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At the sub-regional level, Arab Group had the highest level of agricultural land productivity in
the OICwith 2,832 US Dollars per hectare in 2017. 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 tobe highest,
even though its agricultural GDP is the lowest among the OIC sub-regions. The Arab Group was
followed by Asian Group with 2,743 US Dollars per hectare in 2017. Among the three sub-
regions, African Group had the lowest level of agricultural land productivity during the period
1995-2017. On the other hand, althoughAfrican Group hadthe lowest performance with respect
to agricultural land productivity over the years; it accomplished the highest growth in the same
period, withmore 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 ratioof 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 2017 using real agricultural GDP at 2010 prices as the
measure of agricultural value added.
Figure 16 Labor Productivity in the OIC and World (Agr. GDP at 2010 constant prices)
Source: FAOSTAT
Labor productivity is started to be below theworld average in the OIC in 2010. In 2017, average
agricultural labor productivity of OIC member countries reached 6,775 US dollars/person,
compared to 5,529 US dollars/person in 2000.
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