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Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of the economy — Value added in construction 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
175
Highest
17.94 Percentage of GDP
St. Kitts and Nevis
Lowest
0.7394 Percentage of GDP
Sierra Leone
Median
5.71 Percentage of GDP
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
5,627

What the numbers show

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of the economy — Value added in construction is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 17.94 Percentage of GDP in St. Kitts and Nevis; the lowest is 0.7394 Percentage of GDP in Sierra Leone.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.71 Percentage of GDP, and the mean is 6.17 Percentage of GDP.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24.

Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 207.3%), and the largest decrease in Congo, Republic of (down 82.8%).

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 St. Kitts and Nevis 17.94 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 59.2% flat
2 Antigua and Barbuda 16.51 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 80.4% rising
3 Dominican Republic 16.34 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 55.1% rising
4 Panama 15.93 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 37.4% volatile
5 Cambodia 15.85 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 126.5% rising
6 Eritrea, The State of 15.73 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 1.2% rising
7 Tanzania, United Republic of 15.22 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 44.5% rising
8 Tuvalu 15.21 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 170.7% rising
9 Zambia 12.25 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 38.6% rising
10 Algeria 12.2 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 36.1% rising
11 Gambia, The 12.18 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 161.8% volatile
12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 11.76 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 105.1% rising
13 Albania 11.13 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 15.3% falling
14 Qatar 11.06 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 148.1% rising
15 Botswana 11.05 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 2.1% rising
16 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 10.83 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 39.4% rising
17 Indonesia 10.21 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 6.9% rising
18 Grenada 9.89 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 77.6% falling
19 Bangladesh 9.68 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 35.2% rising
20 Suriname 9.57 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 69.6% rising
21 Nigeria 9.38 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 207.3% volatile
22 Ecuador 9.26 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 17.2% rising
23 Monaco 8.93 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 22.7% rising
24 Cuba 8.89 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 72.8% rising
25 Africa, fragile states 8.76 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 89.4% rising
26 Peru 8.73 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 22.4% rising
27 Tajikistan, Republic of 8.72 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 10.6% rising
28 Kyrgyz Republic 8.4 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 16.3% rising
29 Andorra, Principality of 8.39 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 15.6% falling
30 Oman 8.38 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 5.3% rising
31 Sri Lanka 8.37 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 4.5% rising
32 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 8.36 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 6.3% falling
33 Jamaica 8.31 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 21.3% rising
34 Tonga 8.29 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 21.9% flat
35 Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 8.29 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 29.3% rising
36 India 8.19 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 11.2% flat
37 Bahrain, Kingdom of 8.19 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 35.3% rising
38 Rwanda 8.17 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 6.9% rising
39 Bhutan 8.06 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 59.2% falling
40 Russian Federation 8.03 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.7% rising
41 Georgia 7.99 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 8.2% rising
42 Paraguay 7.71 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 25.5% rising
43 Canada 7.68 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 2.7% rising
44 Egypt, Arab Republic of 7.63 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 84.2% rising
45 East African Community 7.6 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 38.1% rising
46 Kenya 7.6 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 69.9% rising
47 New Zealand 7.56 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 30.4% rising
48 Cameroon 7.51 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 36.0% falling
49 Armenia, Republic of 7.46 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 41.9% falling
50 Turkmenistan 7.41 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 34.5% rising
51 United Arab Emirates 7.39 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 11.7% falling
52 Philippines 7.33 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 34.5% rising
53 Austria 7.27 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 14.3% falling
54 Iceland 7.19 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 58.5% falling
55 Australia 7.08 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 17.6% rising
56 Romania 6.98 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 18.2% falling
57 Finland 6.96 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 3.4% rising
58 China, People's Republic of 6.89 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 0.9% rising
59 Maldives 6.88 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 13.9% rising
60 Palau 6.84 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 28.6% falling
61 Uzbekistan, Republic of 6.71 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 36.9% rising
62 North Macedonia, Republic of 6.65 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 0.6% flat
63 Sweden 6.57 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 10.6% rising
64 Serbia, Republic of 6.57 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 46.7% rising
65 Chile 6.55 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 7.8% rising
66 Benin 6.53 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 28.4% flat
67 Resource-rich countries 6.49 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 8.0% rising
68 Barbados 6.46 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.1% rising
69 Mexico 6.36 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 1.2% flat
70 Hungary 6.34 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 64.9% flat
71 Belize 6.29 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 99.3% falling
72 El Salvador 6.26 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 6.1% rising
73 Ghana 6.23 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 28.2% rising
74 United Kingdom 6.21 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 15.1% flat
75 Papua New Guinea 6.16 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 40.3% rising
76 Israel 6.15 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.8% rising
77 Angola 6.1 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 41.0% rising
78 Guatemala 6.09 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 30.7% rising
79 Myanmar 6.07 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 23.7% rising
80 Morocco 6.06 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 2.5% rising
81 Honduras 5.91 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.2% flat
82 Nepal 5.82 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 12.3% flat
83 Côte d’Ivoire 5.76 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 83.5% rising
84 Luxembourg 5.74 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 8.9% falling
85 Germany 5.73 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 28.0% rising
86 World outside Africa 5.73 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 3.7% rising
87 Uganda 5.73 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 20.1% rising
88 Dominica 5.71 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 15.0% rising
89 Kazakhstan, Republic of 5.66 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 15.7% falling
90 Czechia 5.63 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 4.7% falling
91 Vanuatu 5.62 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 172.9% rising
92 Japan 5.58 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 18.4% falling
93 France 5.55 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 5.1% rising
94 Cyprus 5.45 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 8.6% falling
95 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 5.43 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 6.8% falling
96 Belarus, Republic of 5.42 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 35.2% falling
97 Uruguay 5.41 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 34.2% falling
98 Spain 5.41 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 18.2% falling
99 Denmark 5.29 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 16.1% flat
100 Belgium 5.28 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.3% flat
101 Azerbaijan, Republic of 5.22 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 51.3% flat
102 Zimbabwe 5.2 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 109.1% volatile
103 Mauritius 5.2 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 15.6% falling
104 Italy 5.17 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 1.5% falling
105 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.16 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.6% falling
106 Yemen, Republic of 5.12 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 31.2% rising
107 OECD 5.11 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.8% falling
108 Bahamas, The 5.07 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 37.5% rising
109 Solomon Islands 5 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 132.2% rising
110 Marshall Islands 4.97 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 12.0% falling
111 Switzerland 4.84 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.3% flat
112 Montenegro 4.83 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 12.9% rising
113 Norway 4.79 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 16.2% rising
114 Nicaragua 4.78 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 6.6% falling
115 Saudi Arabia 4.73 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 10.3% flat
116 Niger 4.7 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 39.0% rising
117 Haiti 4.67 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 27.5% falling
118 Trinidad and Tobago 4.58 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 10.1% falling
119 Colombia 4.58 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 31.3% rising
120 St. Lucia 4.5 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 22.0% falling
121 Argentina 4.44 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 23.2% rising
122 Malta 4.36 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 6.2% falling
123 Portugal 4.36 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 10.6% falling
124 Chad 4.28 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 49.3% falling
125 United States 4.23 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 24.0% falling
126 Mali 4.22 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.5% falling
127 Guyana 4.21 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 47.5% falling
128 Kiribati 4.21 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 45.6% flat
129 Somalia 4.19 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 0.0% flat
130 Liechtenstein 4.19 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.9% rising
131 Seychelles 4.19 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 50.6% falling
132 Burkina Faso 4.16 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 14.5% rising
133 Djibouti 4.16 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 27.3% falling
134 Costa Rica 4.15 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 27.8% flat
135 Samoa 4.07 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 30.6% flat
136 Brazil 3.97 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 38.6% falling
137 San Marino, Republic of 3.92 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 30.1% falling
138 Burundi 3.88 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 11.9% falling
139 Tunisia 3.84 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 27.8% flat
140 Bulgaria 3.73 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 36.0% falling
141 Mongolia 3.71 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 34.3% falling
142 Malaysia 3.43 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 12.7% rising
143 Sudan 3.42 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 7.2% falling
144 Gabon 3.39 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 42.4% rising
145 Malawi 3.27 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 1.8% rising
146 Libya 3.13 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 38.2% volatile
147 Jordan 3.1 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 9.5% rising
148 Bolivia 3.07 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 6.0% rising
149 Naoero 3.03 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 39.2% falling
150 Iran, Islamic Republic of 3 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 62.3% falling
151 Pakistan 2.95 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 26.3% rising
152 Lebanon 2.81 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 52.6% falling
153 Singapore 2.75 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 41.9% falling
154 Togo 2.71 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 4.6% rising
155 Thailand 2.52 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 8.6% falling
156 South Africa 2.46 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 34.5% rising
157 Senegal 2.41 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 2.6% rising
158 Iraq 2.28 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 62.2% rising
158 South Sudan, Republic of 2.28 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 62.2% falling
160 Ireland 2.22 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 30.7% volatile
161 Kuwait 2.2 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 44.2% rising
162 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 2.08 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 76.3% falling
163 Congo, Republic of 2.04 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 82.8% volatile
164 Brunei Darussalam 1.91 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 15.6% rising
165 Greece 1.89 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 41.0% volatile
166 Liberia 1.81 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 30.8% falling
167 Guinea-Bissau 1.76 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 129.0% rising
168 Central African Republic 1.65 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.7% falling
169 Namibia 1.62 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 53.7% falling
170 Mozambique, Republic of 1.41 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 52.2% falling
171 Ukraine 1.37 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 57.4% falling
172 Guinea 1.13 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 82.2% falling
173 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 1.06 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 69.9% falling
174 Comoros, Union of the 1.03 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 52.0% falling
175 Sierra Leone 0.7394 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 39.6% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of the economy — Value added in construction
Unit
Percentage of GDP
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
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Coverage
245 places, 5,627 data points, 2000–2022
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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. <br><br> 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.