Manufacturing, value added (constant 2010 US$) - Country Ranking - Africa

Definition: Manufacturing refers to industries belonging to ISIC divisions 15-37. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are expressed constant 2010 U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Egypt 61,739,010,000.00 2020
2 Nigeria 43,842,090,000.00 2020
3 South Africa 38,460,540,000.00 2020
4 Algeria 34,103,890,000.00 2020
5 Morocco 16,866,250,000.00 2020
6 Angola 8,105,146,000.00 2020
7 Kenya 7,613,363,000.00 2020
8 Ghana 7,275,684,000.00 2020
9 Dem. Rep. Congo 7,059,590,000.00 2020
10 Uganda 6,615,207,000.00 2020
11 Tunisia 5,924,291,000.00 2020
12 Côte d'Ivoire 5,581,176,000.00 2018
13 Ethiopia 5,390,817,000.00 2020
14 Cameroon 5,337,026,000.00 2020
15 Tanzania 5,178,353,000.00 2020
16 Senegal 3,537,711,000.00 2020
17 Gabon 2,619,102,000.00 2020
18 Zimbabwe 2,164,935,000.00 2020
19 Equatorial Guinea 1,878,153,000.00 2020
20 Zambia 1,830,528,000.00 2020
21 Burkina Faso 1,553,661,000.00 2020
22 Benin 1,443,765,000.00 2020
23 Mozambique 1,411,557,000.00 2020
24 Guinea 1,410,442,000.00 2020
25 Mauritius 1,289,789,000.00 2020
26 Eswatini 1,269,388,000.00 2020
27 Namibia 1,193,329,000.00 2020
28 Madagascar 1,022,754,000.00 2020
29 Niger 962,356,800.00 2020
30 Botswana 884,550,600.00 2020
31 Mali 866,392,100.00 2020
32 Rwanda 853,142,100.00 2020
33 Malawi 740,607,000.00 2019
34 Congo 724,057,300.00 2019
35 Mauritania 463,249,600.00 2020
36 Central African Republic 390,954,200.00 2020
37 Togo 384,543,200.00 2020
38 Lesotho 350,481,700.00 2020
39 Chad 276,400,000.00 2020
40 Burundi 272,575,200.00 2016
41 Guinea-Bissau 120,232,600.00 2018
42 Cabo Verde 113,639,600.00 2020
43 Seychelles 94,468,250.00 2020
44 Djibouti 89,856,950.00 2018
45 Sierra Leone 82,646,450.00 2020
46 The Gambia 55,328,650.00 2020
47 São Tomé and Principe 23,303,900.00 2020

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Development Relevance: An economy's growth is measured by the change in the volume of its output or in the real incomes of its residents. The 2008 United Nations System of National Accounts (2008 SNA) offers three plausible indicators for calculating growth: the volume of gross domestic product (GDP), real gross domestic income, and real gross national income. The volume of GDP is the sum of value added, measured at constant prices, by households, government, and industries operating in the economy. GDP accounts for all domestic production, regardless of whether the income accrues to domestic or foreign institutions.

Limitations and Exceptions: Ideally, industrial output should be measured through regular censuses and surveys of firms. But in most developing countries such surveys are infrequent, so earlier survey results must be extrapolated using an appropriate indicator. The choice of sampling unit, which may be the enterprise (where responses may be based on financial records) or the establishment (where production units may be recorded separately), also affects the quality of the data. Moreover, much industrial production is organized in unincorporated or owner-operated ventures that are not captured by surveys aimed at the formal sector. Even in large industries, where regular surveys are more likely, evasion of excise and other taxes and nondisclosure of income lower the estimates of value added. Such problems become more acute as countries move from state control of industry to private enterprise, because new firms and growing numbers of established firms fail to report. In accordance with the System of National Accounts, output should include all such unreported activity as well as the value of illegal activities and other unrecorded, informal, or small-scale operations. Data on these activities need to be collected using techniques other than conventional surveys of firms.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) represents the sum of value added by all its producers. Value added is the value of the gross output of producers less the value of intermediate goods and services consumed in production, before accounting for consumption of fixed capital in production. The United Nations System of National Accounts calls for value added to be valued at either basic prices (excluding net taxes on products) or producer prices (including net taxes on products paid by producers but excluding sales or value added taxes). Both valuations exclude transport charges that are invoiced separately by producers. Total GDP is measured at purchaser prices. Value added by industry is normally measured at basic prices.

Aggregation method: Gap-filled total

Base Period: 2010

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Note: Data for OECD countries are based on ISIC, revision 4.