Namibia: Other manufacturing (% of value added in manufacturing)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Namibia's other manufacturing (% of value added in manufacturing) rose 12.61 percentage points on 2022 (from 16.19% to 28.8%).

Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2022), the average change was −2.65 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.19 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 12.61 percentage points in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 12.53 percentage points in 2017. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is downward, about 2.9 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 71% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2023, Namibia had the 58th highest value of the 66 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Namibia in the 2023 ranking

• Fiji — 55th of 66: 30.46%
• Belgium — 56th of 66: 30.35%
• Netherlands — 57th of 66: 30.35%
• Mongolia — 59th of 66: 28.59%
• Japan — 60th of 66: 28.12%
• Mauritius — 61st of 66: 22.27%

What this measures

Other manufacturing, a residual, covers wood and related products (ISIC Rev. 3 division 20), paper and related products (ISIC Rev. 3 divisions 21 and 22), petroleum and related products (ISIC Rev. 3 division 23), basic metals and mineral products (ISIC Rev. 3 division27), fabricated metal products and professional goods (ISIC Rev. 3 division 28), and other industries (ISIC Rev. 3 divisions 25, 26, 31, 33, 36, and 37). Includes unallocated data. When data for textiles, machinery, or chemicals are shown as not available, they are included in other manufacturing. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of value added in manufacturing which is the contribution to the economy by the manufacturing sector (ISIC Rev. 3 major division D).

Limitations: In establishing classifications systems compilers must define both the types of activities to be described and the units whose activities are to be reported. There are many possibilities, and the choices affect how the statistics can be interpreted and how useful they are in analyzing economic behavior. The ISIC emphasizes commonalities in the production process and is explicitly not intended to measure outputs (for which there is a newly developed Central Product Classification). Nevertheless, the ISIC views an activity as defined by "a process resulting in a homogeneous set of products."

All 18 values

Other manufacturing (% of value added in manufacturing) in nearby economies

• Botswana — 38.38% (2023)
• Burundi — 8.98% (2015)
• Cameroon — 47.39% (2024)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 15.82% (2022)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 55.64% (2024)
• Ethiopia — 37.28% (2015)
• Ghana — 51.91% (2015)
• Guinea-Bissau — 45.12% (2024)
• Kenya — 22.16% (2023)

More economic policy & debt data for Namibia

• Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 8.92% (2021)
• Adjusted savings, net forest depletion (current US$) — US$106.2 million (2021)
• Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$262.77 million (2021)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$3.36 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 60.11 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$3.51 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 45.2 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 22.28% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Namibia's other manufacturing (% of value added in manufacturing)?

28.8% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1994?

It is up 14 percentage points from 14.8% in 1994. The highest value was 55.99% in 2007 and the lowest 14.8% in 1994.

How does Namibia rank?

58th highest of 66 economies with data for 2023.

Is the latest change in other manufacturing (% of value added in manufacturing) unusual for Namibia?

In 2023, Namibia's other manufacturing (% of value added in manufacturing) rose 12.61 percentage points on 2022 (from 16.19% to 28.8%). Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2022), the average change was −2.65 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.19 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.MNF.OTHR.ZS.UN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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