Côte d’Ivoire’s agriculture value added rose to 16.8% of GDP in 2025.

Neither way is good in itself. A higher share can reflect a strong farm year or slower growth elsewhere, and a lower share can reflect a diversifying economy or a weak harvest, so the direction carries no verdict by itself. The latest figure, for 2025, is 16.8% of GDP, up 0.9 percentage points from 15.9% a year earlier. Since 2016 the share has ranged from a low of 15.7% of GDP in 2019 to a high of 17.9% in 2018. The current reading sits in the upper part of that range, a little under the 2018 peak.

Why it matters. At 16.8% of GDP, farming remains a large part of what the Ivorian economy produces, so harvests, weather and crop prices reach many household incomes, especially in rural areas. For the state, a sector of this size shapes export earnings and tax receipts, and a good or bad season moves overall growth. The rise from 2024 means agriculture took a larger slice of national output this year than last.