Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) was 0.1718 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in 2025. ▼ Falling
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), 1981–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) recorded 0.1718 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 us$) in 2025.
That represents a change of down 5.8% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 us$) in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 0.3586 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.1393 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP, in 2013.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 7th out of 46 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 45 years of available data.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.1961 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | — |
| 1982 | 0.2162 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | +10.3% |
| 1983 | 0.2365 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | +9.4% |
| 1984 | 0.2597 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | +9.8% |
| 1985 | 0.2863 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | +10.2% |
| 1986 | 0.3278 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | +14.5% |
| 1987 | 0.3012 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | -8.1% |
| 1988 | 0.2948 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.3102 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | +5.2% |
| 1990 | 0.2639 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | -14.9% |
| 1991 | 0.2535 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | -3.9% |
| 1992 | 0.2772 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | +9.3% |
| 1993 | 0.2891 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 0.2847 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 0.2319 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | -18.6% |
| 1996 | 0.224 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 0.2206 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 0.2258 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 0.331 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | +46.6% |
| 2000 | 0.313 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 0.3414 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | +9.1% |
| 2002 | 0.3586 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 0.2974 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | -17.1% |
| 2004 | 0.2476 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | -16.8% |
| 2005 | 0.219 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | -11.5% |
| 2006 | 0.1953 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | -10.8% |
| 2007 | 0.1754 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | -10.2% |
| 2008 | 0.1624 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | -7.4% |
| 2009 | 0.1769 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 0.1573 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | -11.1% |
| 2011 | 0.1423 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | -9.5% |
| 2012 | 0.1423 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.1393 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 0.1401 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.1631 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | +16.4% |
| 2016 | 0.186 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | +14.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1776 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 0.1699 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 0.1526 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | -10.2% |
| 2020 | 0.1696 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | +11.1% |
| 2021 | 0.1567 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | -7.6% |
| 2022 | 0.1513 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 0.1667 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | +10.2% |
| 2024 | 0.1824 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | +9.4% |
| 2025 | 0.1718 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | -5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2699 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.1961 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.3278 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.2601 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.2206 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.331 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2487 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.1624 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.3586 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1571 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.1393 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.186 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1664 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.1513 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.1824 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
- 4 Chad 0.3432 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 5 Burundi 0.3341 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 6 Niger 0.304 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 7 Ethiopia 0.3016 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 8 Liberia 0.2899 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 9 Solomon Islands 0.2636 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 10 Afghanistan 0.2634 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP compare
More economy & growth data for Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 0.1696 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 7.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 246.12 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.1471 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -1.99 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 3.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 283.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 5.26 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -84.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0031 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 us$) in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 us$) in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) was 0.1718 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 us$) recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3586 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in 2002.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 us$) recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1393 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in 2013.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 us$)?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 7th out of 46 groups with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 us$) rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
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Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.