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Industry, including construction, value added in United States

Industry, including construction, value added in the United States was 17.6% of GDP in 2021, according to the World Bank. That is up 0.3 pts from 2020.

2021, % of GDP17.6
Change on 2020+0.3 pts
Series high23.11997
Series low17.32020

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Industry, including construction, value added in United States, 1997 to 2021

161820222419972001200520092013201720211997: 23.1 % of GDP1998: 22.7 % of GDP1999: 22.6 % of GDP2000: 22.5 % of GDP2001: 21.5 % of GDP2002: 20.7 % of GDP2003: 20.7 % of GDP2004: 21 % of GDP2005: 21.2 % of GDP2006: 21.6 % of GDP2007: 21.4 % of GDP2008: 20.8 % of GDP2009: 19.3 % of GDP2010: 19.3 % of GDP2011: 19.4 % of GDP2012: 19.2 % of GDP2013: 19.2 % of GDP2014: 19.3 % of GDP2015: 18.5 % of GDP2016: 17.9 % of GDP2017: 18.3 % of GDP2018: 18.5 % of GDP2019: 18.1 % of GDP2020: 17.3 % of GDP2021: 17.6 % of GDP16182022241997200620211997: 23.1 % of GDP1998: 22.7 % of GDP1999: 22.6 % of GDP2000: 22.5 % of GDP2001: 21.5 % of GDP2002: 20.7 % of GDP2003: 20.7 % of GDP2004: 21 % of GDP2005: 21.2 % of GDP2006: 21.6 % of GDP2007: 21.4 % of GDP2008: 20.8 % of GDP2009: 19.3 % of GDP2010: 19.3 % of GDP2011: 19.4 % of GDP2012: 19.2 % of GDP2013: 19.2 % of GDP2014: 19.3 % of GDP2015: 18.5 % of GDP2016: 17.9 % of GDP2017: 18.3 % of GDP2018: 18.5 % of GDP2019: 18.1 % of GDP2020: 17.3 % of GDP2021: 17.6 % of GDP
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) (NV.IND.TOTL.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-10-08.
All 25 values
Period% of GDP
202117.6
202017.3
201918.1
201818.5
201718.3
201617.9
201518.5
201419.3
201319.2
201219.2
201119.4
201019.3
200919.3
200820.8
200721.4
200621.6
200521.2
200421
200320.7
200220.7
200121.5
200022.5
199922.6
199822.7
199723.1

United States compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 45.4 % of GDPAfghanistan: 14.3 % of GDPAntigua and Barbuda: 20.5 % of GDPAlbania: 22.4 % of GDPArmenia: 26.4 % of GDPAngola: 39 % of GDPArgentina: 23.5 % of GDPAustria: 25.7 % of GDPAustralia: 25.4 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 48.8 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 24.8 % of GDPBangladesh: 33.3 % of GDPBelgium: 18 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 28.5 % of GDPBulgaria: 20.8 % of GDPBurundi: 16.1 % of GDPBenin: 16.5 % of GDPBrunei: 62.7 % of GDPBolivia: 30.8 % of GDPBrazil: 22.1 % of GDPBahamas: 11.9 % of GDPBhutan: 31.6 % of GDPBotswana: 33 % of GDPBelarus: 32.1 % of GDPBelize: 16.9 % of GDPCanada: 25.6 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 42.4 % of GDPCentral African Republic: 21.6 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: 42.9 % of GDPSwitzerland: 26.8 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 22.1 % of GDPChile: 30.9 % of GDPCameroon: 24.5 % of GDPChina: 38.1 % of GDPColombia: 24.6 % of GDPCosta Rica: 20.5 % of GDPCuba: 23.3 % of GDPCape Verde: 12.5 % of GDPCyprus: 11.5 % of GDPCzechia: 28.5 % of GDPGermany: 25.2 % of GDPDjibouti: 15.4 % of GDPDenmark: 19.4 % of GDPDominican Republic: 30.9 % of GDPAlgeria: 36.3 % of GDPEcuador: 27.3 % of GDPEstonia: 22.8 % of GDPEgypt: 31.2 % of GDPSpain: 20.3 % of GDPEthiopia: 21.9 % of GDPFinland: 24.2 % of GDPFiji: 18.1 % of GDPFaroe Islands: 19.4 % of GDPFrance: 16.1 % of GDPGabon: 50.1 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 17 % of GDPGeorgia: 21.1 % of GDPGhana: 28.4 % of GDPGreenland: 19 % of GDPGambia: 15.9 % of GDPGuinea: 28.8 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea: 50.2 % of GDPGreece: 14.8 % of GDPGuatemala: 22.2 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 11.8 % of GDPGuyana: 50.4 % of GDPHong Kong: 6 % of GDPHonduras: 25.8 % of GDPCroatia: 19.6 % of GDPHaiti: 22.4 % of GDPHungary: 23.9 % of GDPIndonesia: 39.8 % of GDPIreland: 38 % of GDPIsrael: 18.9 % of GDPIsle of Man: 9.4 % of GDPIndia: 26.5 % of GDPIraq: 54.6 % of GDPIran: 39.2 % of GDPIceland: 20.3 % of GDPItaly: 22.6 % of GDPJamaica: 18.2 % of GDPJordan: 25.9 % of GDPJapan: 28.5 % of GDPKenya: 17.2 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 23.7 % of GDPCambodia: 40.3 % of GDPKiribati: 10.8 % of GDPSouth Korea: 33.2 % of GDPKuwait: 58.3 % of GDPCayman Islands: 8.4 % of GDPKazakhstan: 35.3 % of GDPLaos: 34.1 % of GDPLebanon: 2.8 % of GDPSri Lanka: 30 % of GDPLiberia: 19.1 % of GDPLesotho: 32.1 % of GDPLithuania: 24.8 % of GDPLuxembourg: 10.6 % of GDPLatvia: 21.1 % of GDPLibya: 74.9 % of GDPMorocco: 26 % of GDPMoldova: 20.6 % of GDPMontenegro: 14.9 % of GDPMadagascar: 22.3 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 22.6 % of GDPMali: 25.7 % of GDPMyanmar: 37.3 % of GDPMongolia: 37.1 % of GDPMauritania: 32.1 % of GDPMauritius: 18 % of GDPMalawi: 18.4 % of GDPMexico: 32 % of GDPMalaysia: 37.7 % of GDPMozambique: 21.9 % of GDPNamibia: 24.4 % of GDPNiger: 19.1 % of GDPNigeria: 18.3 % of GDPNicaragua: 27.3 % of GDPNetherlands: 17.7 % of GDPNorway: 36.9 % of GDPNepal: 11.8 % of GDPNew Zealand: 18.6 % of GDPOman: 51.9 % of GDPPanama: 26.4 % of GDPPeru: 35.7 % of GDPPapua New Guinea: 34 % of GDPPhilippines: 28.9 % of GDPPakistan: 18.9 % of GDPPoland: 28.5 % of GDPPuerto Rico: 50.5 % of GDPPalestine: 17.7 % of GDPPortugal: 19.3 % of GDPPalau: 11.7 % of GDPParaguay: 34.7 % of GDPQatar: 60 % of GDPRomania: 26.2 % of GDPSerbia: 24.4 % of GDPRussia: 31.8 % of GDPRwanda: 21.2 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 46 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 18.3 % of GDPSudan: 22.5 % of GDPSweden: 22.6 % of GDPSingapore: 24.6 % of GDPSlovenia: 28.2 % of GDPSlovakia: 27.4 % of GDPSierra Leone: 19.2 % of GDPSenegal: 23.9 % of GDPSuriname: 37.7 % of GDPEl Salvador: 24.1 % of GDPSyria: 18 % of GDPEswatini: 33.2 % of GDPChad: 28.6 % of GDPTogo: 20 % of GDPThailand: 35 % of GDPTajikistan: 35.2 % of GDPTimor-Leste: 62.2 % of GDPTurkmenistan: 36.4 % of GDPTunisia: 23.4 % of GDPTürkiye: 30.8 % of GDPTrinidad and Tobago: 39 % of GDPTanzania: 27.3 % of GDPUkraine: 23.2 % of GDPUganda: 27.1 % of GDPUnited States: 17.6 % of GDPUruguay: 17.7 % of GDPUzbekistan: 33.2 % of GDPVietnam: 37.4 % of GDPVanuatu: 10.1 % of GDPSamoa: 11.2 % of GDPSouth Africa: 24.9 % of GDPZambia: 41.8 % of GDPZimbabwe: 36.9 % of GDP
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Industry, including construction, value added, 2021, % of GDP. United States is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: World Bank. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Gross value added of mining, manufacturing, construction, electricity, gas and water (ISIC Rev.

More on how it is measured
  • 4 divisions 05 to 43) as a share of GDP: the value of output less intermediate consumption.
  • World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.

Current prices, so the share moves with relative prices as well as volumes. Countries that rebase their national accounts can shift it by several points. The latest year varies by country.

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World Bank, World Development Indicators. Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) (NV.IND.TOTL.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NV.IND.TOTL.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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World Bank. (2026). Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) (NV.IND.TOTL.ZS) (Industry, including construction, value added, United States, 1997 to 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NV.IND.TOTL.ZS

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Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) (NV.IND.TOTL.ZS), Industry, including construction, value added, United States, 1997 to 2021. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NV.IND.TOTL.ZS. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/industry-share-of-gdp/united-states. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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World Bank. 2026. Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) (NV.IND.TOTL.ZS). Industry, including construction, value added, United States, 1997 to 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NV.IND.TOTL.ZS. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/industry-share-of-gdp/united-states.

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World Bank (2026) Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) (NV.IND.TOTL.ZS), Industry, including construction, value added, United States, 1997 to 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NV.IND.TOTL.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/industry-share-of-gdp/united-states (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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What is the industry, including construction, value added in United States?

Industry, including construction, value added in the United States was 17.6% of GDP in 2021, according to the World Bank. That is up 0.3 pts from 2020.

Where does this figure come from?

World Bank. Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) (NV.IND.TOTL.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest industry, including construction, value added in United States?

23.1% of GDP in 1997, the highest value since 1997 in this series.

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