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Agriculture share of GDP — all countries

Agriculture share of GDP — Zambia

Agriculture share of GDP in Zambia in 2025 — 4.1%. Ranked 96 in the world out of 158. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 7.4 pp.

2025 4.1% +1.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 96of 158
Period maximum 30.5%1993
Period minimum 2.2%2023

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Agriculture share of GDP — Zambia, 1960–202501020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 11.5%1962: 12.3%1964: 12%1966: 13.4%1968: 11.4%1970: 10.7%1972: 12.9%1974: 10.6%1976: 14.2%1978: 16.1%1980: 14%1982: 13.5%1984: 14.5%1986: 12.2%1988: 16.4%1990: 18.2%1992: 21.3%1994: 11.8%1996: 13.3%1998: 15.9%2000: 16.1%2002: 15.4%2004: 15.6%2006: 13.2%2008: 11.5%2010: 9.4%2012: 9.3%2014: 6.8%2016: 6.2%2018: 3.3%2020: 3%2022: 3.1%2024: 2.8%2025: 4.1%
Change over the period: −7.4 pp Annual average: -0.11 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Zambia 4.1%
World 4%
Sub-Saharan Africa 17.9%
Eastern Africa computed 22.9%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 15.4%
Agriculture share of GDP — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 4.1 +1.3 pp
2024 2.8 +0.6 pp
2023 2.2 −0.9 pp
2022 3.1 +0.1 pp
2021 3 +0 pp
2020 3 +0.1 pp
2019 2.9 −0.5 pp
2018 3.3 −0.7 pp
2017 4 −2.2 pp
2016 6.2 +1.2 pp
2015 5 −1.8 pp
2014 6.8 −1.4 pp
2013 8.2 −1.1 pp
2012 9.3 −0.3 pp
2011 9.6 +0.2 pp
2010 9.4 −2.1 pp
2009 11.6 +0.1 pp
2008 11.5 −0.7 pp
2007 12.1 −1.1 pp
2006 13.2 −1.4 pp
2005 14.6 −1 pp
2004 15.6 −0 pp
2003 15.6 +0.3 pp
2002 15.4 −0.2 pp
2001 15.5 −0.6 pp
2000 16.1 −2 pp
1999 18.2 +2.3 pp
1998 15.9 +1.9 pp
1997 14 +0.7 pp
1996 13.3 −0.8 pp
1995 14.1 +2.3 pp
1994 11.8 −18.7 pp
1993 30.5 +9.2 pp
1992 21.3 +5.5 pp
1991 15.8 −2.4 pp
1990 18.2 −0.9 pp
1989 19.1 +2.7 pp
1988 16.4 +5.5 pp
1987 10.9 −1.3 pp
1986 12.2 −0.9 pp
1985 13.1 −1.5 pp
1984 14.5 +0.3 pp
1983 14.2 +0.7 pp
1982 13.5 −2.2 pp
1981 15.6 +1.6 pp
1980 14 −0.9 pp
1979 14.9 −1.2 pp
1978 16.1 −0.3 pp
1977 16.4 +2.2 pp
1976 14.2 +1.1 pp
1975 13.1 +2.5 pp
1974 10.6 −0.7 pp
1973 11.3 −1.6 pp
1972 12.9 −0.2 pp
1971 13 +2.4 pp
1970 10.7 +1 pp
1969 9.7 −1.7 pp
1968 11.4 −1.5 pp
1967 12.8 −0.6 pp
1966 13.4 −0.9 pp
1965 14.3 +2.3 pp
1964 12 −1 pp
1963 13 +0.7 pp
1962 12.3 −0.4 pp
1961 12.8 +1.3 pp
1960 11.5 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

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

KM Comoros 36.6 BI Burundi 34.3 ET Ethiopia 32.8 MW Malawi 30 UG Uganda 26.1 MZ Mozambique 25.6 KE Kenya 23.2 TZ Tanzania 22.9 MG Madagascar 21.7 RW Rwanda 20.3 ZW Zimbabwe 9.5 MU Mauritius 4.6 ZM Zambia 4.1 SC Seychelles 2.6 DJ Djibouti 2.3
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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