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
175
Highest
66.8 Percentage of GDP
Luxembourg
Lowest
6.52 Percentage of GDP
Myanmar
Median
34.23 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 175 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 34.23 Percentage of GDP, and the mean is 34.95 Percentage of GDP.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.

Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Turkmenistan (up 87.6%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 51.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Luxembourg 66.8 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 3.3% rising
2 Lebanon 59.62 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 10.3% 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, Principality of 57.94 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 2.7% rising
6 Malta 57.91 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 6.6% rising
7 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 57.09 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 3.1% rising
8 Monaco 55.28 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 0.3% rising
9 France 54.96 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 1.1% rising
10 Cuba 54.9 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 35.2% rising
11 Grenada 54.83 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.1% rising
12 United States of America 54.16 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 2.2% 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
15 New Zealand 53.37 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.7% rising
16 Canada 52.24 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.2% rising
17 Cyprus 51.25 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 9.9% rising
18 Seychelles 51.19 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 16.2% 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
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
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
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
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
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
47 Ukraine 44.43 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 32.9% rising
48 Samoa 43.62 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 23.6% rising
49 World outside Africa 43.54 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 0.1% flat
50 Austria 43.22 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 0.4% rising
51 El Salvador 42.93 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 7.5% rising
52 Bahrain 42.75 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.5% flat
53 Libya 42.17 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 66.8% rising
54 Kuwait 42.16 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 67.8% rising
55 Namibia 41.52 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 0.7% rising
56 Chile 40.71 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 0.9% rising
57 Tunisia 40.32 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 33.5% rising
58 Belize 39.7 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 0.9% rising
59 Tonga 39.67 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 2.9% flat
60 Maldives 39.35 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.5% rising
61 Botswana 39.07 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 4.9% rising
62 Dominica 38.71 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.5% falling
63 Morocco 38.47 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 2.8% rising
64 Georgia 38.27 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.4% rising
65 Montenegro 38.25 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 4.2% rising
66 Colombia 38.21 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 1.9% rising
67 North Macedonia 38.18 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 8.5% falling
68 Czechia 38.1 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 1.9% rising
69 Bulgaria 37.83 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 6.6% rising
70 Antigua and Barbuda 37.55 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 12.0% rising
71 Singapore 37.33 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 8.6% rising
72 Armenia 37 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 28.6% rising
73 Jamaica 36.44 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 14.2% rising
74 Argentina 36.01 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 10.0% flat
75 San Marino 35.98 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 18.1% rising
76 Romania 35.54 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 8.9% rising
77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 35.46 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 9.6% falling
78 India 35.36 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 21.8% rising
79 Serbia 35.32 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.5% flat
80 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 35.23 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 18.8% rising
81 Nepal 35.01 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 26.8% rising
82 Ecuador 34.98 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 10.3% rising
83 Russian Federation 34.91 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 5.1% rising
84 Vanuatu 34.67 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 8.4% flat
85 Burundi 34.63 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 1.4% rising
86 Philippines 34.51 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 15.9% rising
87 Honduras 34.45 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 4.5% rising
88 Oman 34.23 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 66.5% rising
89 Guatemala 34.03 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 2.1% falling
90 Panama 33.88 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 2.7% falling
91 Togo 33.8 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 2.3% rising
92 Kenya 33.46 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 6.8% falling
93 China 33.27 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 22.2% rising
94 Senegal 33.13 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 0.0% rising
95 Norway 32.48 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 17.8% rising
96 Sudan 32.25 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 49.1% rising
97 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 32.23 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.5% flat
98 Côte d’Ivoire 32.11 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.2% rising
99 Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 32.09 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 18.2% rising
100 Sao Tome and Principe 31.49 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 15.8% rising
101 Turkmenistan 31.38 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 87.6% rising
102 Peru 31.27 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 6.4% flat
103 Paraguay 31.23 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 7.0% rising
104 Burkina Faso 30.97 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 13.1% falling
105 Iran, Islamic Republic of 30.95 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 5.5% rising
106 Egypt 30.62 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 14.1% rising
107 Kyrgyzstan 30.52 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 13.4% rising
108 Albania 30.47 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 5.6% rising
109 Dominican Republic 30.32 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 11.9% flat
110 Djibouti 29.89 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 6.3% falling
111 Resource-rich countries 29.87 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 5.9% rising
112 Afghanistan 29.67 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 24.5% rising
113 Rwanda 29.51 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 11.8% falling
114 Nicaragua 29.5 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 5.5% falling
115 Belarus 29.28 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 24.8% rising
116 Sri Lanka 29.26 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 2.6% flat
117 Kazakhstan 29.08 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.6% rising
118 Malawi 28.98 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 2.0% rising
119 Bhutan 28.87 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 35.5% rising
120 Thailand 28.77 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 8.9% rising
121 Ireland 28.71 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 37.7% falling
122 Bangladesh 28.48 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 2.1% flat
123 Mexico 28.33 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 10.7% flat
124 Uganda 27.78 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 1.9% flat
125 Eritrea, The State of 27.73 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 1.2% flat
126 Saudi Arabia 27.67 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 21.5% rising
127 Uzbekistan 27.51 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 3.2% rising
128 Lao People's Democratic Republic 27.01 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 11.2% rising
129 Comoros 26.43 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 5.0% falling
130 Congo 26.08 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 77.3% rising
131 United Arab Emirates 26 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 18.3% rising
132 Papua New Guinea 25.8 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 20.9% flat
133 Mongolia 25.53 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 8.3% rising
134 Solomon Islands 25.32 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 4.5% falling
135 East African Community 24.83 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 6.7% falling
136 Pakistan 24.61 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.4% rising
137 Qatar 24.55 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 29.7% rising
138 Mozambique 24.14 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 6.6% falling
139 Benin 24.02 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 1.6% rising
140 Sierra Leone 23.94 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 23.3% falling
141 Cameroon 23.94 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 1.3% flat
142 Algeria 23.94 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 5.6% rising
143 Yemen 23.51 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 8.3% rising
144 Central African Republic 23.37 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 45.0% rising
145 Zimbabwe 23.01 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 30.8% flat
146 Suriname 23 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 13.9% flat
147 Zambia 22.84 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 10.7% falling
148 Brunei Darussalam 22.81 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 10.3% rising
149 Trinidad and Tobago 22.46 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 11.9% rising
150 Haiti 22.46 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 4.1% falling
151 Mali 22.31 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 6.4% flat
152 Gabon 22.29 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 6.5% rising
153 Malaysia 22.26 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 9.9% falling
154 Africa, fragile states 22.21 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 5.3% flat
155 Guinea-Bissau 20.15 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 40.9% rising
156 Iraq 19.92 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 10.9% rising
156 South Sudan 19.92 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 10.9% rising
158 Tajikistan 19.59 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 20.9% flat
159 Tanzania, United Republic of 19.5 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 10.5% falling
160 Niger 19.44 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.7% falling
161 Naoero 19.22 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 14.3% falling
162 Indonesia 18.16 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 1.6% rising
163 Nigeria 17.71 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 20.3% falling
164 Angola 16.64 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 8.6% rising
165 Cambodia 16.1 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 8.7% falling
166 Azerbaijan 15.82 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.1% rising
167 Guinea 15.71 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 19.8% rising
168 Ghana 15.39 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 18.3% rising
169 Gambia 14.68 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 4.3% flat
170 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 14.32 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 41.8% falling
171 Guyana 13.81 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 51.3% rising
172 Somalia 12.45 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 0.0% flat
173 Chad 11.01 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 5.9% rising
174 Liberia 7.22 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 1.6% falling
175 Myanmar 6.52 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 33.3% rising

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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 other activities
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. <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.