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Agriculture share of GDP — all countries

Agriculture share of GDP — Benin

Agriculture share of GDP in Benin in 2025 — 22.9%. Ranked 23 in the world out of 158. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 23.2 pp.

2025 22.9% −1.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 23of 158
Period maximum 46.2%1961
Period minimum 22.9%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Agriculture share of GDP — Benin, 1960–20252030405019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 46.2%1962: 44.7%1964: 45.5%1966: 45.1%1968: 38.9%1970: 36.3%1972: 34.2%1974: 31.5%1976: 33.2%1978: 34.5%1980: 35.4%1982: 32.5%1984: 33.3%1986: 33.7%1988: 34.4%1990: 34.7%1992: 33.9%1994: 32.3%1996: 35.7%1998: 36.6%2000: 23.5%2002: 25.4%2004: 26.5%2006: 26.6%2008: 26.8%2010: 25.8%2012: 25.8%2014: 25.6%2016: 27.8%2018: 28.1%2020: 27.1%2022: 26.9%2024: 24.2%2025: 22.9%
Change over the period: −23.2 pp Annual average: -0.36 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Benin

Benin 22.9%
World 4%
Sub-Saharan Africa 17.9%
Western Africa computed 22.9%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 15.4%
Agriculture share of GDP — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 22.9 −1.3 pp
2024 24.2 −1.2 pp
2023 25.4 −1.5 pp
2022 26.9 −1.6 pp
2021 28.5 +1.4 pp
2020 27.1 +0.2 pp
2019 26.9 −1.2 pp
2018 28.1 −0.4 pp
2017 28.5 +0.7 pp
2016 27.8 +1.4 pp
2015 26.4 +0.8 pp
2014 25.6 +0.3 pp
2013 25.3 −0.5 pp
2012 25.8 −0 pp
2011 25.8 −0 pp
2010 25.8 −1.1 pp
2009 27 +0.2 pp
2008 26.8 −0.1 pp
2007 27 +0.3 pp
2006 26.6 −0.1 pp
2005 26.7 +0.2 pp
2004 26.5 +2.1 pp
2003 24.5 −0.9 pp
2002 25.4 +0.3 pp
2001 25 +1.5 pp
2000 23.5 −1 pp
1999 24.5 −12 pp
1998 36.6 +0.8 pp
1997 35.8 +0.1 pp
1996 35.7 +2.6 pp
1995 33.1 +0.8 pp
1994 32.3 −1.8 pp
1993 34.1 +0.2 pp
1992 33.9 −1.1 pp
1991 35 +0.4 pp
1990 34.7 −3.2 pp
1989 37.9 +3.5 pp
1988 34.4 +1.1 pp
1987 33.3 −0.4 pp
1986 33.7 +2.1 pp
1985 31.5 −1.8 pp
1984 33.3 +0.2 pp
1983 33.2 +0.7 pp
1982 32.5 −0.2 pp
1981 32.7 −2.8 pp
1980 35.4 +0.4 pp
1979 35 +0.5 pp
1978 34.5 +2.7 pp
1977 31.9 −1.3 pp
1976 33.2 +2.7 pp
1975 30.5 −1 pp
1974 31.5 −2.1 pp
1973 33.6 −0.6 pp
1972 34.2 −0.1 pp
1971 34.4 −2 pp
1970 36.3 −2.2 pp
1969 38.5 −0.4 pp
1968 38.9 −3.2 pp
1967 42.1 −3.1 pp
1966 45.1 +0.5 pp
1965 44.6 −0.9 pp
1964 45.5 +1.8 pp
1963 43.7 −1 pp
1962 44.7 −1.5 pp
1961 46.2 +0 pp
1960 46.2 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

NE Niger 47.6 GW Guinea-Bissau 40.6 ML Mali 33 LR Liberia 32.7 GN Guinea 31.3 SL Sierra Leone 29.5 GM Gambia 23.8 NG Nigeria 23 BJ Benin 22.9 GH Ghana 21.3 TG Togo 20.3 MR Mauritania 20 BF Burkina Faso 19.9 SN Senegal 17.1 CI Côte d'Ivoire 16.8 CV Cabo Verde 5
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of value added by agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing in GDP. It is one of the most reliable indicators of the level of economic development: in low-income countries the sector delivers a quarter of GDP or more, in high-income ones usually less than 2%, even though the physical volume of output there can be far larger.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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