Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of the economy — Value added in manufacturing (included in industry) 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
39.91 Percentage of GDP
Ireland
Lowest
0.0114 Percentage of GDP
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Median
11.77 Percentage of GDP
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
5,607

What the numbers show

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of the economy — Value added in manufacturing (included in industry) is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 39.91 Percentage of GDP in Ireland; the lowest is 0.0114 Percentage of GDP in Lao People's Democratic Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 11.77 Percentage of GDP, and the mean is 12.58 Percentage of GDP.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,504.

Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Congo, Republic of (up 143.8%), and the largest decrease in Lao People's Democratic Republic (down 99.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ireland 39.91 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 85.0% rising
2 Liechtenstein, Principality of 37.5 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.3% falling
3 San Marino, Republic of 35.54 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 22.8% flat
4 Turkmenistan 34.73 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 34.5% rising
5 Suriname 29.71 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 20.1% rising
6 China (People’s Republic of) 28.19 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 10.3% falling
7 Thailand 27.02 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.4% falling
8 Belarus, Republic of 26.93 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 4.7% falling
9 Myanmar 25.53 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 27.0% rising
10 Malaysia 23.71 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 1.7% falling
11 Haiti 23.65 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 40.6% rising
12 Zimbabwe 23.25 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 46.4% rising
13 Czechia 23.14 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 5.1% flat
14 Iran, Islamic Republic of 23.06 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 39.8% rising
15 Trinidad and Tobago 22.73 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 26.3% flat
16 Mexico 22.69 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 16.2% rising
17 Bangladesh 22.63 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 20.7% rising
18 Brunei Darussalam 21.79 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 33.2% falling
19 Singapore 21.57 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 6.4% falling
20 Romania 21.11 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 12.3% falling
21 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 20.97 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 4.3% rising
22 Paraguay 20.89 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.6% falling
23 Sri Lanka 20.6 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 2.9% falling
24 Uzbekistan, Republic of 20.54 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 74.7% rising
25 Germany 20.37 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 9.2% flat
26 Japan 20.33 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 2.8% falling
27 Hungary 20.24 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 7.8% flat
28 Cambodia 20.02 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 25.1% flat
29 Nauru, Republic of 19.55 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 42.3% volatile
30 Bahrain, Kingdom of 19.36 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 29.0% rising
31 Central African Republic 19.33 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 22.2% rising
32 Jordan 19.28 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 8.3% flat
33 Indonesia 19.18 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 12.5% falling
34 Argentina 19.14 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 5.5% falling
35 Switzerland 18.92 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 3.2% falling
36 Finland 18.17 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 8.6% falling
37 Austria 17.75 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 5.5% falling
38 Ecuador 17.38 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 28.0% falling
39 El Salvador 17.33 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 2.0% falling
40 Philippines 17.24 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 19.2% falling
41 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17.13 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 37.4% rising
42 Uganda 17.07 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 4.0% rising
43 World outside Africa 16.83 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 0.6% flat
44 Honduras 16.82 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 6.5% falling
45 Egypt, Arab Republic of 16.8 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 6.3% falling
46 Mali 16.75 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 1.2% rising
47 Morocco 16.63 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 6.8% falling
48 Serbia, Republic of 16.08 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 14.2% falling
49 Dominican Republic 15.99 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 0.1% falling
50 Tunisia 15.92 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 8.4% falling
51 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 15.9 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 19.5% falling
52 Senegal 15.86 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 15.1% falling
53 Italy 15.73 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 1.9% falling
54 Costa Rica 15.6 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 3.0% falling
55 Nicaragua 15.58 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 1.1% rising
56 Saudi Arabia 15.46 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 57.8% rising
57 Sweden 15.08 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.9% falling
58 Bulgaria 15.03 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 7.0% flat
59 Guatemala 15 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 2.6% flat
60 India 14.7 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 14.0% falling
61 Chad 14.66 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 82.3% rising
62 Togo 14.62 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 13.9% rising
63 Kazakhstan, Republic of 14.45 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 20.0% falling
64 North Macedonia, Republic of 14.26 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 20.4% rising
65 Russia 14.16 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 7.4% falling
66 Pakistan 14.13 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 1.0% rising
67 Portugal 14.1 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 8.3% falling
68 Belgium 14.1 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 0.2% falling
69 Côte d’Ivoire 14.08 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.7% falling
70 Kyrgyz Republic 14.05 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.7% flat
71 Cameroon 13.94 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 15.6% falling
72 Burundi 13.89 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 23.1% rising
73 Mauritius 13.81 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 10.7% falling
74 Nigeria 13.8 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 77.1% flat
75 South Africa 13.66 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 0.7% falling
76 OECD 13.56 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 8.0% falling
77 Denmark 13.23 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 0.1% falling
78 Resource-rich countries 13.14 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 16.6% falling
79 Brazil 13.07 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.1% falling
80 Colombia 12.81 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 10.9% falling
81 Peru 12.81 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 22.8% falling
82 Spain 12.53 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 3.6% falling
83 Armenia, Republic of 12.4 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 20.3% falling
84 Ghana 12.35 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 9.3% falling
85 Guinea 12.3 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 7.6% rising
86 Namibia 12.13 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 6.3% rising
87 Israel 11.96 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 21.8% falling
88 Uruguay 11.77 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 8.9% falling
89 Burkina Faso 11.69 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 2.8% falling
90 Bolivia 11.65 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 9.2% falling
91 Iceland 11.63 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 10.7% falling
92 Malawi 11.47 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 6.6% falling
93 East African Community 11.36 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 10.4% falling
94 Guinea-Bissau 11.17 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 9.9% falling
95 Africa, fragile states 11.08 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 37.2% falling
96 Georgia 11.06 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 3.8% falling
97 Chile 10.85 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 8.2% falling
98 Benin 10.82 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 7.5% falling
99 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 10.75 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 86.0% falling
100 Congo, Republic of 10.74 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 143.8% rising
101 Rwanda 10.7 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 18.7% falling
102 France 10.67 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 7.6% falling
103 Canada 10.54 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 1.5% falling
104 Greece 10.36 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 17.2% falling
105 United States 10.29 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 13.5% falling
106 New Zealand 10.12 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 12.6% falling
107 Tajikistan, Republic of 10.12 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 9.2% falling
108 Yemen, Republic of 10.05 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 16.8% rising
109 Solomon Islands 10.04 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 7.5% rising
110 Jamaica 9.85 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 8.7% flat
111 United Arab Emirates 9.73 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 20.3% falling
112 Mozambique, Republic of 9.44 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 1.5% falling
113 United Kingdom 9.39 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 10.2% falling
114 Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 9.22 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 27.9% falling
115 Bhutan 8.93 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 7.4% falling
116 Qatar 8.87 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 14.0% rising
117 Sudan 8.81 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.6% rising
118 Ukraine 8.59 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 40.1% falling
119 Zambia 8.51 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 13.7% falling
120 Cuba 8.39 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 48.5% falling
121 Kenya 8.34 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 29.0% falling
122 Lebanon 8.34 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.0% rising
123 Oman 8.18 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 12.7% flat
124 Mongolia 7.97 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 5.3% rising
125 Niger 7.9 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 0.4% flat
126 Belize 7.87 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 7.8% falling
127 Gabon 7.76 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 38.7% rising
128 Tanzania, United Republic of 7.72 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 24.3% falling
129 Malta 7.65 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 38.5% falling
130 Albania 7.48 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 40.5% rising
131 Angola 7.44 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 60.6% rising
132 Comoros, Union of the 7.31 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 0.8% rising
133 Tonga 6.4 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 4.4% falling
134 Kuwait 6.1 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 14.4% falling
135 Samoa 6.04 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 26.3% falling
136 Eritrea, The State of 6.03 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 1.4% falling
137 Cyprus 5.95 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 26.0% falling
138 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 5.94 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 21.6% falling
139 Seychelles 5.87 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 46.2% falling
140 Australia 5.73 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 18.7% falling
141 Nepal 5.69 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 9.5% falling
142 Botswana 5.66 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 33.1% falling
143 Barbados 5.41 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 16.2% falling
144 Azerbaijan, Republic of 5.4 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 19.5% falling
145 Norway 5.15 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 31.1% falling
146 Panama 5.13 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 20.0% falling
147 Montenegro 4.85 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 0.2% falling
148 Algeria 4.66 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 25.7% falling
149 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 4.47 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 7.4% falling
150 Kiribati 4.31 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 14.4% falling
151 Liberia 4.29 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 25.3% rising
152 Luxembourg 4.21 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 17.3% falling
153 Andorra, Principality of 3.98 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 5.4% rising
154 Grenada 3.81 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 2.7% falling
155 St. Kitts and Nevis 3.6 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 57.8% falling
156 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 3.58 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 6.3% rising
157 St. Lucia 3.44 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.6% falling
158 Monaco 3.39 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 40.0% falling
159 Dominica 3.36 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 7.2% falling
160 Djibouti 3.04 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 35.8% rising
161 Gambia, The 3 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 51.1% falling
162 Vanuatu 2.97 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 22.7% falling
163 Libya 2.66 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 30.7% falling
164 Somalia 2.48 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 0.3% flat
165 Antigua and Barbuda 2.3 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 4.1% rising
166 Maldives 2.26 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 22.1% falling
167 Sierra Leone 2.06 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 0.5% falling
168 Guyana 1.92 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 69.6% falling
169 Iraq 1.78 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 34.1% rising
169 South Sudan, Republic of 1.78 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 34.1% falling
171 Papua New Guinea 1.69 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 33.8% falling
172 Palau, Republic of 1.13 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 2.6% falling
173 Bahamas, The 1.11 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 65.4% falling
174 Tuvalu 0.8736 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 26.7% rising
175 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0114 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 99.9% 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 manufacturing (included in industry)
Unit
Percentage of GDP
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
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Coverage
245 places, 5,607 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.