Agriculture share of GDP — all countries

Agriculture share of GDP — Eastern Africa

Agriculture share of GDP in Eastern Africa in 2025 — 22.9%. Since 1981, the indicator has fallen by 9.3 pp.

2025 22.9% −0.9 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 36.8%1985
Period minimum 21.4%2018

Trend over time

1981–2025 · % of GDP

Agriculture share of GDP — Eastern Africa, 1981–2025202530354019811986199119962001200620112016202120251981: 32.2%1982: 31.7%1983: 32.4%1984: 33.2%1985: 36.8%1986: 35.6%1987: 34.9%1988: 34%1989: 33.1%1990: 32%1991: 33.2%1992: 32.3%1993: 33.5%1994: 28.9%1995: 29.5%1996: 29.9%1997: 29.3%1998: 28.9%1999: 27.1%2000: 25.9%2001: 25.3%2002: 24.6%2003: 24.4%2004: 24.2%2005: 24.7%2006: 23.6%2007: 23.3%2008: 23.1%2009: 24.4%2010: 22.6%2011: 22.1%2012: 23.1%2013: 22.1%2014: 21.8%2015: 22%2016: 22.6%2017: 21.5%2018: 21.4%2019: 23.4%2020: 24.9%2021: 24.9%2022: 24.3%2023: 23.9%2024: 23.8%2025: 22.9%
Change over the period: −9.3 pp Annual average: -0.21 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Eastern Africa 22.9%
World 4%
Agriculture share of GDP — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 22.9 −0.9 pp
2024 23.8 −0.1 pp
2023 23.9 −0.4 pp
2022 24.3 −0.6 pp
2021 24.9 −0 pp
2020 24.9 +1.5 pp
2019 23.4 +2 pp
2018 21.4 −0.2 pp
2017 21.5 −1 pp
2016 22.6 +0.5 pp
2015 22 +0.3 pp
2014 21.8 −0.3 pp
2013 22.1 −1.1 pp
2012 23.1 +1.1 pp
2011 22.1 −0.5 pp
2010 22.6 −1.8 pp
2009 24.4 +1.3 pp
2008 23.1 −0.2 pp
2007 23.3 −0.3 pp
2006 23.6 −1 pp
2005 24.7 +0.5 pp
2004 24.2 −0.2 pp
2003 24.4 −0.2 pp
2002 24.6 −0.7 pp
2001 25.3 −0.6 pp
2000 25.9 −1.2 pp
1999 27.1 −1.8 pp
1998 28.9 −0.4 pp
1997 29.3 −0.6 pp
1996 29.9 +0.5 pp
1995 29.5 +0.6 pp
1994 28.9 −4.6 pp
1993 33.5 +1.1 pp
1992 32.3 −0.9 pp
1991 33.2 +1.2 pp
1990 32 −1.1 pp
1989 33.1 −0.9 pp
1988 34 −0.9 pp
1987 34.9 −0.7 pp
1986 35.6 −1.2 pp
1985 36.8 +3.6 pp
1984 33.2 +0.8 pp
1983 32.4 +0.8 pp
1982 31.7 −0.5 pp
1981 32.2

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.