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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
192
Highest
17.94 Percentage of GDP
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Lowest
0.7394 Percentage of GDP
Sierra Leone
Median
5.56 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 192 countries. The highest value is 17.94 Percentage of GDP in Saint Kitts and Nevis; the lowest is 0.7394 Percentage of GDP in Sierra Leone.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.56 Percentage of GDP, and the mean is 6.09 Percentage of GDP.

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

Over the past decade 97 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 317.4%), and the largest decrease in Congo (down 82.8%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 17.94 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 59.2% flat
1 Ethiopia 17.9 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 317.4% volatile
2 Antigua and Barbuda 16.51 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 80.4% rising
2 Cabo Verde 11.38 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 39.0% flat
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
4 Moldova 9.51 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 19.7% rising
5 Cambodia 15.85 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 126.5% rising
6 Eritrea 15.73 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 1.2% rising
7 Tanzania 15.22 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 44.5% rising
7 Madagascar 7.96 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 26.5% 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 12.18 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 161.8% volatile
12 Laos 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 North Korea 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
19 Croatia 5.53 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 29.3% falling
20 Suriname 9.57 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 69.6% rising
20 Lithuania 6.93 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 13.4% flat
21 Nigeria 9.38 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 207.3% volatile
21 Slovenia 6.82 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 18.0% falling
22 Ecuador 9.26 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 17.2% rising
22 Viet Nam 6.78 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 16.3% rising
22 Mauritania 4.51 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 8.8% 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
24 Estonia 6.67 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 9.6% falling
25 Peru 8.73 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 22.4% rising
25 Equatorial Guinea 3.47 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 71.1% volatile
26 Tajikistan 8.72 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 10.6% rising
26 Poland 6.53 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 19.9% falling
26 Fiji 3.29 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 36.5% rising
27 Kyrgyzstan 8.4 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 16.3% rising
27 Lesotho 2.99 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 66.3% falling
28 Andorra 8.39 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 15.6% falling
28 Eswatini 2.82 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 10.6% falling
29 Oman 8.38 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 5.3% rising
30 Sri Lanka 8.37 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 4.5% rising
31 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8.36 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 6.3% falling
32 Jamaica 8.31 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 21.3% rising
33 Tonga 8.29 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 21.9% flat
34 India 8.19 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 11.2% flat
35 Bahrain 8.19 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 35.3% rising
35 Türkiye 5.45 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 35.1% rising
36 Rwanda 8.17 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 6.9% rising
37 Bhutan 8.06 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 59.2% falling
38 Russia 8.03 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.7% rising
39 Georgia 7.99 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 8.2% rising
39 Latvia 4.99 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 17.5% falling
40 Paraguay 7.71 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 25.5% rising
41 Canada 7.68 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 2.7% rising
41 Netherlands 4.73 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 2.5% falling
42 Egypt 7.63 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 84.2% rising
42 Timor-Leste 4.66 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 57.5% volatile
43 Kenya 7.6 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 69.9% rising
44 New Zealand 7.56 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 30.4% rising
45 Cameroon 7.51 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 36.0% falling
45 Micronesia 2.02 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 70.9% falling
46 Armenia 7.46 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 41.9% falling
46 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.9878 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.3% volatile
47 Turkmenistan 7.41 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 34.5% rising
47 Syrian Arab Republic 0.9786 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 62.3% falling
48 United Arab Emirates 7.39 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 11.7% falling
49 Philippines 7.33 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 34.5% rising
50 Austria 7.27 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 14.3% falling
51 Iceland 7.19 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 58.5% falling
52 Australia 7.08 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 17.6% rising
53 Romania 6.98 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 18.2% falling
54 Finland 6.96 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 3.4% rising
55 China 6.89 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 0.9% rising
56 Maldives 6.88 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 13.9% rising
57 Palau 6.84 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 28.6% falling
58 Uzbekistan 6.71 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 36.9% rising
59 North Macedonia 6.65 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 0.6% flat
60 Sweden 6.57 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 10.6% rising
61 Serbia 6.57 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 46.7% rising
62 Chile 6.55 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 7.8% rising
63 Benin 6.53 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 28.4% flat
64 Barbados 6.46 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.1% rising
65 Mexico 6.36 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 1.2% flat
66 Hungary 6.34 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 64.9% flat
67 Belize 6.29 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 99.3% falling
68 El Salvador 6.26 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 6.1% rising
69 Ghana 6.23 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 28.2% rising
70 United Kingdom 6.21 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 15.1% flat
71 Papua New Guinea 6.16 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 40.3% rising
72 Israel 6.15 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.8% rising
73 Angola 6.1 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 41.0% rising
74 Guatemala 6.09 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 30.7% rising
75 Myanmar 6.07 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 23.7% rising
76 Morocco 6.06 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 2.5% rising
77 Honduras 5.91 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.2% flat
78 Nepal 5.82 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 12.3% flat
79 Côte d’Ivoire 5.76 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 83.5% rising
80 Luxembourg 5.74 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 8.9% falling
81 Germany 5.73 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 28.0% rising
82 Uganda 5.73 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 20.1% rising
83 Dominica 5.71 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 15.0% rising
84 Kazakhstan 5.66 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 15.7% falling
85 Czechia 5.63 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 4.7% falling
86 Vanuatu 5.62 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 172.9% rising
87 Japan 5.58 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 18.4% falling
88 France 5.55 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 5.1% rising
89 Cyprus 5.45 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 8.6% falling
90 Sao Tome and Principe 5.43 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 6.8% falling
91 Belarus 5.42 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 35.2% falling
92 Uruguay 5.41 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 34.2% falling
93 Spain 5.41 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 18.2% falling
94 Denmark 5.29 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 16.1% flat
95 Belgium 5.28 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.3% flat
96 Azerbaijan 5.22 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 51.3% flat
97 Zimbabwe 5.2 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 109.1% volatile
98 Mauritius 5.2 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 15.6% falling
99 Italy 5.17 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 1.5% falling
100 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.16 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.6% falling
101 Yemen 5.12 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 31.2% rising
102 OECD 5.11 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.8% falling
103 Bahamas 5.07 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 37.5% rising
104 Solomon Islands 5 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 132.2% rising
105 Marshall Islands 4.97 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 12.0% falling
106 Switzerland 4.84 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.3% flat
107 Montenegro 4.83 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 12.9% rising
108 Norway 4.79 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 16.2% rising
109 Nicaragua 4.78 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 6.6% falling
110 Saudi Arabia 4.73 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 10.3% flat
111 Niger 4.7 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 39.0% rising
112 Haiti 4.67 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 27.5% falling
113 Trinidad and Tobago 4.58 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 10.1% falling
114 Colombia 4.58 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 31.3% rising
115 Saint Lucia 4.5 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 22.0% falling
116 Argentina 4.44 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 23.2% rising
117 Malta 4.36 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 6.2% falling
118 Portugal 4.36 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 10.6% falling
119 Chad 4.28 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 49.3% falling
120 United States 4.23 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 24.0% falling
121 Mali 4.22 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.5% falling
122 Guyana 4.21 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 47.5% falling
123 Kiribati 4.21 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 45.6% flat
124 Somalia 4.19 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 0.0% flat
125 Liechtenstein 4.19 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.9% rising
126 Seychelles 4.19 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 50.6% falling
127 Burkina Faso 4.16 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 14.5% rising
128 Djibouti 4.16 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 27.3% falling
129 Costa Rica 4.15 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 27.8% flat
130 Samoa 4.07 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 30.6% flat
131 Brazil 3.97 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 38.6% falling
132 San Marino 3.92 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 30.1% falling
133 Burundi 3.88 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 11.9% falling
134 Tunisia 3.84 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 27.8% flat
135 Bulgaria 3.73 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 36.0% falling
136 Mongolia 3.71 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 34.3% falling
137 Malaysia 3.43 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 12.7% rising
138 Sudan 3.42 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 7.2% falling
139 Gabon 3.39 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 42.4% rising
140 Malawi 3.27 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 1.8% rising
141 Libya 3.13 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 38.2% volatile
142 Jordan 3.1 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 9.5% rising
143 Bolivia 3.07 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 6.0% rising
144 Nauru 3.03 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 39.2% falling
145 Iran 3 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 62.3% falling
146 Pakistan 2.95 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 26.3% rising
147 Lebanon 2.81 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 52.6% falling
148 Singapore 2.75 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 41.9% falling
149 Togo 2.71 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 4.6% rising
150 Thailand 2.52 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 8.6% falling
151 South Africa 2.46 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 34.5% rising
152 Senegal 2.41 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 2.6% rising
153 Iraq 2.28 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 62.2% rising
153 South Sudan 2.28 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 62.2% falling
155 Ireland 2.22 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 30.7% volatile
156 Kuwait 2.2 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 44.2% rising
157 Venezuela 2.08 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 76.3% falling
158 Congo 2.04 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 82.8% volatile
159 Brunei Darussalam 1.91 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 15.6% rising
160 Greece 1.89 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 41.0% volatile
161 Liberia 1.81 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 30.8% falling
162 Guinea-Bissau 1.76 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 129.0% rising
163 Central African Republic 1.65 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.7% falling
164 Namibia 1.62 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 53.7% falling
165 Mozambique 1.41 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 52.2% falling
166 Ukraine 1.37 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 57.4% falling
167 Guinea 1.13 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 82.2% falling
168 Afghanistan 1.06 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 69.9% falling
169 Comoros 1.03 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 52.0% falling
170 Sierra Leone 0.7394 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 39.6% falling

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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. 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.