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Agriculture share of GDP — all countries

Agriculture share of GDP — Mauritania

Agriculture share of GDP in Mauritania in 2025 — 20%. Ranked 30 in the world out of 158. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 13.5 pp.

2025 20% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 30of 158
Period maximum 33.5%1961
Period minimum 14.5%2011

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % of GDP

Agriculture share of GDP — Mauritania, 1961–202510152025303519611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 33.5%1963: 33.1%1965: 24.9%1967: 25.1%1969: 20.1%1971: 21.7%1973: 28.8%1975: 22%1977: 21.9%1979: 21.8%1981: 24.2%1983: 24.9%1985: 16.5%1987: 23.9%1989: 23.8%1991: 28.6%1993: 28.6%1995: 28.1%1997: 25%1999: 26.3%2001: 24.9%2003: 24.2%2005: 20.1%2007: 18.4%2009: 19.2%2011: 14.5%2013: 16.3%2015: 20.6%2017: 22.7%2019: 20%2021: 19.1%2023: 19.2%2025: 20%
Change over the period: −13.5 pp Annual average: -0.21 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mauritania 20%
World 4%
Sub-Saharan Africa 17.9%
Western Africa computed 22.9%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 15.4%
Agriculture share of GDP — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 20 +0.6 pp
2024 19.3 +0.2 pp
2023 19.2 −2.1 pp
2022 21.2 +2.1 pp
2021 19.1 −0 pp
2020 19.2 −0.8 pp
2019 20 −3.7 pp
2018 23.7 +0.9 pp
2017 22.7 +1 pp
2016 21.7 +1.1 pp
2015 20.6 +1.8 pp
2014 18.8 +2.5 pp
2013 16.3 +0.2 pp
2012 16.1 +1.6 pp
2011 14.5 −2.2 pp
2010 16.7 −2.4 pp
2009 19.2 +0.6 pp
2008 18.6 +0.1 pp
2007 18.4 +1.8 pp
2006 16.6 −3.5 pp
2005 20.1 −2.8 pp
2004 22.9 −1.3 pp
2003 24.2 −0.1 pp
2002 24.2 −0.6 pp
2001 24.9 +0 pp
2000 24.8 −1.4 pp
1999 26.3 +0.3 pp
1998 25.9 +0.9 pp
1997 25 −2.2 pp
1996 27.2 −0.9 pp
1995 28.1 +0.2 pp
1994 27.9 −0.7 pp
1993 28.6 +0.1 pp
1992 28.5 −0 pp
1991 28.6 +6.7 pp
1990 21.9 −1.9 pp
1989 23.8 −0.3 pp
1988 24.1 +0.2 pp
1987 23.9 +4.2 pp
1986 19.7 +3.2 pp
1985 16.5 −4.6 pp
1984 21.1 −3.8 pp
1983 24.9 +0.1 pp
1982 24.7 +0.6 pp
1981 24.2 +0.7 pp
1980 23.5 +1.7 pp
1979 21.8 −1.7 pp
1978 23.5 +1.6 pp
1977 21.9 +0.9 pp
1976 21 −0.9 pp
1975 22 −3.8 pp
1974 25.7 −3.1 pp
1973 28.8 +7.5 pp
1972 21.3 −0.4 pp
1971 21.7 −1 pp
1970 22.7 +2.6 pp
1969 20.1 −3.7 pp
1968 23.8 −1.3 pp
1967 25.1 +0.1 pp
1966 25 +0.1 pp
1965 24.9 −2 pp
1964 26.9 −6.2 pp
1963 33.1 +0.4 pp
1962 32.7 −0.7 pp
1961 33.5 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

NE Niger 47.6 GW Guinea-Bissau 40.6 ML Mali 33 LR Liberia 32.7 GN Guinea 31.3 SL Sierra Leone 29.5 GM Gambia 23.8 NG Nigeria 23 BJ Benin 22.9 GH Ghana 21.3 TG Togo 20.3 MR Mauritania 20 BF Burkina Faso 19.9 SN Senegal 17.1 CI Côte d'Ivoire 16.8 CV Cabo Verde 5
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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.

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