Added value in manufacturing as a share of GDP reached 8.20 % in 1967 in Botswana, according to the National Statistical Office. This is 21.8 % more than in the previous year.
Historically, added value in manufacturing as a share of GDP in Botswana reached an all time high of 11.6 % in 1965 and an all time low of 4.31 % in 1993. When compared to Botswana's main peers, added value in manufacturing as a share of GDP in South Africa amounted to 21.0 %, 9.00 % in Zambia and 15.8 % in Zimbabwe in 1967.
Botswana has been ranked 45th within the group of 60 countries we follow in terms of added value in manufacturing as a share of GDP.
Manufacturing output refers to the total value of output produced by manufacturers.
| Manufacturing, Added Value (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Angola | % | 4.17% | 4.40% | 4.83% | 4.76% | 5.69% | ||||
| Botswana | % | 5.79% | 5.94% | 5.82% | 5.31% | 5.79% | ||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 15.4% | 15.4% | 15.4% | 15.6% | 17.1% | ||||
| Lesotho | % | 12.0% | 10.8% | 10.6% | 12.0% | 14.6% | ||||
| Mozambique | % | 10.3% | 9.10% | 8.62% | 8.99% | 9.11% | ||||
| Namibia | % | 13.7% | 12.2% | 11.0% | 10.0% | 9.73% | ||||
| South Africa | % | 12.0% | 11.7% | 11.6% | 12.0% | 12.0% | ||||
| Swaziland | % | 31.7% | 31.4% | 29.8% | 30.8% | 31.8% | ||||
| Tanzania | % | 9.55% | 9.44% | 9.11% | 9.12% | 7.86% | ||||
| Zambia | % | 7.52% | 7.08% | 6.19% | 6.82% | 7.52% | ||||
| Zimbabwe | % | 9.17% | 14.0% | 12.9% | 12.6% | 11.9% |
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