Value added of agriculture as a share of GDP fell 4.89% to 15.2% in Mauritania in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, value added of agriculture as a share of GDP in Mauritania reached an all time high of 47.5% in 1960 and an all time low of 14.4% in 2011. When compared to Mauritania's main peers, value added of agriculture as a share of GDP in Algeria amounted to 9.39%, 40.8% in Mali, 15.5% in Morocco and 16.6% in Senegal in 2015.
Mauritania has been ranked 50th within the group of 153 countries we follow in terms of value added of agriculture as a share of GDP, 14 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Agriculture, Value Added (As % of GDP) | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Algeria | % | 9.53% | 8.62% | 8.33% | 9.30% | 10.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 22.8% | 23.2% | 21.6% | 22.6% | 22.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gambia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29.3% | 31.7% | 24.6% | 24.5% | 23.6% | ... | ||||||
| Guinea | % | 25.9% | 22.0% | 22.1% | 20.5% | 20.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| Mali | % | 38.9% | 40.6% | 39.3% | 42.3% | 40.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | 20.2% | 17.8% | 14.4% | 15.7% | 15.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | % | 16.4% | 15.3% | 15.5% | 14.4% | 16.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 39.2% | 40.9% | 38.3% | 39.4% | 37.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | 17.3% | 17.7% | 15.7% | 16.7% | 17.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 2.34% | 2.55% | 2.46% | 2.44% | 2.77% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | % | 9.06% | 8.10% | 8.91% | 9.19% | 8.61% |
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