Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP US$ in Western Africa
Western Africa: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP US$ was 13.83 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP US$ in Western Africa, 1970–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 13.83 % for value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.3% on the previous year and up 43.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ in Western Africa peaked at 20.23 % in 1985 and was at its lowest, 8.13 %, in 2010.
That places Western Africa 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 54 years of available data.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP US$ in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 15.55 % | — |
| 1971 | 14.71 % | -5.4% |
| 1972 | 15.11 % | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 16.31 % | +8.0% |
| 1974 | 14.34 % | -12.1% |
| 1975 | 18.55 % | +29.4% |
| 1976 | 19.55 % | +5.4% |
| 1977 | 17.94 % | -8.2% |
| 1978 | 18.06 % | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 17.98 % | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 17.74 % | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 18.95 % | +6.8% |
| 1982 | 18.94 % | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 19.66 % | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 16.95 % | -13.8% |
| 1985 | 20.23 % | +19.3% |
| 1986 | 19.78 % | -2.2% |
| 1987 | 17.67 % | -10.7% |
| 1988 | 19 % | +7.5% |
| 1989 | 17.58 % | -7.5% |
| 1990 | 17.34 % | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 17.8 % | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 16.83 % | -5.4% |
| 1993 | 17.35 % | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 18.69 % | +7.7% |
| 1995 | 18.1 % | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 17.41 % | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 18.14 % | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 17.13 % | -5.6% |
| 1999 | 16.62 % | -3.0% |
| 2000 | 14.99 % | -9.8% |
| 2001 | 14.63 % | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 13.34 % | -8.8% |
| 2003 | 13.73 % | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 12.83 % | -6.6% |
| 2005 | 12.1 % | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 11.02 % | -8.9% |
| 2007 | 10.5 % | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 9.9 % | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 9.75 % | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 8.13 % | -16.7% |
| 2011 | 8.62 % | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 8.81 % | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 9.62 % | +9.3% |
| 2014 | 10.1 % | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 9.87 % | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 9.56 % | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 9.48 % | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 10.09 % | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 11.38 % | +12.8% |
| 2020 | 12.11 % | +6.4% |
| 2021 | 13.37 % | +10.5% |
| 2022 | 13.01 % | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 13.83 % | +6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16.81 % | 14.34 % | 19.55 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 18.65 % | 16.95 % | 20.23 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.54 % | 16.62 % | 18.69 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.28 % | 9.75 % | 14.99 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.57 % | 8.13 % | 11.38 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.08 % | 12.11 % | 13.83 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 9 Eswatini 27.23 % compare
- 10 China, mainland 26.87 % compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 10.19 % compare
- 11 Cambodia 25.92 % compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 10.01 % compare
- 12 Myanmar 25.78 % compare
- 13 Republic of Korea 25.61 % compare
- 13 Republic of Moldova 9.67 % compare
- 14 Thailand 24.91 % compare
- 14 United Republic of Tanzania 7.02 % compare
- 15 Suriname 24.66 % compare
- 15 Polynesia 4.61 % compare
More economy & growth data for Western Africa
- Gross Domestic Product, GDP in millions constant 2021 international $ 2.53 million (2027)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 535,797 million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita -25.09 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 1,174 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 1,939 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 884,444 million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ -23.38 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 4.28 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ -31.89 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 17.61 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ in Western Africa?
- Value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ in Western Africa was 13.83 % 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 20.23 % in 1985.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.13 % in 2010.
- How does Western Africa rank for value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$?
- Western Africa ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western Africa 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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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).