Real agricultural GDP per capita growth rate (%) by country

The growth rate of real per capita GDP in agriculture, expressed at an annual rate.

Countries reporting
46
Highest
17.8%
Cape Verde
Lowest
-38.3%
Gambia
Median
2.3%
Years covered
51
1961–2011
Data points
1,976

What the numbers show

Real agricultural GDP per capita growth rate (%) is currently reported for 46 countries. The highest value is 17.8% in Cape Verde; the lowest is -38.3% in Gambia.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.3%, and the mean is 1.4%.

Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 18,207.7%), and the largest decrease in Senegal (down 896.1%).

Real agricultural GDP per capita growth rate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cape Verde 17.8% 2010 up 212.9% volatile
2 Mali 9.8% 2008 up 18,207.7% volatile
3 Zimbabwe 9.6% 2011 down 28.4% volatile
4 Burkina Faso 7.3% 2005 up 111.7% volatile
5 Botswana 6.5% 2011 up 207.4% volatile
6 Angola 6.4% 2011 down 55.2% volatile
7 Mozambique 6.3% 2011 down 8.4% volatile
8 Congo 5.9% 2011 up 8.1% volatile
9 Namibia 5.8% 2011 up 166.5% volatile
10 Liberia 5.4% 2011 down 74.3% volatile
11 Madagascar 5.4% 2009 up 2,522.8% volatile
12 Seychelles 4.1% 2011 up 182.1% volatile
13 Sudan 3.6% 2011 up 0.2% volatile
14 Malawi 3.6% 2011 up 142.2% volatile
15 Zambia 3.3% 2011 up 167.1% volatile
16 Gabon 3.2% 2011 up 348.2% volatile
17 Mauritius 3.0% 2011 down 48.2% volatile
18 Ethiopia 3.0% 2011 down 56.0% volatile
19 Togo 2.8% 2011 up 2.9% volatile
20 Tunisia 2.8% 2011 up 175.9% volatile
21 Niger 2.4% 2003 up 193.9% volatile
22 Benin 2.4% 2006 down 5.7% volatile
23 Djibouti 2.4% 2006 up 392.0% volatile
24 Cote d'Ivoire 2.3% 2011 up 229.3% volatile
25 Guinea 2.2% 2011 down 49.2% volatile
26 Burundi 2.0% 2011 up 138.6% volatile
27 Morocco 1.8% 2011 down 89.8% volatile
28 Algeria 1.8% 2010 up 128.2% volatile
29 Comoros 1.8% 2009 up 3.1% volatile
30 Rwanda 1.6% 2011 down 61.3% volatile
31 Cameroon 1.6% 2007 down 67.5% volatile
32 Eswatini 1.4% 2011 up 116.3% volatile
33 Central African Republic 1.3% 2006 down 42.3% volatile
34 Egypt 0.9% 2011 down 49.1% volatile
35 Eritrea 0.5% 2009 up 105.1% volatile
36 Tanzania 0.3% 2011 down 85.0% volatile
37 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.3% 2011 up 104.4% volatile
38 South Africa -0.4% 2011 up 91.5% volatile
39 Uganda -0.5% 2011 down 111.5% volatile
40 Kenya -1.1% 2011 down 112.7% volatile
41 Equatorial Guinea -4.0% 2008 up 16.5% volatile
42 Mauritania -4.9% 2011 down 150.6% volatile
43 Lesotho -6.8% 2011 down 159.2% volatile
44 Chad -8.8% 2004 down 138.1% volatile
45 Senegal -13.5% 2011 down 896.1% volatile
46 Gambia -38.3% 2011 down 796.8% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Real agricultural GDP per capita growth rate (%)
Unit
%
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
52 places, 1,976 data points, 1961–2011
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The growth rate of real per capita GDP in agriculture, expressed at an annual rate.