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Manufacturing (% of GDP) by African country

2025

Value added by manufacturing as a share of GDP.

Africa, 202533 of 54 countries
9.5%population-weighted average
Highest in 2025Eswatini · 28.1%Lowest in 2025Sao Tome and Principe · 0.6%Reported in 202533 of 54 countries surveyed
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Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — no dataDemocratic Republic of the Congo — 7.9%Somalia — no dataKenya — 7.1%Sudan — no dataChad — no dataSouth Africa — 12.3%Lesotho — no dataZimbabwe — 14.9%Botswana — 5.7%Namibia — 10.0%Senegal — 13.2%Mali — 7.5%Mauritania — 4.6%Benin — 10.2%Niger — no dataNigeria — 8.3%Cameroon — 14.6%Togo — no dataGhana — 10.1%Cote d'Ivoire — 12.3%Guinea — no dataGuinea-Bissau — 8.6%Liberia — no dataSierra Leone — no dataBurkina Faso — 6.6%Central African Republic — no dataRepublic of the Congo — no dataGabon — 19.1%Equatorial Guinea — 22.3%Zambia — 8.7%Malawi — no dataMozambique — 6.2%Eswatini — 28.1%Angola — 6.8%Burundi — 13.1%Madagascar — no dataGambia — no dataTunisia — no dataAlgeria — no dataEritrea — no dataMorocco — 14.9%Egypt — 14.5%Libya — no dataEthiopia — 4.2%Djibouti — no dataUganda — 14.5%Rwanda — 8.3%South Sudan — no dataNigeria 8.3%Nigeria 8.3%Ethiopia 4.2%Ethiopia 4.2%Kenya 7.1%Kenya 7.1%South Africa 12.3%South Africa 12.3%2025HIGHEST IN 2025Eswatini28.1%Equatorial Guinea22.3%Gabon19.1%Morocco14.9%Zimbabwe14.9%LOWEST IN 2025Sao Tome and Principenot drawn0.6%Ethiopia4.2%Mauritania4.6%Cabo Verdenot drawn5.2%Seychellesnot drawn5.4%PINNEDKenya7.1%24 of 33Nigeria8.3%20 of 33South Africa12.3%12 of 33OTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNComorosnot drawn7.2%Mauritiusnot drawn11.2%% of GDP · quintiles of the observed range0.6%6.2%7.9%10.2%14.5%28.1%no record
20142025
World Bank · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Population-weighted, so a region’s figure is the share of its people, not the average of its countries.
Northern Africa2 of 6 countries14.6%
Southern Africa4 of 5 countries12.2%
Middle Africa6 of 9 countries9.0%
Western Africa10 of 16 countries8.9%
Eastern Africa11 of 18 countries7.8%
Africaall 54 countries · 33 with a 2025 figure9.5%

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
21 countries have no usable 2025 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Algeria, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea and 16 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2025 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Manufacturing (% of GDP)Value added by manufacturing as a share of GDP.
SourceWorld Bank, with processing by Africa API
Unit% of GDP
Last updated15 Oct 2026
Next expected updateOct 2027
Date range1960–2025
Coverage33 of 54 countries · 33 reported, 0 modelled, 21 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 33 countries did so for 2025 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2025 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

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Africa API (2026) — "Manufacturing (% of GDP)". Data adapted from World Bank. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/manufacturing-gdp-share
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=manufacturing_value_added_pct_gdp&year=2025&limit=100

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Manufacturing (% of GDP): most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

46 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryManufacturing (% of GDP)Period
1Eswatini28.1%2025
2Equatorial Guinea22.3%2025
3Gabon19.1%2025
4Central African Republic18%2023
5Morocco14.9%2025
6Zimbabwe14.9%2025
7Tunisia14.8%2024
8Cameroon14.6%2025
9Egypt14.5%2025
10Uganda14.5%2025
11Senegal13.2%2025
12Madagascar13.1%2024
13Burundi13.1%2025
14Cote d'Ivoire12.3%2025
15South Africa12.3%2025
16Lesotho12.1%2024
17Togo11.4%2024
18Mauritius11.2%2025
19Malawi11%2024
20Benin10.2%2025
21Ghana10.1%2025
22Namibia10%2025
23Algeria9.5%2024
24Zambia8.7%2025
25Guinea-Bissau8.6%2025
26Rwanda8.3%2025
27Nigeria8.3%2025
28Tanzania8.1%2024
29Democratic Republic of the Congo7.9%2025
30Mali7.5%2025
31Comoros7.2%2025
32Kenya7.1%2025
33Niger7%2024
34Sierra Leone7%2024
35Angola6.8%2025
36Burkina Faso6.6%2025
37Chad6.3%2024
38Mozambique6.2%2025
39Botswana5.7%2025
40Seychelles5.4%2025
41Djibouti5.3%2024
42Cabo Verde5.2%2025
43Mauritania4.6%2025
44Ethiopia4.2%2025
45Gambia1.5%2024
46Sao Tome and Principe0.6%2025
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 46 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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