Agriculture share of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa
Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced 17.9% of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2018.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2025
17.9%
Change from 2024
−0.1percentage points
World, 2025
4.0%
Agriculture share of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa 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.
| Period | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17.9% | 4.0% |
| 2024 | 18.0% | 4.1% |
| 2023 | 19.3% | 4.1% |
| 2022 | 19.9% | 4.3% |
| 2021 | 19.7% | 4.3% |
| 2020 | 20.1% | 4.4% |
| 2019 | 18.2% | 4.0% |
| 2018 | 15.7% | 3.9% |
| 2017 | 16.0% | 4.1% |
| 2016 | 16.7% | 4.1% |
| 2015 | 16.3% | 4.2% |
| 2014 | 15.5% | 4.2% |
| 2013 | 15.3% | 4.2% |
| 2012 | 15.1% | 4.0% |
| 2011 | 14.7% | 4.0% |
| 2010 | 15.8% | 3.8% |
| 2009 | 17.2% | 3.6% |
| 2008 | 16.9% | 3.5% |
| 2007 | 15.7% | 3.4% |
| 2006 | 15.2% | 3.2% |
| 2005 | 15.1% | 3.2% |
| 2004 | 15.1% | 3.3% |
| 2003 | 17.2% | 3.3% |
| 2002 | 19.7% | 3.3% |
| 2001 | 16.4% | 3.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 18.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 16.3%, the figure has changed by +1.6 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 4.0%.
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44.7%
2023 · World Bank
Cereal yield
1,453 kg per hectare
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Capture fisheries production
8,800,732 tonnes
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Prevalence of undernourishment
22.3%
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Food production index
100.0 (2014-16 = 100)
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Fertiliser use
19.3 kg per hectare
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