* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Value added by the manufacturing sector as percent of GDP, 2025:

The average for 2025 based on 31 countries was 10.15 percent. The highest value was in Swaziland: 28.06 percent and the lowest value was in Sao Tome and Principe: 0.59 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2025. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Share of manufacturing, 2025 Global rank Available data
Swaziland 28.06 1 1965 - 2025
Eq. Guinea 22.31 2 2006 - 2025
Gabon 19.07 3 1965 - 2025
Zimbabwe 14.91 4 1965 - 2025
Cameroon 14.57 5 1965 - 2025
Uganda 14.47 6 1960 - 2025
Senegal 13.2 7 1999 - 2025
Burundi 13.1 8 1970 - 2025
Ivory Coast 12.29 9 1965 - 2025
South Africa 12.25 10 1960 - 2025
Mauritius 11.23 11 1976 - 2025
Benin 10.15 12 1971 - 2025
Ghana 10.11 13 1965 - 2025
Namibia 10.02 14 1980 - 2025
Zambia 8.75 15 1960 - 2025
G.-Bissau 8.6 16 1970 - 2025
Rwanda 8.32 17 1965 - 2025
Nigeria 8.26 18 1981 - 2025
DR Congo 7.9 19 1991 - 2025
Mali 7.46 20 1967 - 2025
Comoros 7.17 21 2007 - 2025
Kenya 7.12 22 1960 - 2025
Angola 6.79 23 2002 - 2025
Burkina Faso 6.62 24 1960 - 2025
Mozambique 6.19 25 1991 - 2025
Botswana 5.69 26 1965 - 2025
Seychelles 5.41 27 1976 - 2025
Cape Verde 5.19 28 1986 - 2025
Mauritania 4.63 29 1985 - 2025
Ethiopia 4.2 30 1981 - 2025
S.T.&Principe 0.59 31 2008 - 2025


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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.

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