COMCEC Agriculture Outlook 2017
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421
719
1.089
807
1.236
1.551
825
1.088
1.446
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400
600
800
1.000
1.200
1.400
1.600
1.800
1995 2005 2014 1995 2005 2014 1995 2005 2014
African Group Arab Group Asian Group
Dollar/ha
Figure 15. Land Productivity in the OIC by Sub-Regions (Agr. GDP at 2005 constant prices)
Source: FAOSTAT
At the sub-regional level, Arab Group had the highest level of agricultural land productivity in
the OIC with 1,551 US Dollars per hectare in 2014. The low level of arable land in the Arab
Group (one third of Asian Group and half of African Group), results in its land productivity to
be highest, even though its agricultural GDP is the lowest among the OIC sub-regions. The Arab
Group was followed by Asian Group with 1,446 US Dollars per hectare in 2014. Among the
three sub-regions, African Group had the lowest level of agricultural land productivity during
the period 1995-2014. On the other hand, although African Group had the lowest performance
with respect to agricultural land productivity over the years; it accomplished the highest
growth in the same period, with more than 2 times increase in the level of agricultural land
productivity (Figure 15).
2.3.2. Labor Productivity
Agricultural labor productivity is measured by the ratio of total agricultural value added to the
number of agricultural employment. Hence, it tells the average performance of total labor
employed in agriculture sector. Figure 16 shows the agricultural labor productivity in the OIC
and in the World between 2000 and 2014 using real agricultural GDP at 2005 prices as the
measure of agricultural value added.