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
57
Highest
63.4%
Palestine
Lowest
0.2%
Ecuador
Median
9.7%
Years covered
21
2004–2024
Data points
804

What the numbers show

Share of small-scale manufacturing in total manufacturing is currently reported for 57 countries. The highest value is 63.4% in Palestine; the lowest is 0.2% in Ecuador.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.7%, and the mean is 10.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 302.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Malaysia (up 109.2%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 85.7%).

Share of small-scale manufacturing in total manufacturing: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Palestine 63.4% 2019 rising
2 Cyprus 31.4% 2023 down 13.5% falling
3 Australia 20.2% 2015 down 3.1% flat
4 New Zealand 18.6% 2023 up 17.3% rising
5 Georgia 17.9% 2023 up 30.4% rising
6 Croatia 17.3% 2023 up 14.3% rising
7 Portugal 16.7% 2023 down 11.0% falling
8 Malta 16.1% 2023 down 73.6% volatile
9 Slovenia 15.7% 2024 down 2.6% flat
10 Estonia 15.5% 2023 up 18.6% rising
11 Greece 15.4% 2023 down 45.0% falling
12 Italy 15.0% 2024 down 35.7% falling
13 Turkey 14.6% 2023 up 64.6% flat
14 United Kingdom 13.8% 2023 up 12.0% flat
15 Spain 13.5% 2023 down 25.2% falling
16 North Macedonia 13.0% 2023 down 22.4% falling
17 Albania 12.7% 2023 down 39.7% falling
18 Latvia 12.5% 2023 up 5.2% flat
19 Netherlands 12.4% 2023 down 9.1% falling
20 Iceland 12.2% 2024 down 13.2% falling
20 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.2% 2023 down 19.5% falling
22 Slovakia 11.7% 2023 up 1.0% rising
23 Ukraine 10.7% 2023 up 105.6% rising
24 Poland 10.6% 2023 up 12.6% rising
25 Czechia 10.5% 2023 up 2.0% falling
26 Bulgaria 10.4% 2023 up 1.2% rising
27 Romania 10.2% 2023 up 19.5% rising
28 Serbia 9.9% 2023 up 10.4% rising
29 Finland 9.7% 2023 down 22.2% falling
30 Lithuania 8.9% 2023 up 3.1% rising
31 South Korea 8.8% 2023 up 38.1% rising
32 Norway 8.5% 2024 down 27.5% falling
33 Israel 8.1% 2021 down 4.9% falling
34 Hungary 8.1% 2023 up 10.5% flat
35 Japan 7.8% 2021 down 34.4% falling
36 Belgium 6.9% 2024 down 27.2% falling
37 Switzerland 6.9% 2023 down 29.4% falling
38 Indonesia 6.5% 2022 down 36.4% falling
39 Sweden 6.4% 2023 down 41.2% falling
40 Denmark 5.9% 2024 down 30.2% falling
41 Ireland 5.8% 2024 down 42.7% volatile
42 France 5.7% 2022 down 60.4% falling
43 Kazakhstan 5.0% 2024 up 7.7% rising
44 Austria 5.0% 2024 down 41.9% falling
45 Germany 5.0% 2023 down 40.2% falling
46 Uruguay 4.7% 2022 down 32.7% falling
47 Malaysia 3.9% 2022 up 109.2% volatile
48 Mexico 3.8% 2023 down 39.2% volatile
49 Colombia 3.5% 2023 down 19.8% falling
50 Sri Lanka 3.4% 2017 down 18.1% falling
51 Chile 3.4% 2021 down 80.6% volatile
52 Belarus 2.8% 2022 down 30.9% falling
53 India 2.2% 2017 down 27.0% falling
54 Singapore 1.6% 2022 down 41.5% falling
55 Luxembourg 1.1% 2022 down 77.2% falling
56 Brazil 0.7% 2023 up 15.8% flat
57 Ecuador 0.2% 2021 down 85.7% volatile

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Indicator
Share of small-scale manufacturing in total manufacturing
Unit
%
Source
United Nations Industrial Development Organization – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
57 places, 804 data points, 2004–2024
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Proportion of small-scale manufacturing industries in total manufacturing value added based on international classification (%).