Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of the economy — Value added in mining, manufacturing, utilities by country
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What the numbers show
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of the economy — Value added in mining, manufacturing, utilities is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 65.62 Percentage of GDP in Guyana; the lowest is 2.16 Percentage of GDP in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 20.86 Percentage of GDP, and the mean is 22.82 Percentage of GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 30.
Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 111 fell. The largest increase was in Timor-Leste (up 5,192.6%), and the largest decrease in Sierra Leone (down 55.4%).
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guyana | 65.62 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 228.9% | volatile |
| 1 | Equatorial Guinea | 49.3 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 48.79 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 2 | Brunei Darussalam | 64.98 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 2 | Timor-Leste | 48.47 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 5,192.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Iraq | 60.23 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 3 | South Sudan | 60.23 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 5 | Azerbaijan | 55.21 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 35.05 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 5 | Eswatini | 31.97 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 6 | Gabon | 52.06 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 6 | Lesotho | 31.75 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 22.4% | flat |
| 7 | Qatar | 51.92 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 51.44 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 8 | Mauritania | 29.04 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 9 | Venezuela | 48.06 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 10 | Norway | 47.9 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 32.8% | falling |
| 11 | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.43 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 11 | Türkiye | 29.51 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 12 | Chad | 44.7 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 13 | Kuwait | 44.13 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 44.07 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 15 | Congo | 41.98 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 16 | Ireland | 41.35 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 16 | Slovenia | 25.15 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 17 | Libya | 40.69 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 17 | Poland | 25 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 39.71 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 19 | Oman | 39.43 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 20 | Angola | 39.04 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 21 | Liechtenstein | 38.99 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 22 | Turkmenistan | 36.85 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 34.5% | rising |
| 22 | Croatia | 18.2 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 23 | Suriname | 36.34 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 23 | Madagascar | 15.61 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 24 | Malaysia | 36.18 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 24 | Fiji | 15.06 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 25 | Mongolia | 35.83 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 25 | Moldova | 13.8 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 26 | Papua New Guinea | 35.74 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 95.6% | rising |
| 27 | San Marino | 35.54 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 22.8% | flat |
| 27 | Cabo Verde | 8.05 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 28 | Bahrain | 35.34 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 15.8% | flat |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 5.55 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 29 | Nauru | 33.47 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 30 | China | 33.19 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 31 | Indonesia | 33.11 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 32 | North Korea | 32.64 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 33 | Thailand | 32.47 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 33 | Syrian Arab Republic | 21.39 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 34 | Myanmar | 32.31 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 34 | Lithuania | 21.37 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 35 | Kazakhstan | 32 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 36 | Belarus | 31.8 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 37 | Guinea | 29.87 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 38 | Iran | 29.85 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | 29.58 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 39 | Estonia | 20.47 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 40 | Chile | 29.07 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 41 | Namibia | 28.77 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 41 | Latvia | 19.46 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 42 | Mexico | 28.71 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 43 | Peru | 28.5 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 44 | Paraguay | 28.44 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 44 | Netherlands | 17.02 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 45 | Botswana | 28.31 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 46 | Russia | 28.14 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 47 | Ghana | 27.96 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 47 | Micronesia | 3.14 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 58.8% | falling |
| 48 | Czechia | 27.02 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 49 | Egypt | 26.77 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 50 | Uzbekistan | 26.65 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 51 | Bolivia | 26.61 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 20.8% | flat |
| 52 | Algeria | 25.84 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 53 | Bangladesh | 25.57 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 54 | Haiti | 25.33 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 55 | Zambia | 25.32 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 56 | Colombia | 25.18 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 57 | South Africa | 25.02 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 58 | Bulgaria | 24.9 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 59 | Romania | 24.76 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 60 | Bhutan | 24.51 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 61 | Cambodia | 24.48 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 62 | Nicaragua | 24.41 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 63 | Argentina | 24.37 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 64 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24.23 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 65 | Ecuador | 24.22 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 66 | Germany | 23.99 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 67 | Jordan | 23.98 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 68 | Mozambique | 23.88 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 69 | Serbia | 23.86 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 23.45 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 71 | Japan | 23.42 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 72 | Senegal | 22.88 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 73 | Singapore | 22.67 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 74 | Hungary | 22.6 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 75 | Uganda | 22.44 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 76 | Finland | 22.43 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 77 | Morocco | 22.16 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 78 | Australia | 22.03 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 20.4% | flat |
| 79 | Philippines | 21.9 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 80 | Nigeria | 21.86 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 81 | Austria | 21.86 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 82 | El Salvador | 21.86 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 83 | Honduras | 21.66 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 84 | Tunisia | 21 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 85 | Switzerland | 20.73 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 86 | Italy | 20.48 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 87 | Ukraine | 20.44 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 88 | Sweden | 20.33 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 89 | Armenia | 20.26 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 90 | Central African Republic | 20.12 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 91 | India | 20.05 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 92 | Brazil | 19.97 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 93 | Togo | 19.94 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 94 | Cameroon | 19.92 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 95 | Laos | 19.53 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 34.6% | rising |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 19.11 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 97 | North Macedonia | 19.06 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 18.85 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 99 | Tajikistan | 18.61 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 100 | Costa Rica | 18.52 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 101 | Côte d’Ivoire | 18.45 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 102 | Sudan | 18.3 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 103 | Tanzania | 18.24 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 104 | Pakistan | 18.23 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 105 | OECD | 18.14 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 106 | Guatemala | 18.01 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 107 | Mali | 17.72 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 108 | Canada | 17.58 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 109 | Spain | 17.44 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 110 | Greece | 17.24 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 111 | Portugal | 17.11 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 112 | Belgium | 17.07 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 113 | Niger | 17.06 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 114 | Denmark | 17.03 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 115 | Georgia | 16.63 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 116 | Iceland | 16.57 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 117 | Afghanistan | 15.87 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 104.7% | falling |
| 118 | Yemen | 15.82 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 50.8% | falling |
| 119 | Mauritius | 15.79 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 120 | Eritrea | 15.59 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 121 | Burundi | 15.1 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 122 | Uruguay | 14.97 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 123 | Malawi | 14.76 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 124 | Jamaica | 14.76 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 125 | Rwanda | 14.76 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 21.1% | flat |
| 126 | United States | 14.05 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 127 | New Zealand | 13.87 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 128 | Israel | 13.59 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 129 | Albania | 13.36 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 130 | France | 13.26 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 131 | Solomon Islands | 12.69 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 132 | Guinea-Bissau | 12.23 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 133 | Benin | 12.21 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 134 | United Kingdom | 12.16 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 135 | Belize | 12.07 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 136 | Montenegro | 11.28 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 137 | Kenya | 11.21 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 138 | Panama | 11.07 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 139 | Lebanon | 10.74 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 140 | Tonga | 10.03 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 141 | Seychelles | 9.84 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 142 | Cuba | 9.59 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 143 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.26 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 144 | Dominica | 8.53 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 145 | Comoros | 8.45 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 146 | Cyprus | 8.31 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 147 | Malta | 8.28 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 148 | Nepal | 8.27 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 149 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8.26 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 150 | Barbados | 7.89 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 151 | Samoa | 7.83 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 152 | Djibouti | 7.8 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 153 | Grenada | 7.73 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 154 | Marshall Islands | 7.55 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 155 | Saint Lucia | 7.11 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 156 | Liberia | 6.78 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 157 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.51 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 158 | Sierra Leone | 6.09 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Gambia | 5.88 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 160 | Kiribati | 5.84 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 161 | Luxembourg | 5.68 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 162 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.17 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 163 | Palau | 5.15 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 164 | Vanuatu | 5.04 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 165 | Maldives | 4.71 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 166 | Bahamas | 4.27 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 167 | Andorra | 4.02 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 23.5% | flat |
| 168 | Monaco | 3.39 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 169 | Somalia | 3.16 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 170 | Tuvalu | 2.16 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 1,440.8% | 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) 40.05 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, resource-rich countries 38.76 Percentage of GDP
- Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) 38.61 Percentage of GDP
- Resource-rich countries 38.46 Percentage of GDP
- Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP) 36.27 Percentage of GDP
- Africa, resource-rich countries 34.47 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 31.35 Percentage of GDP
- ASEAN 30.99 Percentage of GDP
- Upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 31.3 Percentage of GDP
- Asia (excluding high income countries) 31.23 Percentage of GDP
- Korea 29.04 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, landlocked developing countries 30.88 Percentage of GDP
- Southern African Development Community (SADC) 28.56 Percentage of GDP
- Southern Africa (African Union) 28.3 Percentage of GDP
- Africa, upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 28.13 Percentage of GDP
- Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 25.94 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, fragile states 27.27 Percentage of GDP
- Slovak Republic 25.25 Percentage of GDP
- Land Locked Developing Countries 26.95 Percentage of GDP
- Africa 24.36 Percentage of GDP
- North Africa (African Union) 26.35 Percentage of GDP
- Least developed countries 24.36 Percentage of GDP
- Latin America and the Caribbean 24.28 Percentage of GDP
- World 23.05 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, least developed countries 24.84 Percentage of GDP
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) 23.05 Percentage of GDP
- Fragile states 24.69 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa 23.01 Percentage of GDP
- Africa, lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 24.16 Percentage of GDP
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 21.91 Percentage of GDP
- Community of Sahel–Saharan States (CEN–SAD) 23.95 Percentage of GDP
- Small Island Developing States 21.03 Percentage of GDP
- Africa, least developed countries 23.94 Percentage of GDP
- MERCOSUR 23.87 Percentage of GDP
- East African Community 23.03 Percentage of GDP
- Lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 22.88 Percentage of GDP
- Africa, non-resource-rich countries 22.51 Percentage of GDP
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) 11.98 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 22.48 Percentage of GDP
- Non-resource-rich countries 22.01 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.