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Manufacturing share of GDP

50 of 54 countries reporting · annual · World Bank

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Rank Country Value ascending As of vs previous
1 🇸🇿 Eswatini 28.06% 2025 ↓ 1.06 pts + compare
2 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 22.31% 2025 ↓ 3.5 pts + compare
3 🇬🇦 Gabon 19.07% 2025 ↓ 0.39 pts + compare
4 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 17.95% 2023 ↓ 0.39 pts + compare
5 🇲🇦 Morocco 14.93% 2025 ↓ 0.33 pts + compare
6 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 14.91% 2025 ↓ 0.66 pts + compare
7 🇹🇳 Tunisia 14.79% 2024 ↓ 0.38 pts + compare
8 🇨🇲 Cameroon 14.57% 2025 ↑ 1.69 pts + compare
9 🇪🇬 Egypt 14.5% 2025 ↑ 0.61 pts + compare
10 🇺🇬 Uganda 14.47% 2025 ↓ 0.64 pts + compare
11 🇸🇳 Senegal 13.2% 2025 ↓ 1.02 pts + compare
12 🇲🇬 Madagascar 13.12% 2024 ↑ 0.11 pts + compare
13 🇧🇮 Burundi 13.1% 2025 ↑ 0.84 pts + compare
14 🇨🇬 Congo 12.85% 2020 ↑ 3.28 pts + compare
15 🇬🇳 Guinea 12.75% 2022 ↑ 1.32 pts + compare
16 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 12.29% 2025 ↓ 0.63 pts + compare
17 🇿🇦 South Africa 12.25% 2025 ↓ 0.54 pts + compare
18 🇱🇸 Lesotho 12.07% 2024 ↓ 1.98 pts + compare
19 🇹🇬 Togo 11.42% 2024 ↓ 0.42 pts + compare
20 🇲🇺 Mauritius 11.23% 2025 ↑ 0.15 pts + compare
21 🇲🇼 Malawi 10.97% 2024 ↓ 1.83 pts + compare
22 🇧🇯 Benin 10.15% 2025 ↓ 0.02 pts + compare
23 🇬🇭 Ghana 10.11% 2025 ↓ 0.46 pts + compare
24 🇳🇦 Namibia 10.02% 2025 ↓ 0.27 pts + compare
25 🇩🇿 Algeria 9.45% 2024 ↑ 0.33 pts + compare
26 🇿🇲 Zambia 8.75% 2025 ↓ 0.3 pts + compare
27 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 8.6% 2025 ↓ 0.57 pts + compare
28 🇹🇿 Tanzania 8.4% 2023 ↑ 0.22 pts + compare
29 🇷🇼 Rwanda 8.32% 2025 ↑ 0.19 pts + compare
30 🇳🇬 Nigeria 8.26% 2025 ↓ 0.4 pts + compare
31 🇨🇩 DR Congo 7.9% 2025 ↓ 0.7 pts + compare
32 🇲🇱 Mali 7.46% 2025 ↑ 0.14 pts + compare
33 🇰🇲 Comoros 7.17% 2025 ↑ 0.01 pts + compare
34 🇰🇪 Kenya 7.12% 2025 ↓ 0.17 pts + compare
35 🇳🇪 Niger 6.99% 2024 ↓ 0.29 pts + compare
36 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 6.96% 2024 ↓ 0.71 pts + compare
37 🇦🇴 Angola 6.79% 2025 ↑ 0.22 pts + compare
38 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 6.62% 2025 ↓ 2.88 pts + compare
39 🇹🇩 Chad 6.31% 2024 ↓ 0.11 pts + compare
40 🇲🇿 Mozambique 6.19% 2025 ↓ 0.25 pts + compare
41 🇧🇼 Botswana 5.69% 2025 ↑ 0.11 pts + compare
42 🇸🇨 Seychelles 5.41% 2025 ↑ 0.35 pts + compare
43 🇩🇯 Djibouti 5.28% 2024 ↑ 0.58 pts + compare
44 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 5.19% 2025 ↑ 0.03 pts + compare
45 🇲🇷 Mauritania 4.63% 2025 ↓ 0.38 pts + compare
46 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 4.2% 2025 ↓ 0.19 pts + compare
47 🇸🇸 South Sudan 3.53% 2015 ↑ 0.86 pts + compare
48 🇱🇾 Libya 2.81% 2017 ↓ 0.85 pts + compare
49 🇬🇲 Gambia 1.45% 2024 ↓ 0.25 pts + compare
50 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 0.59% 2025 ↓ 0.04 pts + compare
Median 9.1% median of shown

Credit ratings

Rank Country Fitch Moody's S&P
1 🇿🇦 South Africa BB Ba2 BB
2 🇪🇬 Egypt B Caa1 B
3 🇳🇬 Nigeria B B3 B
4 🇬🇭 Ghana B Caa1 B-
5 🇰🇪 Kenya B- B3 B

Sorted by median ordinal across available agencies (Fitch / Moody's / S&P scales aligned at equivalent notches); ties broken alphabetically by country. Grades are never averaged or converted to a blended score — ordinals stay ordinals.