Value added of agriculture as a share of GDP fell 4.25% to 21.8% in Nigeria in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, value added of agriculture as a share of GDP in Nigeria reached an all time high of 48.6% in 2002 and an all time low of 21.0% in 2013. When compared to Nigeria's main peers, value added of agriculture as a share of GDP in Benin amounted to 36.5%, 23.2% in Cameroon, 53.5% in Chad and 38.3% in Niger in 2015.
Nigeria has been ranked 32nd within the group of 153 countries we follow in terms of value added of agriculture as a share of GDP, 14 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| 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 |
| Algeria | % | 9.53% | 8.62% | 8.33% | 9.30% | 10.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | % | 35.9% | 36.1% | 36.9% | 36.0% | 36.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 22.8% | 23.2% | 21.6% | 22.6% | 22.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | % | 23.5% | 23.4% | 23.6% | 23.2% | 22.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | % | 54.6% | 54.2% | 54.9% | 54.3% | 54.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 47.9% | 53.4% | 53.1% | 55.8% | 51.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | % | 5.36% | 4.06% | 3.80% | 4.02% | 3.91% | ||||||||||||||||
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| Mali | % | 38.9% | 40.6% | 39.3% | 42.3% | 40.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 39.2% | 40.9% | 38.3% | 39.4% | 37.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | 37.1% | 23.9% | 22.3% | 22.1% | 21.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 26.3% | 24.6% | 25.4% | 28.7% | 28.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Togo | % | 32.9% | 31.0% | 30.8% | 30.9% | 30.8% |
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