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Compare Industry Share of GDP across 18 selected countries in the Americas using World Bank data for 2024. Values are measured in % of GDP.
Data year: 2024 Source: World Bank Last refreshed:
The latest sufficiently complete World Bank data for the selected countries is from 2024. Retrieval date and data year are different; no newer values are inferred.
Key findings
- Peru has the highest observed value at 34.3%.
- Uruguay has the lowest observed value at 17.2%.
- The median across 18 reporting countries is 25.9%.
- The difference between the highest and lowest values is 17.1 percentage points.
Comparison across selected countries in the Americas. Values in % of GDP. Bar lengths start at zero; the table below provides the same observations.
Complete selected-country ranking
| Rank | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peru | 34.3% |
| 2 | Paraguay | 32.3% |
| 3 | Bolivia | 31.3% |
| 4 | Mexico | 31% |
| 5 | Chile | 30.5% |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 28.7% |
| 7 | Nicaragua | 27.4% |
| 8 | Ecuador | 26.7% |
| 9 | Honduras | 26.3% |
| 10 | Panama | 25.5% |
| 11 | Argentina | 24% |
| 12 | Cuba | 23.8% |
| 13 | Colombia | 23.4% |
| 14 | El Salvador | 23.3% |
| 15 | Guatemala | 21.7% |
| 16 | Brazil | 20.9% |
| 17 | Costa Rica | 19.7% |
| 18 | Uruguay | 17.2% |
What the data shows
The unweighted country mean is 26%, compared with a median of 25.9%. Each reporting country has equal weight; this is not a population-weighted or regional aggregate. The gap between the two highest observed values is 2 percentage points. These comparisons describe the observations and do not establish causes.
Methodology
- Provider
- World Bank
- Dataset
- Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP)
- Indicator ID
- NV.IND.TOTL.ZS
- Data year
- 2024
- Units
- % of GDP
- Coverage
- 18 of 20 selected countries in the Americas.
Source: World Bank: Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) (2024)
Rankings use the cited source values without imputation or interpolation. Display rounding does not affect rank.
Technical details
- Coverage threshold
- Minimum 18 reporting countries.
- Countries included
- Peru, Paraguay, Bolivia, Mexico, Chile, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Honduras, Panama, Argentina, Cuba, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Brazil, Costa Rica, Uruguay
- Countries excluded (missing observations; ISO3 codes)
- CAN, USA
- Ranking direction
- descending
- Sorting
- Exact source values; equal values share competition rank. Ties display by ascending country ID, then record ID.
- Statistics
- Unweighted arithmetic mean, median, and highest minus lowest. Derived decimals use half-up rounding; source values remain exact.
Why a newer year was not selected
- 2026: 0 available observations; 18 required.
- 2025: 15 available observations; 18 required.
Caveats
This is a selected-country comparison, not a global ranking. Missing countries may affect the distribution. A higher value does not necessarily imply a better outcome. Source observations may be revised.