Botswana - Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Botswana was 94.84 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 96.24 in 2019 and a minimum value of 73.08 in 2007.

Definition: Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

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Year Value
2000 89.54
2001 90.57
2002 90.87
2003 86.39
2004 85.58
2005 84.85
2006 79.30
2007 73.08
2008 74.69
2009 76.26
2010 77.77
2011 86.56
2012 85.87
2013 86.87
2014 89.79
2015 89.30
2016 93.34
2017 94.78
2018 96.07
2019 96.24
2020 94.84

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports