Lesotho vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Manufacturing, value added
Manufacturing, value added over time
- Lesotho
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 9.8% against 2.3% in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 7.5%.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 4.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa'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 ranks 21st of 192 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 3 and Sub-Saharan Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 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 |
| 2020s | -1.6% | 1.2% | 2.8% | Sub-Saharan Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher manufacturing, value added, Lesotho or Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Lesotho, at 9.8% against 2.3% in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in manufacturing, value added between Lesotho and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 7.5%, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for manufacturing, value added?
- Lesotho ranks 20th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 21st 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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About this data
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.