Agriculture Sector

Productivity, yield gaps, input efficiency, mechanisation and sustainability performance of the agricultural sector.

Countries
Bangladesh
Colombia
Ghana
Kenya
Nigeria
Zambia
11.1%
Sector growth rate
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3.55 MT/ha
Avg maize yield
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12.28K
Fertiliser consumption
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23.8%
Irrigated area share
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840.63M
Avg agri export value
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475.7
Public expenditure
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Quick Summary

6 countries · 20232026
  1. 01Zambia leads on agricultural sector growth rate at 51.1 %, about 21.3× Bangladesh. Nigeria is moving fastest at +145% between 2024 and 2025.
  2. 02Bangladesh leads on fertilizer application rate at 391.9 kg/ha, about 20.1× Nigeria. Nigeria is moving fastest at +364% between 2023 and 2024.
  3. 03Nigeria leads on agricultural value added at 66.82B currency/year, about 56.4× Zambia. Colombia is moving fastest at +176% between 2023 and 2025.
  4. 04Colombia leads on agricultural value added per worker at 6.62K currency/worker/year, about 21.8× Zambia. Colombia is moving fastest at +26.6% between 2023 and 2025.
  5. 05Zambia leads on agricultural gross domestic product growth rate at 1.51M %, about 868473× Bangladesh. Nigeria is moving fastest at +159% between 2024 and 2025.
  6. 06Nigeria leads on production volume at 64.9M Metric Tons, about 333.4× Zambia. Nigeria is moving fastest at +5695% between 2023 and 2025.

Headline analytics

Agricultural Sector Growth Rate

%

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Corn Yield

MT/ha

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Corn Production

Metric Tonnes

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Avg. Fertilizer Consumption

mixed units

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Irrigated Area Share

%

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Avg. Agricultural Export Value

value, mixed

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Statistical analysis

Momentum, Agricultural Sector Growth Ra…

Percent change 2023–2026

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Indicator correlation matrix

Pearson r across selected countries

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Leader vs laggard gap

Latest reported values per indicator

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Comparative profiles

Composite profile (normalised 0–100)

Agricultural … · Fertilizer Ap… · Agricultural … · Agricultural … · Agricultural … · Production Vo…

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Agricultural Sect… vs Fertilizer Applic…

Bubble size = third indicator

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Agricultural Valu… vs Agricultural Valu…

Correlation across countries

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Benchmarking & stability

Peer benchmark

standard deviations from the group average

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Indicator stability

year-to-year variation, % of mean

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Converging or diverging

change in country spread, 2023–2026

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Evidence depth behind these charts

how many countries and years report each indicator

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Annualised growth, Agricultural Sector Growth …

compound annual rate, 2023–2026

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Indicator deep dive

Agricultural Sector Growth Rate

Productivity Metrics · %

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Fertilizer Application Rate

Fertilizer Use · kg/ha

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Agricultural Value Added

Productivity Metrics · currency/year

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Agricultural Value Added per Worker

Productivity Metrics · currency/worker/year

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Agricultural Gross Domestic Product Growth Ra…

Productivity Metrics · %

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Production Volume

Sub-sector Attributes · Metric Tons

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Area Harvested by Commodity

Productivity Metrics · hectares

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Corn Area Harvested

Productivity Metrics · Hectares

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Corn Production

Productivity Metrics · Metric Tonnes

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Corn Yield

Productivity Metrics · Metric Tonnes/HA

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Nitrogen Use Efficiency

Resource-Use Efficiency · kg grain/kg N applied

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Banana - Area Harvested by Commodity

Productivity Metrics · ha

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Banana - Fertilizer Consumption

Resource-Use Efficiency · Mg

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Banana - Input Price Metrics

Resource-Use Efficiency · Mg

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Banana - Nitrogen Use Efficiency

Resource-Use Efficiency · %

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Banana - Phosphorus Use Efficiency

Resource-Use Efficiency · %

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Groundnut - Area Harvested by Commodity

Productivity Metrics · ha

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Groundnut - Fertilizer Consumption

Resource-Use Efficiency · Mg

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