Data for 1984
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1984
1984, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1984 covers 92 countries. Puerto Rico is highest, at 38.465; Brunei is lowest, at 0.273. The middle country reads 13.232. Against 1983, 92 values changed (65 up, 27 down), 1 left.
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP) · Data for 1984
HighestPuerto Rico
38.465LowestBrunei
0.273Shaded 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), 1984, 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 92 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRICaribbean | 38.465 |
| 2 | BRASouth America | 33.991 |
| 3 | ARGSouth America | 29.708 |
| 4 | URYSouth America | 27.278 |
| 5 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 25.753 |
| 6 | MLTSouthern Europe | 24.762 |
| 7 | KOREastern Asia | 24.606 |
| 8 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 23.344 |
| 9 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 22.909 |
| 10 | CHLSouth America | 22.610 |
| 11 | CRICentral America | 22.493 |
| 12 | FINNorthern Europe | 22.303 |
| 13 | ECUSouth America | 22.142 |
| 14 | COLSouth America | 22.111 |
| 15 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 21.402 |
| 16 | SWENorthern Europe | 20.977 |
| 17 | ZMBEastern Africa | 20.495 |
| 18 | ZWEEastern Africa | 20.484 |
| 19 | AUTWestern Europe | 20.350 |
| 20 | MARNorthern Africa | 20.159 |
| 21 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 19.665 |
| 22 | MEXCentral America | 18.514 |
| 23 | TURWestern Asia | 18.057 |
| 24 | NGAWestern Africa | 17.736 |
| 25 | FRAWestern Europe | 17.071 |
| 26 | SLVCentral America | 17.068 |
| 27 | PANCentral America | 16.762 |
| 28 | INDSouthern Asia | 16.708 |
| 29 | HNDCentral America | 16.316 |
| 30 | VENSouth America | 16.230 |
| 31 | CYPWestern Asia | 16.091 |
| 32 | GTMCentral America | 15.856 |
| 33 | DNKNorthern Europe | 15.850 |
| 34 | NLDWestern Europe | 15.758 |
| 35 | BGDSouthern Asia | 15.604 |
| 36 | PRYSouth America | 15.562 |
| 37 | SWZSouthern Africa | 15.257 |
| 38 | BFAWestern Africa | 15.111 |
| 39 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 15.063 |
| 40 | MUSEastern Africa | 15.000 |
| 41 | BLZCentral America | 14.879 |
| 42 | TUNNorthern Africa | 14.842 |
| 43 | DOMCaribbean | 14.732 |
| 44 | PAKSouthern Asia | 14.387 |
| 45 | RWAEastern Africa | 13.955 |
| 46 | LKASouthern Asia | 13.587 |
| 47 | TCDMiddle Africa | 12.876 |
| 48 | EGYNorthern Africa | 12.816 |
| 49 | NORNorthern Europe | 11.778 |
| 50 | SURSouth America | 11.400 |
| 51 | BOLSouth America | 11.333 |
| 52 | CMRMiddle Africa | 11.221 |
| 53 | GUYSouth America | 11.004 |
| 54 | PNGMelanesia | 10.987 |
| 55 | KENEastern Africa | 10.330 |
| 56 | JORWestern Asia | 10.242 |
| 57 | NAMSouthern Africa | 9.877 |
| 58 | BRBCaribbean | 9.749 |
| 59 | VCTCaribbean | 9.495 |
| 60 | IRNSouthern Asia | 9.467 |
| 61 | AREWestern Asia | 9.144 |
| 62 | IRQWestern Asia | 8.939 |
| 63 | SYCEastern Africa | 8.826 |
| 64 | FJIMelanesia | 8.819 |
| 65 | KIRMicronesia | 8.750 |
| 66 | GMBWestern Africa | 8.677 |
| 67 | KNACaribbean | 8.496 |
| 68 | LSOSouthern Africa | 8.157 |
| 69 | BENWestern Africa | 7.925 |
| 70 | BDIEastern Africa | 7.833 |
| 71 | CUBCaribbean | 7.763 |
| 72 | SDNNorthern Africa | 7.743 |
| 73 | SAUWestern Asia | 7.567 |
| 74 | QATWestern Asia | 7.314 |
| 75 | NERWestern Africa | 7.016 |
| 76 | BTNSouthern Asia | 6.668 |
| 77 | GHAWestern Africa | 6.396 |
| 78 | UGAEastern Africa | 6.114 |
| 79 | SLEWestern Africa | 5.514 |
| 80 | GABMiddle Africa | 5.372 |
| 81 | MLIWestern Africa | 5.204 |
| 82 | TONPolynesia | 5.149 |
| 83 | BWASouthern Africa | 5.043 |
| 84 | COGMiddle Africa | 4.851 |
| 85 | ETHEastern Africa | 4.829 |
| 86 | DMACaribbean | 4.762 |
| 87 | NPLSouthern Asia | 4.610 |
| 88 | SOMEastern Africa | 4.506 |
| 89 | ATGCaribbean | 3.517 |
| 90 | GRDCaribbean | 3.480 |
| 91 | VUTMelanesia | 3.257 |
| 92 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 0.273 |
02In 1984
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Puerto Rico38.465
- 2
Brazil33.991
- 3
Argentina29.708
- 4
Uruguay27.278
- 5
New Zealand25.753
Lowest
- 92
Brunei0.273
- 91
Vanuatu3.257
- 90
Grenada3.480
- 89
Antigua and Barbuda3.517
- 88
Somalia4.506
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 13.232. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031983 → 1984
Since 1983
What changed between 1983 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −1countries joined / left
- 92values changed, of 92 in both
- 65 · 27rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Fell most
Nigeria21.098 → 17.736−3.362
Dominican Republic16.561 → 14.732−1.829
Venezuela17.883 → 16.230−1.654
Rwanda15.355 → 13.955−1.400
Dominica6.018 → 4.762−1.257
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 1984.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 92 countries has every column.
05The files
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Cite this edition
World Bank Group (1984). Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/manufacturing-value-added/1984
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07Questions
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1984: questions and answers
Which country has the highest Manufacturing share of GDP in Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1984?
Puerto Rico, at 38.465, of the 92 countries in the file.
What year does Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1984 describe?
1984.
How many countries does Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1984 cover?
92.
Where can I download Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1984?
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), 1984 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 2025.