How manufacturing-heavy is Malaysia's economy?

World Bank manufacturing value added as a share of GDP, using same-year ASEAN observations only.

World Bank World Development Indicators2024 same-year request · checked 3 Oct 2026

SHOW ME THE DATA2024 · manufacturing value added · % of GDP

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2024

1Cambodia27.8manufacturing value added · % of GDP

2Myanmar25.1manufacturing value added · % of GDP

3Viet Nam24.3manufacturing value added · % of GDP

4Thailand24.2manufacturing value added · % of GDP

5Malaysia22.5manufacturing value added · % of GDP

6Indonesia19manufacturing value added · % of GDP

7Singapore16.3manufacturing value added · % of GDP

8Philippines15.7manufacturing value added · % of GDP

9Brunei Darussalam10.7manufacturing value added · % of GDP

10Lao PDR9.1manufacturing value added · % of GDP

11Timor-Leste1.9manufacturing value added · % of GDP

WBWWorld Bank World Development Indicatorsmanufacturing value added · % of GDP

SourceWorld Bank World Development Indicators ↗2024 same-year request · checked 3 Oct 2026HIGH CONFIDENCE

Method & notes

IN BRIEF

Malaysia is #5/11 in the verified same-year ASEAN subset by manufacturing share of GDP.

METHOD & LIMITATIONS

How the numbers were calculated

PulseKita requests World Bank indicator NV.IND.MANF.ZS for all 11 ASEAN members and fixes the comparison to 2024. This normalises manufacturing value added by economy size. Older observations are not substituted for missing 2024 values.

Manufacturing represented about 22.5% of Malaysia's GDP in 2024, ranking #5/11 among ASEAN members returned for the same year.
All requested ASEAN members returned a 2024 value.
A higher manufacturing share is not automatically better: it describes economic structure, not productivity, wages, technology level or resilience.

Evidence trail

EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology

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Declared sourceManufacturing, value added (% of GDP)
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TransformationPulseKita requests World Bank indicator NV.IND.MANF.ZS for all 11 ASEAN members and fixes the comparison to 2024. This normalises manufacturing value added by economy size. Older observations are not substituted for missing 2024 values.
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Published visualRanked snapshot

Source

HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary

COVERAGE2024

UNITmanufacturing value added · % of GDP

SOURCEofficial publication

UPDATED2024 same-year request · checked 3 Oct 2026

How the numbers were calculated

Evidence trail

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