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Which Country is the Most Dependant on Agriculture?

Agriculture, Value Added (As % of GDP) (%), 2015 or latest
Agriculture | February 22, 2018
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Based on a comparison of 158 countries in 2015, Sierra Leone ranked the highest in value added of agriculture as a share of GDP with 57.8% followed by Central African Republic and Chad. On the other end of the scale was Singapore with 0.036%, Hong Kong with 0.056% and Qatar with 0.094%.

Average value added of agriculture as a share of GDP reached 3.11% in 2015 in the World according to Faostat. This is 0 % the same as in the previous year and -7.92 % less than 10 years ago.

Historically, average value added of agriculture as a share of GDP reached an all time high of 6.40% in 1995 and an all time low of 3.01% in 2009. The average annual growth amounted to -3.54 % since 1960.

Data for more countries are available at Agriculture, Value Added (As % of GDP) indicator page.

Agriculture, Value Added (As % of GDP) Unit 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Benin % 35.9% 36.1% 36.9% 36.0% 36.5%
Burundi % 40.5% 40.4% 40.3% 40.6% 39.8%
Cambodia % 35.7% 36.0% 36.7% 35.6% 33.5%
Central African Republic % 54.6% 54.2% 54.9% 54.3% 54.6%
Chad % 47.9% 53.4% 53.1% 55.8% 51.5%
Comoros % 42.3% 40.6% 40.2% 38.2% 37.1%
Ethiopia % 48.6% 44.7% 44.7% 48.0% 45.0%
Guinea Bissau % 45.3% 46.8% 46.4% 48.3% 43.7%
Liberia % 58.0% 44.8% 44.5% 38.8% 41.7%
Mali % 38.9% 40.6% 39.3% 42.3% 40.8%
Nepal % 34.0% 36.5% 38.3% 36.5% 35.1%
Niger % 39.2% 40.9% 38.3% 39.4% 37.2%
Rwanda % 33.9% 32.6% 32.3% 33.4% 33.4%
Sierra Leone % 58.2% 56.0% 57.1% 56.7% 59.5%
Tanzania % 32.3% 32.2% 31.5% 33.2% 33.8%