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Manufacturing share of GDP — Sub-Saharan Africa

Manufacturing share of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2025 — 9.6%. Since 1981, the indicator has fallen by 8.3 pp.

2025 9.6% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 17.9%1981
Period minimum 9.6%2025

Trend over time

1981–2025 · % of GDP

Manufacturing share of GDP — Sub-Saharan Africa, 1981–20257.51012.51517.52019811986199119962001200620112016202120251981: 17.9%1982: 17.2%1983: 17%1984: 15%1985: 14.5%1986: 15.3%1987: 15.7%1988: 16.2%1989: 15.9%1990: 16%1991: 15.8%1992: 16.5%1993: 16.2%1994: 17.2%1995: 17.5%1996: 16.7%1997: 16.7%1998: 16%1999: 14.4%2000: 13.9%2001: 13.9%2002: 12.9%2003: 13.3%2004: 13%2005: 12.3%2006: 11.1%2007: 10.8%2008: 10.3%2009: 10.6%2010: 9.8%2011: 9.8%2012: 9.7%2013: 10.1%2014: 10.2%2015: 10.2%2016: 10.3%2017: 10.3%2018: 10.4%2019: 10.1%2020: 9.7%2021: 10%2022: 10.1%2023: 10.2%2024: 9.9%2025: 9.6%
Change over the period: −8.3 pp Annual average: -0.19 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 9.6%
World 14.9%
Manufacturing share of GDP — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 9.6 −0.3 pp
2024 9.9 −0.3 pp
2023 10.2 +0.1 pp
2022 10.1 +0.1 pp
2021 10 +0.4 pp
2020 9.7 −0.4 pp
2019 10.1 −0.4 pp
2018 10.4 +0.1 pp
2017 10.3 +0.1 pp
2016 10.3 +0 pp
2015 10.2 +0 pp
2014 10.2 +0.1 pp
2013 10.1 +0.3 pp
2012 9.7 −0.1 pp
2011 9.8 +0.1 pp
2010 9.8 −0.9 pp
2009 10.6 +0.3 pp
2008 10.3 −0.5 pp
2007 10.8 −0.3 pp
2006 11.1 −1.2 pp
2005 12.3 −0.7 pp
2004 13 −0.3 pp
2003 13.3 +0.4 pp
2002 12.9 −1 pp
2001 13.9 −0.1 pp
2000 13.9 −0.5 pp
1999 14.4 −1.6 pp
1998 16 −0.8 pp
1997 16.7 +0 pp
1996 16.7 −0.8 pp
1995 17.5 +0.2 pp
1994 17.2 +1 pp
1993 16.2 −0.3 pp
1992 16.5 +0.7 pp
1991 15.8 −0.2 pp
1990 16 +0.1 pp
1989 15.9 −0.3 pp
1988 16.2 +0.5 pp
1987 15.7 +0.3 pp
1986 15.3 +0.9 pp
1985 14.5 −0.6 pp
1984 15 −1.9 pp
1983 17 −0.2 pp
1982 17.2 −0.7 pp
1981 17.9 —

About the indicator

The share of manufacturing value added in GDP. This is the cleanest indicator of an industrial base: unlike the share of industry as a whole it excludes mining and construction. A rising share usually accompanies industrialization, while its decline in advanced countries marks the shift to a service economy.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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