Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 4.7% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1982–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
The most recent figure for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) is 4.7%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 69.2% on the previous year and up 42.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 14.9% in 2002 and was at its lowest, -1.9%, in 1984.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 8th out of 46 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 2.5% | — |
| 1983 | -1.8% | -172.7% |
| 1984 | -1.9% | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 5.3% | -381.1% |
| 1986 | 7.3% | +39.4% |
| 1987 | 2.9% | -60.1% |
| 1988 | 3.1% | +5.2% |
| 1989 | 7.1% | +130.9% |
| 1990 | -0.4% | -105.5% |
| 1991 | 2.9% | -837.5% |
| 1992 | -1.6% | -156.6% |
| 1993 | 5.4% | -434.7% |
| 1994 | 0.7% | -87.0% |
| 1995 | 3.6% | +413.5% |
| 1996 | 8.0% | +120.3% |
| 1997 | 3.5% | -55.5% |
| 1998 | 2.6% | -25.7% |
| 1999 | 4.7% | +76.9% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | -95.7% |
| 2001 | 4.6% | +2168.1% |
| 2002 | 14.9% | +226.3% |
| 2003 | 4.4% | -70.4% |
| 2004 | 3.4% | -23.0% |
| 2005 | 5.4% | +58.4% |
| 2006 | 5.4% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 4.0% | -25.0% |
| 2008 | 5.2% | +29.2% |
| 2009 | 3.9% | -23.8% |
| 2010 | 5.2% | +32.8% |
| 2011 | 1.6% | -68.9% |
| 2012 | 4.0% | +147.2% |
| 2013 | 4.1% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 4.8% | +18.3% |
| 2015 | 3.3% | -31.9% |
| 2016 | 3.5% | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 4.3% | +20.6% |
| 2018 | 2.9% | -31.8% |
| 2019 | 2.1% | -27.4% |
| 2020 | 3.3% | +58.0% |
| 2021 | 3.9% | +16.6% |
| 2022 | 3.4% | -13.0% |
| 2023 | 1.9% | -44.4% |
| 2024 | 2.8% | +47.2% |
| 2025 | 4.7% | +69.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +2168.1% | 0.2% | 4.6% |
| 1991 | +837.5% | -0.4% | 2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3.1% | -1.9% | 7.3% | 8 |
| 1990s | 2.9% | -1.6% | 8.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.1% | 0.2% | 14.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.6% | 1.6% | 5.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- 5 Aruba 25.0% compare
- 6 Maldives 22.6% compare
- 7 South Sudan 21.6% compare
- 8 Marshall Islands 21.5% compare
- 9 Bahamas 21.0% compare
- 10 South Africa 17.4% compare
- 11 Cayman Islands 16.2% compare
More economy & growth data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 4.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.147 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 245.62 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 7.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 0.8257 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 1,380 current US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 1,188 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9901 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 8.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 3.8 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 4.7% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 14.9% in 2002.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.9% in 1984.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 8th out of 46 groups with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (annual % growth). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.