Agriculture share of GDP in Eritrea

Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced 14.1% of GDP in Eritrea in 2009.

Measure: Agriculture, forestry and fishing as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1992 to 2009 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Eritrea is for 2009. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Eritrea, 2009 14.1% % of GDP
Change from 2008 −2.7percentage points 2008: 16.8%
World, 2009 3.6% Official aggregate

Agriculture share of GDP in Eritrea over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Agriculture, forestry and fishing as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period EritreaWorld
2025 – 4.0%
2024 – 4.1%
2023 – 4.1%
2022 – 4.3%
2021 – 4.3%
2020 – 4.4%
2019 – 4.0%
2018 – 3.9%
2017 – 4.1%
2016 – 4.1%
2015 – 4.2%
2014 – 4.2%
2013 – 4.2%
2012 – 4.0%
2011 – 4.0%
2010 – 3.8%
2009 14.1% 3.6%
2008 16.8% 3.5%
2007 24.3% 3.4%
2006 24.6% 3.2%
2005 22.6% 3.2%
2004 10.6% 3.3%
2003 11.8% 3.3%
2002 13.6% 3.3%
2001 15.2% 3.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.7 percentage points from 16.8% in 2008.
  • Since 1999, when it was 22.7%, the figure has changed by −8.6 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2009 was 3.6%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NV.AGR.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1992 to 2009 for Eritrea
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices