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Lesotho: Manufacturing, value added (annual % growth)

9.77percent · 2024+185.9% since 2014

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 denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars. Annual figures for Lesotho from 1971 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20249.768
2023-13.864
2022-2.281
20217.364
2020-9.121
2019-0.753
201814.141
2017-9.495
201617.515
201515.262
2014-11.373
2013-4.08
2012-4.162
2011-2.844
20103.271
2009-3.338
2008-2.414
20071.069
20069.595
2005-12.33
20045.879
200313.261
200230.137
200127.346
200018.339
1999-0.178
19980.941
199716.884
19962.382
19955.433
19943.691
199315.012
199212.917
1991-0.018
19909.387
19898.612
198824.558
19873.776
198616.617
1985-7.376
19849.239
198317.394
198260.519
19816.398
198016.722
197935.132
19782.779
1977-5.263
197615.151
1975-8.332
19745.883
197315.485
1972-8.983
19713.794

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Published by World Bank, produced by National statistical offices, Central banks, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Manufacturing, value added (annual % growth). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-manufacturing-value-added-zg (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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