Maldives vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added

Maldives
22.6%
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
4.7%
in 2025
Maldives rank
6th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
8th

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added over time

  • Maldives
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Maldives currently reports 22.6% against 4.7% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 17.9%.

That makes Maldives's figure about 4.8 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.

Maldives ranks 6th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 8th of 197 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Maldives Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 3.5% 4.7% 1.2% Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 1.5% 5.1% 3.6% Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 0.9% 3.6% 2.7% Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2020s 2.0% 3.3% 1.3% Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added, Maldives or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Maldives, at 22.6% against 4.7% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2025.
What is the difference in agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added between Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
17.9%, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
30 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
How do Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
Maldives ranks 6th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 8th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (annual % growth). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (annual % growth)
Unit
annual % growth
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 10,541 data points, 1961–2025
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Agriculture, forestry, and fishing corresponds to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 01-03 and includes the exploitation of vegetal and animal natural resources, comprising the activities of growing of crops, raising and breeding of animals, harvesting of timber and other plants, animals or animal products from a farm or their natural habitats.Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.