Data for 1982
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1982
1982, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1982 covers 89 countries. Puerto Rico is highest, at 36.531; Brunei is lowest, at 0.297. The middle country reads 12.350. Against 1981, 89 values changed (36 up, 53 down), the same countries are covered.
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP) · Data for 1982
HighestPuerto Rico
36.531LowestBrunei
0.297Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1982, 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 89 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRICaribbean | 36.531 |
| 2 | BRASouth America | 33.894 |
| 3 | ARGSouth America | 31.360 |
| 4 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 26.623 |
| 5 | MLTSouthern Europe | 24.786 |
| 6 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 24.117 |
| 7 | FINNorthern Europe | 22.663 |
| 8 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 22.293 |
| 9 | KOREastern Asia | 21.812 |
| 10 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 21.322 |
| 11 | COLSouth America | 21.220 |
| 12 | AUTWestern Europe | 20.808 |
| 13 | CRICentral America | 20.335 |
| 14 | NGAWestern Africa | 20.332 |
| 15 | TURWestern Asia | 20.000 |
| 16 | ECUSouth America | 19.722 |
| 17 | SWENorthern Europe | 19.660 |
| 18 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 19.399 |
| 19 | CHLSouth America | 19.232 |
| 20 | ZWEEastern Africa | 19.183 |
| 21 | MARNorthern Africa | 18.909 |
| 22 | ZMBEastern Africa | 18.599 |
| 23 | DOMCaribbean | 17.599 |
| 24 | VENSouth America | 17.461 |
| 25 | FRAWestern Europe | 17.301 |
| 26 | SWZSouthern Africa | 17.269 |
| 27 | CYPWestern Asia | 17.026 |
| 28 | MEXCentral America | 16.959 |
| 29 | SLVCentral America | 16.577 |
| 30 | INDSouthern Asia | 16.370 |
| 31 | PRYSouth America | 15.934 |
| 32 | GTMCentral America | 15.747 |
| 33 | HNDCentral America | 15.280 |
| 34 | DNKNorthern Europe | 14.997 |
| 35 | NLDWestern Europe | 14.925 |
| 36 | PANCentral America | 14.717 |
| 37 | BFAWestern Africa | 14.397 |
| 38 | BGDSouthern Asia | 13.939 |
| 39 | LKASouthern Asia | 13.705 |
| 40 | PAKSouthern Asia | 13.634 |
| 41 | RWAEastern Africa | 13.483 |
| 42 | MUSEastern Africa | 13.128 |
| 43 | GUYSouth America | 12.379 |
| 44 | BLZCentral America | 12.352 |
| 45 | SURSouth America | 12.350 |
| 46 | EGYNorthern Africa | 12.184 |
| 47 | NORNorthern Europe | 11.933 |
| 48 | CMRMiddle Africa | 11.369 |
| 49 | TUNNorthern Africa | 11.117 |
| 50 | KENEastern Africa | 10.600 |
| 51 | JORWestern Asia | 10.345 |
| 52 | IRNSouthern Asia | 10.144 |
| 53 | KIRMicronesia | 10.137 |
| 54 | NAMSouthern Africa | 9.994 |
| 55 | FJIMelanesia | 9.777 |
| 56 | PNGMelanesia | 9.410 |
| 57 | BENWestern Africa | 9.097 |
| 58 | BRBCaribbean | 8.783 |
| 59 | BDIEastern Africa | 8.246 |
| 60 | VCTCaribbean | 8.080 |
| 61 | KNACaribbean | 8.034 |
| 62 | SYCEastern Africa | 8.018 |
| 63 | AREWestern Asia | 7.927 |
| 64 | CUBCaribbean | 7.840 |
| 65 | IRQWestern Asia | 7.641 |
| 66 | BOLSouth America | 7.504 |
| 67 | BWASouthern Africa | 6.789 |
| 68 | SDNNorthern Africa | 6.589 |
| 69 | SLEWestern Africa | 6.497 |
| 70 | DMACaribbean | 6.290 |
| 71 | UGAEastern Africa | 6.246 |
| 72 | BTNSouthern Asia | 5.821 |
| 73 | LSOSouthern Africa | 5.290 |
| 74 | QATWestern Asia | 5.021 |
| 75 | SOMEastern Africa | 4.888 |
| 76 | SAUWestern Asia | 4.780 |
| 77 | COGMiddle Africa | 4.775 |
| 78 | GMBWestern Africa | 4.650 |
| 79 | GABMiddle Africa | 4.290 |
| 80 | ETHEastern Africa | 4.165 |
| 81 | TONPolynesia | 4.017 |
| 82 | NPLSouthern Asia | 4.011 |
| 83 | ATGCaribbean | 3.872 |
| 84 | NERWestern Africa | 3.861 |
| 85 | VUTMelanesia | 3.856 |
| 86 | GHAWestern Africa | 3.606 |
| 87 | GRDCaribbean | 3.543 |
| 88 | MLIWestern Africa | 3.217 |
| 89 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 0.297 |
02In 1982
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Puerto Rico36.531
- 2
Brazil33.894
- 3
Argentina31.360
- 4
New Zealand26.623
- 5
Malta24.786
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 12.350. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031981 → 1982
Since 1981
What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 89values changed, of 89 in both
- 36 · 53rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Uganda1.869 → 6.246+4.376
Dominican Republic14.984 → 17.599+2.615
Argentina28.765 → 31.360+2.595
Benin6.640 → 9.097+2.458
Cameroon9.669 → 11.369+1.700
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 1982.
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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World Bank Group’s own file, on its own site.
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Cite this edition
World Bank Group (1982). Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/manufacturing-value-added/1982
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07Questions
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1982: questions and answers
Which country has the highest Manufacturing share of GDP in Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1982?
Puerto Rico, at 36.531, of the 89 countries in the file.
What year does Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1982 describe?
1982.
How many countries does Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1982 cover?
89.
Where can I download Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1982?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1982 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 2025.