The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) provides a range of statistical indicators to facilitate international comparisons relating to the manufacturing industry.
Table 18.19 lists the world's leading producers, excluding China, the former USSR and eastern Europe, in selected manufacturing industries in 2002. Globally, many manufacturing industries were dominated by the United States of America. Of the countries included in the UNIDO statistics, Australia was the eleventh largest producer of food products and beverages in 2002, accounting for 1.9% of measured world production. Australia was ranked nineth in the manufacture of basic metals, producing 2.5% of world production in 2002. In printing and publishing, Australia was ranked tenth. Other industries in which Australia was ranked in the top 15 producers in the countries included in the UNIDO statistics are listed in table 18.19.
18.19 LEADING PRODUCERS IN SELECTED INDUSTRIES - 2002
|
| Country or area | Rank | Percentage(a) |
|
FOOD PRODUCTS AND BEVERAGES |
|
| Japan | 1 | 18.4 |
| United States of America | 2 | 17.6 |
| Germany | 3 | 6.7 |
| Australia | 11 | 1.9 |
|
WOOD AND CORK PRODUCTS |
|
| United States of America | 1 | 36.3 |
| Germany | 2 | 7.4 |
| Japan | 3 | 7.2 |
| Australia | 11 | 1.8 |
|
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING |
|
| United States of America | 1 | 28.0 |
| Japan | 2 | 20.1 |
| Germany | 3 | 10.0 |
| Australia | 10 | 1.6 |
|
BASIC METALS |
|
| Japan | 1 | 24.8 |
| United States of America | 2 | 16.9 |
| Germany | 3 | 7.7 |
| Australia | 9 | 2.5 |
|
METAL PRODUCTS |
|
| United States of America | 1 | 25.5 |
| Japan | 2 | 13.6 |
| Germany | 3 | 13.0 |
| Australia | not in top 15 | n.a. |
|
TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT |
|
| United States of America | 1 | 26.9 |
| Japan | 2 | 19.5 |
| Germany | 3 | 11.8 |
| Australia | 15 | 0.9 |
|
(a) In world total value added (excluding eastern Europe, the former USSR, and China (but including Hong Kong and Taiwan)) at constant 1995 prices.
Source: United Nations Industrial Development Organization, 'International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, 2004'. |
Graph 18.20 shows the manufacturing value added (MVA) for 2001 of selected countries. MVA is a measure of the contribution to GDP the manufacturing industry makes. Australian MVA, contributing 12% to GDP, is lower than many other industrialised countries.
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