As of 2019, approximately 75% of global chip-manufacturing capacity was located in East Asia, while the United States accounted for approximately 13%.
Notes on verification
75% East Asia concentration figure is well-corroborated across SIA/BCG report and multiple secondary sources. The 13% US figure falls within the plausible low-teens range reported by various trackers, but a detailed CRS report puts 2019 specifically at 11% (with 13% being the 2015 figure), suggesting some methodological variance rather than a clear error.
Sources
- The great chip crisis threatens the promise of Moore's Law (technologyreview.com)
- https://www.semiconductors.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BCG_Strengthening-the-Global-Semiconductor-Supply-Chain_Antonio-Varas-and-Raj-Varadarajan.pdf (semiconductors.org)
- https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG10/20210720/113911/HHRG-117-IG10-Wstate-IsaacsD-20210720.pdf (docs.house.gov)
- https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/R46581.html (everycrsreport.com)
- https://www.icaew.com/library/industry-profiles/semiconductors (icaew.com)