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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
174
Highest
73.96 Percentage of GDP
Liberia
Lowest
0.0179 Percentage of GDP
San Marino
Median
8.41 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 174 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 8.41 Percentage of GDP, and the mean is 11.95 Percentage of GDP.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4,126.

Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 165.4%), and the largest decrease in Zambia (down 66.6%).

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Liberia 73.96 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 5.2% flat
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
5 Mali 38.61 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.8% rising
6 Comoros 38.03 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 21.6% flat
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
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
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
15 Malawi 29.44 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 1.6% falling
16 Guinea 29.38 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 60.9% rising
17 United Republic of Tanzania 28.36 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 1.1% rising
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
23 Kiribati 24.47 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 0.7% rising
24 Nigeria 24.05 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.1% 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
27 East African Community 23.64 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 2.3% flat
28 Vanuatu 23.56 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 11.7% falling
29 Gambia 23.41 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 19.9% falling
30 Africa, fragile states 23.36 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 21.5% flat
31 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 23.11 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 1.1% falling
32 Burkina Faso 22.87 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 12.5% falling
33 Kenya 22.55 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 13.0% rising
34 Myanmar 22.38 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 26.8% falling
35 Lao People's Democratic Republic 22.35 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.8% falling
36 Tonga 21.57 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 13.2% flat
37 Albania 21.32 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 1.6% falling
38 Ghana 20.91 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 5.0% falling
39 Haiti 20.73 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 2.1% rising
40 Togo 20.62 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 8.4% falling
41 Sudan 20.12 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 41.3% falling
42 Yemen 19.57 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 30.9% rising
43 Dominica 19.49 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 37.7% rising
44 Marshall Islands 19.03 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.5% rising
45 Nicaragua 18.85 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.5% flat
46 India 18.42 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 1.2% falling
47 Cameroon 18.28 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 3.2% flat
48 Senegal 18.21 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 17.5% flat
49 Côte d’Ivoire 17.84 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 16.4% falling
50 Papua New Guinea 17.58 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 12.0% falling
51 Eritrea 17.27 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 2.5% flat
52 Bhutan 15.02 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 1.0% falling
53 Mongolia 14.59 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 15.2% falling
54 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 14.13 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 14.6% flat
55 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 14.09 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 105.8% rising
56 Kyrgyzstan 13.74 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 25.8% falling
57 Angola 13.72 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 132.0% rising
58 Algeria 13.27 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 47.0% rising
59 Honduras 13.2 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 4.3% falling
60 Sao Tome and Principe 13.16 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 11.4% falling
61 Indonesia 12.97 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 5.1% flat
62 Samoa 11.93 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 26.0% falling
63 Paraguay 11.82 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.1% rising
64 Bangladesh 11.66 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 30.1% falling
65 Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 11.56 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 41.7% rising
66 Egypt 11.51 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.5% falling
67 Morocco 11.44 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 6.1% falling
68 Armenia 11.37 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 41.9% falling
69 Turkmenistan 11.1 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 28.6% falling
70 Tunisia 10.5 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.0% flat
71 Guyana 10.33 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 61.4% falling
72 Guatemala 9.9 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 9.6% falling
73 Philippines 9.55 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 27.1% falling
74 Ecuador 9.4 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 3.7% falling
75 Jamaica 9.38 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 45.0% rising
76 Namibia 9.32 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.0% falling
77 Ukraine 9.32 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 3.0% falling
78 Colombia 9.23 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 50.4% falling
79 Sri Lanka 9.2 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 8.2% falling
80 Belize 9.18 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 22.7% falling
81 Malaysia 9.02 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 8.6% flat
82 Tuvalu 9.01 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 65.2% falling
83 Congo 8.91 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 126.6% rising
84 Thailand 8.82 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 23.3% flat
85 Belarus 8.64 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 6.8% falling
86 Peru 8.57 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 16.5% flat
87 North Macedonia 8.57 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 18.6% falling
88 Suriname 8.26 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 15.1% falling
89 Zimbabwe 8.11 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 10.8% falling
90 Uruguay 8.05 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 15.1% falling
91 Argentina 7.92 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 14.9% falling
92 Brazil 7.88 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 60.8% rising
93 Serbia 7.69 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 0.8% falling
94 China 7.65 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 21.1% falling
95 Montenegro 7.51 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 15.5% falling
96 Georgia 6.96 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 24.2% falling
97 New Zealand 6.24 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 3.6% falling
98 Gabon 6.23 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 73.2% rising
99 Dominican Republic 6.2 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 7.7% falling
100 Grenada 6.1 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 10.6% rising
101 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.76 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 20.7% falling
102 Kazakhstan 5.65 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 21.2% falling
103 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.59 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 21.3% flat
104 Maldives 5.56 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.1% falling
105 El Salvador 5.3 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 25.6% falling
106 Jordan 5.17 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 39.8% rising
107 Azerbaijan 5.14 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 6.1% falling
108 Resource-rich countries 4.98 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 18.7% falling
109 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.97 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 5.8% rising
110 Romania 4.92 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 4.3% falling
111 Iceland 4.53 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 38.1% falling
112 Lebanon 4.53 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 10.9% flat
113 Costa Rica 4.38 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 21.8% falling
114 Bulgaria 4.34 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 14.7% falling
115 Russia 4.3 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 27.3% falling
116 Greece 4.28 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.7% falling
117 World outside Africa 4.24 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 6.0% rising
118 Mexico 4.1 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 30.6% rising
119 Chile 3.95 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.3% falling
120 Mauritius 3.87 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 6.6% falling
121 Hungary 3.81 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 17.6% falling
122 Palau 3.68 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 20.4% falling
123 Libya 3.66 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 128.9% falling
124 Zambia 3.29 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 66.6% falling
125 South Africa 3.15 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 44.7% falling
126 Iraq 2.84 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 30.7% falling
126 South Sudan 2.84 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 30.7% falling
128 Panama 2.7 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 16.9% falling
129 Finland 2.64 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 1.6% falling
130 Seychelles 2.59 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 7.8% falling
131 Spain 2.57 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 1.9% falling
132 Australia 2.54 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 3.9% falling
133 Saudi Arabia 2.53 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 21.4% falling
134 Nauru 2.42 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 8.5% volatile
135 Italy 2.18 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 0.6% falling
136 France 2.14 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 17.7% falling
137 Portugal 2.14 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 2.9% falling
138 Oman 2.11 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 120.4% rising
139 Czechia 2.1 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 16.2% falling
140 Antigua and Barbuda 2.09 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.4% rising
141 Canada 2.02 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.2% falling
142 Botswana 1.85 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 23.7% falling
143 Saint Lucia 1.83 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 31.0% falling
144 Cuba 1.83 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 53.1% falling
145 Cyprus 1.81 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 19.8% falling
146 Norway 1.68 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 39.5% rising
147 Barbados 1.67 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.0% falling
148 Sweden 1.65 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 5.7% falling
149 OECD 1.58 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.9% falling
150 Austria 1.55 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 2.0% falling
151 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.45 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.1% falling
152 Djibouti 1.4 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 13.1% falling
153 Denmark 1.33 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 30.5% falling
154 Israel 1.29 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 22.8% falling
155 Ireland 1.16 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 6.4% falling
156 Trinidad and Tobago 1.1 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 19.6% flat
157 Brunei Darussalam 1.08 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 67.4% rising
158 United States 1.05 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 4.3% falling
159 Malta 1.02 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 15.3% falling
160 Germany 1.02 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 7.7% falling
161 Japan 1.01 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 10.5% falling
162 United Kingdom 0.8553 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 21.6% falling
163 United Arab Emirates 0.8237 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 31.2% falling
164 Belgium 0.7141 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 18.3% falling
165 Bahamas 0.6493 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 44.6% falling
166 Switzerland 0.6318 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 3.7% falling
167 Andorra 0.5427 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 20.1% rising
168 Kuwait 0.3717 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 15.9% rising
169 Bahrain 0.2998 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 7.7% falling
170 Luxembourg 0.2651 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 17.5% falling
171 Qatar 0.245 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 165.4% falling
172 Liechtenstein 0.1787 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 54.5% flat
173 Singapore 0.0296 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 16.4% falling
174 San Marino 0.0179 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 24.0% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of the economy — Value added in agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing
Unit
Percentage of GDP
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
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Coverage
244 places, 5,604 data points, 2000–2022
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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.