Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$, 2015 prices in South Africa
South Africa: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$, 2015 prices was 41,315 million USD in 2023. ▲ Rising
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$, 2015 prices in South Africa, 1970–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million USD.
Analysis
In 2023, value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, 2015 prices in South Africa stood at 41,315 million USD.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, 2015 prices in South Africa peaked at 44,146 million USD in 2018 and was at its lowest, 12,485 million USD, in 1970.
South Africa ranks 42nd of 203 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$, 2015 prices in South Africa, year by year
| Year | million USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 12,485 million USD | — |
| 1971 | 13,279 million USD | +6.4% |
| 1972 | 13,783 million USD | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 15,062 million USD | +9.3% |
| 1974 | 16,039 million USD | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 16,656 million USD | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 17,073 million USD | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 16,501 million USD | -3.3% |
| 1978 | 17,699 million USD | +7.3% |
| 1979 | 19,160 million USD | +8.3% |
| 1980 | 20,728 million USD | +8.2% |
| 1981 | 22,639 million USD | +9.2% |
| 1982 | 21,456 million USD | -5.2% |
| 1983 | 21,071 million USD | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 22,470 million USD | +6.6% |
| 1985 | 21,731 million USD | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 21,695 million USD | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 22,174 million USD | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 23,616 million USD | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 24,058 million USD | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 23,517 million USD | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 24,554 million USD | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 25,309 million USD | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 26,337 million USD | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 27,048 million USD | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 28,806 million USD | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 29,209 million USD | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 29,998 million USD | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 29,938 million USD | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 30,118 million USD | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 32,557 million USD | +8.1% |
| 2001 | 33,599 million USD | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 34,540 million USD | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 34,020 million USD | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 35,685 million USD | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 37,899 million USD | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 40,339 million USD | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 42,498 million USD | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 43,482 million USD | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 38,861 million USD | -10.6% |
| 2010 | 41,157 million USD | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 42,406 million USD | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 43,295 million USD | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 43,736 million USD | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 43,454 million USD | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 43,373 million USD | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 43,568 million USD | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 43,486 million USD | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 44,146 million USD | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 43,837 million USD | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 38,693 million USD | -11.7% |
| 2021 | 41,282 million USD | +6.7% |
| 2022 | 41,130 million USD | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 41,315 million USD | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 15,774 million USD | 12,485 million USD | 19,160 million USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,164 million USD | 20,728 million USD | 24,058 million USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,483 million USD | 23,517 million USD | 30,118 million USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,348 million USD | 32,557 million USD | 43,482 million USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 43,246 million USD | 41,157 million USD | 44,146 million USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,605 million USD | 38,693 million USD | 41,315 million USD | 4 |
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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)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), annual growth rate 3.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9509 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per capita 6,274 current US$ per person (2025)
- GNI (current US$), annual growth rate 6.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- GNI (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9808 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GNI (current US$), per capita 6,471 current US$ per person (2025)
- GNI (current LCU), annual growth rate 3.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- GNI (current LCU), per unit of GDP 17.55 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, 2015 prices in South Africa?
- Value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, 2015 prices in South Africa was 41,315 million USD in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, 2015 prices recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 44,146 million USD in 2018.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, 2015 prices recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,485 million USD in 1970.
- How does South Africa rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, 2015 prices?
- South Africa ranks 42nd out of 203 countries with data for 2023.
- Is value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, 2015 prices rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$, 2015 prices. 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).