Industry share of GDP in North America
Industry, including construction, produced 18.2% of GDP in North America in 2021.
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2021
18.2%
Change from 2020
+0.6percentage points
World, 2021
27.0%
Industry share of GDP in North America over time
View
North America
World
×
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | North America | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 25.0% |
| 2024 | – | 25.4% |
| 2023 | – | 26.2% |
| 2022 | – | 27.2% |
| 2021 | 18.2% | 27.0% |
| 2020 | 17.6% | 25.9% |
| 2019 | 18.6% | 26.6% |
| 2018 | 19.0% | 27.2% |
| 2017 | 18.8% | 26.7% |
| 2016 | 18.4% | 26.2% |
| 2015 | 19.0% | 26.8% |
| 2014 | 20.0% | 27.7% |
| 2013 | 20.0% | 27.9% |
| 2012 | 19.9% | 28.2% |
| 2011 | 20.2% | 28.2% |
| 2010 | 20.0% | 27.6% |
| 2009 | 19.8% | 26.6% |
| 2008 | 21.6% | 28.2% |
| 2007 | 22.1% | 27.8% |
| 2006 | 22.2% | 27.7% |
| 2005 | 21.9% | 27.2% |
| 2004 | 21.6% | 26.8% |
| 2003 | 21.3% | 26.4% |
| 2002 | 21.1% | 26.4% |
| 2001 | 21.9% | 26.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 17.6% in 2020.
- Since 2011, when it was 20.2%, the figure has changed by −2.0 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2021 was 27.0%.