New Zealand vs South Africa: Manufacturing, value added

New Zealand
-1.0%
in 2024
South Africa
-1.2%
in 2025
New Zealand rank
156th
South Africa rank
157th

Manufacturing, value added over time

  • New Zealand
  • South Africa
-1001020196119932025

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports -1.0% against -1.2% in South Africa, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 18 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1978 it was South Africa ahead.

New Zealand ranks 156th and South Africa ranks 157th of 192 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 2 and South Africa in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade New Zealand South Africa Difference Ahead
1970s 1.7% 7.8% 6.1% South Africa
1980s 0.7% 2.4% 1.7% South Africa
1990s 1.6% 0.3% 1.2% New Zealand
2000s 0.5% 2.7% 2.2% South Africa
2010s 1.4% 1.2% 0.2% New Zealand
2020s -1.7% -1.1% 0.5% South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher manufacturing, value added, New Zealand or South Africa?
New Zealand, at -1.0% against -1.2% in South Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in manufacturing, value added between New Zealand and South Africa?
0.2%, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and South Africa?
47 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
How do New Zealand and South Africa rank globally for manufacturing, value added?
New Zealand ranks 156th and South Africa ranks 157th 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

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.