Transportation, storage and communication, value added (current US$) by country
Value added in transport is defined as the value of output of the transport industry less the value of intermediate consumption (intermediate inputs). Transport is a subset of services, comprising transport, storage and communications (ISIC 60-64). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
What the numbers show
Transportation, storage and communication, value added (current US$) is currently reported for 46 countries. The highest value is 30.31 billion current US$ in South Africa; the lowest is 7.69 million current US$ in Comoros.
The median across all reporting countries is 331.08 million current US$, and the mean is 1.72 billion current US$.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,939.
Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Equatorial Guinea (up 570.7%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 26.6%).
Transportation, storage and communication, value added: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 30.31 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 191.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Egypt | 13.89 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 103.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Sudan | 5.51 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 271.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Ghana | 4.35 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 40.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Kenya | 3.29 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 178.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Morocco | 3.26 billion current US$ | 2010 | up 117.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Algeria | 2.47 billion current US$ | 1992 | — | falling |
| 8 | Tanzania | 1.79 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 221.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 1.46 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 253.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.04 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 132.3% | rising |
| 11 | Madagascar | 1.00 billion current US$ | 2009 | up 72.5% | rising |
| 12 | Senegal | 945.15 million current US$ | 2011 | up 164.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Mauritius | 919.80 million current US$ | 2011 | up 76.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Botswana | 769.58 million current US$ | 2011 | up 309.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Mozambique | 735.71 million current US$ | 2007 | up 139.4% | rising |
| 16 | Zambia | 730.96 million current US$ | 2011 | up 209.6% | rising |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 679.43 million current US$ | 2011 | up 256.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Namibia | 624.28 million current US$ | 2011 | up 331.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Benin | 532.91 million current US$ | 2010 | up 233.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Rwanda | 479.17 million current US$ | 2011 | up 392.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Gabon | 435.08 million current US$ | 2006 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 22 | Cape Verde | 355.28 million current US$ | 2011 | up 174.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Guinea-Bissau | 342.72 million current US$ | 1983 | up 101.9% | rising |
| 24 | Mali | 319.45 million current US$ | 2007 | up 190.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Eritrea | 279.46 million current US$ | 2009 | up 277.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Guinea | 269.60 million current US$ | 2011 | up 90.8% | rising |
| 27 | Congo | 232.28 million current US$ | 1989 | up 114.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Eswatini | 230.14 million current US$ | 2011 | up 250.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Uganda | 211.15 million current US$ | 1996 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Togo | 186.97 million current US$ | 2011 | up 178.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Djibouti | 181.70 million current US$ | 2006 | up 94.3% | rising |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 162.74 million current US$ | 2011 | up 106.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 149.42 million current US$ | 2011 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 34 | Lesotho | 148.99 million current US$ | 2011 | up 378.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Mauritania | 144.43 million current US$ | 2011 | up 163.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Chad | 140.46 million current US$ | 2008 | up 170.5% | rising |
| 37 | Niger | 137.47 million current US$ | 2003 | up 80.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Gambia | 129.33 million current US$ | 2011 | up 81.4% | rising |
| 39 | Seychelles | 97.56 million current US$ | 2011 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Burundi | 73.64 million current US$ | 2011 | up 151.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Central African Republic | 73.14 million current US$ | 2009 | up 103.2% | rising |
| 42 | Somalia | 64.67 million current US$ | 1990 | up 159.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Malawi | 52.98 million current US$ | 1978 | up 290.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Equatorial Guinea | 18.09 million current US$ | 2008 | up 570.7% | rising |
| 45 | Sao Tome and Principe | 17.51 million current US$ | 2006 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 46 | Comoros | 7.69 million current US$ | 1998 | down 26.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa 81.73 billion current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 28.46 billion current US$
About this data
Value added in transport is defined as the value of output of the transport industry less the value of intermediate consumption (intermediate inputs). Transport is a subset of services, comprising transport, storage and communications (ISIC 60-64). Data are in current U.S. dollars.