Manufacturing share of GDP in Barbados

Manufacturing produced 4.9% of GDP in Barbados in 2024.

Measure: Manufacturing as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1975 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Barbados, 2024 4.9% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −0.2percentage points 2023: 5.2%
World, 2024 14.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 147th of 178 See the full ranking

Manufacturing share of GDP in Barbados over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Manufacturing as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period BarbadosWorld
2025 – 14.9%
2024 4.9% 14.9%
2023 5.2% 15.2%
2022 5.2% 15.7%
2021 4.8% 16.4%
2020 5.1% 15.9%
2019 5.2% 16.0%
2018 5.3% 16.4%
2017 5.6% 16.3%
2016 5.6% 16.2%
2015 5.6% 16.4%
2014 5.2% 16.1%
2013 5.5% 15.9%
2012 5.4% 16.1%
2011 5.8% 16.1%
2010 5.5% 16.0%
2009 7.0% 15.5%
2008 7.2% 16.1%
2007 6.9% 16.3%
2006 7.7% 16.3%
2005 7.0% 16.4%
2004 7.8% 16.6%
2003 8.1% 16.7%
2002 7.5% 16.9%
2001 7.8% 17.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 5.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 5.2%, the figure has changed by −0.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 178 countries with data for 2024, Barbados has the 147th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 14.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NV.IND.MANF.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1975 to 2024 for Barbados
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices