Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ was 17.05 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ in Democratic Republic of the Congo stood at 17.05 %.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 56.54 % in 1994 and was at its lowest, 16.72 %, in 1971.
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 8th of 20 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 55 years of available data.
Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 16.94 % | — |
| 1971 | 16.72 % | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 17.19 % | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 17.24 % | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 17.47 % | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 19.45 % | +11.3% |
| 1976 | 25.77 % | +32.5% |
| 1977 | 25.62 % | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 26.62 % | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 27.27 % | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 25.34 % | -7.1% |
| 1981 | 24.7 % | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 30.12 % | +22.0% |
| 1983 | 33.08 % | +9.8% |
| 1984 | 29.83 % | -9.8% |
| 1985 | 29.93 % | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 31.62 % | +5.7% |
| 1987 | 29 % | -8.3% |
| 1988 | 28.98 % | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 28.18 % | -2.8% |
| 1990 | 30.56 % | +8.4% |
| 1991 | 41.38 % | +35.4% |
| 1992 | 49.02 % | +18.5% |
| 1993 | 51.31 % | +4.7% |
| 1994 | 56.54 % | +10.2% |
| 1995 | 56.54 % | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 33.26 % | -41.2% |
| 1997 | 47.5 % | +42.8% |
| 1998 | 46.5 % | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 52.37 % | +12.6% |
| 2000 | 31.97 % | -38.9% |
| 2001 | 32.87 % | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 26.58 % | -19.1% |
| 2003 | 26.05 % | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 23.88 % | -8.3% |
| 2005 | 21.58 % | -9.6% |
| 2006 | 21.21 % | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 21.6 % | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 22.62 % | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 23.67 % | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 21.43 % | -9.5% |
| 2011 | 20.92 % | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 20.44 % | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 19.32 % | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 18.56 % | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 18.37 % | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 19.27 % | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 19.89 % | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 19.16 % | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 19.97 % | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 21.08 % | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 19.84 % | -5.9% |
| 2022 | 17.48 % | -11.9% |
| 2023 | 17.39 % | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 17.05 % | -2.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ in Democratic Republic of the Congo changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +42.8% | 33.26 % | 47.5 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 21.03 % | 16.72 % | 27.27 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 29.08 % | 24.7 % | 33.08 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 46.5 % | 30.56 % | 56.54 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.2 % | 21.21 % | 32.87 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.73 % | 18.37 % | 21.43 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.57 % | 17.05 % | 21.08 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 5 Lao People's Democratic Republic 21.83 % compare
- 5 Mali 36.14 % compare
- 6 Comoros 35.99 % compare
- 6 Timor-Leste 19.68 % compare
- 7 Sudan (former) 35.67 % compare
- 8 Afghanistan 35.29 % compare
- 9 Ethiopia 34.87 % compare
- 9 Micronesia 16.52 % compare
- 10 Solomon Islands 33.98 % compare
- 11 Central African Republic 32.5 % compare
- 11 Melanesia 14.38 % compare
More environment data for Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -10.22 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.193 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.17 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 50.42 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 361.16 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 8.16 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.17 ha/cap (2024)
- Arable land — Area 16,516 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 17.05 % 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 56.54 % in 1994.
- What is the lowest value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.72 % in 1971.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 8th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of the Congo 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$. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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).