Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of the economy — Value added in agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing by country
The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual...
Countries reporting
191
Highest
73.96 Percentage of GDP
Liberia
Lowest
0.0179 Percentage of GDP
San Marino
Median
8.26 Percentage of GDP
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
5,604
What the numbers show
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of the economy — Value added in agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 73.96 Percentage of GDP in Liberia; the lowest is 0.0179 Percentage of GDP in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.26 Percentage of GDP, and the mean is 11.89 Percentage of GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4,126.
Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 106 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 165.4%), and the largest decrease in Zambia (down 66.6%).
Africa's Development: Sectoral breakdown … agriculture: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liberia | 73.96 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 1 | Ethiopia | 38.84 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 1 | Syrian Arab Republic | 35.07 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 2 | Somalia | 60.18 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 3 | Sierra Leone | 60.04 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 4 | Niger | 39.47 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 4 | Madagascar | 23.54 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 5 | Mali | 38.61 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 6 | Comoros | 38.03 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 21.6% | flat |
| 6 | Mauritania | 20.32 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 7 | Burundi | 36.45 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 8 | Afghanistan | 35.55 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 29.7% | falling |
| 9 | Solomon Islands | 33.47 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 9 | Micronesia | 23.87 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 20.5% | flat |
| 10 | Central African Republic | 33.35 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 11 | Guinea-Bissau | 32.33 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 11 | Fiji | 15.3 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 12 | Chad | 29.71 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 13 | Mozambique | 29.67 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 14 | Benin | 29.62 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 14 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 17.91 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 15 | Malawi | 29.44 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 15 | Moldova | 9.21 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 16 | Guinea | 29.38 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 60.9% | rising |
| 16 | Eswatini | 8.78 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 17 | Tanzania | 28.36 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 17 | Lesotho | 7.06 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 27.7% | falling |
| 18 | Uganda | 27.1 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 19 | Tajikistan | 27.09 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 20 | Rwanda | 26.88 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 21 | Uzbekistan | 25.17 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 22 | Nepal | 24.67 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 22 | Cabo Verde | 4.26 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 23 | Kiribati | 24.47 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 23 | Viet Nam | 12.98 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 24 | Nigeria | 24.05 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 24 | Croatia | 3.67 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 25 | Pakistan | 23.77 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 26 | Cambodia | 23.65 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 26 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.57 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 146.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Vanuatu | 23.56 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 27 | Timor-Leste | 10.11 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 28 | Gambia | 23.41 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 29 | North Korea | 23.11 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 30 | Burkina Faso | 22.87 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 31 | Kenya | 22.55 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 32 | Myanmar | 22.38 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 33 | Laos | 22.35 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 33 | Türkiye | 7.24 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 34 | Tonga | 21.57 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 13.2% | flat |
| 34 | Latvia | 5.69 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 45.8% | flat |
| 35 | Albania | 21.32 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 36 | Ghana | 20.91 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 37 | Haiti | 20.73 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 37 | Lithuania | 4.37 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 38 | Togo | 20.62 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 39 | Sudan | 20.12 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 40 | Yemen | 19.57 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 40 | Poland | 3.19 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 41 | Dominica | 19.49 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 42 | Marshall Islands | 19.03 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 42 | Estonia | 2.82 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 43 | Nicaragua | 18.85 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 43 | Slovenia | 2.09 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 44 | India | 18.42 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 45 | Cameroon | 18.28 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 45 | Netherlands | 1.68 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 46 | Senegal | 18.21 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 17.5% | flat |
| 47 | Côte d’Ivoire | 17.84 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 48 | Papua New Guinea | 17.58 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 49 | Eritrea | 17.27 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 50 | Bhutan | 15.02 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 51 | Mongolia | 14.59 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 52 | Bolivia | 14.13 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 14.6% | flat |
| 53 | Iran | 14.09 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 105.8% | rising |
| 54 | Kyrgyzstan | 13.74 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 55 | Angola | 13.72 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 132.0% | rising |
| 56 | Algeria | 13.27 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 57 | Honduras | 13.2 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 58 | Sao Tome and Principe | 13.16 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 59 | Indonesia | 12.97 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 60 | Samoa | 11.93 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 26.0% | falling |
| 61 | Paraguay | 11.82 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 62 | Bangladesh | 11.66 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 63 | Egypt | 11.51 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 64 | Morocco | 11.44 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 65 | Armenia | 11.37 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 66 | Turkmenistan | 11.1 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 67 | Tunisia | 10.5 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 68 | Guyana | 10.33 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 61.4% | falling |
| 69 | Guatemala | 9.9 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 70 | Philippines | 9.55 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 71 | Ecuador | 9.4 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 72 | Jamaica | 9.38 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 73 | Namibia | 9.32 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 74 | Ukraine | 9.32 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 75 | Colombia | 9.23 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 50.4% | falling |
| 76 | Sri Lanka | 9.2 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 77 | Belize | 9.18 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 78 | Malaysia | 9.02 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 79 | Tuvalu | 9.01 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 65.2% | falling |
| 80 | Congo | 8.91 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 126.6% | rising |
| 81 | Thailand | 8.82 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 23.3% | flat |
| 82 | Belarus | 8.64 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 83 | Peru | 8.57 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 16.5% | flat |
| 84 | North Macedonia | 8.57 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 85 | Suriname | 8.26 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 86 | Zimbabwe | 8.11 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 87 | Uruguay | 8.05 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 88 | Argentina | 7.92 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 89 | Brazil | 7.88 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 60.8% | rising |
| 90 | Serbia | 7.69 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 91 | China | 7.65 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 92 | Montenegro | 7.51 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 93 | Georgia | 6.96 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 94 | New Zealand | 6.24 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 95 | Gabon | 6.23 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 73.2% | rising |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 6.2 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 97 | Grenada | 6.1 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 98 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.76 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 99 | Kazakhstan | 5.65 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 21.2% | falling |
| 100 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.59 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 21.3% | flat |
| 101 | Maldives | 5.56 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 102 | El Salvador | 5.3 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 103 | Jordan | 5.17 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 104 | Azerbaijan | 5.14 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 105 | Venezuela | 4.97 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 106 | Romania | 4.92 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 107 | Iceland | 4.53 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 108 | Lebanon | 4.53 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 109 | Costa Rica | 4.38 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 4.34 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 111 | Russia | 4.3 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 112 | Greece | 4.28 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 113 | Mexico | 4.1 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 114 | Chile | 3.95 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 115 | Mauritius | 3.87 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 116 | Hungary | 3.81 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 117 | Palau | 3.68 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 118 | Libya | 3.66 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 128.9% | falling |
| 119 | Zambia | 3.29 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 66.6% | falling |
| 120 | South Africa | 3.15 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 44.7% | falling |
| 121 | Iraq | 2.84 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 121 | South Sudan | 2.84 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 123 | Panama | 2.7 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 124 | Finland | 2.64 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 125 | Seychelles | 2.59 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 126 | Spain | 2.57 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 127 | Australia | 2.54 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 128 | Saudi Arabia | 2.53 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 129 | Nauru | 2.42 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Italy | 2.18 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 131 | France | 2.14 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 132 | Portugal | 2.14 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 133 | Oman | 2.11 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 120.4% | rising |
| 134 | Czechia | 2.1 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 135 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.09 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 136 | Canada | 2.02 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 137 | Botswana | 1.85 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 138 | Saint Lucia | 1.83 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 139 | Cuba | 1.83 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 140 | Cyprus | 1.81 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 141 | Norway | 1.68 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 142 | Barbados | 1.67 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 143 | Sweden | 1.65 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 144 | OECD | 1.58 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 145 | Austria | 1.55 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 146 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.45 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 147 | Djibouti | 1.4 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 148 | Denmark | 1.33 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 149 | Israel | 1.29 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 150 | Ireland | 1.16 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 151 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.1 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 19.6% | flat |
| 152 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.08 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 67.4% | rising |
| 153 | United States | 1.05 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 154 | Malta | 1.02 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 155 | Germany | 1.02 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 156 | Japan | 1.01 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 157 | United Kingdom | 0.8553 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 158 | United Arab Emirates | 0.8237 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 31.2% | falling |
| 159 | Belgium | 0.7141 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 160 | Bahamas | 0.6493 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 161 | Switzerland | 0.6318 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 162 | Andorra | 0.5427 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 163 | Kuwait | 0.3717 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 164 | Bahrain | 0.2998 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 165 | Luxembourg | 0.2651 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 166 | Qatar | 0.245 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 165.4% | falling |
| 167 | Liechtenstein | 0.1787 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 54.5% | flat |
| 168 | Singapore | 0.0296 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 169 | San Marino | 0.0179 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 24.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa, low income countries (World Bank) 30.27 Percentage of GDP
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) 29.32 Percentage of GDP
- Low income countries (World Bank) 30.13 Percentage of GDP
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 24.19 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, low income countries (World Bank) 29.16 Percentage of GDP
- East Africa (African Union) 28.09 Percentage of GDP
- Least Developed Countries 20.84 Percentage of GDP
- Africa, land locked developing countries 27.02 Percentage of GDP
- Africa, least developed countries 25.55 Percentage of GDP
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) 17.76 Percentage of GDP
- West Africa (African Union) 24.19 Percentage of GDP
- Africa 16.86 Percentage of GDP
- Central Africa (African Union) 16.74 Percentage of GDP
- East African Community 23.64 Percentage of GDP
- Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) 16.01 Percentage of GDP
- Africa, fragile states 23.36 Percentage of GDP
- Fragile states 18.84 Percentage of GDP
- Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 11.56 Percentage of GDP
- Community of Sahel–Saharan States (CEN–SAD) 18.59 Percentage of GDP
- ASEAN 10.13 Percentage of GDP
- Southern African Development Community (SADC) 9.94 Percentage of GDP
- Africa, non-resource-rich countries 17.69 Percentage of GDP
- Land Locked Developing Countries 17.37 Percentage of GDP
- Africa, lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 17.34 Percentage of GDP
- Lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 16.76 Percentage of GDP
- Southern Africa (African Union) 6.77 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 16.57 Percentage of GDP
- Latin America and the Caribbean 6.62 Percentage of GDP
- Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP) 15.77 Percentage of GDP
- Resource-rich countries 4.98 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, least developed countries 15.32 Percentage of GDP
- World 4.6 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, fragile states 15.12 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa 4.24 Percentage of GDP
- Africa, resource-rich countries 12.34 Percentage of GDP
- World outside Africa, landlocked developing countries 12.26 Percentage of GDP
- Small Island Developing States 3.06 Percentage of GDP
- North Africa (African Union) 11.54 Percentage of GDP
- Slovak Republic 2.49 Percentage of GDP
- Asia (excluding high income countries) 9.86 Percentage of GDP
About this data
The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual website which links to the electronic version of the Africa's Development Dynamics book in both English and French. Table 8 shows the breakdown of national economies by sectors of activity, looking at share of employment, contributions to GDP, along with the impact of natural resource extraction on the economy.