Percent change from previous year

Developed Less developed

World* countries countries

1989 1990 1991 1992 1989 1990 1991 1992 1989 1990 1991 1992

All manufacturing 4 0 0 1 3 -1 -2 -2 6 8 9 11

Heavy industries 4 0 0 0 4 -1 -2 -2 6 10 10 12

Base metals 2 -1 -1 0 1 -2 -4 -3 7 10 11 15

Metal products 5 0 -1 -2 5 -1 -2 -3 4 9 7 6

Building materials, etc. 4 -1 -2 -1 3 -2 -5 -2 8 4 9 8

Chemicals 4 1 3 5 3 -2 -1 2 5 11 13 15

Light industries 3 0 1 2 2 -2 -1 -1 6 6 8 10

Food, drink, tobacco 4 3 4 4 2 0 1 0 9 9 11 13

Textiles 2 -5 -2 0 1 -8 -4 -2 3 4 3 4

Clothing, footwear 1 -5 -3 -1 -1 -7 -6 -4 6 1 4 6

Wood products 2 -1 -2 2 1 -2 -3 1 3 6 6 7

Paper, printing 4 3 2 2 3 2 0 -1 9 11 13 17

*Excluding Albania, China, North Korea, Vietnam, Czechoslovakia, former Soviet Union, and former Yugoslavia.

Source: UN, Monthly Bulletin of Statistics.