Agriculture share of GDP — all countries

Agriculture share of GDP — Benin

Agriculture share of GDP in Benin in 2025 — 22.9%. Ranked 23 in the world out of 158. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 23.2 pp.

2025 22.9% −1.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 23of 158
Period maximum 46.2%1961
Period minimum 22.9%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Agriculture share of GDP — Benin, 1960–20252030405019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 46.2%1962: 44.7%1964: 45.5%1966: 45.1%1968: 38.9%1970: 36.3%1972: 34.2%1974: 31.5%1976: 33.2%1978: 34.5%1980: 35.4%1982: 32.5%1984: 33.3%1986: 33.7%1988: 34.4%1990: 34.7%1992: 33.9%1994: 32.3%1996: 35.7%1998: 36.6%2000: 23.5%2002: 25.4%2004: 26.5%2006: 26.6%2008: 26.8%2010: 25.8%2012: 25.8%2014: 25.6%2016: 27.8%2018: 28.1%2020: 27.1%2022: 26.9%2024: 24.2%2025: 22.9%
Change over the period: −23.2 pp Annual average: -0.36 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Benin

Benin 22.9%
World 4%
Western Africa computed 22.9%
Agriculture share of GDP — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 22.9 −1.3 pp
2024 24.2 −1.2 pp
2023 25.4 −1.5 pp
2022 26.9 −1.6 pp
2021 28.5 +1.4 pp
2020 27.1 +0.2 pp
2019 26.9 −1.2 pp
2018 28.1 −0.4 pp
2017 28.5 +0.7 pp
2016 27.8 +1.4 pp
2015 26.4 +0.8 pp
2014 25.6 +0.3 pp
2013 25.3 −0.5 pp
2012 25.8 −0 pp
2011 25.8 −0 pp
2010 25.8 −1.1 pp
2009 27 +0.2 pp
2008 26.8 −0.1 pp
2007 27 +0.3 pp
2006 26.6 −0.1 pp
2005 26.7 +0.2 pp
2004 26.5 +2.1 pp
2003 24.5 −0.9 pp
2002 25.4 +0.3 pp
2001 25 +1.5 pp
2000 23.5 −1 pp
1999 24.5 −12 pp
1998 36.6 +0.8 pp
1997 35.8 +0.1 pp
1996 35.7 +2.6 pp
1995 33.1 +0.8 pp
1994 32.3 −1.8 pp
1993 34.1 +0.2 pp
1992 33.9 −1.1 pp
1991 35 +0.4 pp
1990 34.7 −3.2 pp
1989 37.9 +3.5 pp
1988 34.4 +1.1 pp
1987 33.3 −0.4 pp
1986 33.7 +2.1 pp
1985 31.5 −1.8 pp
1984 33.3 +0.2 pp
1983 33.2 +0.7 pp
1982 32.5 −0.2 pp
1981 32.7 −2.8 pp
1980 35.4 +0.4 pp
1979 35 +0.5 pp
1978 34.5 +2.7 pp
1977 31.9 −1.3 pp
1976 33.2 +2.7 pp
1975 30.5 −1 pp
1974 31.5 −2.1 pp
1973 33.6 −0.6 pp
1972 34.2 −0.1 pp
1971 34.4 −2 pp
1970 36.3 −2.2 pp
1969 38.5 −0.4 pp
1968 38.9 −3.2 pp
1967 42.1 −3.1 pp
1966 45.1 +0.5 pp
1965 44.6 −0.9 pp
1964 45.5 +1.8 pp
1963 43.7 −1 pp
1962 44.7 −1.5 pp
1961 46.2 +0 pp
1960 46.2 —

About the indicator

The share of value added by agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing in GDP. It is one of the most reliable indicators of the level of economic development: in low-income countries the sector delivers a quarter of GDP or more, in high-income ones usually less than 2%, even though the physical volume of output there can be far larger.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.