Manufacturing is a powerful driver of economic wealth, it transformed Britain into a global superpower in the 19th century and USA throughout the 20th century. At the end of Cold War, analysts proclaimed that ‘geo-economics’ had replaced geopolitics, that economic power would become the key to success in world politics, a change that many people thought would usher in a world dominated by Japan and Germany (whose industries was rapidly expanding at that time and whose combined production was 20% more than the USA)
Today we will see who are currently the world largest manufacturing nations, producing the most goods around the world:
10. Brazil
Total Manufacturing Output per year: $203 billion
9. India
Total Manufacturing Output per year: $206 billion
8. South Korea
Total Manufacturing Output per year: $214 billion
7. United Kingdom
Total Manufacturing Output per year: $227 billion
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6. France
Total Manufacturing Output per year: $253 billion
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5. Italy
Total Manufacturing Output per year: $298 billion
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4. Germany
Total Manufacturing Output per year: $618 billion
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3. Japan
Total Manufacturing Output per year: $1,027 billion
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2. USA
Total Manufacturing Output per year: $1,952 billion
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1. Take a Guess?
Total Manufacturing Output per year: $1,995 billion
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Major manufacturing nations, total production output in US$ billion