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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

"United States's exports are booming."

The data
Exports (% GDP)
2014
13.5%
2024
11.0%
decrease-2.5 change
Counter-metric
Imports (% GDP)
2014
16.4%
2024
14.0%
decrease-2.4 change

Exports moved -2.5 pts of GDP; imports moved -2.4 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)
2011
11.9%
2021
10.5%
decrease-1.4 change
Counter-metric
Industry value added (% GDP)
2011
19.4%
2021
17.6%
decrease-1.8 change

Manufacturing share of GDP changed -1.4 pts vs industry overall -1.8 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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