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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

"China's exports are booming."

The data
Exports (% GDP)
2015
20.9%
2025
21.1%
increase+0.1 change
Counter-metric
Imports (% GDP)
2015
17.8%
2025
16.9%
decrease-0.9 change

Exports moved +0.1 pts of GDP; imports moved -0.9 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
28.4%
2025
24.7%
decrease-3.7 change
Counter-metric
Industry value added (% GDP)
2015
40.0%
2025
35.6%
decrease-4.4 change

Manufacturing share of GDP changed -3.7 pts vs industry overall -4.4 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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