Industry share of GDP in United Kingdom

Industry, including construction, produced 16.5% of GDP in United Kingdom in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Industry, including construction, as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1990 to 2025 Source: World Bank
United Kingdom, 2025 16.5% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −0.6percentage points 2024: 17.1%
World, 2025 25.0% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 22.6% Middle value of 33 countries

Industry share of GDP in United Kingdom 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.

Industry, including construction, as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period United KingdomWorld
2025 16.5% 25.0%
2024 17.1% 25.4%
2023 17.7% 26.2%
2022 16.8% 27.2%
2021 17.0% 27.0%
2020 17.5% 25.9%
2019 17.9% 26.6%
2018 18.0% 27.2%
2017 17.8% 26.7%
2016 17.7% 26.2%
2015 18.1% 26.8%
2014 18.3% 27.7%
2013 18.6% 27.9%
2012 18.3% 28.2%
2011 18.3% 28.2%
2010 18.6% 27.6%
2009 18.7% 26.6%
2008 20.1% 28.2%
2007 19.7% 27.8%
2006 20.2% 27.7%
2005 20.3% 27.2%
2004 20.2% 26.8%
2003 20.9% 26.4%
2002 21.2% 26.4%
2001 21.8% 26.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.6 percentage points from 17.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 18.1%, the figure has changed by −1.7 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 25.0%.

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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.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2025 for United Kingdom
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