Zambia's manufacturing, value added (current LCU) was 63.49 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 360.23% from 13.79 billion in 2015 (16.49% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 63.49 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 25.63 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 13.79 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 63.49 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 18,800 | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 35.01 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 18,800 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Zambia's manufacturing, value added (current LCU) rose 6% on 2024 (from 59.91 billion to 63.49 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +21.2% and a typical year strayed about 13.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 159.7% in 1992 and the biggest yearly fall was 39.9% in 1994. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 5.54 billion a year. A straight line explains 92% 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 2025, Zambia had the 86th highest value of the 132 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 Zambia in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Manufacturing includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) major division C and is defined as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products. 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 in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 66 values
| Year | Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 63,486,000,000 |
| 2024 | 59,910,120,400 |
| 2023 | 47,396,015,500 |
| 2022 | 39,499,128,700 |
| 2021 | 38,343,149,100 |
| 2020 | 25,632,250,900 |
| 2019 | 20,397,254,100 |
| 2018 | 18,843,307,500 |
| 2017 | 20,013,486,700 |
| 2016 | 16,609,562,900 |
Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 8.78 trillion (2025)
- Benin — 1.45 trillion (2025)
- Botswana — 15.31 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 1.06 trillion (2025)
- Burundi — 2.35 trillion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 15.53 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 5 trillion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 278.26 billion (2023)
- Chad — 761.6 billion (2024)
- Comoros — 56.78 billion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Zambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) — US$1.19 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) — 29.79 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) — 4.11% (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$) — US$2.53 billion (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) — 8.75% (2025)
- Industry, including construction, value added (current US$) — US$10.2 billion (2025)
- Industry, including construction, value added (current LCU) — 256.39 billion (2025)
- Industry, including construction, value added (% of GDP) — 35.33% (2025)
- GDP (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Zambia's manufacturing, value added (current LCU)?
- 63.49 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 337.69 million% from 18,800 in 1960 (26.02% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 63.49 billion in 2025 and the lowest 18,800 in 1960.
- How does Zambia rank?
- 86th highest of 132 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in manufacturing, value added (current LCU) unusual for Zambia?
- In 2025, Zambia's manufacturing, value added (current LCU) rose 6% on 2024 (from 59.91 billion to 63.49 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +21.2% and a typical year strayed about 13.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.IND.MANF.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) 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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