The manufacturing share of GDP is described as having moved from 45 percent in 1960 to:

1. The composition of output has shifted over decades. 2. Durable and nondurable goods constitute the manufacturing sector. 3. They have declined from 45 percent of GDP in 1960. 4. By 2016 they were about 30 percent of GDP. _Source: OpenStax Principles of Macroeconomics for AP Courses 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 5 'The Macroeconomic Perspective'_