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Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of the economy — Value added in transport, storage and communication 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
174
Highest
24.65 Percentage of GDP
Djibouti
Lowest
2.19 Percentage of GDP
Angola
Median
8.68 Percentage of GDP
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
5,594

What the numbers show

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of the economy — Value added in transport, storage and communication is currently reported for 174 countries. The highest value is 24.65 Percentage of GDP in Djibouti; the lowest is 2.19 Percentage of GDP in Angola.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.68 Percentage of GDP, and the mean is 8.84 Percentage of GDP.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.

Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Gabon (up 157.7%), and the largest decrease in Palau (down 61.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Djibouti 24.65 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 6.5% falling
2 Ireland 19.46 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 46.7% rising
3 Naoero 19.39 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.0% rising
4 Israel 16.98 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 58.1% rising
5 Singapore 15.81 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 45.7% falling
6 Kenya 15.71 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 20.5% rising
7 Yemen 15.68 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 40.5% rising
8 Cyprus 15.21 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 40.5% rising
9 Zambia 15.2 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 92.2% rising
10 Togo 14.53 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 39.6% rising
11 Barbados 14.37 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 10.1% rising
12 Malta 14.3 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 21.4% rising
13 Panama 14.27 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 2.0% falling
14 Romania 13.75 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 15.6% rising
15 Dominica 13.72 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 5.1% rising
16 Sri Lanka 13.66 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 0.4% rising
17 Cameroon 13.33 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 3.8% rising
18 Belarus 13.05 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 37.0% rising
19 Sweden 12.98 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 0.6% rising
20 Denmark 12.88 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 35.8% flat
21 Czechia 12.84 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 17.2% flat
22 Nigeria 12.76 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 11.8% rising
23 Saint Kitts and Nevis 12.7 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 10.9% rising
24 Eritrea 12.29 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 1.2% flat
25 Bulgaria 12.12 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 11.7% flat
26 Myanmar 12.07 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 7.9% rising
27 Antigua and Barbuda 11.74 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 0.2% falling
28 Benin 11.68 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.1% rising
29 Gabon 11.51 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 157.7% rising
30 Luxembourg 11.5 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.8% falling
31 Côte d’Ivoire 11.28 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 17.1% rising
32 Sao Tome and Principe 11.24 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 13.9% falling
33 Georgia 11.18 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 5.7% falling
34 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.14 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 16.0% falling
35 United States 11.06 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 16.8% rising
36 Algeria 10.87 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 43.3% rising
37 Greece 10.8 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 10.4% falling
38 Montenegro 10.72 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 0.3% falling
39 France 10.66 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 12.2% flat
40 Iceland 10.66 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 12.4% flat
41 Hungary 10.57 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 8.6% flat
42 Malawi 10.56 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 39.5% rising
43 East African Community 10.55 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 11.7% flat
44 Finland 10.47 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 1.4% falling
45 OECD 10.37 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.5% rising
46 Saint Lucia 10.31 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 5.8% falling
47 United Kingdom 10.3 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 0.3% falling
48 Serbia 10.23 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 16.3% rising
49 Bolivia 10.22 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 1.9% falling
50 Tajikistan 10.21 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 38.9% rising
51 Bhutan 10.19 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 1.6% flat
52 Costa Rica 10.17 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 27.1% rising
53 Mozambique 10.04 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 23.0% falling
54 Ghana 10 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 30.1% rising
55 Germany 9.95 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 10.1% flat
56 Dominican Republic 9.91 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 9.7% rising
57 Belgium 9.83 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 2.7% flat
58 Marshall Islands 9.79 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 17.4% flat
59 Africa, fragile states 9.75 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.1% rising
60 Ukraine 9.67 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 17.5% falling
61 Japan 9.63 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 6.1% flat
62 Indonesia 9.59 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 29.5% rising
63 World outside Africa 9.56 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 7.9% flat
64 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.55 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 0.6% falling
65 Mauritius 9.52 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 9.2% falling
66 Uruguay 9.52 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 12.1% rising
67 Somalia 9.38 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 0.1% flat
68 Cambodia 9.32 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 16.8% rising
69 Afghanistan 9.32 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 12.8% falling
70 Belize 9.31 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 1.3% falling
71 Malaysia 9.27 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 12.3% rising
72 Mexico 9.19 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 3.5% flat
73 Iran 9.17 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 3.9% rising
74 Armenia 9.08 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 27.9% flat
75 Portugal 9.02 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 7.5% rising
76 Italy 8.99 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 2.9% falling
77 Tanzania 8.89 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 1.9% falling
78 India 8.89 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 8.9% rising
79 Kiribati 8.85 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 8.5% falling
80 Kazakhstan 8.82 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 19.0% falling
81 Pakistan 8.82 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 15.0% falling
82 Seychelles 8.8 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 21.3% falling
83 Sudan 8.79 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 15.7% falling
84 Austria 8.78 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 0.6% flat
85 Vanuatu 8.76 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 8.3% falling
86 Iraq 8.69 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 53.8% rising
86 South Sudan 8.69 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 53.8% rising
88 Maldives 8.67 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 23.0% falling
89 Ecuador 8.66 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 25.7% falling
90 Jordan 8.65 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 13.2% falling
91 Bangladesh 8.55 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 19.5% falling
92 Bahamas 8.45 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 1.9% rising
93 North Macedonia 8.39 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 3.4% flat
94 Grenada 8.34 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 30.5% falling
95 Russia 8.24 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.7% falling
96 Nepal 8.19 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 5.6% flat
97 United Arab Emirates 8.17 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 3.8% flat
98 Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 8.11 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 13.9% rising
99 Switzerland 8.11 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 2.3% flat
100 China (People’s Republic of) 8.07 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 22.1% rising
101 Spain 8.03 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 5.2% falling
102 Turkmenistan 8.02 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 87.7% rising
103 Azerbaijan 8.01 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 13.0% falling
104 Egypt 7.98 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 7.9% falling
105 Tunisia 7.96 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 35.8% falling
106 Rwanda 7.93 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 6.6% rising
107 Chile 7.88 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 9.8% falling
108 San Marino 7.86 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 42.5% rising
109 El Salvador 7.85 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 9.6% falling
110 Colombia 7.81 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 0.1% falling
111 Canada 7.74 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.9% flat
112 South Africa 7.58 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 13.7% falling
113 Thailand 7.46 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 1.0% falling
114 Brazil 7.46 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 7.9% rising
115 Mongolia 7.43 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 13.4% falling
116 Albania 7.38 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 13.0% falling
117 Resource-rich countries 7.35 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 3.7% flat
118 Monaco 7.23 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 23.7% falling
119 Bahrain 7.22 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 13.7% rising
120 Paraguay 7.13 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 13.0% falling
121 Senegal 7.04 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 31.5% rising
122 Peru 6.98 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 16.1% flat
123 Uzbekistan 6.98 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 33.0% falling
124 Australia 6.96 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 15.1% falling
125 Guatemala 6.93 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 12.7% rising
126 Gambia 6.93 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 3.5% rising
127 Kyrgyzstan 6.92 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 34.7% rising
128 Philippines 6.82 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.9% falling
129 Venezuela 6.82 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 25.5% flat
130 Jamaica 6.82 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 20.6% falling
131 Zimbabwe 6.75 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 24.2% rising
132 Guinea-Bissau 6.73 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 28.1% rising
133 Congo 6.61 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 3.8% rising
134 New Zealand 6.55 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 18.4% falling
135 Samoa 6.54 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 20.3% falling
136 Kuwait 6.5 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 44.3% rising
137 Solomon Islands 6.22 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 15.3% falling
138 Tonga 6.18 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 12.9% falling
139 Comoros 6.1 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 24.5% rising
140 Norway 6.08 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 32.1% falling
141 Cuba 6.02 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 27.9% falling
142 Honduras 5.98 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 7.1% falling
143 Oman 5.9 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 0.8% falling
144 Morocco 5.81 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 23.0% falling
145 Mali 5.69 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 18.8% falling
146 Andorra 5.64 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 10.3% rising
147 Argentina 5.51 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 19.4% falling
148 Lebanon 5.39 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 11.0% falling
149 Liberia 5.36 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 1.6% falling
150 Qatar 5.35 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 68.8% rising
151 Uganda 5.31 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.2% falling
152 Nicaragua 5.26 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.1% falling
153 Trinidad and Tobago 5.2 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 4.8% falling
154 Niger 5.03 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 7.7% rising
155 Guinea 5 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 1.1% falling
156 Saudi Arabia 5 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 11.1% rising
157 Suriname 4.99 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 31.0% falling
158 Botswana 4.93 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 5.3% rising
159 Namibia 4.82 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 7.6% falling
160 Palau 4.44 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 61.6% falling
161 Haiti 4.36 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 35.9% falling
162 Tuvalu 4.35 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 31.4% falling
163 Burundi 4.31 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 26.2% falling
164 Burkina Faso 4.21 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 0.3% rising
165 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 3.78 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 13.3% falling
166 Liechtenstein 3.77 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 10.9% rising
167 Papua New Guinea 3.76 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 21.2% falling
168 Libya 3.38 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 7.9% falling
169 Brunei Darussalam 3.27 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 16.6% rising
170 Sierra Leone 2.86 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 37.2% falling
171 Chad 2.69 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 32.0% falling
172 Guyana 2.5 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 59.3% falling
173 Central African Republic 2.26 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 23.2% falling
174 Angola 2.19 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 50.7% rising

Regions and income groups

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 transport, storage and communication
Unit
Percentage of GDP
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
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Coverage
244 places, 5,594 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. 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.