Share of small-scale manufacturing in total manufacturing by country
Proportion of small-scale manufacturing industries in total manufacturing value added based on international classification (%)
Countries reporting
50
Highest
32.2%
Cyprus
Lowest
0.2%
Ecuador
Median
9.3%
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
714
What the numbers show
Share of small-scale manufacturing in total manufacturing is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 32.2% in Cyprus; the lowest is 0.2% in Ecuador.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.3%, and the mean is 9.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 154.
Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 37.3%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 85.7%).
Share of small-scale manufacturing in total manufacturing: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cyprus | 32.2% | 2022 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 2 | Australia | 20.2% | 2015 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 3 | Italy | 18.9% | 2021 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 4 | Georgia | 18.9% | 2022 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 5 | New Zealand | 18.6% | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 7 | Portugal | 16.6% | 2022 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 8 | Croatia | 15.5% | 2022 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 9 | Estonia | 15.4% | 2022 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 10 | Iceland | 15.3% | 2020 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 11 | Slovenia | 15.2% | 2022 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 12 | Greece | 13.9% | 2022 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 13 | North Macedonia | 13.5% | 2021 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 14 | United Kingdom | 12.9% | 2022 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 15 | Spain | 12.7% | 2022 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 16 | Netherlands | 11.9% | 2022 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 17 | Norway | 11.1% | 2021 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.9% | 2022 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 19 | Indonesia | 10.7% | 2014 | — | rising |
| 20 | Latvia | 10.6% | 2022 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 21 | Czechia | 10.3% | 2022 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 22 | Bulgaria | 10.3% | 2022 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 23 | Slovakia | 10.2% | 2022 | down 32.6% | rising |
| 24 | Romania | 9.6% | 2022 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 25 | Serbia | 9.5% | 2022 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 26 | Poland | 9.3% | 2022 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 27 | France | 9.2% | 2021 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 28 | Finland | 8.7% | 2022 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 29 | Israel | 8.1% | 2021 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 30 | Lithuania | 8.0% | 2022 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 31 | South Korea | 7.9% | 2022 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 32 | Japan | 7.8% | 2021 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 33 | Belgium | 7.8% | 2020 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 34 | Hungary | 7.6% | 2022 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 35 | Denmark | 7.1% | 2021 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 36 | Switzerland | 6.9% | 2022 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 36 | Austria | 6.9% | 2022 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 38 | Turkey | 6.8% | 2022 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 39 | Sweden | 6.4% | 2022 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 40 | Germany | 6.3% | 2022 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 41 | Uruguay | 4.7% | 2022 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 43 | Sri Lanka | 3.4% | 2017 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 44 | Chile | 3.4% | 2021 | down 80.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Belarus | 2.8% | 2022 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 46 | Colombia | 2.6% | 2022 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 47 | India | 2.2% | 2017 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 48 | Mexico | 2.0% | 2020 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Singapore | 1.6% | 2022 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 51 | Malaysia | 0.7% | 2021 | down 75.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Brazil | 0.5% | 2022 | down 15.6% | flat |
| 53 | Ecuador | 0.2% | 2021 | down 85.7% | volatile |
About this data
Proportion of small-scale manufacturing industries in total manufacturing value added based on international classification (%)