509
Rwanda23.084 → 17.831−5.252
Namibia35.720 → 30.531−5.188
Mauritania31.105 → 26.774−4.331
Cameroon32.486 → 29.053−3.433
Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1987.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 113 countries has every column.
05The files
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World Bank Group (1987). Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP), 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/industry-value-added/1987
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Other years
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Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP), 1986111 countries
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Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP), 1988114 countries
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Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP): every year51 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP), 1987: questions and answers
Which country has the highest Industry share of GDP in Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP), 1987?
Brunei, at 82.018, of the 113 countries in the file.
What year does Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP), 1987 describe?
1987.
How many countries does Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP), 1987 cover?
113.
Where can I download Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP), 1987?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP), 1987 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP), 2025.