TABLE 2.2 Agricultural Employment as a Percentage of Total Employment in African FCV Countries, 2000–19 Country
2000
2019
Male
Female
Male
Female
Burkina Faso
83.9
76.3
30.1
21.4
Burundi
86.4
96.6
78.1
93.7
Cameroon
63.1
70.0
39.8
47.7
Central African Republic
71.7
79.9
67.5
72.6
Chad
80.9
83.9
76.5
73.4
Comoros
52.8
66.1
36.3
31.6
Congo, Dem. Rep.
65.5
81.3
57.4
71.5
Congo, Rep.
40.4
44.3
35.0
32.0
Eritrea
61.4
75.9
58.7
68.3
Gambia,The
28.0
46.6
22.6
33.1
Guinea-Bissau
61.2
74.9
57.1
64.1
Liberia
50.0
54.1
44.7
40.3
Mali
71.3
74.3
62.3
62.6
Mozambique
70.8
91.3
59.8
79.8
Niger
77.4
75.7
74.8
69.5
Nigeria
53.8
42.9
44.5
23.6
Somalia
81.6
88.8
79.2
83.9
South Sudan
52.6
80.0
48.2
73.2
Sudan
46.8
65.1
33.6
51.8
Zimbabwe
52.1
69.9
62.8
69.5
Source: Compilation for this publication, using data from World Bank 2020. Note: FCV = fragility, conflict, and violence.
On average, fishing, forestry, and agriculture contribute more to the economies of African FCV countries than to those of African non-FCV countries. Liberia, which is still largely an agriculture-based economy, experienced the largest decline in the share of value added in agriculture, forestry, and fishing in GDP, dropping from 76.1 percent in 2000 to 39.1 percent in 2019, a 37.0-percentage-point decline in the contribution of agriculture to GDP (table 2.3). The contribution of agriculture to GDP also declined significantly in Sudan (from 40.7 percent in 2000 to 11.6 percent in 2019), Burundi (from 44.1 percent in 2000 to 28.9 percent in 2019), and the Democratic Republic of Congo (from 32.0 percent in 2000 to 20.0 percent in 2019).
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Insect and Hydroponic Farming in Africa
