manufacturing value added as a percentage of gdp stood at per cent in africa excluding north africa and per cent in north africa in by comparison the figure was per cent in latin america and the caribbean and per cent for all the least developed countries per cent for asia and the pacific and per cent globally neither north africa nor the rest of africa made significant progress during the first half of the current decade manufacturing value added as a percentage of gdp increased only slightly from to per cent during the period for africa excluding north africa and from to per cent for north africa