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
192
Highest
39.91 Percentage of GDP
Ireland
Lowest
0.0114 Percentage of GDP
Laos
Median
12.21 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 192 countries. The highest value is 39.91 Percentage of GDP in Ireland; the lowest is 0.0114 Percentage of GDP in Laos.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.21 Percentage of GDP, and the mean is 12.76 Percentage of GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,504.
Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 107 fell. The largest increase was in Congo (up 143.8%), and the largest decrease in Laos (down 99.9%).
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 39.91 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 85.0% | rising |
| 1 | Eswatini | 29.28 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 27.07 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 2 | Liechtenstein | 37.5 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 3 | San Marino | 35.54 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 22.8% | flat |
| 3 | Türkiye | 24.7 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 3 | Equatorial Guinea | 22.92 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 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 | 28.19 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 6 | Slovenia | 22.58 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 6 | Lesotho | 17.81 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 37.8% | falling |
| 7 | Thailand | 27.02 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 8 | Belarus | 26.93 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 9 | Myanmar | 25.53 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 9 | Poland | 19.62 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 10 | Malaysia | 23.71 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 10 | Lithuania | 17.91 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 11 | Haiti | 23.65 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 17.19 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 5.0% | 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 |
| 13 | Croatia | 14 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 14 | Iran | 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 |
| 20 | Estonia | 14.94 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 20 | Fiji | 12.11 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 21 | North Korea | 20.97 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 21 | Latvia | 14.71 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 22 | Paraguay | 20.89 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 22 | Madagascar | 10.89 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 23 | Sri Lanka | 20.6 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 23 | Moldova | 10.47 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 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 |
| 26 | Mauritania | 5.43 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 27 | Hungary | 20.24 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 27 | Cabo Verde | 5.39 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 28 | Cambodia | 20.02 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 25.1% | flat |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 4.38 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 18.9% | falling |
| 29 | Nauru | 19.55 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Bahrain | 19.36 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 31 | Central African Republic | 19.33 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 31 | Netherlands | 12.72 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 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 | Honduras | 16.82 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 44 | Egypt | 16.8 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 45 | Mali | 16.75 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 45 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.62 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 46 | Morocco | 16.63 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 46 | Timor-Leste | 1.28 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 73.6% | falling |
| 47 | Serbia | 16.08 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 47 | Micronesia | 0.5228 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Dominican Republic | 15.99 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 49 | Tunisia | 15.92 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 50 | Venezuela | 15.9 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 51 | Senegal | 15.86 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 52 | Italy | 15.73 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 15.6 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 54 | Nicaragua | 15.58 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 15.46 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 56 | Sweden | 15.08 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 57 | Bulgaria | 15.03 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 58 | Guatemala | 15 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 59 | India | 14.7 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 60 | Chad | 14.66 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 82.3% | rising |
| 61 | Togo | 14.62 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 14.45 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 63 | North Macedonia | 14.26 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 64 | Russia | 14.16 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 65 | Pakistan | 14.13 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 66 | Portugal | 14.1 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 67 | Belgium | 14.1 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 68 | Côte d’Ivoire | 14.08 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | 14.05 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 70 | Cameroon | 13.94 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 71 | Burundi | 13.89 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 72 | Mauritius | 13.81 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 73 | Nigeria | 13.8 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 77.1% | flat |
| 74 | South Africa | 13.66 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 75 | OECD | 13.56 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 76 | Denmark | 13.23 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 77 | Brazil | 13.07 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 78 | Colombia | 12.81 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 79 | Peru | 12.81 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 80 | Spain | 12.53 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 81 | Armenia | 12.4 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 20.3% | falling |
| 82 | Ghana | 12.35 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 83 | Guinea | 12.3 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 84 | Namibia | 12.13 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 85 | Israel | 11.96 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 86 | Uruguay | 11.77 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 87 | Burkina Faso | 11.69 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 88 | Bolivia | 11.65 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 89 | Iceland | 11.63 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 90 | Malawi | 11.47 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 91 | Guinea-Bissau | 11.17 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 92 | Georgia | 11.06 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 93 | Chile | 10.85 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 94 | Benin | 10.82 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 95 | Afghanistan | 10.75 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 86.0% | falling |
| 96 | Congo | 10.74 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 143.8% | rising |
| 97 | Rwanda | 10.7 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 98 | France | 10.67 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 99 | Canada | 10.54 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 100 | Greece | 10.36 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 101 | United States | 10.29 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 102 | New Zealand | 10.12 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 103 | Tajikistan | 10.12 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 104 | Yemen | 10.05 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 105 | Solomon Islands | 10.04 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 106 | Jamaica | 9.85 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 107 | United Arab Emirates | 9.73 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 20.3% | falling |
| 108 | Mozambique | 9.44 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 109 | United Kingdom | 9.39 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 110 | Bhutan | 8.93 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 111 | Qatar | 8.87 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 112 | Sudan | 8.81 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 113 | Ukraine | 8.59 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 114 | Zambia | 8.51 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 115 | Cuba | 8.39 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 116 | Kenya | 8.34 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 117 | Lebanon | 8.34 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 118 | Oman | 8.18 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 119 | Mongolia | 7.97 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 120 | Niger | 7.9 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 121 | Belize | 7.87 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 122 | Gabon | 7.76 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 123 | Tanzania | 7.72 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 124 | Malta | 7.65 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 125 | Albania | 7.48 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 126 | Angola | 7.44 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 127 | Comoros | 7.31 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 128 | Tonga | 6.4 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 129 | Kuwait | 6.1 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 130 | Samoa | 6.04 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 131 | Eritrea | 6.03 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 132 | Cyprus | 5.95 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 26.0% | falling |
| 133 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.94 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 134 | Seychelles | 5.87 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 135 | Australia | 5.73 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 136 | Nepal | 5.69 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 137 | Botswana | 5.66 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 138 | Barbados | 5.41 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 139 | Azerbaijan | 5.4 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 140 | Norway | 5.15 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 141 | Panama | 5.13 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 142 | Montenegro | 4.85 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 143 | Algeria | 4.66 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 25.7% | falling |
| 144 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.47 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 145 | Kiribati | 4.31 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 146 | Liberia | 4.29 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 147 | Luxembourg | 4.21 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 148 | Andorra | 3.98 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 149 | Grenada | 3.81 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 150 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.6 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 151 | Marshall Islands | 3.58 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 152 | Saint Lucia | 3.44 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 153 | Monaco | 3.39 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 154 | Dominica | 3.36 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 155 | Djibouti | 3.04 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 156 | Gambia | 3 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 157 | Vanuatu | 2.97 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 158 | Libya | 2.66 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 30.7% | falling |
| 159 | Somalia | 2.48 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 160 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.3 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 161 | Maldives | 2.26 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 162 | Sierra Leone | 2.06 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 163 | Guyana | 1.92 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 69.6% | falling |
| 164 | Iraq | 1.78 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 34.1% | rising |
| 164 | South Sudan | 1.78 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 166 | Papua New Guinea | 1.69 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 167 | Palau | 1.13 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 168 | Bahamas | 1.11 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 65.4% | falling |
| 169 | Tuvalu | 0.8736 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 170 | Laos | 0.0114 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 99.9% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Korea 28.04 Percentage of GDP
- Asia (excluding high income countries) 25.03 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 24.2 Percentage of GDP
- Slovak Republic 22.8 Percentage of GDP
- Upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 24 Percentage of GDP
- ASEAN 21.8 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, least developed countries 20.8 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa 16.83 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, fragile states 19.73 Percentage of GDP
- World 16.7 Percentage of GDP
- Small Island Developing States 16.4 Percentage of GDP
- Latin America and the Caribbean 16.12 Percentage of GDP
- Central Africa (African Union) 14.9 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, non-resource-rich countries 17.04 Percentage of GDP
- Least developed countries 14.86 Percentage of GDP
- Non-resource-rich countries 16.94 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 16.71 Percentage of GDP
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 13.42 Percentage of GDP
- European Union (27 countries) 16.68 Percentage of GDP
- Resource-rich countries 13.14 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, small island developing states 16.51 Percentage of GDP
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) 12.89 Percentage of GDP
- Fragile states 15.83 Percentage of GDP
- Africa 12.29 Percentage of GDP
- Lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 15.74 Percentage of GDP
- Southern Africa (African Union) 12.28 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, landlocked developing countries 15.18 Percentage of GDP
- Southern African Development Community (SADC) 12.24 Percentage of GDP
- Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) 11.87 Percentage of GDP
- Community of Sahel–Saharan States (CEN–SAD) 14.13 Percentage of GDP
- MERCOSUR 14.06 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, resource-rich countries 13.64 Percentage of GDP
- Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 9.22 Percentage of GDP
- Land Locked Developing Countries 13.56 Percentage of GDP
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) 7.86 Percentage of GDP
- West Africa (African Union) 13.42 Percentage of GDP
- Africa, non-resource-rich countries 13.36 Percentage of GDP
- High income countries (excluding Latin American and Caribbean countries) 13.24 Percentage of GDP
- High income countries 13.22 Percentage of GDP
- North Africa (African Union) 12.96 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.