Top 5 Manufacturing Countries in the World

4. South Korea

Total manufacturing value added in 2021: $461.1

South Korea recorded incredible development in the last few decades to become one of the biggest countries in the world by GDP. In October 2021, the government introduced ambitious greenhouse gases reduction targets while its also working on passing its own version of the “Chips Act” to improve its own semiconductor industry as tensions between the U.S. and China continue to increase.