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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 2 Manufacturing firms by ISIC

From: Innovation and employment growth: evidence from manufacturing firms in Africa

ISIC

Industry name

Frequency

Percent

15

Manufacture of leather and related products

1733

27.08

16

Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting material

15

0.23

17

Manufacture of paper and paper products

312

4.88

18

Printing and reproduction of recorded media

705

11.02

19

Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products

192

3

20

Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products

282

4.41

21

Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations

98

1.53

22

Manufacture of rubber and plastics products

521

8.14

23

Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products

37

0.58

24

Manufacture of basic metals

427

6.67

25

Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment

370

5.78

26

Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products

595

9.3

27

Manufacture of electrical equipment

161

2.52

28

Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.

625

9.77

29

Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers

171

2.67

30

Manufacture of other transport equipment

3

0.05

31

Manufacture of furniture

120

1.88

32

Other manufacturing

11

0.17

33

Manufacture of leather and related products

22

0.34

 

Total

6400

100

  1. Source: Authors’ own computation based on WBES, 2018