Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP US$ in Lesotho
Lesotho: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP US$ was 13.98 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP US$ in Lesotho, 1970–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ in Lesotho is 13.98 %, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 14.1% on the previous year and up 27.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ in Lesotho peaked at 26.51 % in 2002 and was at its lowest, 4.58 %, in 1970.
Lesotho ranks 64th of 203 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP US$ in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 4.58 % | — |
| 1971 | 5.54 % | +21.1% |
| 1972 | 5.09 % | -8.1% |
| 1973 | 5.2 % | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 5.72 % | +10.0% |
| 1975 | 5.89 % | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 5.61 % | -4.6% |
| 1977 | 4.98 % | -11.3% |
| 1978 | 5.07 % | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 5.66 % | +11.8% |
| 1980 | 5.44 % | -4.0% |
| 1981 | 5.92 % | +9.0% |
| 1982 | 7.08 % | +19.5% |
| 1983 | 8.34 % | +17.9% |
| 1984 | 8.43 % | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 7.89 % | -6.3% |
| 1986 | 8.87 % | +12.4% |
| 1987 | 9.38 % | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 9.85 % | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 10.17 % | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 10.87 % | +7.0% |
| 1991 | 10.58 % | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 10.82 % | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 11.9 % | +9.9% |
| 1994 | 11.36 % | -4.5% |
| 1995 | 11.38 % | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 11.78 % | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 12.58 % | +6.8% |
| 1998 | 14.04 % | +11.7% |
| 1999 | 13.79 % | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 16.15 % | +17.2% |
| 2001 | 22.32 % | +38.2% |
| 2002 | 26.51 % | +18.8% |
| 2003 | 24.68 % | -6.9% |
| 2004 | 25.4 % | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 22.51 % | -11.4% |
| 2006 | 24.65 % | +9.5% |
| 2007 | 22.24 % | -9.8% |
| 2008 | 21.23 % | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 17.51 % | -17.5% |
| 2010 | 13.08 % | -25.3% |
| 2011 | 12.78 % | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 11.45 % | -10.4% |
| 2013 | 10.94 % | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 12.25 % | +12.0% |
| 2015 | 15.13 % | +23.5% |
| 2016 | 16.66 % | +10.1% |
| 2017 | 15.24 % | -8.6% |
| 2018 | 16.63 % | +9.1% |
| 2019 | 17.22 % | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 16.35 % | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 16.54 % | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 16.28 % | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 13.98 % | -14.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.33 % | 4.58 % | 5.89 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.14 % | 5.44 % | 10.17 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.91 % | 10.58 % | 14.04 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.32 % | 16.15 % | 26.51 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.14 % | 10.94 % | 17.22 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.79 % | 13.98 % | 16.54 % | 4 |
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More economy & growth data for Lesotho
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), annual growth rate 4.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per unit of GDP 1.18 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per capita 1,282 current US$ per person (2025)
- GNI (current US$), annual growth rate 8.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- GNI (current US$), per unit of GDP 1.22 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GNI (current US$), per capita 1,334 current US$ per person (2025)
- GNI (current LCU), annual growth rate 5.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- GNI (current LCU), per unit of GDP 21.91 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GNI (current LCU), per capita 23,856 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current US$), annual 12.78 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ in Lesotho?
- Value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ in Lesotho was 13.98 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 26.51 % in 2002.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.58 % in 1970.
- How does Lesotho rank for value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$?
- Lesotho ranks 64th out of 203 countries with data for 2023.
- Is value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP US$. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).