Industry (share of GDP) over time (1990–2024)

Follow industry (share of GDP) for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1990 to 2024.

• The country ranked first changed over time: Brunei in 1990–1995, Turkmenistan in 1996, Iraq in 1997–2002, Qatar in 2003, Libya in 2004–2008, Equatorial Guinea in 2009, Libya in 2010, Equatorial Guinea in 2011–2012, Kuwait in 2013–2014, Brunei in 2015–2020, Libya in 2021–2023, Guyana in 2024.
• Japan’s industry (share of GDP) went from 34.8% in 1994 to 26.8% in 2024 (down 8 points).
• Japan ranked #29 of 141 countries in 1994 and #67 of 179 in 2024. The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

Japan and countries at the top, middle and bottom

Key years for Japan and countries at the top, middle and bottom of the 2024 ranking

Country	1990	2000	2010	2020	2024
Guyana	17.4%	20.0%	24.9%	38.8%	76.0%
Bolivia	31.9%	25.7%	30.1%	27.3%	31.3%
Japan	–	32.5%	28.8%	29.0%	26.8%
North Macedonia	37.4%	21.4%	21.0%	22.7%	24.1%
Benin	12.5%	18.8%	18.0%	16.3%	17.4%
São Tomé & Príncipe	–	–	14.7%	6.1%	2.3%
Countries with data	128	171	185	185	179

Biggest changes, 1990–2024

Compared among the countries that have data in both 1990 and 2024. Countries with a very small starting value are left out, because their ratios look exaggerated.

Biggest increases

Country	1990	2024	Change	Rank
Guyana	17.4%	76.0%	up 58.6 points	#104 → #1
Tanzania	11.1%	28.6%	up 17.5 points	#124 → #60
Ethiopia	9.1%	25.4%	up 16.3 points	#128 → #80
Vietnam	22.7%	37.5%	up 14.8 points	#90 → #19
Laos	14.4%	29.0%	up 14.7 points	#113 → #56

Biggest decreases

Country	1990	2024	Change	Rank
Malta	50.8%	10.6%	down 40.2 points	#8 → #170
Bulgaria	51.3%	21.1%	down 30.1 points	#7 → #115
Botswana	56.9%	29.1%	down 27.8 points	#5 → #54
Ukraine	42.6%	19.0%	down 23.6 points	#17 → #127
Iraq	72.3%	51.6%	down 20.7 points	#2 → #8

The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

All countries in key years

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Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024

Country	1990	2000	2010	2020	2024
Guyana	17.4%	20.0%	24.9%	38.8%	76.0%
Libya	–	–	75.7%	16.0%	73.5%
Brunei	76.3%	66.3%	68.7%	59.1%	61.7%
Qatar	56.7%	70.7%	68.1%	52.3%	58.8%
Kuwait	–	–	66.1%	48.5%	57.7%
Oman	47.5%	56.2%	63.3%	47.1%	54.2%
Gabon	43.0%	56.3%	55.2%	41.7%	52.9%
Iraq	72.3%	84.8%	55.8%	39.9%	51.6%
Equatorial Guinea	–	–	74.7%	45.4%	48.4%
Saudi Arabia	48.6%	53.5%	58.0%	38.3%	45.2%
United Arab Emirates	59.3%	52.5%	50.3%	40.3%	44.3%
Azerbaijan	30.0%	42.5%	60.0%	42.0%	42.5%
Bahrain	–	–	43.9%	39.1%	42.2%
Cambodia	–	21.6%	26.0%	37.5%	41.8%
Republic of the Congo	40.6%	72.2%	66.2%	34.0%	40.1%
Indonesia	39.4%	42.0%	42.8%	38.2%	39.3%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	–	22.4%	29.1%	35.2%	39.0%
Mongolia	41.2%	22.2%	33.2%	37.0%	38.1%
Vietnam	22.7%	36.7%	33.0%	36.7%	37.5%
Turkmenistan	30.0%	41.1%	59.1%	36.9%	37.5%
Malaysia	42.2%	48.3%	40.5%	35.9%	37.0%
Papua New Guinea	30.4%	39.3%	33.2%	33.0%	36.5%
China	41.0%	45.1%	45.7%	36.9%	36.4%
Myanmar	–	9.7%	26.5%	37.5%	36.2%
Algeria	–	53.3%	45.2%	30.0%	36.2%
Iran	32.8%	40.3%	44.2%	37.2%	36.1%
Norway	29.6%	37.0%	34.8%	26.0%	36.0%
Zambia	45.3%	23.2%	32.2%	40.2%	35.2%
Suriname	22.5%	24.9%	35.2%	36.6%	35.1%
Zimbabwe	29.8%	–	20.7%	40.4%	35.0%
Eswatini	36.8%	40.6%	38.7%	31.4%	34.7%
Trinidad & Tobago	47.5%	47.5%	53.8%	31.2%	34.6%
Peru	–	29.0%	35.8%	30.3%	34.3%
Bangladesh	20.1%	22.3%	25.0%	32.9%	34.1%
South Korea	36.1%	34.4%	34.4%	33.4%	33.9%
Angola	–	–	48.7%	37.1%	33.9%
Ireland	–	31.5%	23.4%	37.2%	33.6%
Egypt	27.4%	30.8%	35.8%	32.4%	32.6%
Tajikistan	37.6%	35.3%	25.0%	33.8%	32.4%
Paraguay	32.8%	35.6%	34.6%	34.2%	32.3%
Kazakhstan	–	37.8%	40.6%	33.1%	32.1%
Uzbekistan	33.3%	20.2%	22.2%	33.4%	32.0%
Thailand	37.2%	36.7%	39.9%	33.3%	31.8%
Bhutan	25.2%	33.3%	39.3%	31.8%	31.7%
Russia	45.0%	33.9%	30.0%	29.7%	31.4%
Bolivia	31.9%	25.7%	30.1%	27.3%	31.3%
Belarus	46.0%	33.5%	35.4%	31.4%	31.2%
Mexico	26.1%	34.4%	32.5%	31.0%	31.0%
Mauritania	28.8%	30.0%	38.2%	33.6%	30.5%
Chile	38.9%	27.8%	33.5%	29.8%	30.5%
Namibia	29.2%	23.5%	27.4%	25.8%	29.5%
Czechia	–	33.3%	32.8%	29.7%	29.2%
Ghana	16.8%	25.4%	18.0%	29.9%	29.2%
Botswana	56.9%	46.3%	37.3%	26.7%	29.1%
Slovenia	–	30.4%	26.4%	28.9%	29.1%
Laos	14.4%	16.5%	30.5%	32.4%	29.0%
Slovakia	–	29.5%	30.0%	28.5%	28.9%
Chad	16.9%	10.9%	37.9%	23.9%	28.8%
Dominican Republic	30.2%	31.7%	27.3%	28.8%	28.7%
Tanzania	11.1%	19.2%	23.6%	27.1%	28.6%
Haiti	23.1%	23.0%	23.5%	23.3%	28.3%
Lesotho	21.4%	35.2%	31.5%	31.1%	28.1%
Philippines	38.2%	35.0%	32.3%	28.4%	27.7%
Nicaragua	–	20.2%	22.0%	25.8%	27.4%
Poland	–	28.8%	29.7%	28.6%	27.2%
Jordan	23.4%	21.4%	28.2%	26.0%	26.9%
Japan	–	32.5%	28.8%	29.0%	26.8%
Ecuador	30.1%	34.7%	33.9%	24.0%	26.7%
Burkina Faso	20.4%	21.9%	26.1%	29.5%	26.5%
Honduras	24.8%	29.4%	25.6%	25.4%	26.3%
Morocco	27.6%	24.4%	23.7%	26.0%	25.6%
Germany	–	27.3%	26.0%	25.2%	25.6%
Sierra Leone	18.0%	26.8%	20.3%	17.6%	25.6%
Australia	28.8%	24.5%	25.1%	25.4%	25.5%
Türkiye	31.1%	26.8%	24.5%	27.8%	25.5%
Panama	19.4%	18.3%	18.8%	23.4%	25.5%
Sri Lanka	26.3%	27.3%	27.8%	28.2%	25.5%
Switzerland	30.1%	25.4%	24.9%	25.8%	25.4%
Senegal	22.2%	24.0%	21.8%	23.2%	25.4%
Ethiopia	9.1%	11.4%	9.4%	23.1%	25.4%
Romania	45.9%	30.3%	38.3%	26.6%	25.3%
India	27.5%	27.3%	30.7%	25.1%	25.2%
Guinea	23.7%	21.5%	32.3%	28.5%	25.1%
Uganda	10.4%	21.4%	27.6%	26.5%	24.9%
Kyrgyzstan	34.1%	29.2%	26.3%	26.9%	24.7%
Austria	30.0%	28.6%	26.0%	25.7%	24.6%
Mali	10.5%	16.2%	23.8%	26.7%	24.4%
South Africa	35.6%	28.2%	25.3%	23.3%	24.3%
Denmark	22.6%	23.7%	19.4%	19.6%	24.1%
North Macedonia	37.4%	21.4%	21.0%	22.7%	24.1%
Côte d’Ivoire	26.3%	13.9%	16.0%	20.7%	24.0%
Argentina	36.0%	26.0%	25.3%	22.4%	24.0%
Cuba	17.4%	25.5%	22.9%	23.0%	23.8%
Hungary	–	27.0%	25.2%	24.4%	23.8%
Colombia	31.5%	27.3%	31.4%	23.4%	23.4%
Solomon Islands	–	–	13.0%	17.2%	23.4%
El Salvador	23.3%	26.9%	25.3%	23.7%	23.3%
Cameroon	28.8%	28.5%	25.8%	23.0%	23.2%
Sudan	14.7%	20.1%	20.4%	21.5%	23.2%
Serbia	–	35.2%	25.0%	24.3%	23.1%
Lithuania	–	26.5%	26.2%	24.8%	22.9%
Madagascar	–	–	18.0%	19.5%	22.9%
Armenia	–	–	–	26.8%	22.9%
Finland	29.2%	31.6%	26.2%	24.2%	22.8%
Italy	27.9%	24.1%	21.4%	21.0%	22.7%
Tunisia	29.8%	26.8%	29.5%	21.5%	22.6%
Bosnia & Herzegovina	–	21.5%	22.5%	23.8%	22.4%
Albania	–	21.7%	27.5%	23.5%	22.4%
Rwanda	24.6%	16.8%	16.5%	19.1%	22.1%
Liberia	–	4.2%	5.0%	16.8%	22.0%
Mozambique	–	19.5%	16.9%	21.8%	21.9%
Guatemala	19.8%	19.8%	27.5%	22.3%	21.7%
Sweden	26.8%	26.0%	23.9%	21.8%	21.6%
Singapore	30.9%	32.5%	26.6%	23.2%	21.5%
Bulgaria	51.3%	22.7%	23.8%	21.8%	21.1%
Brazil	33.3%	23.0%	23.3%	19.5%	20.9%
St. Kitts & Nevis	24.0%	26.8%	22.5%	23.1%	20.9%
Togo	26.2%	30.3%	20.3%	20.1%	20.4%
Pakistan	22.3%	17.2%	21.0%	18.6%	20.3%
Estonia	–	24.9%	24.0%	21.8%	20.1%
Iceland	–	22.6%	21.9%	20.0%	20.1%
Central African Republic	–	–	24.5%	20.4%	20.0%
Costa Rica	25.7%	25.2%	23.1%	20.3%	19.7%
Georgia	31.4%	21.0%	16.9%	21.1%	19.6%
Spain	–	28.0%	23.0%	20.1%	19.5%
Croatia	–	24.2%	21.4%	20.1%	19.2%
Ukraine	42.6%	31.7%	25.6%	20.8%	19.0%
Belgium	–	24.9%	20.7%	19.1%	18.7%
Portugal	–	24.5%	19.9%	19.4%	18.7%
Latvia	–	24.2%	20.9%	20.3%	18.5%
Nigeria	35.4%	33.8%	25.3%	18.4%	18.2%
Mauritius	27.4%	25.6%	22.2%	16.4%	17.8%
Tonga	11.7%	18.1%	18.0%	14.7%	17.7%
Netherlands	25.5%	21.1%	19.0%	17.4%	17.5%
Benin	12.5%	18.8%	18.0%	16.3%	17.4%
Niger	27.6%	18.1%	23.0%	19.3%	17.3%
Burundi	17.3%	15.5%	15.4%	15.1%	17.3%
Israel	–	23.0%	20.9%	19.5%	17.2%
France	24.3%	21.1%	17.6%	16.3%	17.2%
Antigua & Barbuda	13.5%	13.1%	14.8%	21.1%	17.2%
Uruguay	34.6%	22.0%	24.5%	17.0%	17.2%
United Kingdom	27.6%	22.7%	18.6%	17.5%	17.1%
Malawi	29.1%	19.0%	17.9%	19.1%	17.1%
Moldova	–	19.1%	20.4%	23.1%	16.8%
Jamaica	–	22.6%	18.0%	18.1%	16.5%
Fiji	21.1%	19.6%	17.0%	18.7%	16.5%
Kenya	16.3%	15.0%	18.6%	17.4%	16.3%
Guinea-Bissau	17.4%	8.9%	13.7%	12.4%	16.0%
Djibouti	–	–	–	14.5%	15.9%
St. Vincent & Grenadines	16.4%	16.7%	15.9%	12.6%	15.4%
Gambia	11.0%	14.8%	9.8%	16.9%	15.3%
Greece	–	18.7%	15.1%	14.3%	15.0%
Grenada	13.3%	17.9%	14.7%	13.1%	14.9%
Belize	23.5%	22.7%	18.2%	16.2%	14.6%
Afghanistan	–	–	21.2%	13.0%	14.5%
Dominica	12.5%	15.9%	13.5%	12.1%	13.9%
Seychelles	23.4%	41.7%	19.6%	14.3%	13.4%
Marshall Islands	–	12.7%	14.6%	13.3%	13.4%
Palau	–	14.5%	10.0%	12.7%	13.0%
Andorra	–	14.8%	13.1%	12.7%	12.8%
Monaco	–	–	12.9%	14.9%	12.8%
Barbados	18.7%	15.3%	13.9%	13.2%	12.2%
Montenegro	–	21.3%	17.2%	17.6%	12.2%
Nepal	15.3%	20.7%	14.2%	12.0%	12.1%
Timor-Leste	–	16.1%	9.1%	36.8%	11.8%
Kiribati	12.9%	11.6%	12.0%	9.9%	11.8%
Cyprus	25.9%	17.7%	14.5%	12.8%	11.1%
Cape Verde	30.1%	21.7%	14.9%	14.7%	10.7%
Samoa	–	27.7%	14.8%	11.1%	10.6%
Malta	50.8%	27.0%	17.4%	12.2%	10.6%
St. Lucia	–	–	11.7%	12.6%	10.3%
Vanuatu	13.2%	11.2%	12.9%	11.7%	10.1%
Comoros	12.2%	12.2%	11.8%	8.1%	9.7%
Luxembourg	–	16.7%	11.0%	11.3%	9.7%
Bahamas	14.2%	12.1%	11.5%	12.1%	9.6%
Maldives	–	–	9.4%	12.6%	9.2%
Micronesia	–	8.2%	7.2%	4.9%	4.9%
Lebanon	–	20.0%	13.8%	6.6%	2.6%
São Tomé & Príncipe	–	–	14.7%	6.1%	2.3%
Canada	–	29.8%	26.7%	22.7%	–
Eritrea	–	19.2%	–	–	–
Liechtenstein	–	–	–	40.3%	–
New Zealand	26.5%	23.6%	21.4%	19.9%	–
San Marino	–	–	–	35.6%	–
South Sudan	–	–	61.1%	–	–
Syria	24.2%	33.3%	30.4%	20.3%	–
Tuvalu	13.4%	6.3%	5.5%	–	–
United States	–	22.5%	19.3%	17.3%	–
Venezuela	57.7%	0.0%	0.0%	–	–
Yemen	38.6%	48.8%	53.0%	–	–
Countries with data	128	171	185	185	179