Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) - Country Ranking - Africa

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.

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Botswana 94.84 2020
2 Djibouti 91.51 2009
3 Lesotho 89.72 2020
4 Tunisia 81.68 2019
5 Morocco 69.91 2020
6 Eswatini 62.51 2020
7 Mauritius 55.44 2021
8 Central African Republic 51.90 2018
9 Togo 50.91 2020
10 Egypt 47.85 2020
11 South Africa 38.39 2020
12 Comoros 33.87 2020
13 Cabo Verde 32.10 2020
14 Eritrea 30.27 2003
15 Kenya 30.16 2021
16 Madagascar 30.04 2020
17 Namibia 26.39 2020
18 Senegal 25.84 2020
19 Sierra Leone 25.08 2018
20 Dem. Rep. Congo 24.38 2020
21 Congo 17.03 2020
22 Tanzania 13.84 2021
23 Burundi 13.67 2020
24 Uganda 13.49 2020
25 Ethiopia 13.02 2020
26 São Tomé and Principe 11.03 2020
27 Zambia 10.27 2020
28 Côte d'Ivoire 9.93 2019
29 Seychelles 9.02 2020
30 Rwanda 8.27 2019
31 Zimbabwe 7.93 2020
32 Nigeria 7.85 2020
33 Chad 7.71 1975
34 Mozambique 6.36 2020
35 Malawi 6.19 2020
36 Cameroon 6.15 2018
37 Niger 5.76 2020
38 Mali 5.54 2019
39 Ghana 5.20 2019
40 Benin 4.99 2021
41 Gabon 4.19 2009
42 Equatorial Guinea 3.97 1983
43 Guinea 3.71 2016
44 The Gambia 3.69 2020
45 Burkina Faso 2.75 2020
46 Algeria 2.67 2017
47 Mauritania 2.05 2020
48 Somalia 1.34 1982
49 Libya 0.98 2018
50 Angola 0.85 2019
51 Sudan 0.47 2011
52 Liberia 0.38 1984
53 Guinea-Bissau 0.08 2005

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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.