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Global industrial structure
Global Industry Lab

Global industrial structure, decoded in seconds.

Track how economies industrialize, compare manufacturing capability across countries, and detect premature deindustrialization — powered by World Bank, UNIDO, and OECD STAN.

World BankUNIDOOECD STAN
170+
Economies
50+
ISIC Sectors
3
Data Sources
13
Analysis Pages

01 · DASHBOARD

Every country, one verdict.

Read the industrial assessment before the charts.

Pick a country and get an instant verdict — "Frontier industrial economy," "Industrializing," "Post-industrial," "Premature-risk." Four dimensions (structure, productivity, trade, investment) summarized at the top, with five tabs of detail below.

  • Cross-country coverage · annual WDI series
  • One-line verdict at the top of every dashboard
  • Structure, Productivity, Trade, Investment tabs
  • Thresholds anchored to development benchmarks

Country Dashboard

KOR · 2024

Industrial Profile · KOR

Frontier industrial economy

Manufacturing 25.1% of GDP, $94k per worker, R&D 4.9%.

STRUCTURE
Industrial maturity
Manuf 25.1% GDP
PRODUCTIVITY
High-productivity
$94K / worker
TRADE
Tech-export hub
Hi-tech 36% manuf
INVESTMENT
Innovation frontier
R&D 4.9% GDP
Overview
Structure
Productivity
Trade
Investment

Industry Structure · Sector mix

KOR · 2023

Manufacturing composition

share of total manufacturing VA

37.8%
21.4%
14.2%
12.3%
Tech & machinery
37.8%
Chemicals
21.4%
Basic metals
14.2%
Food & bev
9.5%
Textiles
4.8%
Other
12.3%

CROSS-PRICE ELASTICITY

Rows respond, columns change

Diagonal cells are own-price; negative = complements

Q ↓ / P →Cola_ACola_BCola_CJuice_ALemon_AWater_AJuice_BWater_B
Cola_A-2.21-0.71-0.78-1.12-1.66-1.87-1.27-1.52
Cola_B-2.69-1.93-2.57-2.15-3.58-1.86-1.20-2.03
Cola_C-1.67-0.80-1.64-1.40-3.41-1.13-1.81-0.87
Juice_A-2.05-1.19-2.39-1.91-4.27-1.07-2.12-0.89
Lemon_A-0.87-0.78-1.19-0.87-1.80-0.43-0.58-0.59
Water_A-2.06-1.08-1.10-1.22-1.60-1.91-0.66-1.80
Juice_B-1.08-0.71-1.27-0.98-2.81-0.61-1.32-0.67
Water_B-2.04-0.83-0.87-1.08-2.10-1.81-1.25-1.65

02 · STRUCTURE

What does the economy actually make?

Sector mix, concentration, and the Chenery pattern.

See agriculture, industry, and services split out, then drill into the manufacturing sub-sector mix as a single stacked bar. Track concentration with an HHI timeseries, and compare each country to the theoretical Chenery curve.

  • Sector share: agri / industry / services / manuf
  • Manufacturing sub-sector mix as a stacked bar
  • HHI concentration timeseries + top-3 share
  • Chenery pattern — actual vs expected manuf share

03 · TRADE

How sophisticated are the exports?

Sophistication frontier + import dependence.

Plot industry share against hi-tech export share to classify economies into four quadrants — Frontier, Post-industrial, Catching-up, Light. Then trace import dependence and partner concentration across the export portfolio.

Sophistication frontier — industry % vs hi-tech %

FRONTIERPOST-INDCATCHING-UPLIGHTKORCHNDEUUSAIND

Import dependence — partner exposure over time

CHN
42%
USA
18%
JPN
14%
DEU
9%
Others
17%

Import partner concentration — manufactured goods

04 · COMPARE

Leaders, laggards, and the gap.

Rank peers, profile on five axes, measure the gap.

Rank any peer group on manuf share, hi-tech exports, or R&D intensity. Overlay countries on a five-axis radar profile. Measure each country's distance from the peer median with a convergence / divergence verdict.

  • Rankings: manuf share, hi-tech exports, R&D
  • Five-axis radar profile across countries
  • Gap analysis — distance from peer median
  • G7, OECD, BRICS or a custom peer set

Country Comparison · Multi-country

KOR · DEU · USA

ManufIndustryHi-techR&DFDI
KOR
DEU
USA

Industry Lab · Chenery fit

latest year

Manuf % vs GDP per capita (log) — points vs theoretical curve

theoreticalCHNKORDEUUSAINDBRAGDP per capita (log) →
Over-industrialOn patternUnder-industrial

05 · INDUSTRY LAB

Advanced cross-country analysis.

Chenery fit, premature detector, slope, race, Sankey.

The Lab bundles the heavy-duty analyses: the Chenery curve fit, a premature-deindustrialization detector, a 2000-vs-latest slope chart, an animated sub-sector race, a catch-up scatter, a sector-reallocation Sankey, and a printable country profile.

  • Chenery fit + premature deindustrialization detector
  • Slope chart 2000→latest + animated sub-sector race
  • Catch-up scatter + sector reallocation Sankey
  • One-page printable country profile

06 · DATA

Every dataset, already loaded.

Inspect, preview, and download any CSV.

Country Industry ships with pre-built bundles from World Bank, UNIDO redistribution, and OECD STAN. Data Hub is the inventory — search by file, filter by type, preview 100 rows, download individually or as a pack.

Country CSV

.csv

Per-country WB + UNIDO combined series — one file per ISO3.

ISIC sector

.csv

Industry-level VA / employment / output by 2-digit ISIC.

Panel

.csv

Long-format cross-country panel — every indicator, every year.

Bulk pack

.zip

Every bundled dataset in one download for offline use.

07 · HELP

Never stuck.

Guides on every chart, a Help Center one click away.

Each chart has a Guide button explaining what it shows, when to use it, and how to read the verdict. The Help Center catalogs every page with a glossary of industrial-economics concepts.

In-chart guides

Every chart has a Guide button — methodology, thresholds, interpretation.

Page catalog

Help Center lists all 9 pages with what each produces and when to use it.

Concept glossary

HHI, Chenery curve, premature deindustrialization, CAGR — in plain language.

Decode global industry structure.

No upload, no setup. Pick a country and read its industrial story.

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170+ economies covered
WB · UNIDO · OECD STAN data