Lesotho vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Manufacturing, value added

Lesotho
9.8%
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2.3%
in 2025
Lesotho rank
20th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
23rd

Manufacturing, value added over time

  • Lesotho
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
-200204060197119982025

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 9.8% against 2.3% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 7.5%.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 4.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 18 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 20th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 23rd of 192 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 3 and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 16.7% -0.8% 17.4% Lesotho
1990s 6.6% -1.2% 7.9% Lesotho
2000s 8.8% 2.9% 5.9% Lesotho
2010s 1.7% 4.0% 2.3% Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2020s -1.6% 1.2% 2.8% Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher manufacturing, value added, Lesotho or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Lesotho, at 9.8% against 2.3% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in manufacturing, value added between Lesotho and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
7.5%, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do Lesotho and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for manufacturing, value added?
Lesotho ranks 20th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 23rd of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as Manufacturing, value added (annual % growth). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Manufacturing, value added (annual % growth)
Unit
annual % growth
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
228 places, 8,930 data points, 1961–2025
Last refreshed

Manufacturing includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) major division C and is defined as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.