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Agriculture share of GDP — all countries

Agriculture share of GDP — Sub-Saharan Africa

Agriculture share of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2025 — 17.9%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 1.7 pp.

2025 17.9% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 20.5%1998
Period minimum 14.7%2011

Trend over time

1980–2025 · % of GDP

Agriculture share of GDP — Sub-Saharan Africa, 1980–2025141618202219801985199019952000200520102015202020251980: 16.2%1981: 15.2%1982: 15.4%1983: 14.8%1984: 16%1985: 17.1%1986: 18.9%1987: 19.4%1988: 20.3%1989: 19.7%1990: 19.4%1991: 20.3%1992: 16.5%1993: 16.8%1994: 17%1995: 17.9%1996: 19%1997: 19.6%1998: 20.5%1999: 16.4%2000: 15.4%2001: 16.4%2002: 19.7%2003: 17.2%2004: 15.1%2005: 15.1%2006: 15.2%2007: 15.7%2008: 16.9%2009: 17.2%2010: 15.8%2011: 14.7%2012: 15.1%2013: 15.3%2014: 15.5%2015: 16.3%2016: 16.7%2017: 16%2018: 15.7%2019: 18.2%2020: 20.1%2021: 19.7%2022: 19.9%2023: 19.3%2024: 18%2025: 17.9%
Change over the period: +1.7 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 17.9%
World 4%
Agriculture share of GDP — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 17.9 −0.1 pp
2024 18 −1.3 pp
2023 19.3 −0.6 pp
2022 19.9 +0.2 pp
2021 19.7 −0.5 pp
2020 20.1 +1.9 pp
2019 18.2 +2.5 pp
2018 15.7 −0.3 pp
2017 16 −0.6 pp
2016 16.7 +0.3 pp
2015 16.3 +0.8 pp
2014 15.5 +0.3 pp
2013 15.3 +0.2 pp
2012 15.1 +0.4 pp
2011 14.7 −1.1 pp
2010 15.8 −1.4 pp
2009 17.2 +0.3 pp
2008 16.9 +1.2 pp
2007 15.7 +0.5 pp
2006 15.2 +0.1 pp
2005 15.1 −0.1 pp
2004 15.1 −2.1 pp
2003 17.2 −2.5 pp
2002 19.7 +3.2 pp
2001 16.4 +1 pp
2000 15.4 −1 pp
1999 16.4 −4.2 pp
1998 20.5 +0.9 pp
1997 19.6 +0.7 pp
1996 19 +1 pp
1995 17.9 +1 pp
1994 17 +0.1 pp
1993 16.8 +0.3 pp
1992 16.5 −3.8 pp
1991 20.3 +0.9 pp
1990 19.4 −0.3 pp
1989 19.7 −0.6 pp
1988 20.3 +0.9 pp
1987 19.4 +0.5 pp
1986 18.9 +1.8 pp
1985 17.1 +1.1 pp
1984 16 +1.2 pp
1983 14.8 −0.6 pp
1982 15.4 +0.1 pp
1981 15.2 −1 pp
1980 16.2 —

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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