United Kingdom: Other manufacturing (% of value added in manufacturing)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, United Kingdom's other manufacturing (% of value added in manufacturing) rose 16.35 percentage points on 2022 (from 40.08% to 56.43%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was −0.19 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.23 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 7.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 16.35 percentage points in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.21 percentage points in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 11% 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 2023, United Kingdom had the 10th highest value of the 66 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 United Kingdom in the 2023 ranking

• Kazakhstan — 7th of 66: 58.54%
• Finland — 8th of 66: 57.83%
• Estonia — 9th of 66: 56.69%
• Uzbekistan — 11th of 66: 55.54%
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 12th of 66: 55.23%
• Croatia — 13th of 66: 54.8%

What this measures

Other manufacturing, a residual, covers wood and related products (ISIC Rev. 3 division 20), paper and related products (ISIC Rev. 3 divisions 21 and 22), petroleum and related products (ISIC Rev. 3 division 23), basic metals and mineral products (ISIC Rev. 3 division27), fabricated metal products and professional goods (ISIC Rev. 3 division 28), and other industries (ISIC Rev. 3 divisions 25, 26, 31, 33, 36, and 37). Includes unallocated data. When data for textiles, machinery, or chemicals are shown as not available, they are included in other manufacturing. 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 is expressed as a percentage of value added in manufacturing which is the contribution to the economy by the manufacturing sector (ISIC Rev. 3 major division D).

Limitations: In establishing classifications systems compilers must define both the types of activities to be described and the units whose activities are to be reported. There are many possibilities, and the choices affect how the statistics can be interpreted and how useful they are in analyzing economic behavior. The ISIC emphasizes commonalities in the production process and is explicitly not intended to measure outputs (for which there is a newly developed Central Product Classification). Nevertheless, the ISIC views an activity as defined by "a process resulting in a homogeneous set of products."

All 57 values

Other manufacturing (% of value added in manufacturing) in nearby economies

• Albania — 40.19% (2023)
• Armenia — 38.3% (2023)
• Austria — 54.66% (2023)
• Azerbaijan — 48.52% (2023)
• Belarus — 54.61% (2022)
• Belgium — 30.35% (2023)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 55.23% (2023)
• Bulgaria — 50.2% (2023)
• Croatia — 54.8% (2023)

More economic policy & debt data for United Kingdom

• Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$214.36 billion (2025)
• Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$170.78 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$849.56 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 645.22 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 21.23% (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$2.42 trillion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 1.84 trillion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

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Questions people ask

What is United Kingdom's other manufacturing (% of value added in manufacturing)?

56.43% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1963?

It is up 12.25 percentage points from 44.18% in 1963. The highest value was 56.43% in 2023 and the lowest 36.02% in 2010.

How does United Kingdom rank?

10th highest of 66 economies with data for 2023.

Is the latest change in other manufacturing (% of value added in manufacturing) unusual for United Kingdom?

In 2023, United Kingdom's other manufacturing (% of value added in manufacturing) rose 16.35 percentage points on 2022 (from 40.08% to 56.43%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was −0.19 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.23 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 7.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.MNF.OTHR.ZS.UN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) 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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