Lesotho: Share of manufacturing

The latest value from 2024 is 12.07 percent, a decline from 14.05 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 11.50 percent, based on data from 170 countries. Historically, the average for Lesotho from 1964 to 2024 is 10.83 percent. The minimum value, 0.77 percent, was reached in 1965 while the maximum of 24.56 percent was recorded in 2002. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

The importance of manufacturing in the economy of Lesotho and other countries is measured as the value added of manufacturing as percent of GDP. Manufacturing is part of the industrial sector of the economy.

Definition: Manufacturing includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) major division C and is defined as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.