Singapore vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Manufacturing, value added
Manufacturing, value added over time
- Singapore
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
How they compare
Singapore currently reports 8.7% against 2.3% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 6.4%.
That makes Singapore's figure about 3.8 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Singapore ahead.
Singapore ranks 25th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 23rd of 192 countries.
Singapore has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Singapore | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6.7% | -0.8% | 7.5% | Singapore |
| 1990s | 6.9% | -1.2% | 8.1% | Singapore |
| 2000s | 4.8% | 2.9% | 1.9% | Singapore |
| 2010s | 5.7% | 4.0% | 1.6% | Singapore |
| 2020s | 5.3% | 1.4% | 3.9% | Singapore |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher manufacturing, value added, Singapore or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Singapore, at 8.7% against 2.3% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2025.
- What is the difference in manufacturing, value added between Singapore and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 6.4%, with Singapore ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Singapore and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2025.
- How do Singapore and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for manufacturing, value added?
- Singapore ranks 25th 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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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.