Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in South Africa
South Africa: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency was 0.0083 million SLC per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in South Africa, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million SLC per person.
Analysis
In 2023, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in South Africa stood at 0.0083 million SLC per person.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in South Africa peaked at 0.0109 million SLC per person in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0071 million SLC per person, in 1970.
South Africa ranks 92nd of 194 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) — Value Standard Local Currency in South Africa, year by year
| Year | million SLC per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0071 million SLC per person | — |
| 1971 | 0.0074 million SLC per person | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0074 million SLC per person | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 0.0079 million SLC per person | +6.2% |
| 1974 | 0.0082 million SLC per person | +3.5% |
| 1975 | 0.0083 million SLC per person | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0083 million SLC per person | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.0078 million SLC per person | -5.9% |
| 1978 | 0.0081 million SLC per person | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 0.0085 million SLC per person | +5.4% |
| 1980 | 0.009 million SLC per person | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0095 million SLC per person | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 0.0087 million SLC per person | -8.4% |
| 1983 | 0.0082 million SLC per person | -5.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0085 million SLC per person | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0079 million SLC per person | -6.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0077 million SLC per person | -3.3% |
| 1987 | 0.0076 million SLC per person | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 0.0078 million SLC per person | +3.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0077 million SLC per person | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0074 million SLC per person | -4.9% |
| 1991 | 0.0075 million SLC per person | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 0.0076 million SLC per person | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0078 million SLC per person | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0078 million SLC per person | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0083 million SLC per person | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0083 million SLC per person | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0084 million SLC per person | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0083 million SLC per person | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0082 million SLC per person | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0088 million SLC per person | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 0.009 million SLC per person | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0092 million SLC per person | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0089 million SLC per person | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0093 million SLC per person | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0098 million SLC per person | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0103 million SLC per person | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0107 million SLC per person | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0109 million SLC per person | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0096 million SLC per person | -11.7% |
| 2010 | 0.01 million SLC per person | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0102 million SLC per person | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0103 million SLC per person | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0102 million SLC per person | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.01 million SLC per person | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0098 million SLC per person | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0097 million SLC per person | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0096 million SLC per person | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0096 million SLC per person | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0094 million SLC per person | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0082 million SLC per person | -13.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0086 million SLC per person | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0084 million SLC per person | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0083 million SLC per person | -0.9% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 0.0083 million SLC per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0058 million SLC per person, 1.4× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 0.0083 million SLC per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0338 million SLC per person, 25% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0079 million SLC per person | 0.0071 million SLC per person | 0.0085 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0082 million SLC per person | 0.0076 million SLC per person | 0.0095 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0079 million SLC per person | 0.0074 million SLC per person | 0.0084 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0096 million SLC per person | 0.0088 million SLC per person | 0.0109 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0099 million SLC per person | 0.0094 million SLC per person | 0.0103 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0084 million SLC per person | 0.0082 million SLC per person | 0.0086 million SLC per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 89 Honduras 0.0088 million SLC per person compare
- 90 Vanuatu 0.0086 million SLC per person compare
- 91 Greenland 0.0086 million SLC per person compare
- 93 Germany 0.0081 million SLC per person compare
- 94 Austria 0.0079 million SLC per person compare
- 95 Turkmenistan 0.0077 million SLC per person compare
More economy & growth data for South Africa
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.4836 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.4 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps -4.01 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0094 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -61.95 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled -2.16 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -192.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0051 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -33.37 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 16.18 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in South Africa?
- Value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in South Africa was 0.0083 million SLC per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0109 million SLC per person in 2008.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0071 million SLC per person in 1970.
- How does South Africa rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency?
- South Africa ranks 92nd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.