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Figure 4. Share of Agricultural GDP in Total GDP by Sub-Regions
Source: Annexes 2-6
The share of agriculture sector in total GDP varies significantly across regions in the OIC.
African Group has the highest share of agricultural GDP, with 21.3 percent in 2015. It is
followed by Arab and Asian groups with 11.5 percent and 5.7 percent, respectively. Even
though the relative contribution of agricultural activity to the economy has shown fluctuations
in African Countries, it registered a declining path in both Arab and Asian Countries.
Table 1 illustrates the top 10 OIC member countries with respect to agricultural value added
and share of agricultural sector in their economies in 2014 and 2015. Indonesia has the highest
agricultural value added in the OIC with 117 billion US Dollars, which accounted for the 13.5
percent of total OIC agricultural output in 2015. Nigeria was the second country with 102
billion US Dollars and its agricultural GDP constituted 20.6 percent of the total agricultural
GDP of OIC member countries. In 2015 top ten countries produced 507 billion US Dollars of
agricultural GDP, which was more than 78 percent of total agricultural GDP of 57 OIC member
countries.
The importance of agricultural sector in the top ten member countries differs across countries.
For instance, in 2015, the share of agricultural GDP in country’s total GDP was the highest in
Sudan with 28.4 percent. In the top ten country rankings, Turkey, Iran and Malaysia were only
three countries whose shares of agriculture sector in the economy were lower than 10 percent
in 2015.
22,7
21,5
23,9
20,9 21,3
10,7
7,4
6,1
5,1 5,7
17,4
13,7
11,1
11,1 11,5
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
1990 2000 2010 2014 2015
Percentage
African Group Arab Group Asian Group