Manufacturing share of GDP in Zambia

Manufacturing produced 8.7% of GDP in Zambia in 2025.

Measure: Manufacturing as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Zambia, 2025 8.7% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −0.3percentage points 2024: 9.0%
World, 2025 14.9% Official aggregate

Manufacturing share of GDP in Zambia over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Manufacturing as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period ZambiaWorld
2025 8.7% 14.9%
2024 9.0% 14.9%
2023 8.5% 15.2%
2022 8.0% 15.7%
2021 8.7% 16.4%
2020 7.7% 15.9%
2019 6.8% 16.0%
2018 6.8% 16.4%
2017 8.1% 16.3%
2016 7.7% 16.2%
2015 7.5% 16.4%
2014 6.8% 16.1%
2013 6.0% 15.9%
2012 7.1% 16.1%
2011 7.5% 16.1%
2010 7.6% 16.0%
2009 8.7% 15.5%
2008 8.5% 16.1%
2007 8.7% 16.3%
2006 9.4% 16.3%
2005 9.8% 16.4%
2004 10.1% 16.6%
2003 10.1% 16.7%
2002 9.6% 16.9%
2001 9.1% 17.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 9.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 7.5%, the figure has changed by +1.2 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 14.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NV.IND.MANF.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Zambia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices