Manufacturing share of GDP in South Asia
Manufacturing produced 14.3% of GDP in South Asia in 2025.
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2025
14.3%
Change from 2024
+0.3percentage points
World, 2025
14.9%
Manufacturing share of GDP in South Asia 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.
| Period | South Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14.3% | 14.9% |
| 2024 | 14.0% | 14.9% |
| 2023 | 14.3% | 15.2% |
| 2022 | 14.4% | 15.7% |
| 2021 | 15.1% | 16.4% |
| 2020 | 14.8% | 15.9% |
| 2019 | 14.2% | 16.0% |
| 2018 | 15.4% | 16.4% |
| 2017 | 15.4% | 16.3% |
| 2016 | 15.6% | 16.2% |
| 2015 | 15.6% | 16.4% |
| 2014 | 15.1% | 16.1% |
| 2013 | 15.3% | 15.9% |
| 2012 | 15.8% | 16.1% |
| 2011 | 16.1% | 16.1% |
| 2010 | 16.9% | 16.0% |
| 2009 | 17.0% | 15.5% |
| 2008 | 16.9% | 16.1% |
| 2007 | 16.7% | 16.3% |
| 2006 | 17.1% | 16.3% |
| 2005 | 15.9% | 16.4% |
| 2004 | 15.7% | 16.6% |
| 2003 | 15.5% | 16.7% |
| 2002 | 15.4% | 16.9% |
| 2001 | 15.1% | 17.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 14.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 15.6%, the figure has changed by −1.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 14.9%.