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COMCEC Agriculture Outlook 2019
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 18.61 percent in 2017. It is followed by
Arab and Asian groups with 9.74 percent and 5.91 percent, respectively. Even though the
relative contribution of agricultural activity to the economy has shown fluctuations in African
Countries, it registered a still declining path in both Arab and Asian Countries.
Figure 4 Share of Agricultural GDP in Total GDP by Sub-Regions
Source: Annexes 2-6
Table 1 illustrates the top 10 OIC member countries with respect to agricultural value added
and share of agricultural sector in their economies in 2016 and 2017. Indonesia has the highest
value added agriculture in the OIC with 133.6 billion US Dollars, which accounted for the 20.04
percent of total GDP in 2017. Nigeriawas the second country with 78 billion US Dollars and its
agricultural GDP constituted 11.75 percent of the total GDP. In 2017, top ten countries
produced 511 billion US Dollars of agricultural GDP, which was more than 76 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 2017, the share of agricultural GDP in country’s total GDP was the highest in
Indonesia with 20 percent. In the top ten country rankings, Indonesia, Nigeria and Pakistan
were only three countrieswhose shares of agriculture sector in the economy were higher than
10 percent in 2017.
11.05
17.86
22.21
18.61
4.69 4.52
6.39
5.91
7.77 7.02
10.51 9.74
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5.00
10.00
15.00
20.00
25.00
1995 2005 2015 2017
African Group Arab Group Asian Group
Percent