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

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Zambia's other manufacturing (% of value added in manufacturing) rose 5.54 percentage points on 2023 (from 39.62% to 45.16%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1965 to 2023), the average change was −0.09 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 16.49 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 51.18 percentage points in 2016 and the biggest yearly fall was 49.05 percentage points 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 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 4% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

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

How it compares

In 2024, Zambia had the 6th highest value of the 21 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 2024 ranking

• Côte d'Ivoire — 2nd of 21: 55.64%
• Cameroon — 3rd of 21: 47.39%
• Canada — 4th of 21: 46.05%
• Guinea-Bissau — 6th of 21: 45.12%
• Australia — 7th of 21: 43.44%
• Türkiye — 8th of 21: 42.63%

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 36 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 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$2.53 billion (2025)
• Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) — 63.49 billion (2025)
• Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) — 8.75% (2025)
• Industry, including construction, value added (current US$) — US$10.2 billion (2025)
• Industry, including construction, value added (current LCU) — 256.39 billion (2025)
• Industry, including construction, value added (% of GDP)

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Questions people ask

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

45.16% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1963?

It is down 1.8 percentage points from 46.96% in 1963. The highest value was 78.79% in 1992 and the lowest 3.22% in 2015.

How does Zambia rank?

6th highest of 21 economies with data for 2024.

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

In 2024, Zambia's other manufacturing (% of value added in manufacturing) rose 5.54 percentage points on 2023 (from 39.62% to 45.16%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1965 to 2023), the average change was −0.09 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 16.49 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

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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