Mauritania - Agriculture, value added (% of GDP)

Agriculture, value added (% of GDP) in Mauritania was 20.19 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 33.47 in 1961, while its lowest value was 14.52 in 2011.

Definition: Agriculture corresponds to ISIC divisions 1-5 and 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. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3 or 4.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1961 33.47
1962 32.73
1963 33.08
1964 26.86
1965 24.90
1966 24.95
1967 25.09
1968 23.84
1969 20.12
1970 22.67
1971 21.72
1972 21.33
1973 28.81
1974 25.74
1975 21.96
1976 21.03
1977 21.92
1978 23.47
1979 21.78
1980 23.51
1981 24.19
1982 24.74
1983 24.86
1984 21.06
1985 16.50
1986 19.65
1987 23.89
1988 24.12
1989 23.77
1990 21.89
1991 28.59
1992 28.55
1993 28.65
1994 27.94
1995 28.13
1996 27.20
1997 25.05
1998 25.94
1999 26.28
2000 24.83
2001 24.87
2002 24.23
2003 24.18
2004 22.92
2005 20.07
2006 16.61
2007 18.43
2008 18.56
2009 19.18
2010 16.73
2011 14.52
2012 16.09
2013 16.28
2014 18.81
2015 20.63
2016 21.74
2017 22.72
2018 23.33
2019 21.68
2020 20.19

Limitations and Exceptions: Among the difficulties faced by compilers of national accounts is the extent of unreported economic activity in the informal or secondary economy. In developing countries a large share of agricultural output is either not exchanged (because it is consumed within the household) or not exchanged for money. Agricultural production often must be estimated indirectly, using a combination of methods involving estimates of inputs, yields, and area under cultivation. This approach sometimes leads to crude approximations that can differ from the true values over time and across crops for reasons other than climate conditions or farming techniques. Similarly, agricultural inputs that cannot easily be allocated to specific outputs are frequently "netted out" using equally crude and ad hoc approximations.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) represents the sum of value added by all its producers. Value added is the value of the gross output of producers less the value of intermediate goods and services consumed in production, before accounting for consumption of fixed capital in production. The United Nations System of National Accounts calls for value added to be valued at either basic prices (excluding net taxes on products) or producer prices (including net taxes on products paid by producers but excluding sales or value added taxes). Both valuations exclude transport charges that are invoiced separately by producers. Total GDP is measured at purchaser prices. Value added by industry is normally measured at basic prices.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Note: Data for OECD countries are based on ISIC, revision 4.

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts