Ghana: share of agricultural sector's value added to GDP

The share of value added by the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector to the gross domestic product in Ghana increased by 1.6 percentage points (+8.2 percent) in 2023 in comparison to the previous year. With 21.1 percent, the share thereby reached its highest value in the observed period.
The value added by agriculture, forestry, and fishing refers to the net output of the sector. It is calculated as the gross output, which is the gross revenue of production, minus the intermediate inputs, which is the value of goods and services consumed in the production process. Activities included in this sector are crop cultivation, forestry, hunting, fishing, and livestock production.

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Share of value added by the agricultural sector to the gross domestic product (GDP) in Ghana from 2014 to 2023

Characteristic	Share of value added
2023	21.1%
2022	19.51%
2021	19.66%
2020	18.85%
2019	17.32%
2018	18.14%
2017	19.56%
2016	20.84%
2015	19.98%
2014	19.58%

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Release date

October 2024

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Region

Ghana

Survey time period

2014 to 2023

Supplementary notes

Figures are rounded.

Data represents the share of value added by the agricultural sector, which includes forestry, hunting, and fishing, as well as cultivation of crops and livestock production.
Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources.
GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product and it can be defined as a monetary value of all finished goods and services produced within a country's border in a specific time of period.

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