Dominica: Manufacturing, value added (annual % growth)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Dominica's manufacturing, value added (annual % growth) fell 20.62 percentage points on 2024 (from 22.62% to 2%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +1.08 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 16.53 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 44.97 percentage points in 1980 and the biggest yearly fall was 55.13 percentage points in 1979. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 27% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, Dominica had the 80th highest value of the 136 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Dominica in the 2025 ranking

• Korea, Rep. — 76th of 136: 2.03%
• Spain — 77th of 136: 2.03%
• Honduras — 78th of 136: 2.01%
• Armenia — 80th of 136: 2%
• Antigua and Barbuda — 81st of 136: 2%
• Kenya — 82nd of 136: 1.98%

What this measures

Manufacturing includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) major division C and is defined as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.

Limitations: Ideally, industrial output should be measured through regular censuses and surveys of firms. But in most developing countries such surveys are infrequent, so earlier survey results must be extrapolated using an appropriate indicator. The choice of sampling unit, which may be the enterprise (where responses may be based on financial records) or the establishment (where production units may be recorded separately), also affects the quality of the data. Moreover, much industrial production is organized in unincorporated or owner-operated ventures that are not captured by surveys aimed at the formal sector.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 48 values

Manufacturing, value added (annual % growth) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — 2% (2025)
• Argentina — 0.85% (2025)
• Aruba — -1.23% (2023)
• Bahamas, The — -52.08% (2024)
• Barbados — 0.4% (2024)
• Belize — -2.98% (2025)
• Bolivia — 1.12% (2024)
• Brazil — -0.16% (2025)
• Cayman Islands — -3.4% (2024)
• Chile — 3.13% (2025)

More economic policy & debt data for Dominica

• Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 5% (2021)
• Adjusted savings, net forest depletion (current US$) — US$183,256 (2021)
• Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$52.64 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$52.64 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$52.64 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$) — US$52.64 million (2023)
• Net ODA received per capita (current US$) — US$791.41 (2023)

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Questions people ask

What is Dominica's manufacturing, value added (annual % growth)?

2% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1978?

It is down 36.04 percentage points from 38.04% in 1978. The highest value was 38.04% in 1978 and the lowest -24.7% in 2020.

How does Dominica rank?

80th highest of 136 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in manufacturing, value added (annual % growth) unusual for Dominica?

In 2025, Dominica's manufacturing, value added (annual % growth) fell 20.62 percentage points on 2024 (from 22.62% to 2%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +1.08 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 16.53 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.IND.MANF.KD.ZG, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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