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Wholesale and retail trade, value added (current LCU) by country

Value added in trade is defined as the value of output of the trade industry less the value of intermediate consumption (intermediate inputs). Trade is a subset of services, comprising wholesale and retail trade, and hotel and restaurants (ISIC 50-55). Data are in current local currency.

Countries reporting
46
Highest
15.20 trillion current LCU
Zambia
Lowest
104.80 million current LCU
Malawi
Median
147.06 billion current LCU
Years covered
47
1965–2011
Data points
1,200

What the numbers show

Wholesale and retail trade, value added (current LCU) is currently reported for 46 countries. The highest value is 15.20 trillion current LCU in Zambia; the lowest is 104.80 million current LCU in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 147.06 billion current LCU, and the mean is 917.04 billion current LCU.

Wholesale and retail trade, value added: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Zambia 15.20 trillion current LCU 2011 up 472.1% volatile
2 Guinea 5.55 trillion current LCU 2011 up 352.4% volatile
3 Tanzania 4.60 trillion current LCU 2011 up 288.7% volatile
4 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.61 trillion current LCU 2011 up 1,688.0% volatile
5 Angola 1.90 trillion current LCU 2011 up 6,128.2% volatile
6 Madagascar 1.83 trillion current LCU 2009 up 284.1% volatile
7 Cote d'Ivoire 1.82 trillion current LCU 2011 up 73.8% volatile
8 Sierra Leone 999.66 billion current LCU 2011 up 466.6% volatile
9 Senegal 993.14 billion current LCU 2011 up 50.1% volatile
10 Uganda 742.02 billion current LCU 1996 up 3,554.9% volatile
11 Mali 713.25 billion current LCU 2011 up 134.5% volatile
12 Burkina Faso 576.51 billion current LCU 2011 up 183.0% volatile
13 Benin 537.04 billion current LCU 2010 up 91.3% rising
14 Rwanda 491.56 billion current LCU 2011 up 567.9% volatile
15 Chad 452.69 billion current LCU 2008 up 98.2% rising
16 South Africa 386.43 billion current LCU 2011 up 196.4% volatile
17 Kenya 371.51 billion current LCU 2011 up 252.5% volatile
18 Sao Tome and Principe 355.74 billion current LCU 2006 up 128.8% rising
19 Niger 287.60 billion current LCU 2003 up 168.3% volatile
20 Gabon 279.10 billion current LCU 2006 up 25.9% rising
21 Burundi 230.92 billion current LCU 2011 up 304.6% volatile
22 Congo 194.39 billion current LCU 1989 up 212.5% volatile
23 Egypt 150.66 billion current LCU 2011 up 199.2% volatile
24 Togo 143.46 billion current LCU 2011 up 18.4% volatile
25 Algeria 113.52 billion current LCU 1992 — rising
26 Mauritania 110.38 billion current LCU 2011 up 307.2% volatile
27 Central African Republic 93.49 billion current LCU 2009 up 37.1% rising
28 Ethiopia 86.63 billion current LCU 2011 up 885.6% volatile
29 Morocco 72.81 billion current LCU 2010 up 49.0% volatile
30 Equatorial Guinea 61.50 billion current LCU 2008 up 362.4% rising
31 Sudan 45.04 billion current LCU 2011 up 766.6% volatile
32 Mauritius 33.81 billion current LCU 2011 up 149.9% volatile
33 Mozambique 28.23 billion current LCU 2007 up 214.9% volatile
34 Djibouti 25.54 billion current LCU 2006 up 110.7% rising
35 Cape Verde 24.52 billion current LCU 2011 up 104.0% volatile
36 Comoros 24.34 billion current LCU 1998 up 38.9% rising
37 Botswana 15.11 billion current LCU 2011 up 345.8% volatile
38 Namibia 12.13 billion current LCU 2011 up 296.4% volatile
39 Gambia 6.86 billion current LCU 2011 up 91.8% rising
40 Ghana 6.48 billion current LCU 2011 up 218.3% volatile
41 Eritrea 3.25 billion current LCU 2009 up 206.8% volatile
42 Guinea-Bissau 2.83 billion current LCU 1983 up 328.5% volatile
43 Eswatini 2.24 billion current LCU 2011 up 88.9% volatile
44 Lesotho 1.41 billion current LCU 2011 up 209.5% volatile
45 Seychelles 838.37 million current LCU 2011 up 76.5% volatile
46 Malawi 104.80 million current LCU 1978 up 479.0% volatile

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Indicator
Wholesale and retail trade, 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
46 places, 1,200 data points, 1965–2011
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Value added in trade is defined as the value of output of the trade industry less the value of intermediate consumption (intermediate inputs). Trade is a subset of services, comprising wholesale and retail trade, and hotel and restaurants (ISIC 50-55). Data are in current local currency.