Monday 13 February 2012 Government 2.0: The Road Ahead
India is 9th largest industrial manufacturer

US and China occupy the top two positions while Japan lost its position to China to slip down at third place

New Delhi: India is the world's ninth largest producer of manufacturing output, a UN report says.

According to International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics -2010 report of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), US and China occupy the top two positions. India is followed by Brazil in the tenth position in terms of manufacturing production. 
 
The International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics- 2010 is the only international publication providing economists, planners, policymakers and business people with worldwide statistics on current performance and trends in the manufacturing sector.
China is now the world’s second largest producer of manufacturing output and has unseated Japan.

According to UNIDO estimates, the share of China in world total of manufacturing value added (MVA) at constant US $ 2,000 has reached 15.6 per cent in 2009, compared to 15.4 per cent of Japan, while the USA maintains its first rank with 19 per cent. These three countries combined produce half of the world manufacturing output.

Despite the lead of China in absolute amount of production, the report suggests that Japan is still the most industrialised country of the world in terms of MVA per capita. Japan’s MVA per capita for 2008 was almost US $9,000 against US $700 for China.

The report also suggests that the effect of the recent financial crisis on industrial growth was severe for industrialised countries, but relatively mild for developing countries.

The Yearbook of Industrial Statistics 2010 also provides internationally comparable data for major indicators of manufacturing activity and can be used to analyse patterns of growth and related long term trends, structural change and industrial performance in individual industries.
—iGovernment Bureau

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