Zambia - Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Zambia was 10.27 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26.04 in 2004 and a minimum value of 0.15 in 1966.

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:

Year Value
1966 0.15
1967 0.21
1970 0.16
1971 0.43
1972 0.38
1973 0.34
1974 0.44
1975 0.67
1976 0.40
1977 0.88
1978 0.76
1979 0.74
1993 5.25
1995 6.95
1996 9.56
1997 12.90
1998 13.99
1999 17.54
2000 19.80
2001 22.53
2002 21.97
2003 21.25
2004 26.04
2005 15.54
2006 9.77
2007 12.77
2008 12.88
2009 10.99
2010 9.61
2011 10.04
2012 14.27
2013 16.91
2014 12.82
2015 11.89
2016 14.67
2017 11.08
2018 14.25
2019 14.25
2020 10.27

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