Wholesale and retail trade, value added (current US$) by country
Value added in trade is defined as the value of output of the trade industry less the value of intermediate consumption (intermediate inputs). Trade is a subset of services, comprising wholesale and retail trade, and hotel and restaurants (ISIC 50-55). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
What the numbers show
Wholesale and retail trade, value added (current US$) is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 53.22 billion current US$ in South Africa; the lowest is 28.58 million current US$ in Sao Tome and Principe.
The median across all reporting countries is 936.62 million current US$, and the mean is 3.83 billion current US$.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,862.
Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 2,792.2%), and the largest decrease in Uganda (down 28.4%).
Wholesale and retail trade, value added: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 53.22 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 251.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Egypt | 25.32 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 84.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Angola | 20.23 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 2,792.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Sudan | 16.89 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 740.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Morocco | 8.65 billion current US$ | 2010 | up 88.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Algeria | 5.20 billion current US$ | 1992 | — | falling |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 5.13 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 393.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Ghana | 4.28 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 93.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Kenya | 4.18 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 211.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.86 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 170.0% | rising |
| 11 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.13 billion current US$ | 1983 | up 192.0% | rising |
| 12 | Zambia | 3.13 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 325.0% | rising |
| 13 | Tanzania | 2.92 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 116.7% | rising |
| 14 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.84 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 483.4% | falling |
| 15 | Botswana | 2.21 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 280.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Senegal | 2.10 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 133.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Namibia | 1.67 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 370.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Mali | 1.51 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 264.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 1.22 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 339.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Mauritius | 1.18 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 153.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Mozambique | 1.09 billion current US$ | 2007 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 22 | Benin | 1.08 billion current US$ | 2010 | up 175.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Chad | 1.01 billion current US$ | 2008 | up 161.1% | rising |
| 24 | Madagascar | 936.62 million current US$ | 2009 | up 146.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Guinea | 838.45 million current US$ | 2011 | up 33.1% | falling |
| 26 | Rwanda | 818.84 million current US$ | 2011 | up 392.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Uganda | 732.63 million current US$ | 1996 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Congo | 609.35 million current US$ | 1989 | up 108.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Gabon | 533.76 million current US$ | 2006 | up 23.2% | falling |
| 30 | Niger | 494.84 million current US$ | 2003 | up 80.7% | rising |
| 31 | Mauritania | 392.65 million current US$ | 2011 | up 270.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Cape Verde | 309.06 million current US$ | 2011 | up 216.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Eswatini | 308.89 million current US$ | 2011 | up 124.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Togo | 304.04 million current US$ | 2011 | up 84.0% | rising |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 236.30 million current US$ | 2011 | up 166.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Gambia | 232.73 million current US$ | 2011 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 37 | Eritrea | 211.15 million current US$ | 2009 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 38 | Central African Republic | 198.00 million current US$ | 2009 | up 106.8% | rising |
| 39 | Lesotho | 194.36 million current US$ | 2011 | up 267.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Burundi | 183.12 million current US$ | 2011 | up 166.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Djibouti | 143.69 million current US$ | 2006 | up 110.7% | rising |
| 42 | Equatorial Guinea | 137.34 million current US$ | 2008 | up 635.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Malawi | 124.21 million current US$ | 1978 | up 471.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Seychelles | 67.71 million current US$ | 2011 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 45 | Somalia | 55.02 million current US$ | 1990 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Comoros | 55.01 million current US$ | 1998 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 47 | Sao Tome and Principe | 28.58 million current US$ | 2006 | up 62.5% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa 141.42 billion current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 74.83 billion current US$
About this data
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 U.S. dollars.