Manufacturing share of GDP in United Kingdom
Manufacturing produced 7.7% of GDP in United Kingdom in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
United Kingdom, 2025
7.7%
Change from 2024
−0.3percentage points
World, 2025
14.9%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
12.8%
Manufacturing share of GDP in United Kingdom over time
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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 | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.7% | 14.9% |
| 2024 | 8.0% | 14.9% |
| 2023 | 8.2% | 15.2% |
| 2022 | 8.0% | 15.7% |
| 2021 | 8.7% | 16.4% |
| 2020 | 9.1% | 15.9% |
| 2019 | 9.0% | 16.0% |
| 2018 | 9.0% | 16.4% |
| 2017 | 9.0% | 16.3% |
| 2016 | 9.1% | 16.2% |
| 2015 | 9.4% | 16.4% |
| 2014 | 9.4% | 16.1% |
| 2013 | 9.6% | 15.9% |
| 2012 | 9.4% | 16.1% |
| 2011 | 9.3% | 16.1% |
| 2010 | 9.4% | 16.0% |
| 2009 | 9.3% | 15.5% |
| 2008 | 9.6% | 16.1% |
| 2007 | 9.7% | 16.3% |
| 2006 | 10.2% | 16.3% |
| 2005 | 10.6% | 16.4% |
| 2004 | 10.9% | 16.6% |
| 2003 | 11.5% | 16.7% |
| 2002 | 12.1% | 16.9% |
| 2001 | 12.5% | 17.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 8.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 9.4%, the figure has changed by −1.7 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 14.9%.