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China Makes 58% of the World’s Electronics; Here’s How 
Last Updated on October 13, 2026 by Albert Patience
Last Updated on October 13, 2026 by Albert Patience

 

Leading manufacturing nations do not just have assembly plants. They host an entire web of local suppliers for batteries, camera modules, chips, and plastics that are hard or impossible to source quickly elsewhere.

 

The visualisation above shows countries with the largest share of digital hardware capacity between 2024 and 2025. It comes from Ember Energy analysis. 

 

The data shows that China leads electronics manufacturing by a large margin of 58.8%.

 

More interestingly, Vietnam accounts for  3.6%, compared with 2.9% for the United States.

 

That puts Vietnam sixth globally and the U.S. seventh, while India ranks ahead of both at 3.8%.

 

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wdt_ID wdt_created_by wdt_created_at wdt_last_edited_by wdt_last_edited_at Country Share of digital hardware capacity, 2024–25
1 Patience 13/10/2026 02:26 PM Patience 13/10/2026 02:26 PM China 58.80%
2 Patience 13/10/2026 02:26 PM Patience 13/10/2026 02:26 PM Taiwan 10.20%
3 Patience 13/10/2026 02:26 PM Patience 13/10/2026 02:26 PM South Korea 6.70%
4 Patience 13/10/2026 02:26 PM Patience 13/10/2026 02:26 PM Japan 4.80%
5 Patience 13/10/2026 02:26 PM Patience 13/10/2026 02:26 PM India 3.80%
6 Patience 13/10/2026 02:26 PM Patience 13/10/2026 02:26 PM Vietnam 3.60%
7 Patience 13/10/2026 02:26 PM Patience 13/10/2026 02:26 PM United States 2.90%
8 Patience 13/10/2026 02:26 PM Patience 13/10/2026 02:26 PM Thailand 1.30%
9 Patience 13/10/2026 02:26 PM Patience 13/10/2026 02:26 PM Mexico 1.20%
10 Patience 13/10/2026 02:26 PM Patience 13/10/2026 02:26 PM Germany 0.70%

 


Source:

Ember analysis, drawing on data from SEMI, DSCC, Prismark, Counterpoint Research, TrendForce, IEA, BNEF, and GWEC.

 

 

 

Last Updated on October 13, 2026 by Albert Patience

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