Maldives vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added

Maldives
22.6%
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa
4.7%
in 2025
Maldives rank
6th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
9th

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added over time

  • Maldives
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
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How they compare

Maldives currently reports 22.6% against 4.7% in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 17.9%.

That makes Maldives's figure about 4.8 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

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

Maldives ranks 6th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 9th of 197 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

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

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?
Maldives, at 22.6% against 4.7% in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2025.
What is the difference in agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added between Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa?
17.9%, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa?
30 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
How do Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
Maldives ranks 6th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 9th 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.