Value added of agriculture as a share of GDP rose 0.378% to 36.5% in Benin in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, value added of agriculture as a share of GDP in Benin reached an all time high of 46.2% in 1961 and an all time low of 30.5% in 1975. When compared to Benin's main peers, value added of agriculture as a share of GDP in Burkina Faso amounted to 22.3%, 38.3% in Niger, 21.8% in Nigeria and 30.8% in Togo in 2015.
Benin has been ranked 12th within the group of 153 countries we follow in terms of value added of agriculture as a share of GDP, 3 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 |
| 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% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 47.9% | 53.4% | 53.1% | 55.8% | 51.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | 31.8% | 29.8% | 25.3% | 23.0% | 21.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 21.2% | 24.5% | 26.7% | 22.5% | 22.3% | ||||||||||||||||
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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% | ||||||||||||||||
| Togo | % | 32.9% | 31.0% | 30.8% | 30.9% | 30.8% |
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