World Bank Group · Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP)
Industry share of GDP by country
How much of the economy comes from industry and construction?
Of the 158 countries compared in 2025, Guyana had the highest reading, 75.088%, and São Tomé and Príncipe had the lowest reading, 2.228%. In the middle country the figure was 24.654%. Among the 68 countries measured in every edition since 1975, the middle one moved from 26.137% to 25.317%.
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Part ofEconomy & Innovation
Industry share of GDP · 2025
Context statistic
Highest of 158Guyana
75.088%012025 · position · derived
The highest and the lowest
The three countries with the highest values of 158 compared, the three with the lowest, and the highest on each continent. This statistic has no better end, so no country is shown as leading.
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Lowest in 2025
- 158
São Tomé and Príncipe2.228% - 157
Micronesia5.276% - 156
Luxembourg8.876%
Positions out of 158. This statistic has no better end: the two ends describe size, not success.
02Every measured country
Industry share of GDP on a map
Each country is shaded by its value, in five groups holding the same number of countries. Hover a country for its value, or select it to open its profile. Below the map, each continent’s middle country.
Darker is a higher value. This statistic has no better end, so the shades describe size, not success.
- 2.228–17.678%
- 17.686–22.640%
- 22.671–26.148%
- 26.457–33.650%
- 34.028–75.088%
- No reading in 2025 (50 measured in an earlier edition)
- Asia
34.028%
the middle country, of 37 measured · 52 members
Brunei60.001%
Maldives9.330%Highest and lowest reading in Asia.
- Africa
24.774%
the middle country, of 51 measured · 55 members
Libya73.250%São Tomé and Príncipe2.228%Highest and lowest reading in Africa.
- Americas
22.874%
the middle country, of 25 measured · 48 members
Guyana75.088%
Saint Lucia10.688%Highest and lowest reading in Americas.
- Europe
21.830%
the middle country, of 41 measured · 49 members
Ireland37.756%Luxembourg8.876%Highest and lowest reading in Europe.
- Oceania
4 of 21 measured — too few for a middle: Australia, Fiji, Micronesia, Samoa.
Australia23.886%Micronesia5.276%Highest and lowest reading in Oceania.
- Every region
21 sub-regions, highest middle country first
- Western Asia
40.363%
the middle country, of 12 measured · 19 members
Qatar57.043%
Cyprus11.147%Highest and lowest reading in Western Asia.
- South-eastern Asia
35.934%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 11 members
Brunei60.001%
Singapore22.671%Highest and lowest reading in South-eastern Asia.
- Northern Africa
32.854%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 6 members
Libya73.250%
Tunisia21.959%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Africa.
- Southern Africa
27.884%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 5 members
Eswatini33.580%
South Africa24.090%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Africa.
- Middle Africa
27.068%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 9 members
Gabon47.187%São Tomé and Príncipe2.228%Highest and lowest reading in Middle Africa.
- Eastern Europe
25.590%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 10 members
Belarus31.583%
Moldova16.917%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Europe.
- Southern Asia
25.323%
the middle country, of 8 measured · 9 members
Iran39.641%Maldives9.330%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Asia.
- Central America
24.900%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 8 members
Mexico30.563%
Costa Rica19.881%Highest and lowest reading in Central America.
- South America
24.272%
the middle country, of 8 measured · 12 members
Guyana75.088%
Uruguay16.886%Highest and lowest reading in South America.
- Western Africa
23.640%
the middle country, of 16 measured · 16 members
Burkina Faso30.063%
Cabo Verde10.723%Highest and lowest reading in Western Africa.
- Eastern Africa
22.044%
the middle country, of 15 measured · 19 members
Zimbabwe37.065%
Comoros9.865%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Africa.
- Northern Europe
21.590%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 13 members
Ireland37.756%
United Kingdom16.489%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Europe.
- Southern Europe
20.557%
the middle country, of 14 measured · 17 members
Slovenia28.337%
Malta10.078%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Europe.
- Western Europe
18.608%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 9 members
Germany25.159%Luxembourg8.876%Highest and lowest reading in Western Europe.
- Caribbean
17.227%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 24 members
Puerto Rico47.032%Saint Lucia10.688%Highest and lowest reading in Caribbean.
- Australia and New Zealand
1 of 2 measured — too few for a middle: Australia.
Australia23.886%Highest and lowest reading in Australia and New Zealand.
- Central Asia
4 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
Turkmenistan35.973%
Kyrgyzstan26.457%Highest and lowest reading in Central Asia.
- Eastern Asia
3 of 8 measured — too few for a middle: China, Mongolia, South Korea.
Mongolia37.250%
South Korea34.330%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Asia.
- Melanesia
1 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Fiji.
Fiji13.879%Highest and lowest reading in Melanesia.
- Micronesia
1 of 7 measured — too few for a middle: Micronesia.
Micronesia5.276%Highest and lowest reading in Micronesia.
- Polynesia
1 of 7 measured — too few for a middle: Samoa.
Samoa10.166%Highest and lowest reading in Polynesia.
03The whole field at once
The spread
158 countries, one dot each, on one scale — further right is a higher value. Half the countries are above 24.654%; a quarter are above 31.336%, and a quarter below 18.693%. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.
04All 208 ever measured
Every country
In order, highest value first. “=” marks a position shared with another country. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. Neither end is better: an economy that is 97% industry is not four times the economy that is 25%, it is a narrower one. The ordering here is a size order rather than a league table, and the indicator carries no good-or-bad colouring on the site.
Showing 25 of 208 countries
Values for 2025. The change column compares 2025 with 2024 only; the sparkline covers the recent editions.
051975–2025 · 51 reference years
Over time
Each point is one reference year from 1975.
- the middle country
- the middle half of countries
- the middle of the 68 countries measured every time
- each continent’s middle country
The same, year by year
| Year | Countries | Middle country | Middle half | Measured every time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 158 | 24.654% | 18.693% – 31.336% | 25.317% |
| 2024 | 189 | 23.848% | 17.210% – 31.197% | 25.534% |
| 2023 | 196 | 24.053% | 17.607% – 30.988% | 25.952% |
| 2022 | 198 | 24.782% | 17.567% – 32.661% | 26.587% |
| 2021 | 200 | 23.823% | 17.726% – 32.074% | 26.415% |
| 2020 | 201 | 23.136% | 17.245% – 30.024% | 25.677% |
| 2019 | 202 | 23.765% | 17.120% – 30.749% | 26.664% |
| 2018 | 202 | 24.110% | 17.382% – 31.228% | 26.336% |
| 2017 | 203 | 23.607% | 17.164% – 30.793% | 26.119% |
| 2016 | 203 | 23.344% | 17.057% – 29.743% | 25.854% |
| 2015 | 204 | 23.636% | 16.779% – 30.564% | 26.114% |
| 2014 | 203 | 23.888% | 16.920% – 30.752% | 26.162% |
| 2013 | 203 | 23.840% | 17.497% – 30.467% | 26.586% |
| 2012 | 201 | 24.429% | 17.719% – 30.970% | 27.002% |
| 2011 | 199 | 24.593% | 18.099% – 31.890% | 27.195% |
| 2010 | 198 | 23.947% | 17.945% – 31.440% | 26.411% |
| 2009 | 196 | 24.066% | 18.039% – 30.537% | 26.764% |
| 2008 | 195 | 24.991% | 18.941% – 32.673% | 27.271% |
| 2007 | 192 | 25.186% | 19.123% – 33.101% | 27.480% |
| 2006 | 191 | 24.859% | 19.152% – 33.220% | 27.727% |
| 2005 | 187 | 24.232% | 18.300% – 31.487% | 26.642% |
| 2004 | 187 | 24.382% | 18.676% – 30.973% | 27.035% |
| 2003 | 186 | 24.110% | 18.696% – 30.276% | 27.162% |
| 2002 | 183 | 23.858% | 19.383% – 30.307% | 27.269% |
| 2001 | 180 | 24.083% | 19.326% – 30.366% | 26.462% |
| 2000 | 180 | 24.212% | 19.199% – 31.527% | 26.937% |
| 1999 | 172 | 24.545% | 19.878% – 30.454% | 26.356% |
| 1998 | 171 | 25.237% | 20.280% – 30.585% | 26.308% |
| 1997 | 170 | 25.732% | 20.292% – 30.358% | 27.036% |
| 1996 | 167 | 25.811% | 20.315% – 31.581% | 26.691% |
| 1995 | 165 | 26.458% | 20.059% – 31.726% | 27.120% |
| 1994 | 144 | 26.748% | 20.406% – 32.341% | 27.191% |
| 1993 | 138 | 26.963% | 20.166% – 32.914% | 27.164% |
| 1992 | 136 | 26.538% | 19.607% – 35.510% | 27.132% |
| 1991 | 134 | 26.829% | 21.008% – 34.424% | 26.863% |
| 1990 | 130 | 27.582% | 21.154% – 35.558% | 27.430% |
| 1989 | 117 | 26.902% | 20.105% – 36.227% | 27.002% |
| 1988 | 114 | 26.943% | 19.943% – 34.715% | 27.107% |
| 1987 | 113 | 26.813% | 19.252% – 35.340% | 26.737% |
| 1986 | 111 | 26.731% | 19.796% – 33.458% | 26.977% |
| 1985 | 109 | 26.366% | 17.444% – 35.809% | 26.588% |
| 1984 | 108 | 25.580% | 18.055% – 34.490% | 26.217% |
| 1983 | 108 | 26.215% | 18.401% – 34.540% | 26.451% |
| 1982 | 106 | 25.530% | 17.674% – 34.690% | 26.311% |
| 1981 | 105 | 25.763% | 18.588% – 34.430% | 26.775% |
| 1980 | 102 | 26.738% | 19.860% – 34.518% | 26.886% |
| 1979 | 94 | 26.964% | 18.738% – 34.553% | 28.417% |
| 1978 | 92 | 25.743% | 17.851% – 33.364% | 26.683% |
| 1977 | 91 | 25.749% | 18.314% – 33.176% | 27.039% |
| 1976 | 86 | 26.993% | 19.194% – 34.181% | 26.993% |
| 1975 | 83 | 26.516% | 19.567% – 34.298% | 26.137% |
062024 → 2025
Who rose and fell
The biggest changes in value between the two newest editions — reference years recalculated in one report, not two separate publications. Places are shown second, because they also move when other countries do.
Rose most
before → after
Sudan23.152% → 33.650% · 101st → 32nd+10.498- Ireland33.633% → 37.756% · 38th → 18th+4.123
- Iran36.070% → 39.641% · 27th → 15th+3.571
- Burkina Faso26.513% → 30.063% · 70th → 43rd+3.550
Liberia21.970% → 24.533% · 112th → 80th+2.564
Fell most
before → after
Equatorial Guinea48.411% → 41.410% · 9th → 12th−7.001
Angola33.884% → 27.068% · 37th → 59th−6.816
Iraq51.572% → 45.391% · 8th → 9th−6.181- Gabon52.900% → 47.187% · 7th → 7th−5.713
Republic of the Congo40.122% → 35.612% · 16th → 26th−4.509
158 countries were measured in both 2024 and 2025. The field changed from 189 to 158 countries, so a place can move for reasons that have nothing to do with the country itself.
07Across every edition
Industry share of GDP in records
The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.
Highest reading on record
97.522%
Industry, including construction, value added (% of GDP)
Lowest reading on record
2.086%
Industry, including construction, value added (% of GDP)
Biggest rise between editions
+58.962
15.950% → 74.912%
Biggest fall between editions
−34.027
49.978% → 15.950%
Biggest change since first measured
+43.349
31.739% → 75.088%
Highest most often
27 of 51
editions, alone at the first-listed end
08The measure
About Industry share of GDP
Industry value added covers mining, manufacturing, construction, electricity, water and gas together, as a share of GDP — the widest of the three sector shares on this site, and the reason oil states sit at the top of it with readings near 97%.
What the number is: Industry, including construction, value added (% of GDP).
09Where it fits
Connections
Its part in the Country Index, the statistics whose values line up most closely with it across countries, and others on the same subject.
In the Country Index
Context, with no vote
This statistic is published in full under Economy & Innovation, but does not help decide any Country Index standing.
Moves with
Where Industry share of GDP is higher, these tend to be higher too.
- Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 156 countries in commonρ 0.53
- Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 132 countries in commonρ 0.51
- Primary Energy ProductionEIA · 155 countries in commonρ 0.49
Moves against
Where Industry share of GDP is higher, these tend to be lower.
- Civic Space RatingsKeyCIVICUS · 157 countries in commonρ −0.51
- Participatory Democracy IndexV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 147 countries in commonρ −0.48
- V-Dem Electoral Democracy IndexKeyV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 147 countries in commonρ −0.48
Rank correlation (ρ, from −1 to 1) across countries, on each statistic’s newest edition, out of 369 statistics sharing at least 80 countries with this one. Two statistics that move together do not cause each other.
10Keep reading
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11Questions
Industry share of GDP: questions and answers
Which country has the highest Industry share of GDP?
Guyana, at 75.088%, among the 158 countries compared in 2025.
Which country has the lowest Industry share of GDP?
São Tomé and Príncipe, at 2.228%, among the 158 countries compared in 2025.
How many countries does the Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP) cover?
158 in 2025, and 208 at least once across all editions. The number measured varies from 83 to 204 between editions.
What is the world average Industry share of GDP?
This site does not calculate a world average, which would depend on how countries are weighted. In the middle country of the 158 compared in 2025, the figure was 24.654%.
Is this World Bank Group’s own ranking?
No. World Bank Group publishes the values but ranks nobody; the position on this page is derived by Nations Inquiry by ordering the published values, and equal values share a position.
How often is the Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP) published?
This site holds 51 reference years, 1975–2025, all recalculated in World Bank Group’s 2026 report on one method — not 51 separate publications.
Where does the data come from, and can I download it?
From World Bank Group, under CC BY 4.0. Pulled from the World Bank’s indicator API (NV.IND.TOTL.ZS). 40 country-years recorded as exactly 0 are treated as missing. Every edition is on this site’s Datasets pages as a full table, and downloads as a CSV file with every value unrounded.
12Method
Sources, method and citation
Source
Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP) — World Bank Group
Pulled from the World Bank’s indicator API (NV.IND.TOTL.ZS). 40 country-years recorded as exactly 0 are treated as missing.
Newest edition
Report year 2025Data year 2025
Cite the source as: World Bank. World Development Indicators. Washington, DC: World Bank Group.
Licence: CC BY 4.0, checked 2026-09-06.
How this page reads the numbers
- World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure. The position is derived by Nations Inquiry by ordering the published values; equal values share a position.
- This statistic has no better end, so the page describes higher and lower values and never calls a country a leader.
- A country is named at an end only when it holds that value alone. Where several share it, the page says how many and names none first.
- Values are stored exactly as published and trimmed only for display. “The middle country” is the median of the countries measured, not a world average.
The file itself, column by column — where it came from, what each column holds, and every edition as a CSV — is on its dataset page.
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Industry share of GDP by country: Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP), data from World Bank Group. https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/industry-value-added