COUNTRY / INDICATOR
South Sudan Agriculture Share of GDP
South Sudan agriculture share of gdp: latest available value for 2015, historical series from 2008, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
NV.AGR.TOTL.ZS| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10,36 | 2,76 |
| 2014 | 7,60 | -2,04 |
| 2013 | 9,64 | 3,46 |
| 2012 | 6,18 | 1,50 |
| 2011 | 4,68 | -0,62 |
| 2010 | 5,29 | 0,07 |
| 2009 | 5,22 | 1,02 |
| 2008 | 4,20 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing corresponds to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 01-03 and includes the exploitation of vegetal and animal natural resources, comprising the activities of growing of crops, raising and breeding of animals, harvesting of timber and other plants, animals or animal products from a farm or their natural habitats.Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Note: For VAB countries, gross value added at factor cost is used as the denominator.
Source organization: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
Metadata fetched: 2026-09-27 03:52:08. Open original metadata response.
Revision history
12 detected changesSource revisions are retained before the current observation is replaced. This table documents the previous and replacement value for reproducibility.
| Detected | Data year | Previous value | Replacement value | Source | Source update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 23:59:50 | 2010 | 5,29 | 5,29 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 23:59:50 | 2011 | 4,68 | 4,68 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 23:59:50 | 2012 | 6,18 | 6,18 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 23:59:50 | 2013 | 9,64 | 9,64 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 23:59:50 | 2014 | 7,60 | 7,60 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 23:59:50 | 2015 | 10,36 | 10,36 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 20:14:26 | 2010 | 5,29 | 5,29 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 20:14:26 | 2011 | 4,68 | 4,68 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 20:14:26 | 2012 | 6,18 | 6,18 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 20:14:26 | 2013 | 9,64 | 9,64 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 20:14:26 | 2014 | 7,60 | 7,60 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 20:14:26 | 2015 | 10,36 | 10,36 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesSouth Sudan recorded 10,36 percent of GDP in 2015, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2014, the agriculture share of gdp increased by 2,76.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 8 observations from 2008 to 2015, the average was 6,64; the minimum was 4,20 in 2008 and the maximum was 10,36 in 2015.
South Sudan ranks 72 out of 206 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
It is also below the available average for the Low income group.
Agricultural structure and development stage.