UN data shows China is the world’s manufacturing powerhouse, followed by the United States and Japan.
According to data published by the United Nations Statistics Division, China accounted for 28.4 percent of the global manufacturing output in 2018. That puts the country more than 10 percentage points ahead of the United States.
India, which ranked sixth, accounted for 3 percent of the global manufacturing output. Let’s take a look at the top 10 manufacturing countries in the world.