Data for 1981

Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1981

Name: Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1981
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1981, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1981 covers 89 countries. Puerto Rico is highest, at 36.31; Brunei is lowest, at 0.23. The middle country reads 13.31. Against 1980, 87 values changed (43 up, 44 down), 2 countries joined.

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Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP) · Data for 1981

HighestPuerto Rico

36.31

LowestBrunei

0.23

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

89countries
1measure
1981the year it describes
89distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1981, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1981: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	36.31
2	Brazil`BRA`South America	34.35
3	Argentina`ARG`South America	28.77
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	26.04
5	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	25.76
6	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	25.46
7	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	24.86
8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	23.39
9	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	22.64
10	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	21.77
11	Chile`CHL`South America	21.62
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	21.44
13	Colombia`COL`South America	21.31
14	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	21.30
15	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	20.38
16	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	20.26
17	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	19.69
18	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	19.44
19	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	19.14
20	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	18.94
21	Ecuador`ECU`South America	18.49
22	Mexico`MEX`Central America	17.91
23	France`FRA`Western Europe	17.89
24	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	17.79
25	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	17.74
26	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	17.60
27	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	17.06
28	India`IND`Southern Asia	16.77
29	Venezuela`VEN`South America	16.51
30	Paraguay`PRY`South America	16.04
31	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	16.03
32	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.74
33	Belize`BLZ`Central America	15.70
34	Panama`PAN`Central America	15.43
35	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	15.28
36	Suriname`SUR`South America	15.24
37	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	15.16
38	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	15.09
39	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	14.98
40	Honduras`HND`Central America	14.95
41	Bolivia`BOL`South America	14.72
42	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.43
43	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	13.98
44	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	13.46
45	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	13.31
46	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	12.74
47	Guyana`GUY`South America	12.59
48	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	12.42
49	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	11.87
50	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	10.84
51	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	10.59
52	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	10.58
53	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	10.57
54	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	9.91
55	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	9.67
56	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	9.65
57	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	9.48
58	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	8.46
59	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	8.28
60	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	8.19
61	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	8.07
62	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	8.01
63	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	7.89
64	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	7.31
65	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	6.80
66	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	6.64
67	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	6.41
68	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	6.37
69	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	6.33
70	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	6.06
71	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.97
72	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5.95
73	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	5.90
74	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	5.67
75	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	5.24
76	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4.73
77	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	4.72
78	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.29
79	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	4.23
80	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4.17
81	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4.03
82	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.97
83	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.93
84	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.84
85	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	3.75
86	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3.67
87	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2.31
88	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.87
89	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.23

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Puerto Rico36.31
2Brazil34.35
3Argentina28.77
4New Zealand26.04
5Singapore25.76

Lowest

89Brunei0.23
88Uganda1.87
87Grenada2.31
86Vanuatu3.67
85Antigua and Barbuda3.75

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 13.31. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
87values changed, of 87 in both
43 · 44rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Brazil21.99 → 34.35+12.37
Bhutan2.99 → 5.90+2.91
Jordan8.07 → 10.84+2.77
United Arab Emirates3.73 → 6.41+2.68
Türkiye17.09 → 19.44+2.35

Fell most

Belize18.73 → 15.70−3.02
Uganda4.26 → 1.87−2.39
Colombia23.27 → 21.31−1.96
Tonga6.08 → 4.17−1.90
Panama17.32 → 15.43−1.89

+ Ethiopia

+ Nigeria

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.

How values are stored

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 1981.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 89 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1981). Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/manufacturing-value-added/1981

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