Construction, value added (current LCU) by country

Value added in construction is defined as the value of output of the construction industry less the value of intermediate consumption (intermediate inputs). Construction is a subset of industry (ISIC 45). Data are in current local currency.

Countries reporting
51
Highest
20.74 trillion current LCU
Zambia
Lowest
69.37 million current LCU
Zimbabwe
Median
60.07 billion current LCU
Years covered
47
1965–2011
Data points
1,735

What the numbers show

Construction, value added (current LCU) is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 20.74 trillion current LCU in Zambia; the lowest is 69.37 million current LCU in Zimbabwe.

The median across all reporting countries is 60.07 billion current LCU, and the mean is 764.04 billion current LCU.

Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 10,435.3%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 54.4%).

Construction, value added: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Zambia 20.74 trillion current LCU 2011 up 2,746.3% volatile
2 Uganda 4.61 trillion current LCU 2011 up 323.4% volatile
3 Guinea 3.60 trillion current LCU 2011 up 597.1% volatile
4 Tanzania 2.99 trillion current LCU 2011 up 529.0% volatile
5 Algeria 967.80 billion current LCU 2008 up 264.7% volatile
6 Democratic Republic of Congo 784.09 billion current LCU 2011 up 1,430.4% volatile
7 Angola 750.58 billion current LCU 2011 up 10,435.3% volatile
8 Cote d'Ivoire 689.80 billion current LCU 2011 up 229.6% volatile
9 Equatorial Guinea 618.48 billion current LCU 2008 up 2,577.4% volatile
10 Cameroon 318.73 billion current LCU 2007 up 133.3% volatile
11 Rwanda 316.56 billion current LCU 2011 up 606.7% volatile
12 Senegal 304.77 billion current LCU 2011 up 139.0% volatile
13 Mali 262.63 billion current LCU 2011 up 151.6% volatile
14 Congo 215.72 billion current LCU 2011 up 189.9% volatile
15 Burundi 189.17 billion current LCU 2011 up 587.6% volatile
16 Sierra Leone 172.65 billion current LCU 2011 up 274.9% volatile
17 Burkina Faso 160.65 billion current LCU 2011 up 63.0% volatile
18 Sao Tome and Principe 157.94 billion current LCU 2006 up 151.6% rising
19 Gabon 152.13 billion current LCU 2011 up 90.6% volatile
20 Benin 137.66 billion current LCU 2010 up 121.3% volatile
21 Kenya 125.05 billion current LCU 2011 up 292.9% volatile
22 South Africa 120.42 billion current LCU 2011 up 437.2% volatile
23 Madagascar 87.40 billion current LCU 2009 up 359.5% volatile
24 Chad 76.50 billion current LCU 2008 up 382.9% volatile
25 Mauritania 61.00 billion current LCU 2011 up 462.1% volatile
26 Egypt 60.07 billion current LCU 2011 up 281.2% volatile
27 Togo 48.85 billion current LCU 2011 up 119.5% volatile
28 Morocco 47.09 billion current LCU 2010 up 164.1% volatile
29 Central African Republic 30.92 billion current LCU 2003 up 136.6% volatile
30 Niger 30.70 billion current LCU 2003 up 181.6% volatile
31 Ethiopia 20.05 billion current LCU 2011 up 606.9% volatile
32 Mauritius 18.61 billion current LCU 2011 up 188.9% volatile
33 Malawi 18.38 billion current LCU 2011 up 654.7% volatile
34 Cape Verde 13.39 billion current LCU 2011 up 160.4% volatile
35 Comoros 11.81 billion current LCU 2009 up 84.0% rising
36 Djibouti 11.76 billion current LCU 2007 up 154.9% rising
37 Botswana 6.88 billion current LCU 2011 up 383.5% volatile
38 Libya 5.99 billion current LCU 2008 up 209.7% rising
39 Mozambique 5.94 billion current LCU 2007 up 123.3% volatile
40 Sudan 5.17 billion current LCU 2011 up 407.5% volatile
41 Ghana 5.11 billion current LCU 2011 up 1,428.0% volatile
42 Eritrea 4.26 billion current LCU 2009 up 620.2% volatile
43 Guinea-Bissau 3.55 billion current LCU 2002 up 84.4% volatile
44 Namibia 3.23 billion current LCU 2011 up 252.9% volatile
45 Tunisia 2.76 billion current LCU 2011 up 92.6% volatile
46 Gambia 1.13 billion current LCU 2011 up 56.2% rising
47 Lesotho 1.10 billion current LCU 2011 up 107.3% volatile
48 Seychelles 787.64 million current LCU 2011 up 156.2% volatile
49 Eswatini 503.10 million current LCU 2011 up 16.1% volatile
50 Liberia 289.13 million current LCU 1999 up 750.4% volatile
51 Zimbabwe 69.37 million current LCU 2011 down 54.4% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Construction, value added (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
51 places, 1,735 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

Value added in construction is defined as the value of output of the construction industry less the value of intermediate consumption (intermediate inputs). Construction is a subset of industry (ISIC 45). Data are in current local currency.