Percent change from previous year

Developed Less developed

World{1} countries countries

1990 1991 1992 1993 1990 1991 1992 1993 1990 1991 1992 1993

All manufacturing 0 -1 -1 0 -1 -2 -2 -1 5 4 4 6

Heavy industries 0 -1 -1 1 -1 -2 -2 0 6 4 5 8

Base metals -2 -3 -2 0 -3 -4 -3 -2 4 3 2 7

Metal products 0 -2 -3 0 -1 -2 -3 -1 8 6 5 10

Building materials, etc. -1 -2 0 0 -2 -5 -2 -1 3 6 4 4

Chemicals -1 0 3 1 -2 -1 2 0 5 3 6 6

Light industries -1 0 0 -1 -2 -1 0 -2 3 3 2 4

Food, drink, tobacco 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 -1 4 4 3 4

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

Clothing, footwear -6 -4 -3 -2 -7 -6 -4 -3 -1 1 0 2

Wood products -1 -2 1 2 -2 -3 1 1 5 5 3 6

Paper, printing 2 1 0 -1 2 0 -1 -2 5 5 4 5

{1}Excluding Albania, China, North Korea, Vietnam, former Czechoslovakia, former Soviet Union, and former Yugoslavia.

Source: UN, Monthly Bulletin of Statistics.