Table 8.6
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contribution by economic sector (in percent)
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Agriculture
30.4
29.1
31.0
31.8
29.8
25.3
22.9
22.4
21.5
20.3
18.9
Industry
20.8
20.7
20.4
19.0
19.1
25.6
28.0
27.8
26.6
25.1
24.2
Mining
2.8
2.8
2.4
2.1
2.3
8.4
9.5
9.4
8.0
5.3
4.2
Oil and gas
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
6.7
7.7
8.2
7.2
4.1
2.1
Manufacturing
10.2
9.1
7.9
6.9
6.8
6.9
5.8
5.3
4.9
4.8
4.6
Electricity
0.8
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.9
1.1
Water/sewerage
1.3
1.0
0.8
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.6
0.5
Construction
5.7
7.2
8.7
8.8
8.5
8.9
11.5
12.0
12.7
13.5
13.7
Services
48.8
50.2
48.6
49.2
51.1
49.1
49.1
49.8
51.9
54.6
56.9
Source:
(GSS 2017)
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