Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Economy > GDP > Composition, by sector of origin > Industry

DEFINITION: This entry is derived from Economy > GDP > Composition, by sector of origin, which shows where production takes place in an economy. The distribution gives the percentage contribution of agriculture, industry, and services to total GDP, and will total 100 percent of GDP if the data are complete. Agriculture includes farming, fishing, and forestry. Industry includes mining, manufacturing, energy production, and construction. Services cover government activities, communications, transportation, finance, and all other private economic activities that do not produce material goods.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Equatorial Guinea	87.6%	2013
2	Gabon	64.3%	2013
3	Angola	61.4%	2013
4	Mauritania	53.4%	2013
5	Swaziland	47.9%	2013
6	Guinea	46.1%	2013
7	Nigeria	43%	2013
8	Botswana	38.6%	2013
9	Lesotho	34.6%	2013
10	Togo	33.7%	2013
11	Zambia	33.3%	2013
12	Sudan	31.2%	2013
13	Namibia	29.4%	2013
14	South Africa	28.4%	2013
15	Cameroon	27.5%	2013
16	Ghana	27.3%	2013
17	Uganda	27.2%	2013
18	Eritrea	26.9%	2013
=19	Tanzania	25.1%	2013
=19	Zimbabwe	25.1%	2013
21	Mozambique	24.6%	2013
22	Mali	23.9%	2013
23	Burkina Faso	23.7%	2013
24	Senegal	22.9%	2013
25	Mauritius	22.7%	2013
26	Cote d'Ivoire	21.2%	2013
27	Democratic Republic of the Congo	20.8%	2013
28	Sao Tome and Principe	19.4%	2013
29	Malawi	19.2%	2013
30	Cape Verde	18.9%	2013
31	Seychelles	18.6%	2013
32	Burundi	18.3%	2013
33	Kenya	17.4%	2013
34	Djibouti	16.9%	2013
35	Madagascar	16.2%	2013
=36	Rwanda	15%	2013
=36	Sierra Leone	15%	2013
38	Central African Republic	14.7%	2013
39	Niger	14.2%	2013
40	Guinea-Bissau	13.6%	2013
41	The Gambia	13.1%	2013
42	Benin	13%	2013
43	Ethiopia	10.6%	2013
44	Comoros	10%	2013
45	Chad	9.4%	2013
46	Somalia	7.2%	2013
47	Liberia	5.4%	2013

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