Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of the economy — Value added in other activities 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
66.8 Percentage of GDP
Luxembourg
Lowest
6.52 Percentage of GDP
Myanmar
Median
34.5 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 other activities is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 66.8 Percentage of GDP in Luxembourg; the lowest is 6.52 Percentage of GDP in Myanmar.
The median across all reporting countries is 34.5 Percentage of GDP, and the mean is 34.93 Percentage of GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.
Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Equatorial Guinea (up 144.2%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 51.3%).
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourg | 66.8 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 1 | Netherlands | 50.83 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 2 | Lebanon | 59.62 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 2 | Micronesia | 50.46 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 2 | Lesotho | 44.16 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 3 | Bahamas | 58.95 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 4 | Palau | 58.25 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 5 | Andorra | 57.94 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 5 | Croatia | 42.72 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 6 | Malta | 57.91 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 6 | Cabo Verde | 42.51 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 57.09 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 8 | Monaco | 55.28 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 8 | Fiji | 38.47 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 9 | France | 54.96 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 10 | Cuba | 54.9 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 10 | Estonia | 42.78 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 11 | Grenada | 54.83 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 11 | Latvia | 41.31 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 12 | United States | 54.16 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 12 | Slovenia | 41.26 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 12 | Moldova | 36.2 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 13 | Tuvalu | 54.1 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 14 | Belgium | 53.72 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 14 | Eswatini | 34.5 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 15 | New Zealand | 53.37 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 15 | Poland | 35.87 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 16 | Canada | 52.24 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 16 | Lithuania | 34.18 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 17 | Cyprus | 51.25 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 17 | Equatorial Guinea | 29.43 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 144.2% | rising |
| 18 | Seychelles | 51.19 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 18 | Madagascar | 28.96 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 19 | Kiribati | 50.87 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 20 | Israel | 50.42 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 21 | Australia | 50.26 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 21 | Mauritania | 27.64 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 22 | OECD | 50.03 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 23 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 49.91 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 24 | Costa Rica | 49.14 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 25 | Jordan | 48.89 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 26 | Portugal | 48.25 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 26 | Timor-Leste | 27.48 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 30.9% | flat |
| 27 | South Africa | 48.22 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 28 | Iceland | 48.12 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 17.89 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 29 | Switzerland | 47.99 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 30 | Uruguay | 47.82 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 31 | Mauritius | 47.76 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 32 | Finland | 47.58 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 32 | Türkiye | 25.31 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 23.4% | flat |
| 33 | Italy | 47.53 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 34 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 47.4 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 35 | Germany | 47.38 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 36 | Spain | 46.69 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 37 | Brazil | 46.46 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 38 | Saint Lucia | 46.19 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 38 | Viet Nam | 23.26 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 39 | Sweden | 46.13 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 40 | Greece | 45.84 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 41 | Liechtenstein | 45.73 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 42 | Barbados | 45.54 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 43 | Japan | 45.51 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 44 | Denmark | 45 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 45 | Marshall Islands | 44.95 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 46 | Hungary | 44.91 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 46 | Syrian Arab Republic | 15.3 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 27.2% | rising |
| 47 | Ukraine | 44.43 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 47 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 12.42 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 48 | Samoa | 43.62 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 49 | Austria | 43.22 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 50 | El Salvador | 42.93 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 51 | Bahrain | 42.75 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 52 | Libya | 42.17 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 53 | Kuwait | 42.16 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 67.8% | rising |
| 54 | Namibia | 41.52 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 55 | Chile | 40.71 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 56 | Tunisia | 40.32 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 57 | Belize | 39.7 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 58 | Tonga | 39.67 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 59 | Maldives | 39.35 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 60 | Botswana | 39.07 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 61 | Dominica | 38.71 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 62 | Morocco | 38.47 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 63 | Georgia | 38.27 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 64 | Montenegro | 38.25 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 65 | Colombia | 38.21 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 66 | North Macedonia | 38.18 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 67 | Czechia | 38.1 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 68 | Bulgaria | 37.83 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 69 | Antigua and Barbuda | 37.55 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 70 | Singapore | 37.33 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 71 | Armenia | 37 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 72 | Jamaica | 36.44 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 73 | Argentina | 36.01 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 74 | San Marino | 35.98 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 75 | Romania | 35.54 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35.46 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 77 | India | 35.36 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 78 | Serbia | 35.32 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 79 | Bolivia | 35.23 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 80 | Nepal | 35.01 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 81 | Ecuador | 34.98 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 82 | Russia | 34.91 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 83 | Vanuatu | 34.67 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 84 | Burundi | 34.63 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 85 | Philippines | 34.51 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 86 | Honduras | 34.45 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 87 | Oman | 34.23 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 66.5% | rising |
| 88 | Guatemala | 34.03 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 89 | Panama | 33.88 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 90 | Togo | 33.8 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 91 | Kenya | 33.46 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 92 | China | 33.27 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 93 | Senegal | 33.13 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 94 | Norway | 32.48 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 95 | Sudan | 32.25 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 96 | North Korea | 32.23 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 97 | Côte d’Ivoire | 32.11 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 98 | Sao Tome and Principe | 31.49 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 99 | Turkmenistan | 31.38 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 87.6% | rising |
| 100 | Peru | 31.27 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 101 | Paraguay | 31.23 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 102 | Burkina Faso | 30.97 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 103 | Iran | 30.95 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 104 | Egypt | 30.62 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 30.52 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 106 | Albania | 30.47 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 107 | Dominican Republic | 30.32 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 11.9% | flat |
| 108 | Djibouti | 29.89 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 109 | Afghanistan | 29.67 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 110 | Rwanda | 29.51 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 29.5 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 112 | Belarus | 29.28 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 113 | Sri Lanka | 29.26 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 114 | Kazakhstan | 29.08 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 115 | Malawi | 28.98 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 116 | Bhutan | 28.87 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 117 | Thailand | 28.77 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 118 | Ireland | 28.71 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 119 | Bangladesh | 28.48 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 120 | Mexico | 28.33 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 121 | Uganda | 27.78 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 122 | Eritrea | 27.73 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 123 | Saudi Arabia | 27.67 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 124 | Uzbekistan | 27.51 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 125 | Laos | 27.01 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 126 | Comoros | 26.43 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 127 | Congo | 26.08 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 77.3% | rising |
| 128 | United Arab Emirates | 26 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 129 | Papua New Guinea | 25.8 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 20.9% | flat |
| 130 | Mongolia | 25.53 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 131 | Solomon Islands | 25.32 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 132 | Pakistan | 24.61 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 133 | Qatar | 24.55 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 134 | Mozambique | 24.14 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 135 | Benin | 24.02 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 136 | Sierra Leone | 23.94 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 23.3% | falling |
| 137 | Cameroon | 23.94 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 138 | Algeria | 23.94 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 139 | Yemen | 23.51 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 140 | Central African Republic | 23.37 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 141 | Zimbabwe | 23.01 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 30.8% | flat |
| 142 | Suriname | 23 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 13.9% | flat |
| 143 | Zambia | 22.84 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 144 | Brunei Darussalam | 22.81 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 145 | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.46 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 146 | Haiti | 22.46 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 147 | Mali | 22.31 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 148 | Gabon | 22.29 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 149 | Malaysia | 22.26 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 150 | Guinea-Bissau | 20.15 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 151 | Iraq | 19.92 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 151 | South Sudan | 19.92 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 153 | Tajikistan | 19.59 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 20.9% | flat |
| 154 | Tanzania | 19.5 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 155 | Niger | 19.44 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 156 | Nauru | 19.22 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 157 | Indonesia | 18.16 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 158 | Nigeria | 17.71 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 159 | Angola | 16.64 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 160 | Cambodia | 16.1 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 161 | Azerbaijan | 15.82 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 162 | Guinea | 15.71 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 163 | Ghana | 15.39 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 164 | Gambia | 14.68 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 165 | Venezuela | 14.32 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 166 | Guyana | 13.81 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 51.3% | rising |
| 167 | Somalia | 12.45 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 168 | Chad | 11.01 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 169 | Liberia | 7.22 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 170 | Myanmar | 6.52 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Korea 45.01 Percentage of GDP
- High income countries (excluding Latin American and Caribbean countries) 50.04 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa 43.54 Percentage of GDP
- High income countries 49.95 Percentage of GDP
- World 43.11 Percentage of GDP
- European Union (27 countries) 47.2 Percentage of GDP
- Africa, upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 45.63 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, non-resource-rich countries 44.39 Percentage of GDP
- Slovak Republic 41.65 Percentage of GDP
- Non-resource-rich countries 44 Percentage of GDP
- Africa, small island developing states 43.28 Percentage of GDP
- Southern Africa (African Union) 38.43 Percentage of GDP
- Small Island Developing States 38.43 Percentage of GDP
- Latin America and the Caribbean 37.4 Percentage of GDP
- MERCOSUR 40.63 Percentage of GDP
- Southern African Development Community (SADC) 34.57 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, small island developing states 38.32 Percentage of GDP
- Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 32.09 Percentage of GDP
- Resource-rich countries 29.87 Percentage of GDP
- Upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 33.06 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 32.85 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 32.84 Percentage of GDP
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) 28.77 Percentage of GDP
- Asia (excluding high income countries) 31.98 Percentage of GDP
- Africa 28.23 Percentage of GDP
- North Africa (African Union) 31.37 Percentage of GDP
- Lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 30.97 Percentage of GDP
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) 26.1 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, resource-rich countries 30.35 Percentage of GDP
- ASEAN 24.81 Percentage of GDP
- Africa, non-resource-rich countries 29.07 Percentage of GDP
- Least developed countries 23.2 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, landlocked developing countries 28.72 Percentage of GDP
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 20.05 Percentage of GDP
- Central Africa (African Union) 19.07 Percentage of GDP
- Land Locked Developing Countries 26.8 Percentage of GDP
- Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) 18.58 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, fragile states 26.46 Percentage of GDP
- Community of Sahel–Saharan States (CEN–SAD) 26.1 Percentage of GDP
- East Africa (African Union) 25.92 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.