Agriculture share of GDP — all countries

Agriculture share of GDP — Middle East & North Africa

Agriculture share of GDP in Middle East & North Africa in 2025 — 6.8%. Since 1965, the indicator has fallen by 12.7 pp.

2025 6.8% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 19.4%1965
Period minimum 5.4%2008

Trend over time

1965–2025 · % of GDP

Agriculture share of GDP — Middle East & North Africa, 1965–202505101520196519711977198319891995200120072013201920251965: 19.4%1967: 18.3%1969: 16.5%1971: 15.6%1973: 11.2%1975: 7.9%1977: 6.9%1979: 6.7%1981: 7.3%1983: 8.7%1985: 10.3%1987: 11.4%1989: 11.5%1991: 9.8%1993: 8.9%1995: 9.3%1997: 8.4%1999: 8.5%2001: 8.2%2003: 7.7%2005: 6.4%2007: 6%2009: 6.6%2011: 5.7%2013: 6.1%2015: 6.9%2017: 6.5%2019: 6.2%2021: 6.5%2023: 6.2%2025: 6.8%
Change over the period: −12.7 pp Annual average: -0.21 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 6.8%
World 4%
Agriculture share of GDP — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 6.8 +0.1 pp
2024 6.6 +0.4 pp
2023 6.2 +0.3 pp
2022 5.9 −0.6 pp
2021 6.5 −0.4 pp
2020 6.9 +0.7 pp
2019 6.2 +0 pp
2018 6.2 −0.3 pp
2017 6.5 −0.3 pp
2016 6.8 −0.1 pp
2015 6.9 +0.7 pp
2014 6.2 +0.1 pp
2013 6.1 +0.3 pp
2012 5.8 +0.1 pp
2011 5.7 −0.5 pp
2010 6.2 −0.4 pp
2009 6.6 +1.2 pp
2008 5.4 −0.6 pp
2007 6 −0.2 pp
2006 6.1 −0.2 pp
2005 6.4 −0.7 pp
2004 7.1 −0.6 pp
2003 7.7 −0.3 pp
2002 8 −0.2 pp
2001 8.2 +0.1 pp
2000 8.1 −0.4 pp
1999 8.5 −0.9 pp
1998 9.4 +0.9 pp
1997 8.4 −0.5 pp
1996 9 −0.4 pp
1995 9.3 −0.1 pp
1994 9.5 +0.6 pp
1993 8.9 −0.6 pp
1992 9.5 −0.3 pp
1991 9.8 +0.2 pp
1990 9.6 −1.9 pp
1989 11.5 +0.2 pp
1988 11.3 −0.1 pp
1987 11.4 −0.7 pp
1986 12.1 +1.8 pp
1985 10.3 +0.8 pp
1984 9.5 +0.8 pp
1983 8.7 +0.3 pp
1982 8.4 +1.1 pp
1981 7.3 +0.9 pp
1980 6.4 −0.3 pp
1979 6.7 −1 pp
1978 7.8 +0.8 pp
1977 6.9 −0.5 pp
1976 7.4 −0.4 pp
1975 7.9 +0.2 pp
1974 7.6 −3.6 pp
1973 11.2 −3.2 pp
1972 14.5 −1.1 pp
1971 15.6 −0.7 pp
1970 16.2 −0.2 pp
1969 16.5 −1.3 pp
1968 17.8 −0.5 pp
1967 18.3 +0.3 pp
1966 18 −1.4 pp
1965 19.4

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.