Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ in Africa
Africa: Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ was 15.37 % in 2024. ▬ Flat
Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ in Africa, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ in Africa is 15.37 %, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ in Africa peaked at 17.39 % in 1971 and was at its lowest, 12.85 %, in 1984.
That places Africa 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ in Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 16.78 % | — |
| 1971 | 17.39 % | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 16.69 % | -4.0% |
| 1973 | 15.72 % | -5.8% |
| 1974 | 15.49 % | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 15.14 % | -2.3% |
| 1976 | 14.53 % | -4.0% |
| 1977 | 14.08 % | -3.1% |
| 1978 | 13.88 % | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 13.25 % | -4.6% |
| 1980 | 13.12 % | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 13.2 % | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 13.11 % | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 13.19 % | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 12.85 % | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 13.48 % | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 14.06 % | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 13.98 % | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 14.13 % | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 14.13 % | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 14.02 % | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 14.5 % | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 13.78 % | -4.9% |
| 1993 | 13.99 % | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 14.22 % | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 14.03 % | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 14.63 % | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 14.31 % | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 14.59 % | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 14.75 % | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 14.41 % | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 14.62 % | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 15.32 % | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 15.31 % | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 15.06 % | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 14.81 % | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 14.81 % | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 14.45 % | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 14.52 % | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 14.7 % | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 14.57 % | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 14.85 % | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 14.73 % | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 14.7 % | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 14.82 % | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 14.89 % | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 15 % | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 15.27 % | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 15.25 % | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 15.19 % | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 15.97 % | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 15.82 % | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 15.69 % | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 15.46 % | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 15.37 % | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 15.29 % | 13.25 % | 17.39 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 13.52 % | 12.85 % | 14.13 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.28 % | 13.78 % | 14.75 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.8 % | 14.41 % | 15.32 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.93 % | 14.57 % | 15.27 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.66 % | 15.37 % | 15.97 % | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ in Africa?
- Value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ in Africa was 15.37 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 17.39 % in 1971.
- What is the lowest value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.85 % in 1984.
- How does Africa rank for value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$?
- Africa ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).