Afghanistan vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)

Afghanistan
34.3%
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
17.9%
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
7th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
9th

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 34.3% against 17.9% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 16.4%.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.9 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 23 years both countries report, Afghanistan has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 7th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 9th of 206 countries.

Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
2000s 31.2% 16.5% 14.7% Afghanistan
2010s 24.0% 15.9% 8.0% Afghanistan
2020s 33.3% 19.4% 13.9% Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added, Afghanistan or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Afghanistan, at 34.3% against 17.9% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added between Afghanistan and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
16.4%, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
23 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
Afghanistan ranks 7th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 9th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
Unit
% of GDP
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
254 places, 11,390 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing corresponds to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 01-03 and includes the exploitation of vegetal and animal natural resources, comprising the activities of growing of crops, raising and breeding of animals, harvesting of timber and other plants, animals or animal products from a farm or their natural habitats.Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Note: For VAB countries, gross value added at factor cost is used as the denominator.