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Manufacturing: the indicators that matter, sourced and dated.

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Long-run trend

Annual · World Bank WDI

Full series 2000–latest so no single baseline year is cherry-picked.

Claim checksEach number with its counterweight
Claim check

"Brazil's exports are booming."

The data
Exports (% GDP)
2015
12.9%
2025
17.8%
increase+4.9 change
Counter-metric
Imports (% GDP)
2015
14.1%
2025
17.5%
increase+3.4 change

Exports moved +4.9 pts of GDP; imports moved +3.4 pts. Look at both before calling it a boom.

Sources: World Bank NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS, NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.

Claim check

"Manufacturing is the engine of growth."

The data
Manufacturing value added (% GDP)
2015
10.5%
2025
11.8%
increase+1.3 change
Counter-metric
Industry value added (% GDP)
2015
19.4%
2025
20.1%
increase+0.8 change

Manufacturing share of GDP changed +1.3 pts vs industry overall +0.8 pts.

Sources: World Bank NV.IND.MANF.ZS, NV.IND.TOTL.ZS. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.

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