Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of the economy — Mineral rents by country
The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual...
Countries reporting
130
Highest
28.81 Percentage of GDP
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lowest
0 Percentage of GDP
Uganda
Median
0.1554 Percentage of GDP
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
5,288
What the numbers show
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of the economy — Mineral rents is currently reported for 130 countries. The highest value is 28.81 Percentage of GDP in Democratic Republic of the Congo; the lowest is 0 Percentage of GDP in Uganda.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1554 Percentage of GDP, and the mean is 2.73 Percentage of GDP.
Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Eritrea (up 85,592.8%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 100.0%).
Africa's Development: Sectoral breakdown of the economy … Mineral: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 28.81 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 206.8% | volatile |
| 1 | Zambia | 28.25 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 133.7% | volatile |
| 1 | Mauritania | 9.59 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 55.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Mongolia | 26.57 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 89.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Eritrea | 24.63 Percentage of GDP | 2011 | up 85,592.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Chile | 16.23 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 40.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Mali | 16.18 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 153.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 15.45 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 118.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Papua New Guinea | 14.41 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Peru | 12.1 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.15 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Australia | 10.47 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 108.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Guyana | 9.38 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 9.1 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 144.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Uzbekistan | 8.5 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Fiji | 1.13 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Tajikistan | 7.09 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 300.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Armenia | 6.79 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 174.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Sudan | 6.63 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 954.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Bolivia | 5.91 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Liberia | 5.44 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Ukraine | 5.32 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 0.2646 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 62.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Ghana | 5.17 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 21 | Togo | 4.88 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Brazil | 4.49 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 147.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Madagascar | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Eswatini | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 22 | Croatia | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Zimbabwe | 4.24 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Tanzania | 4.03 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Laos | 3.89 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 26 | South Africa | 3.83 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 57.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Panama | 3.58 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 2,438.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Iran | 3.36 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 220.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Türkiye | 0.6342 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Namibia | 3.17 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 99.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Poland | 0.4785 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 89.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Senegal | 2.9 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 93.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Nicaragua | 2.68 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Côte d’Ivoire | 2.5 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 282.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Russia | 2.05 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 88.7% | rising |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 2.04 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 592.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Myanmar | 2 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 325.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Viet Nam | 0.1022 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 81.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Indonesia | 1.91 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Philippines | 1.52 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Mexico | 1.36 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 56.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 39 | India | 1.32 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Georgia | 1.28 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Canada | 1.18 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 113.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Guatemala | 1.12 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Sweden | 1 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Colombia | 0.9101 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Niger | 0.8301 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 83.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Central African Republic | 0.768 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 1,616.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Serbia | 0.6586 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Bulgaria | 0.5936 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Argentina | 0.5803 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 50 | OECD | 0.5366 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 51 | China | 0.51 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Honduras | 0.3846 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Azerbaijan | 0.3495 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 199.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Morocco | 0.2659 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Cuba | 0.2443 Percentage of GDP | 2020 | down 79.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Botswana | 0.2424 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 79.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Sierra Leone | 0.2128 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Albania | 0.1802 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1622 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 196.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Portugal | 0.1487 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 171.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Mozambique | 0.1405 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 714.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Finland | 0.1091 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Venezuela | 0.1053 Percentage of GDP | 2014 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 64 | United States | 0.102 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Spain | 0.0965 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 349.7% | volatile |
| 66 | New Zealand | 0.0962 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 74.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Bhutan | 0.075 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Pakistan | 0.0687 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Greece | 0.0522 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0398 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Ireland | 0.0362 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Romania | 0.0348 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Gabon | 0.0225 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 74 | Montenegro | 0.0136 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 92.1% | volatile |
| 75 | South Sudan | 0.0133 Percentage of GDP | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Uruguay | 0.0122 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Cyprus | 0.0119 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Nigeria | 0.008 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 55.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Japan | 0.0072 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 105.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Kenya | 0.0057 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Malawi | 0.0056 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Algeria | 0.0038 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 83 | United Kingdom | 0.0001 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Afghanistan | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Austria | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Burundi | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Benin | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Belize | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Switzerland | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Cameroon | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Congo | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Costa Rica | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Germany | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Denmark | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Ecuador | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Egypt | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | France | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Guinea | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Hungary | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Iraq | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Israel | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Italy | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Jamaica | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Jordan | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Sri Lanka | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Luxembourg | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | North Macedonia | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Malaysia | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Norway | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Nepal | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Oman | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Rwanda | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Solomon Islands | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Suriname | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Chad | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Thailand | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Tunisia | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Uganda | 0 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central Africa (African Union) 9.15 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, landlocked developing countries 6.12 Percentage of GDP
- Land Locked Developing Countries 5.61 Percentage of GDP
- Southern African Development Community (SADC) 5.54 Percentage of GDP
- Africa, low income countries (World Bank) 5.6 Percentage of GDP
- Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) 5.38 Percentage of GDP
- East African Community 5.56 Percentage of GDP
- Southern Africa (African Union) 4.09 Percentage of GDP
- Low income countries (World Bank) 5.28 Percentage of GDP
- Latin America and the Caribbean 3.48 Percentage of GDP
- Africa, least developed countries 5.28 Percentage of GDP
- Least Developed Countries 2.84 Percentage of GDP
- MERCOSUR 4.62 Percentage of GDP
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) 2.23 Percentage of GDP
- Africa, land locked developing countries 4.58 Percentage of GDP
- Resource-rich countries 1.98 Percentage of GDP
- Africa, upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 2.91 Percentage of GDP
- Africa 1.97 Percentage of GDP
- Africa, non-resource-rich countries 2.27 Percentage of GDP
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 1.84 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, resource-rich countries 2.16 Percentage of GDP
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) 1.47 Percentage of GDP
- West Africa (African Union) 1.84 Percentage of GDP
- East Africa (African Union) 1.72 Percentage of GDP
- ASEAN 1.01 Percentage of GDP
- Africa, fragile states 1.7 Percentage of GDP
- Small Island Developing States 0.9981 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 1.58 Percentage of GDP
- World 0.9667 Percentage of GDP
- Fragile states 1.54 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa 0.9121 Percentage of GDP
- Lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 1.44 Percentage of GDP
- Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 0.2728 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, fragile states 1.44 Percentage of GDP
- Upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 1.27 Percentage of GDP
- Slovak Republic 0.0117 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 1.24 Percentage of GDP
- Korea 0.0005 Percentage of GDP
- Community of Sahel–Saharan States (CEN–SAD) 1.19 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, small island developing states 1.04 Percentage of GDP
About this data
The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual website which links to the electronic version of the Africa's Development Dynamics book in both English and French. Table 8 shows the breakdown of national economies by sectors of activity, looking at share of employment, contributions to GDP, along with the impact of natural resource extraction on the economy.