Below are 12 manufacturing regions in Asia (excluding Japan), followed by a chart showing the proportion of gross value added manufacturing delivered by medium- and high-technology industries.
At 64%, South Korea records the highest, up from 60% ten years ago. But the greatest increase in manufacturing value add for medium- and high-tech industries among the 12 manufacturing regions in Asia goes to Vietnam, where 40% of its value add manufacturing is from medium- and high-tech industries, up from 24% a decade ago.
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- China
- South Korea
- Thailand
- Taiwan
- Malaysia
- Indonesia
- India
- Sri Lanka
- Vietnam
- Bangladesh
- Philippines
- Pakistan
Gross value added in manufacturing by sector (2017, % of total)
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