Manufacturing share of GDP — all countries

Manufacturing share of GDP — Southern Africa

Manufacturing share of GDP in Southern Africa in 2025 — 12.1%. Since 1965, the indicator has fallen by 10.6 pp.

2025 12.1% −0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 24.2%1981
Period minimum 11.6%2020

Trend over time

1965–2025 · % of GDP

Manufacturing share of GDP — Southern Africa, 1965–202510152025196519711977198319891995200120072013201920251965: 22.6%1967: 21.8%1969: 22.1%1971: 21.6%1973: 21.5%1975: 22.8%1977: 21.3%1979: 22.2%1981: 24.2%1983: 23.2%1985: 21.5%1987: 22.1%1989: 22.7%1991: 22.3%1993: 20.7%1995: 20.6%1997: 19.3%1999: 17.9%2001: 18.5%2003: 18.1%2005: 17%2007: 15.4%2009: 14.5%2011: 12.9%2013: 12.3%2015: 12.5%2017: 12.4%2019: 12.4%2021: 12%2023: 12.8%2025: 12.1%
Change over the period: −10.6 pp Annual average: -0.18 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Southern Africa

Southern Africa 12.1%
World 14.9%
Manufacturing share of GDP — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 12.1 −0.5 pp
2024 12.6 −0.2 pp
2023 12.8 +0.5 pp
2022 12.3 +0.3 pp
2021 12 +0.3 pp
2020 11.6 −0.7 pp
2019 12.4 −0 pp
2018 12.4 −0 pp
2017 12.4 +0 pp
2016 12.4 −0.1 pp
2015 12.5 +0.1 pp
2014 12.4 +0.1 pp
2013 12.3 −0.2 pp
2012 12.5 −0.4 pp
2011 12.9 −0.9 pp
2010 13.8 −0.7 pp
2009 14.5 −0.9 pp
2008 15.5 +0 pp
2007 15.4 −0.1 pp
2006 15.5 −1.5 pp
2005 17 −0.6 pp
2004 17.6 −0.5 pp
2003 18.1 −0.5 pp
2002 18.5 +0 pp
2001 18.5 +0.1 pp
2000 18.4 +0.5 pp
1999 17.9 −0.8 pp
1998 18.8 −0.5 pp
1997 19.3 −0.3 pp
1996 19.6 −1 pp
1995 20.6 +0.3 pp
1994 20.4 −0.4 pp
1993 20.7 −0.8 pp
1992 21.6 −0.8 pp
1991 22.3 −0.6 pp
1990 22.9 +0.3 pp
1989 22.7 +0.4 pp
1988 22.3 +0.2 pp
1987 22.1 +0.4 pp
1986 21.7 +0.2 pp
1985 21.5 −1.2 pp
1984 22.7 −0.6 pp
1983 23.2 −0.2 pp
1982 23.5 −0.7 pp
1981 24.2 +2.1 pp
1980 22.1 −0 pp
1979 22.2 +1 pp
1978 21.2 −0.2 pp
1977 21.3 −1.8 pp
1976 23.1 +0.3 pp
1975 22.8 +1.7 pp
1974 21.1 −0.4 pp
1973 21.5 +0.5 pp
1972 21 −0.6 pp
1971 21.6 −0.8 pp
1970 22.3 +0.2 pp
1969 22.1 +0.4 pp
1968 21.8 +0 pp
1967 21.8 −0.6 pp
1966 22.4 −0.3 pp
1965 22.6

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.