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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

"Germany's exports are booming."

The data
Exports (% GDP)
2015
42.6%
2025
40.4%
decrease-2.1 change
Counter-metric
Imports (% GDP)
2015
35.2%
2025
38.1%
increase+2.9 change

Exports moved -2.1 pts of GDP; imports moved +2.9 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
20.1%
2025
17.6%
decrease-2.5 change
Counter-metric
Industry value added (% GDP)
2015
25.9%
2025
25.2%
decrease-0.7 change

Manufacturing share of GDP changed -2.5 pts vs industry overall -0.7 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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