Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Economy > GDP > Composition, by sector of origin > Agriculture

DEFINITION: This entry is derived from Economy > GDP > Composition, by sector of origin, which shows where production takes place in an economy. The distribution gives the percentage contribution of agriculture, industry, and services to total GDP, and will total 100 percent of GDP if the data are complete. Agriculture includes farming, fishing, and forestry. Industry includes mining, manufacturing, energy production, and construction. Services cover government activities, communications, transportation, finance, and all other private economic activities that do not produce material goods.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Liberia	76.9%	2013
2	Somalia	59.3%	2013
3	Guinea-Bissau	57.6%	2013
4	Central African Republic	55.6%	2013
5	Sierra Leone	51.8%	2013
6	Comoros	51%	2013
7	Chad	47.9%	2013
8	Democratic Republic of the Congo	46.3%	2013
9	Ethiopia	46.2%	2013
10	Mali	38.7%	2013
11	Niger	35.8%	2013
12	Burundi	34.7%	2013
13	Burkina Faso	34.1%	2013
14	Rwanda	32.1%	2013
15	Benin	32%	2013
16	Nigeria	30.9%	2013
17	Mozambique	29.9%	2013
18	Kenya	29.3%	2013
19	Malawi	29%	2013
20	Togo	28%	2013
21	Madagascar	27.8%	2013
=22	Tanzania	27.7%	2013
=22	Sudan	27.7%	2013
24	Cote d'Ivoire	27.2%	2013
25	Uganda	23.5%	2013
26	Guinea	22.8%	2013
27	Ghana	22.7%	2013
28	Cameroon	20.8%	2013
29	Zambia	20.5%	2013
30	Zimbabwe	20.3%	2013
31	The Gambia	19.1%	2013
32	Mauritania	16.7%	2013
33	Senegal	15%	2013
34	Sao Tome and Principe	13.9%	2013
35	Eritrea	12.2%	2013
36	Angola	10.2%	2013
37	Cape Verde	9.4%	2013
38	Namibia	7.9%	2013
39	Swaziland	7.5%	2013
40	Lesotho	7.4%	2013
41	Equatorial Guinea	4.6%	2013
42	Mauritius	4.5%	2013
43	Gabon	3.7%	2013
44	Djibouti	3.1%	2013
45	South Africa	2.6%	2013
46	Seychelles	2%	2013
47	Botswana	1.9%	2013

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