plate 118 · 2025 data

Mexico's factories now outproduce Britain's and France's

Manufacturing value added, current US dollars, billions, 2005–2025.

Trade rewired
  1. 1. Mexico, not China, now sells America the most goods
  2. 2. China's ASEAN trade is now almost double its US trade
  3. 3. America's duty-free parcels grew almost tenfold in nine years
  4. 4. Mexico's factories now outproduce Britain's and France's
  5. 5. The UAE sold more goods abroad than France in 2025
  6. 6. The EU now buys more US gas than Russian gas
  7. 7. Malaysia again sells more to America than to China
  8. 8. Brazil mines 93% of the world's niobium
  9. 9. More Vietnamese now work in industry than on farms
  10. 10. Indonesia set to use more palm oil than it exports
  11. 11. Factories now make more of Cambodia's economy than China's
  12. 12. China now buys more from Brazil than from Germany
  13. 13. Kazakhstan now sells Russia more than Germany does
  14. 14. China fell to third among America's suppliers in 2025
  15. 15. America overtook China as Taiwan's biggest export market
  16. 16. Mongolia's coal exports hit a record 90 million tonnes
  17. 17. Viet Nam's ports now handle more containers than Japan's
  18. 18. Liberia overtook Panama as the biggest flag by ship capacity
  19. 19. Nickel made Indonesia the world's fifth-biggest iron and steel exporter
  20. 20. Mexico again hosts more US investment than China
  21. 21. Mexico replaced China as America's top computer supplier
$366 billion

Value added by Mexico's factories in 2025, up from $197 billion in 2010.

2022

The year Mexico moved ahead of Britain for good, after passing France in 2021.

+86%

Mexico's manufacturing value added rose 86% in dollars since 2010, against 17% for France, as production gathers next to the US market.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Manufacturing, value added (current US$), 2025
the numbers & method
Mexico's factories now outproduce Britain's and France's. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Manufacturing, value added (current US$), 2025.
YearMexico (bn)France (bn)United Kingdom (bn)Italy (bn)
2005166266270290
2006194270276305
2007201308302355
2008211324283374
2009165284226302
2010197272236304
2011218296250326
2012236275255289
2013240289268296
2014249291291301
2015241252276263
2016221251247277
2017240259244292
2018254275261314
2019259270258299
2020226245247276
2021274270279335
2022315260253324
2023367299281358
2024369302295360
2025366319307383

Claim types Fact · Interpretation

All values read from the World Bank API (NV.IND.MANF.CD, WDI last updated 8 Oct 2026). Current US dollars at market exchange rates, not adjusted for inflation: currency moves affect the comparison. 2025: Mexico $366.08bn, France $319.34bn, UK $307.30bn, Italy $382.77bn. Crossings: France 2021 ($274.32bn vs $269.82bn), UK 2022 ($315.19bn vs $253.27bn), after a brief edge in 2019 ($259.36bn vs $258.28bn) and two years behind. Mexico was also above Italy in 2023–24 but fell back behind it in 2025. Growth 2010–2025 derived: Mexico +86% (366.08/197.19), France +17% (319.34/271.97), UK +30%. Takeaway 3's last clause is an interpretation. Corrected: takeaway 2 mixed the France (2021) and Britain (2022) crossings.

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