Agriculture share of GDP — all countries

Agriculture share of GDP — Western Africa

Agriculture share of GDP in Western Africa in 2025 — 22.9%. Since 1967, the indicator has fallen by 16 pp.

2025 22.9% −1.1 pp vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 39%1967
Period minimum 15.4%1981

Trend over time

1967–2025 · % of GDP

Agriculture share of GDP — Western Africa, 1967–202510203040196719731979198519911997200320092015202120251967: 39%1968: 38.9%1969: 38.6%1970: 38.2%1971: 36.9%1972: 36.9%1973: 37.6%1974: 35.8%1975: 35.5%1976: 34.9%1977: 35.4%1978: 35%1979: 34.9%1980: 33.2%1981: 15.4%1982: 16.6%1983: 18.5%1984: 21.4%1985: 21.6%1986: 23%1987: 25.1%1988: 27.2%1989: 26.4%1990: 25.2%1991: 24.9%1992: 24.5%1993: 25.4%1994: 25.5%1995: 25.7%1996: 25.7%1997: 26.4%1998: 26.9%1999: 24.3%2000: 21.9%2001: 24.2%2002: 32%2003: 30%2004: 25.7%2005: 25.4%2006: 24%2007: 23.7%2008: 24.6%2009: 25.5%2010: 23.7%2011: 22.1%2012: 21.8%2013: 20.7%2014: 20.2%2015: 20.9%2016: 21.3%2017: 21.2%2018: 21.4%2019: 24.3%2020: 26.3%2021: 26.8%2022: 26.6%2023: 25.5%2024: 24%2025: 22.9%
Change over the period: −16 pp Annual average: -0.28 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Western Africa 22.9%
World 4%
Agriculture share of GDP — Western Africa, by year Western Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 22.9 −1.1 pp
2024 24 −1.5 pp
2023 25.5 −1.1 pp
2022 26.6 −0.2 pp
2021 26.8 +0.5 pp
2020 26.3 +2 pp
2019 24.3 +2.9 pp
2018 21.4 +0.2 pp
2017 21.2 −0.1 pp
2016 21.3 +0.4 pp
2015 20.9 +0.8 pp
2014 20.2 −0.6 pp
2013 20.7 −1.1 pp
2012 21.8 −0.3 pp
2011 22.1 −1.5 pp
2010 23.7 −1.9 pp
2009 25.5 +0.9 pp
2008 24.6 +0.9 pp
2007 23.7 −0.2 pp
2006 24 −1.4 pp
2005 25.4 −0.3 pp
2004 25.7 −4.2 pp
2003 30 −2.1 pp
2002 32 +7.9 pp
2001 24.2 +2.3 pp
2000 21.9 −2.4 pp
1999 24.3 −2.7 pp
1998 26.9 +0.5 pp
1997 26.4 +0.8 pp
1996 25.7 −0.1 pp
1995 25.7 +0.2 pp
1994 25.5 +0.2 pp
1993 25.4 +0.9 pp
1992 24.5 −0.4 pp
1991 24.9 −0.2 pp
1990 25.2 −1.2 pp
1989 26.4 −0.8 pp
1988 27.2 +2.1 pp
1987 25.1 +2.1 pp
1986 23 +1.4 pp
1985 21.6 +0.2 pp
1984 21.4 +3 pp
1983 18.5 +1.9 pp
1982 16.6 +1.2 pp
1981 15.4 −17.8 pp
1980 33.2 −1.7 pp
1979 34.9 −0.1 pp
1978 35 −0.5 pp
1977 35.4 +0.5 pp
1976 34.9 −0.6 pp
1975 35.5 −0.2 pp
1974 35.8 −1.8 pp
1973 37.6 +0.7 pp
1972 36.9 −0 pp
1971 36.9 −1.3 pp
1970 38.2 −0.4 pp
1969 38.6 −0.4 pp
1968 38.9 −0 pp
1967 39 —

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.