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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

"Japan's exports are booming."

The data
Exports (% GDP)
2014
17.1%
2024
22.0%
increase+4.9 change
Counter-metric
Imports (% GDP)
2014
19.7%
2024
22.9%
increase+3.2 change

Exports moved +4.9 pts of GDP; imports moved +3.2 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)
2014
19.4%
2024
18.8%
decrease-0.6 change
Counter-metric
Industry value added (% GDP)
2014
28.1%
2024
26.8%
decrease-1.3 change

Manufacturing share of GDP changed -0.6 pts vs industry overall -1.3 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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