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Industry Stats: compare key data on South Korea & United States

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  • CO2 emissions from manufacturing industries and construction > Million metric tons: CO2 emissions from manufacturing industries and construction (million metric tons). CO2 emissions from manufacturing industries and construction contains the emissions from combustion of fuels in industry. The IPCC Source/Sink Category 1 A 2 includes these emissions. However, in the 1996 IPCC Guidelines, the IPCC category also includes emissions from industry autoproducers that generate electricity and/or heat. The IEA data are not collected in a way that allows the energy consumption to be split by specific end-use and therefore, autoproducers are shown as a separate item (Unallocated Autoproducers). Manufacturing industries and construction also includes emissions from coke inputs into blast furnaces, which may be reported either in the transformation sector, the industry sector or the separate IPCC Source/Sink Category 2, Industrial Processes.
  • Car > Production: OICA defines passenger cars as motor vehicles used for transporting passengers with at least four wheels and containing 8 seats or less.
  • Gross value added by construction: Gross Value Added by Kind of Economic Activity at current prices - US dollars.
  • Gross value added by construction per capita: Gross Value Added by Kind of Economic Activity at current prices - US dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Gross value added by manufacturing: Gross Value Added by Kind of Economic Activity at current prices - US dollars.
  • Gross value added by manufacturing per capita: Gross Value Added by Kind of Economic Activity at current prices - US dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Gross value added by mining, manufacturing, utilities: Gross Value Added by Kind of Economic Activity at current prices - US dollars.
  • Gross value added by mining, manufacturing, utilities per capita: Gross Value Added by Kind of Economic Activity at current prices - US dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Industry, value added > Current US$: Industry, value added (current US$). Industry corresponds to ISIC divisions 10-45 and includes manufacturing (ISIC divisions 15-37). It comprises value added in mining, manufacturing (also reported as a separate subgroup), construction, electricity, water, and gas. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Industry, value added > Current US$ per capita: Industry, value added (current US$). Industry corresponds to ISIC divisions 10-45 and includes manufacturing (ISIC divisions 15-37). It comprises value added in mining, manufacturing (also reported as a separate subgroup), construction, electricity, water, and gas. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Manufacturing > Value added > Constant 2000 US$: Manufacturing refers to industries belonging to ISIC divisions 15-37. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are expressed constant 2000 U.S. dollars.
  • Manufacturing > Value added > Constant 2000 US$ per capita: Manufacturing refers to industries belonging to ISIC divisions 15-37. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are expressed constant 2000 U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Manufacturing, value added > Current US$: Manufacturing, value added (current US$). Manufacturing refers to industries belonging to ISIC divisions 15-37. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Manufacturing, value added > Current US$ per capita: Manufacturing, value added (current US$). Manufacturing refers to industries belonging to ISIC divisions 15-37. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Patent applications > Residents > Per capita: Patent applications are applications filed with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • CO2 emissions from manufacturing industries and construction > Million metric tons per million: CO2 emissions from manufacturing industries and construction (million metric tons). CO2 emissions from manufacturing industries and construction contains the emissions from combustion of fuels in industry. The IPCC Source/Sink Category 1 A 2 includes these emissions. However, in the 1996 IPCC Guidelines, the IPCC category also includes emissions from industry autoproducers that generate electricity and/or heat. The IEA data are not collected in a way that allows the energy consumption to be split by specific end-use and therefore, autoproducers are shown as a separate item (Unallocated Autoproducers). Manufacturing industries and construction also includes emissions from coke inputs into blast furnaces, which may be reported either in the transformation sector, the industry sector or the separate IPCC Source/Sink Category 2, Industrial Processes. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Manufacturing > Value added > Current US$ per capita: Manufacturing refers to industries belonging to ISIC divisions 15-37. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Value added > Constant 2000 US$: Industry corresponds to ISIC divisions 10-45 and includes manufacturing (ISIC divisions 15-37). It comprises value added in mining, manufacturing (also reported as a separate subgroup), construction, electricity, water, and gas. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in constant 2000 U.S. dollars.
  • Value added > Constant 2000 US$ per capita: Industry corresponds to ISIC divisions 10-45 and includes manufacturing (ISIC divisions 15-37). It comprises value added in mining, manufacturing (also reported as a separate subgroup), construction, electricity, water, and gas. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in constant 2000 U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Manufacturing > Value added > Current US$: Manufacturing refers to industries belonging to ISIC divisions 15-37. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Heavy truck > Production: Heavy truck production by country 2002
  • Car > Production > Per capita: OICA defines passenger cars as motor vehicles used for transporting passengers with at least four wheels and containing 8 seats or less. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Car > Production per 1000: OICA defines passenger cars as motor vehicles used for transporting passengers with at least four wheels and containing 8 seats or less. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manufacturing > Value added > Constant 2000 US$ > Per capita: Manufacturing refers to industries belonging to ISIC divisions 15-37. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are expressed constant 2000 U.S. dollars. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Manufacturing > Value added > Current US$ > Per capita: Manufacturing refers to industries belonging to ISIC divisions 15-37. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Value added > Current US$ per capita: Industry corresponds to ISIC divisions 10-45 and includes manufacturing (ISIC divisions 15-37). It comprises value added in mining, manufacturing (also reported as a separate subgroup), construction, electricity, water, and gas. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Manufacturing > Value added > Current US$ > Per $ GDP: Manufacturing refers to industries belonging to ISIC divisions 15-37. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product.
  • Value added > Constant 2000 US$ > Per capita: Industry corresponds to ISIC divisions 10-45 and includes manufacturing (ISIC divisions 15-37). It comprises value added in mining, manufacturing (also reported as a separate subgroup), construction, electricity, water, and gas. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in constant 2000 U.S. dollars. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Value added > Current US$: Industry corresponds to ISIC divisions 10-45 and includes manufacturing (ISIC divisions 15-37). It comprises value added in mining, manufacturing (also reported as a separate subgroup), construction, electricity, water, and gas. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Patent applications > Residents: Patent applications are applications filed with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years.
  • Patent applications > Nonresidents: Patent applications are applications filed with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years.
  • Patent applications > Residents per million: Patent applications are applications filed with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Industrial nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million: Industrial nitrous oxide emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Industrial nitrous oxide emissions are emissions produced during the manufacturing of adipic acid and nitric acid. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • HFC gas emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million: HFC gas emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Hydrofluorocarbons, used as a replacement for chlorofluorocarbons, are used mainly in refrigeration and semiconductor manufacturing. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Van > Truck and bus > Production: Counts production of 4 wheeled vehicles used to transport goods and those used to transport passengers with at least 8 seats.
  • Light commercial vehicle > Production: Light commercial vehicle production by country 2002
  • Heavy truck > Production per million: Heavy truck production by country 2002. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Manufacturing > Value added > Current LCU: Manufacturing refers to industries belonging to ISIC divisions 15-37. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current local currency.
  • Changes in inventories > Current US$ > Per $ GDP: Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 million $ gross domestic product.
  • PFC gas emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million: PFC gas emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Perfluorocarbons, used as a replacement for chlorofluorocarbons in manufacturing semiconductors, are a byproduct of aluminum smelting and uranium enrichment. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Van > Truck and bus > Production per 1000: Counts production of 4 wheeled vehicles used to transport goods and those used to transport passengers with at least 8 seats. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Patent applications > Nonresidents per million: Patent applications are applications filed with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Car > Production > Per $ GDP: OICA defines passenger cars as motor vehicles used for transporting passengers with at least four wheels and containing 8 seats or less. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 million $ gross domestic product.
  • Changes in inventories > Current LCU: Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." Data are in current local currency.
  • Value added > Current US$ > Per $ GDP: Industry corresponds to ISIC divisions 10-45 and includes manufacturing (ISIC divisions 15-37). It comprises value added in mining, manufacturing (also reported as a separate subgroup), construction, electricity, water, and gas. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 $ gross domestic product.
  • Value added > Constant LCU: Industry corresponds to ISIC divisions 10-45 and includes manufacturing (ISIC divisions 15-37). It comprises value added in mining, manufacturing (also reported as a separate subgroup), construction, electricity, water, and gas. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in constant local currency.
  • PFC gas emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent: PFC gas emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Perfluorocarbons, used as a replacement for chlorofluorocarbons in manufacturing semiconductors, are a byproduct of aluminum smelting and uranium enrichment.
  • Industrial nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent: Industrial nitrous oxide emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Industrial nitrous oxide emissions are emissions produced during the manufacturing of adipic acid and nitric acid.
  • Patent applications > Nonresidents > Per capita: Patent applications are applications filed with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Light commercial vehicle > Production per 1000: Light commercial vehicle production by country 2002. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Other manufacturing > % of value added in manufacturing: Value added in manufacturing is the sum of gross output less the value of intermediate inputs used in production for industries classified in ISIC major division 3. Other manufacturing includes wood and related products (division 33), paper and paper-related products (division 34), petroleum and related products (groups 353-56), basic metals and mineral products (divisions 36 and 37), fabricated metal products and professional goods (groups 381 and 385), and other industries (group 390). Includes unallocated data. When data for textiles, machinery, or chemicals are shown as not available, they are included in other manufacturing.
  • Changes in inventories > Current US$ per capita: Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Manufactures exports > % of merchandise exports: Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports). Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals).
  • Adjusted savings > Mineral depletion > % of GNI: Mineral depletion is equal to the product of unit resource rents and the physical quantities of minerals extracted. It refers to bauxite, copper, iron, lead, nickel, phosphate, tin, zinc, gold, and silver.
  • CO2 emissions from manufacturing industries and construction > % of total fuel combustion: CO2 emissions from manufacturing industries and construction (% of total fuel combustion). CO2 emissions from manufacturing industries and construction contains the emissions from combustion of fuels in industry. The IPCC Source/Sink Category 1 A 2 includes these emissions. However, in the 1996 IPCC Guidelines, the IPCC category also includes emissions from industry autoproducers that generate electricity and/or heat. The IEA data are not collected in a way that allows the energy consumption to be split by specific end-use and therefore, autoproducers are shown as a separate item (Unallocated Autoproducers). Manufacturing industries and construction also includes emissions from coke inputs into blast furnaces, which may be reported either in the transformation sector, the industry sector or the separate IPCC Source/Sink Category 2, Industrial Processes.
  • Food, beverages and tobacco > % of value added in manufacturing: Food, beverages and tobacco (% of value added in manufacturing). Value added in manufacturing is the sum of gross output less the value of intermediate inputs used in production for industries classified in ISIC major division 3. Food, beverages, and tobacco comprise ISIC division 31.
  • Ores and metals > Exports > % of merchandise > Exports: Ores and metals comprise the commodities in SITC sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous metals).
  • Ores and metals imports > % of merchandise imports: Ores and metals comprise commodities in SITC sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous metals).
  • Changes in inventories > Current US$: Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Manufacturing, value added > Current US$, % of GDP: Manufacturing, value added (current US$). Manufacturing refers to industries belonging to ISIC divisions 15-37. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • HFC gas emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent: HFC gas emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Hydrofluorocarbons, used as a replacement for chlorofluorocarbons, are used mainly in refrigeration and semiconductor manufacturing.
  • High-technology exports > % of manufactured exports: High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports). High-technology exports are products with high R&D intensity, such as in aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery.
  • Industry, value added > Current US$, % of GDP: Industry, value added (current US$). Industry corresponds to ISIC divisions 10-45 and includes manufacturing (ISIC divisions 15-37). It comprises value added in mining, manufacturing (also reported as a separate subgroup), construction, electricity, water, and gas. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Machinery and transport equipment > % of value added in manufacturing: Value added in manufacturing is the sum of gross output less the value of intermediate inputs used in production for industries classified in ISIC major division 3. Machinery and transport equipment comprise ISIC groups 382-84.
  • Manufactures > Exports > % of merchandise > Exports: Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals).
  • Value added > Annual % growth: Annual growth rate for industrial value added based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2000 U.S. dollars. Industry corresponds to ISIC divisions 10-45 and includes manufacturing (ISIC divisions 15-37). It comprises value added in mining, manufacturing (also reported as a separate subgroup), construction, electricity, water, and gas. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3.
  • Changes in inventories > Current US$ > Per capita: Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Manufacturing > Value added > Constant LCU: Manufacturing refers to industries belonging to ISIC divisions 15-37. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in constant local currency.
  • Changes in inventories > Constant LCU: Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." Data are in constant local currency.
  • Manufacturing > Value added > Annual % growth: Annual growth rate for manufacturing value added based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2000 U.S. dollars. Manufacturing refers to industries belonging to ISIC divisions 15-37. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3.
  • Value added > Current LCU: Industry corresponds to ISIC divisions 10-45 and includes manufacturing (ISIC divisions 15-37). It comprises value added in mining, manufacturing (also reported as a separate subgroup), construction, electricity, water, and gas. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current local currency.
  • Chemicals > % of value added in manufacturing: Value added in manufacturing is the sum of gross output less the value of intermediate inputs used in production for industries classified in ISIC major division 3. Chemicals comprise ISIC groups 351 and 352.
  • Value added > Current US$ > Per capita: Industry corresponds to ISIC divisions 10-45 and includes manufacturing (ISIC divisions 15-37). It comprises value added in mining, manufacturing (also reported as a separate subgroup), construction, electricity, water, and gas. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Textiles and clothing > % of value added in manufacturing: Value added in manufacturing is the sum of gross output less the value of intermediate inputs used in production for industries classified in ISIC major division 3. Textiles and clothing comprise ISIC division 32.
STAT South Korea United States HISTORY
CO2 emissions from manufacturing industries and construction > Million metric tons 102.26
Ranked 11th.
597.86
Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than South Korea

Car > Production 3.87 million
Ranked 4th. 42% more than United States
2.73 million
Ranked 7th.

Gross value added by construction 59.36 billion
Ranked 15th.
599.29 billion
Ranked 1st. 10 times more than South Korea

Gross value added by construction per capita 1,187.01
Ranked 45th.
1,909.08
Ranked 29th. 61% more than South Korea

Gross value added by manufacturing 315.89 billion
Ranked 4th.
1.99 trillion
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than South Korea

Gross value added by manufacturing per capita 6,317.2
Ranked 15th.
6,351.4
Ranked 14th. 1% more than South Korea

Gross value added by mining, manufacturing, utilities 344.27 billion
Ranked 8th.
2.6 trillion
Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than South Korea

Gross value added by mining, manufacturing, utilities per capita 6,884.84
Ranked 31st.
8,273.1
Ranked 25th. 20% more than South Korea

Industry, value added > Current US$ $398.17 billion
Ranked 9th.
$2.81 trillion
Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than South Korea

Industry, value added > Current US$ per capita $7,962.82
Ranked 6th.
$9,024.74
Ranked 9th. 13% more than South Korea

Manufacturing > Value added > Constant 2000 US$ 184.37 billion constant 2000 US$
Ranked 4th.
1.61 trillion constant 2000 US$
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than South Korea

Manufacturing > Value added > Constant 2000 US$ per capita 3,830.1 constant 2000 US$
Ranked 2nd.
5,494.78 constant 2000 US$
Ranked 4th. 43% more than South Korea

Manufacturing, value added > Current US$ $315.89 billion
Ranked 1st.
$1.80 trillion
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than South Korea

Manufacturing, value added > Current US$ per capita $6,317.20
Ranked 2nd. 9% more than United States
$5,778.47
Ranked 6th.

Patent applications > Residents > Per capita 2,184.32 per 1 million people
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than United States
630.02 per 1 million people
Ranked 3rd.

CO2 emissions from manufacturing industries and construction > Million metric tons per million 2.05
Ranked 15th. 7% more than United States
1.92
Ranked 16th.

Manufacturing > Value added > Current US$ per capita 4,142.86$
Ranked 4th.
5,277.91$
Ranked 9th. 27% more than South Korea

Value added > Constant 2000 US$ 247.89 billion constant 2000 US$
Ranked 6th.
2.25 trillion constant 2000 US$
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than South Korea

Value added > Constant 2000 US$ per capita 5,149.47 constant 2000 US$
Ranked 14th.
7,695.9 constant 2000 US$
Ranked 7th. 49% more than South Korea

Manufacturing > Value added > Current US$ 199.43 billion$
Ranked 4th.
1.55 trillion$
Ranked 1st. 8 times more than South Korea

Heavy truck > Production 33,269
Ranked 13th.
258,257
Ranked 3rd. 8 times more than South Korea
Car > Production > Per capita 55.68 per 1,000 people
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than United States
17.39 per 1,000 people
Ranked 15th.
Car > Production per 1000 78.25
Ranked 4th. 9 times more than United States
8.83
Ranked 26th.

Manufacturing > Value added > Constant 2000 US$ > Per capita 3,817.71 constant 2000 US$ per c
Ranked 2nd.
5,478.87 constant 2000 US$ per c
Ranked 4th. 44% more than South Korea

Manufacturing > Value added > Current US$ > Per capita 4,129.47$ per capita
Ranked 5th.
5,262.63$ per capita
Ranked 10th. 27% more than South Korea

Value added > Current US$ per capita 5,874.52$
Ranked 17th.
8,163.45$
Ranked 13th. 39% more than South Korea

Manufacturing > Value added > Current US$ > Per $ GDP 253.2$ per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 8th. 91% more than United States
132.32$ per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 72nd.

Value added > Constant 2000 US$ > Per capita 5,132.82 constant 2000 US$ per c
Ranked 14th.
7,673.62 constant 2000 US$ per c
Ranked 6th. 50% more than South Korea

Value added > Current US$ 282.79 billion$
Ranked 8th.
2.39 trillion$
Ranked 1st. 8 times more than South Korea

Patent applications > Residents 105,027
Ranked 3rd.
185,008
Ranked 2nd. 76% more than South Korea

Patent applications > Nonresidents 35,088
Ranked 4th.
171,935
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than South Korea

Patent applications > Residents per million 2,186.29
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than United States
631.85
Ranked 3rd.

Industrial nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million 22.72
Ranked 35th.
79.56
Ranked 13th. 4 times more than South Korea

HFC gas emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million 57.56
Ranked 48th.
972.75
Ranked 3rd. 17 times more than South Korea

Van > Truck and bus > Production 405,735 vehicles
Ranked 11th.
5.03 million vehicles
Ranked 1st. 12 times more than South Korea
Light commercial vehicle > Production 444,914
Ranked 7th.
7 million
Ranked 1st. 16 times more than South Korea
Heavy truck > Production per million 698.61
Ranked 12th.
897.89
Ranked 10th. 29% more than South Korea
Manufacturing > Value added > Current LCU 204239300000000 1545400000000
Changes in inventories > Current US$ > Per $ GDP 7.7$ per $1 million of GDP
Ranked 57th. 62% more than United States
4.76$ per $1 million of GDP
Ranked 78th.

PFC gas emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million 37.4
Ranked 12th. 82% more than United States
20.57
Ranked 21st.

Van > Truck and bus > Production per 1000 8.21 vehicles
Ranked 6th.
16.26 vehicles
Ranked 3rd. 98% more than South Korea
Patent applications > Nonresidents per million 730.41
Ranked 7th. 24% more than United States
587.2
Ranked 8th.

Car > Production > Per $ GDP 4.85 per $1 million of GDP
Ranked 4th. 10 times more than United States
0.482 per $1 million of GDP
Ranked 35th.
Changes in inventories > Current LCU 6211500000000 55600000000
Value added > Current US$ > Per $ GDP 0.359$ per $1 of GDP
Ranked 23th. 75% more than United States
0.205$ per $1 of GDP
Ranked 116th.

Value added > Constant LCU 280348300000000 2253400000000
PFC gas emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent 1,848
Ranked 8th.
6,362
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than South Korea

Industrial nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent 1,122.5
Ranked 18th.
24,611.5
Ranked 1st. 22 times more than South Korea

Patent applications > Nonresidents > Per capita 729.75 per 1 million people
Ranked 7th. 25% more than United States
585.5 per 1 million people
Ranked 8th.

Light commercial vehicle > Production per 1000 9.34
Ranked 4th.
24.34
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than South Korea
Other manufacturing > % of value added in manufacturing 35.59%
Ranked 45th.
39.19%
Ranked 35th. 10% more than South Korea

Changes in inventories > Current US$ per capita 126$
Ranked 29th.
189.89$
Ranked 15th. 51% more than South Korea

Manufactures exports > % of merchandise exports 85.08%
Ranked 7th. 34% more than United States
63.35%
Ranked 41st.

Adjusted savings > Mineral depletion > % of GNI 0.01% of GNI
Ranked 66th.
0.03% of GNI
Ranked 59th. 3 times more than South Korea

CO2 emissions from manufacturing industries and construction > % of total fuel combustion 17.4%
Ranked 64th. 54% more than United States
11.31%
Ranked 104th.

Food, beverages and tobacco > % of value added in manufacturing 6.1%
Ranked 60th.
14.71%
Ranked 36th. 2 times more than South Korea

Ores and metals > Exports > % of merchandise > Exports 1.71%
Ranked 70th.
2.7%
Ranked 52nd. 58% more than South Korea

Ores and metals imports > % of merchandise imports 6.82%
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than United States
2.17%
Ranked 55th.

Changes in inventories > Current US$ 6.07 billion$
Ranked 10th.
55.6 billion$
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than South Korea

Manufacturing, value added > Current US$, % of GDP 27.96%
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than United States
12.01%
Ranked 51st.

HFC gas emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent 2,844
Ranked 20th.
300,896
Ranked 1st. 106 times more than South Korea

High-technology exports > % of manufactured exports 25.72%
Ranked 10th. 42% more than United States
18.09%
Ranked 22nd.

Industry, value added > Current US$, % of GDP 35.25%
Ranked 21st. 88% more than United States
18.76%
Ranked 93th.

Machinery and transport equipment > % of value added in manufacturing 7.21%
Ranked 35th.
29.75%
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than South Korea

Manufactures > Exports > % of merchandise > Exports 90.84%
Ranked 7th. 11% more than United States
81.54%
Ranked 22nd.

Value added > Annual % growth 5.66%
Ranked 58th. 33% more than United States
4.27%
Ranked 89th.

Changes in inventories > Current US$ > Per capita 125.59 million$ per 1 million people
Ranked 29th.
189.34 million$ per 1 million people
Ranked 15th. 51% more than South Korea

Manufacturing > Value added > Constant LCU 208518700000000 1608900000000
Changes in inventories > Constant LCU -1195700000000 52200000000
Manufacturing > Value added > Annual % growth 7%
Ranked 36th. 34% more than United States
5.21%
Ranked 64th.

Value added > Current LCU 289608300000000 2390300000000
Chemicals > % of value added in manufacturing 6.95%
Ranked 30th.
10.58%
Ranked 12th. 52% more than South Korea

Value added > Current US$ > Per capita 5,855.52$ per capita
Ranked 17th.
8,139.81$ per capita
Ranked 12th. 39% more than South Korea

Textiles and clothing > % of value added in manufacturing 18.57%
Ranked 17th. 2 times more than United States
8.4%
Ranked 46th.

SOURCES: International Energy Agency; International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers.; United Nations Statistics Division; United Nations Statistics Division. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Bank national accounts data; World Bank national accounts data. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Development Indicators database; World Development Indicators database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Energy Agency. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers; International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, 2010 Provisional Production Statistics.; International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, 2010 Provisional Production Statistics. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Bank staff estimates; United Nations Industrial Development Organization, International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics.; World Bank national accounts data. GDP figures sourced from World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; United Nations, Comtrade database.

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