Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) - Country Ranking - Africa

Definition: Manufactures comprise the commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (nonferrous metals).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Dem. Rep. Congo 78.17 2020
2 Zambia 76.87 2020
3 Ghana 74.66 2019
4 Gabon 73.86 2009
5 Malawi 73.58 2020
6 Algeria 72.97 2017
7 Botswana 72.92 2020
8 Central African Republic 72.22 2018
9 Togo 69.30 2020
10 Seychelles 68.22 2020
11 Nigeria 68.10 2020
12 Tanzania 68.09 2021
13 Morocco 67.91 2020
14 Ethiopia 67.86 2020
15 Tunisia 67.53 2019
16 Sudan 67.31 2011
17 Burundi 66.84 2020
18 South Africa 65.76 2020
19 Angola 64.95 2019
20 Niger 64.22 2020
21 Equatorial Guinea 64.21 1983
22 Sierra Leone 63.94 2018
23 Madagascar 63.15 2020
24 Kenya 63.07 2021
25 Mozambique 63.05 2020
26 Djibouti 62.47 2009
27 Congo 62.40 2020
28 Zimbabwe 62.15 2020
29 Eswatini 61.46 2020
30 Burkina Faso 60.76 2020
31 Lesotho 60.63 2020
32 Guinea 58.46 2016
33 Egypt 57.88 2020
34 Mauritius 57.58 2021
35 Chad 56.51 1995
36 Rwanda 56.45 2019
37 Mali 55.90 2019
38 Côte d'Ivoire 55.70 2019
39 Libya 55.31 2018
40 The Gambia 54.94 2020
41 Somalia 54.69 1982
42 Cameroon 53.84 2018
43 Liberia 52.99 1984
44 Eritrea 51.76 2003
45 Uganda 51.18 2020
46 Senegal 49.48 2020
47 Cabo Verde 47.03 2020
48 Benin 46.82 2021
49 Namibia 46.50 2020
50 São Tomé and Principe 45.78 2020
51 Comoros 44.71 2020
52 Mauritania 40.54 2020
53 Guinea-Bissau 31.14 2005

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Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.