Added value in manufacturing as a share of GDP fell 1.25% to 5.13% in Botswana in 2017, according to the National Statistical Office.
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 Namibia amounted to 10.8%, 11.9% in South Africa, 7.55% in Zambia and 11.0% in Zimbabwe in 2017.
Botswana has been ranked 131st within the group of 144 countries we follow in terms of added value in manufacturing as a share of GDP, 9 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Manufacturing, Added Value (As % of GDP) | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Angola | % | 4.83% | 4.76% | 5.69% | 6.75% | 6.58% | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | % | 5.82% | 5.31% | 5.78% | 5.19% | 5.12% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 15.4% | 15.6% | 17.1% | 18.3% | 19.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | 10.7% | 12.0% | 15.0% | 16.3% | 15.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 8.19% | 8.03% | 8.19% | 8.48% | 8.20% | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 10.4% | 9.76% | 11.4% | 11.7% | 11.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 11.6% | 12.0% | 12.0% | 12.0% | 12.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 29.6% | 30.6% | 31.7% | 31.2% | 29.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 9.11% | 9.12% | 7.86% | 7.81% | 7.66% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 6.02% | 6.82% | 7.52% | 7.69% | 8.13% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | 12.9% | 12.6% | 11.9% | 11.6% | 11.0% | ... |
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