Agriculture share of GDP — all countries

Agriculture share of GDP — Western Africa

Agriculture share of GDP in Western Africa in 2025 — 22.9%. Since 1967, the indicator has fallen by 16 pp.

2025 22.9% −1.1 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 39%1967
Period minimum 15.4%1981

Trend over time

1967–2025 · % of GDP

Agriculture share of GDP — Western Africa, 1967–202510203040196719731979198519911997200320092015202120251967: 39%1968: 38.9%1969: 38.6%1970: 38.2%1971: 36.9%1972: 36.9%1973: 37.6%1974: 35.8%1975: 35.5%1976: 34.9%1977: 35.4%1978: 35%1979: 34.9%1980: 33.2%1981: 15.4%1982: 16.6%1983: 18.5%1984: 21.4%1985: 21.6%1986: 23%1987: 25.1%1988: 27.2%1989: 26.4%1990: 25.2%1991: 24.9%1992: 24.5%1993: 25.4%1994: 25.5%1995: 25.7%1996: 25.7%1997: 26.4%1998: 26.9%1999: 24.3%2000: 21.9%2001: 24.2%2002: 32%2003: 30%2004: 25.7%2005: 25.4%2006: 24%2007: 23.7%2008: 24.6%2009: 25.5%2010: 23.7%2011: 22.1%2012: 21.8%2013: 20.7%2014: 20.2%2015: 20.9%2016: 21.3%2017: 21.2%2018: 21.4%2019: 24.3%2020: 26.3%2021: 26.8%2022: 26.6%2023: 25.5%2024: 24%2025: 22.9%
Change over the period: −16 pp Annual average: -0.28 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Western Africa 22.9%
World 4%
Agriculture share of GDP — Western Africa, by year Western Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 22.9 −1.1 pp
2024 24 −1.5 pp
2023 25.5 −1.1 pp
2022 26.6 −0.2 pp
2021 26.8 +0.5 pp
2020 26.3 +2 pp
2019 24.3 +2.9 pp
2018 21.4 +0.2 pp
2017 21.2 −0.1 pp
2016 21.3 +0.4 pp
2015 20.9 +0.8 pp
2014 20.2 −0.6 pp
2013 20.7 −1.1 pp
2012 21.8 −0.3 pp
2011 22.1 −1.5 pp
2010 23.7 −1.9 pp
2009 25.5 +0.9 pp
2008 24.6 +0.9 pp
2007 23.7 −0.2 pp
2006 24 −1.4 pp
2005 25.4 −0.3 pp
2004 25.7 −4.2 pp
2003 30 −2.1 pp
2002 32 +7.9 pp
2001 24.2 +2.3 pp
2000 21.9 −2.4 pp
1999 24.3 −2.7 pp
1998 26.9 +0.5 pp
1997 26.4 +0.8 pp
1996 25.7 −0.1 pp
1995 25.7 +0.2 pp
1994 25.5 +0.2 pp
1993 25.4 +0.9 pp
1992 24.5 −0.4 pp
1991 24.9 −0.2 pp
1990 25.2 −1.2 pp
1989 26.4 −0.8 pp
1988 27.2 +2.1 pp
1987 25.1 +2.1 pp
1986 23 +1.4 pp
1985 21.6 +0.2 pp
1984 21.4 +3 pp
1983 18.5 +1.9 pp
1982 16.6 +1.2 pp
1981 15.4 −17.8 pp
1980 33.2 −1.7 pp
1979 34.9 −0.1 pp
1978 35 −0.5 pp
1977 35.4 +0.5 pp
1976 34.9 −0.6 pp
1975 35.5 −0.2 pp
1974 35.8 −1.8 pp
1973 37.6 +0.7 pp
1972 36.9 −0 pp
1971 36.9 −1.3 pp
1970 38.2 −0.4 pp
1969 38.6 −0.4 pp
1968 38.9 −0 pp
1967 39

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.