Value added of agriculture as a share of GDP fell 7.67% to 2.74% in Botswana in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, value added of agriculture as a share of GDP in Botswana reached an all time high of 43.4% in 1960 and an all time low of 2.03% in 2005. When compared to Botswana's main peers, value added of agriculture as a share of GDP in Namibia amounted to 7.90%, 2.41% in South Africa, 10.1% in Zambia and 12.8% in Zimbabwe in 2015.
Botswana has been ranked 117th within the group of 153 countries we follow in terms of value added of agriculture as a share of GDP, 23 places above 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 |
| Angola | % | 10.2% | 9.84% | 9.29% | 7.19% | 10.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | % | 3.27% | 3.22% | 2.75% | 2.93% | 2.54% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 25.2% | 22.4% | 22.0% | 21.8% | 20.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | 7.74% | 9.13% | 8.20% | 8.30% | 8.25% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 30.4% | 29.7% | 30.0% | 28.9% | 29.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 8.96% | 9.27% | 8.90% | 8.67% | 6.14% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 2.99% | 2.63% | 2.52% | 2.39% | 2.32% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 7.88% | 7.94% | 7.48% | 7.71% | 7.60% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 32.3% | 32.2% | 31.5% | 33.2% | 33.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 12.4% | 10.5% | 10.2% | 10.3% | 9.64% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | 15.1% | 14.5% | 13.2% | 13.2% | 12.0% |
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