Data for 1991
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1991
1991, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1991 covers 116 countries. Belarus is highest, at 44.444; Brunei is lowest, at 0.504. The middle country reads 14.123. Against 1990, 111 values changed (50 up, 61 down), 5 countries joined, 2 left.
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP) · Data for 1991
HighestBelarus
44.444LowestBrunei
0.504Shaded 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), 1991, 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 116 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BLREastern Europe | 44.444 |
| 2 | PRICaribbean | 39.215 |
| 3 | ZMBEastern Africa | 33.346 |
| 4 | ROUEastern Europe | 31.726 |
| 5 | SWZSouthern Africa | 31.544 |
| 6 | URYSouth America | 28.311 |
| 7 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 28.241 |
| 8 | KGZCentral Asia | 27.494 |
| 9 | DOMCaribbean | 26.215 |
| 10 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 25.550 |
| 11 | KOREastern Asia | 25.498 |
| 12 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 25.460 |
| 13 | DEUWestern Europe | 24.624 |
| 14 | ARGSouth America | 24.386 |
| 15 | ZWEEastern Africa | 24.095 |
| 16 | TJKCentral Asia | 24.038 |
| 17 | ECUSouth America | 23.639 |
| 18 | MKDSouthern Europe | 23.236 |
| 19 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 23.138 |
| 20 | TURWestern Asia | 22.172 |
| 21 | BRASouth America | 21.839 |
| 22 | MLTSouthern Europe | 21.345 |
| 23 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 20.956 |
| 24 | CRICentral America | 20.185 |
| 25 | MUSEastern Africa | 20.125 |
| 26 | AUTWestern Europe | 19.810 |
| 27 | NGAWestern Africa | 19.495 |
| 28 | CHEWestern Europe | 19.370 |
| 29 | ITASouthern Europe | 19.285 |
| 30 | MEXCentral America | 18.909 |
| 31 | CHLSouth America | 18.884 |
| 32 | SLVCentral America | 18.796 |
| 33 | MARNorthern Africa | 18.350 |
| 34 | COLSouth America | 17.908 |
| 35 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 17.864 |
| 36 | BOLSouth America | 17.731 |
| 37 | HNDCentral America | 17.333 |
| 38 | FINNorthern Europe | 17.156 |
| 39 | MNGEastern Asia | 16.967 |
| 40 | TUNNorthern Africa | 16.948 |
| 41 | AZEWestern Asia | 16.654 |
| 42 | CIVWestern Africa | 16.578 |
| 43 | SWENorthern Europe | 16.560 |
| 44 | GBRNorthern Europe | 16.172 |
| 45 | PERSouth America | 16.145 |
| 46 | RWAEastern Africa | 16.140 |
| 47 | MOZEastern Africa | 16.095 |
| 48 | EGYNorthern Africa | 16.018 |
| 49 | IRNSouthern Asia | 15.955 |
| 50 | FRAWestern Europe | 15.740 |
| 51 | INDSouthern Asia | 15.676 |
| 52 | PAKSouthern Asia | 15.563 |
| 53 | PANCentral America | 15.543 |
| 54 | NLDWestern Europe | 15.246 |
| 55 | GTMCentral America | 14.864 |
| 56 | DNKNorthern Europe | 14.613 |
| 57 | CYPWestern Asia | 14.200 |
| 58 | CMRMiddle Africa | 14.167 |
| 59 | PRYSouth America | 14.078 |
| 60 | BGDSouthern Asia | 13.987 |
| 61 | LKASouthern Asia | 13.379 |
| 62 | BFAWestern Africa | 13.377 |
| 63 | QATWestern Asia | 13.318 |
| 64 | MACEastern Asia | 13.043 |
| 65 | BDIEastern Africa | 12.708 |
| 66 | CPVWestern Africa | 12.578 |
| 67 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 12.486 |
| 68 | FJIMelanesia | 12.325 |
| 69 | HTICaribbean | 11.451 |
| 70 | JORWestern Asia | 11.068 |
| 71 | BLZCentral America | 10.450 |
| 72 | KENEastern Africa | 10.413 |
| 73 | TCDMiddle Africa | 10.321 |
| 74 | SYCEastern Africa | 10.172 |
| 75 | NORNorthern Europe | 10.016 |
| 76 | BRBCaribbean | 9.791 |
| 77 | NERWestern Africa | 9.671 |
| 78 | PNGMelanesia | 9.571 |
| 79 | NAMSouthern Africa | 9.493 |
| 80 | GHAWestern Africa | 9.272 |
| 81 | GMBWestern Africa | 9.213 |
| 82 | COGMiddle Africa | 8.937 |
| 83 | BTNSouthern Asia | 8.856 |
| 84 | LSOSouthern Africa | 8.596 |
| 85 | SAUWestern Asia | 8.283 |
| 86 | SURSouth America | 8.146 |
| 87 | KIRMicronesia | 7.842 |
| 88 | CUBCaribbean | 7.823 |
| 89 | KNACaribbean | 7.619 |
| 90 | AREWestern Asia | 7.423 |
| 91 | VCTCaribbean | 7.383 |
| 92 | BENWestern Africa | 7.160 |
| 93 | MRTWestern Africa | 6.408 |
| 94 | NPLSouthern Asia | 6.376 |
| 95 | SDNNorthern Africa | 6.243 |
| 96 | GABMiddle Africa | 6.172 |
| 97 | DMACaribbean | 5.877 |
| 98 | TZAEastern Africa | 5.624 |
| 99 | UGAEastern Africa | 5.438 |
| 100 | MLIWestern Africa | 5.431 |
| 101 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 5.214 |
| 102 | SLEWestern Africa | 5.038 |
| 103 | BWASouthern Africa | 4.826 |
| 104 | BHSCaribbean | 4.801 |
| 105 | NCLMelanesia | 4.786 |
| 106 | VUTMelanesia | 4.750 |
| 107 | TONPolynesia | 4.454 |
| 108 | GRDCaribbean | 4.292 |
| 109 | GUYSouth America | 3.731 |
| 110 | GNBWestern Africa | 3.614 |
| 111 | IRQWestern Asia | 3.199 |
| 112 | ETHEastern Africa | 3.143 |
| 113 | TUVPolynesia | 2.969 |
| 114 | GINWestern Africa | 2.684 |
| 115 | ATGCaribbean | 2.247 |
| 116 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 0.504 |
02In 1991
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Belarus44.444
- 2
Puerto Rico39.215
- 3
Zambia33.346
- 4
Romania31.726
- 5
Eswatini31.544
Lowest
- 116
Brunei0.504
- 115
Antigua and Barbuda2.247
- 114
Guinea2.684
- 113
Tuvalu2.969
- 112
Ethiopia3.143
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 14.123. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031990 → 1991
Since 1990
What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +5 / −2countries joined / left
- 111values changed, of 111 in both
- 50 · 61rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Dominican Republic17.959 → 26.215+8.256
Belarus38.106 → 44.444+6.338
Gambia5.530 → 9.213+3.684
Zimbabwe20.485 → 24.095+3.610
Nigeria17.783 → 19.495+1.712
Fell most
North Macedonia30.014 → 23.236−6.778
Guinea-Bissau7.864 → 3.614−4.250
Mongolia20.369 → 16.967−3.402
Chad13.721 → 10.321−3.400
Argentina26.790 → 24.386−2.403
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 1991.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 116 countries has every column.
05The files
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Cite this edition
World Bank Group (1991). Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/manufacturing-value-added/1991
0649 held
Other years
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Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1990113 countries
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Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1992118 countries
All of them
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP): every year49 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1991: questions and answers
Which country has the highest Manufacturing share of GDP in Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1991?
Belarus, at 44.444, of the 116 countries in the file.
What year does Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1991 describe?
1991.
How many countries does Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1991 cover?
116.
Where can I download Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 1991?
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), 1991 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 2025.