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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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
53 places, 714 data points, 2004–2023
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Proportion of small-scale manufacturing industries in total manufacturing value added based on international classification (%)