Manufacturing, Added Value (As % of GDP) fell 1.77% to 7.60% in Kenya in 2023

Manufacturing, Added Value (As % of GDP) (%), 2023
Economy | Kenya | September 1, 2025
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Added value in manufacturing as a share of GDP fell 1.77% to 7.60% in Kenya in 2023, according to the National Statistical Office.

Historically, added value in manufacturing as a share of GDP in Kenya reached an all time high of 12.8% in 2007 and an all time low of 7.36% in 2021.

Kenya has been ranked 123rd within the group of 153 countries we follow in terms of added value in manufacturing as a share of GDP, 29 places below the position seen 10 years ago.

Manufacturing, Added Value (As % of GDP) Unit 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Dem. Republic of the Congo % 18.2% 19.5% 19.0% 17.7% 17.0%
Djibouti % ... ... ... ... ... 3.32% 3.70% 4.48% 5.22% 5.03% ...
Eritrea % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Ethiopia % 5.83% 5.59% 5.30% 4.61% 4.24%
Kenya % 8.41% 7.90% 7.60% 7.36% 7.74% ...
Mozambique % 8.61% 8.73% 8.34% 8.06% 8.14%
Rwanda % 7.62% 8.36% 8.74% 9.30% 9.90%
Somalia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
South Sudan % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Sudan % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Tanzania % 8.07% 8.50% 8.03% 8.02% 8.18%
Uganda % 15.8% 15.5% 15.8% 16.4% 16.4%
Yemen % ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Zambia % 6.85% 6.79% 7.70% 8.67% 8.00%