Value added of agriculture as a share of GDP fell 2.43% to 41.7% in Liberia in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, value added of agriculture as a share of GDP in Liberia reached an all time high of 94.0% in 1996 and an all time low of 22.5% in 1972. When compared to Liberia's main peers, value added of agriculture as a share of GDP in Ghana amounted to 23.4%, 20.9% in Guinea, 23.8% in Ivory Coast and 57.8% in Sierra Leone in 2015.
Liberia has been ranked 6th within the group of 153 countries we follow in terms of value added of agriculture as a share of GDP, 5 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 |
Benin | % | 35.9% | 36.1% | 36.9% | 36.0% | 36.5% | ||||||||||||||||
Burkina Faso | % | 22.8% | 23.2% | 21.6% | 22.6% | 22.9% | ||||||||||||||||
Ghana | % | 31.8% | 29.8% | 25.3% | 23.0% | 21.9% | ||||||||||||||||
Guinea | % | 25.9% | 22.0% | 22.1% | 20.5% | 20.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Ivory Coast | % | 21.2% | 24.5% | 26.7% | 22.5% | 22.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Liberia | % | 58.0% | 44.8% | 44.5% | 38.8% | 41.7% | ||||||||||||||||
Mali | % | 38.9% | 40.6% | 39.3% | 42.3% | 40.8% | ||||||||||||||||
Senegal | % | 17.3% | 17.7% | 15.7% | 16.7% | 17.5% | ||||||||||||||||
Sierra Leone | % | 58.2% | 56.0% | 57.1% | 56.7% | 59.5% | ||||||||||||||||
Togo | % | 32.9% | 31.0% | 30.8% | 30.9% | 30.8% |