Annex Tables

Annex Table 5: A Comparative Profile of African Countries

INDICATORS	Algeria	Angola	Benin	Botswana	Burkina Faso	Burundi	Cameroon	Cape Verde	Central Afr Rep	Chad	Comoros	Congo Dem. Rep.	Congo Rep.	Cote d'Ivoire
Tractors/arable land (number/1000 ha)
1979-81	6.84	3.53	0.07	5.38	0.04	0.10	0.09	0.36	0.03	0.05	...	0.29	4.86	1.56
1999	12.09	3.43	0.11	17.49	0.59	0.22	0.08	0.41	0.03	0.05	...	0.36	4.05	1.29

Agricultural output and productivity
Crop production index (1989-91=100)
1979-81	77.5	101.9	53.8	86.3	59.3	79.9	87.3	58.7	102.8	67.1	75.1	73.0	84.6	73.8
1997-99	120.4	143.5	173.8	71.9	139.4	92.5	122.8	98.2	129.8	168.2	119.5	92.2	112.5	129.4
Food production index (1989-91=100)
1979-81	67.6	90.0	63.1	87.2	62.7	79.9	80.5	46.2	79.7	90.8	79.1	72.2	82.3	70.8
1997-99	126.7	137.4	148.4	98.6	130.5	93.5	123.3	136.7	129.9	148.9	118.3	94.9	115.5	129.7
Agricultural value added per worker (1995$)
1979-81	1416	...	311	630	134	177	834	...	377	155	412	241	385	1074
1997-99	1876	126	558	681	162	140	1072	2321	460	220	358	252	498	1104
Yield (Kg/ha)
Grains
1989-91	875	335	854	300	706	1277	1128	287	904	511	2388	797	696	707
1999	1067	613	1034	199	893	1143	1834	333	1110	607	2353	788	667	1064
Roots and tubers
1989-91	8862	4220	9354	5385	5968	6800	7700	9099	3551	4692	4843	7913	6712	5618
1999	15353	6071	10597	7059	6452	6937	6985	7965	3562	4650	5202	7846	7159	5565

Growth of output
GDP (annual % growth)
1980-90	2.7	3.4	2.5	10.3	3.6	4.4	3.4	...	1.4	6.1	2.8	1.6	3.3	0.7
1990-99	1.6	0.4	4.7	4.3	3.8	-2.9	1.3	5.8	1.8	2.1	-0.6	-5.1	-0.5	3.7
Agriculture (annual % growth)
1980-90	4.6	0.5	5.1	3.3	3.1	3.1	2.2	...	1.6	2.3	4.0	2.5	3.4	0.3
1990-99	3.0	-3.0	5.3	0.3	3.3	-2.0	5.3	5.4	3.7	4.8	-0.7	2.9	1.7	3.1

Structure of output
GDP ($ millions)
1990	61902	10260	1845	3766	2765	1132	11152	339	1488	1739	250	9348	2799	10796
1999	47872	8545	2369	5996	2580	714	9187	581	1053	1530	193	...	2217	11206
Agriculture value added as % of GDP
1990	13.7	17.9	36.1	4.6	32.3	55.9	24.6	14.4	47.6	29.3	41.4	30.1	12.9	32.5
1999	11.4	6.9	37.9	3.6	31.3	52.2	43.5	12.0	55.1	36.0	39.4	...	10.4	26.0

Structure of exports
Total exports ($ millions)
1990	13832.2	3884.0	288.0	1787.7	152.0	74.8	2007.6	5.7	120.7	194.1	17.7	987.0	983.8	3128.3
1999	12433.8	2880.0	550.0	2658.4	254.7	55.2	1638.5	11.4	136.1	211.2	9.2	450.0	1555.0	4789.1
Food exports (% of total)
1990	24.6	...	16.5	71.1	20.5	0.3	258.9	1.9	16.5	33.0	10.8	7.8	14.5	1063.3
1999	21.5	...	28.9	90.9	45.4	0.8	236.7	0.2	2.0	42.1	6.6	3.8	18.6	1943.5

INDICATORS	Djibouti	Egypt.	Equatorial Guinea	Eritrea	Ethiopia	Gabon	Gambia	Ghana	Guinea	Guinea -Bissau	Kenya	Lesotho	Liberia	Libya
Tractors/arable land (number/1000 ha)
1979-81	...	15.78	0.75	...	...	4.29	0.27	1.95	0.21	0.06	1.69	4.69	2.35	13.40
1999	...	30.35	0.77	1.16	0.30	4.62	0.23	0.99	0.61	0.06	3.60	6.15	1.71	18.03

Agricultural output and productivity
Crop production index (1989-91=100)
1979-81	55.0	75.5	90.5	...	...	76.3	79.5	67.0	89.7	64.8	74.5	95.1	...	76.3
1997-99	106.0	137.7	86.1	161.3	127.2	115.0	99.9	167.8	140.1	118.9	109.0	121.2	...	129.0
Food production index (1989-91=100)
1979-81	49.3	68.2	87.8	...	...	79.0	82.8	68.7	96.3	68.3	67.6	89.1	...	78.7
1997-99	85.8	145.4	95.5	125.2	121.8	111.3	103.8	157.9	141.2	119.3	105.1	105.0	...	148.8
Agricultural value added per worker (1995$)
1979-81	...	721	...	...	...	1814	325	670		221	262	723	...	...
1997-99	...	1222	853	...	144	1889	222	554	284	306	226	544	...	...
Yield (Kg/ha)
Grains
1989-91	1524	5360	...	...	...	1583	1001	1050	902	969	1542	869	...	501
1999	1625	6880	...	802	1093	1639	1179	1236	886	891	1415	970	...	513
Roots and tubers
1989-91	...	21762	3070	...	...	5424	3000	8143	7320	6911	8200	15553	7253	7891
1999	...	23626	2844	3256	7370	5720	3000	10794	6004	7698	7297	16346	6773	7085

Growth of output
GDP (annual % growth)
1980-90	...	5.4	...	...		0.9	3.6	3.0	...	4.0	4.2	4.6	...	-5.7
1990-99	...	4.4	19.4	5.0	4.6	3.2	2.8	4.3	4.2	0.3	2.2	4.4	...	...
Agriculture (annual % growth)
1980-90	...	2.7	...	...	0.2	1.2	0.9	1.0	...	4.7	3.3	2.8	...	...
1990-99	...	3.1	7.2	...	2.3	-1.9	2.0	3.4	4.5	3.4	1.4	2.0	...	...

Structure of output
GDP ($ millions)
1990	425	43130	132	...	6842	5952	317	5886	2818	244	8533	622	...	...
1999	...	89148	696	645	6439	4352	393	7774	3482	218	10638	874	...	...
Agriculture value added as % of GDP
1990	3.3	19.4	61.5	...	49.3	7.3	29.0	44.8	23.8	60.8	29.1	23.4	...	...
1999	...	17.4	16.0	17.1	52.3	7.8	31.4	35.6	23.9	62.3	23.2	...	...	...

Structure of exports
Total exports ($ millions)
1990	24.9	2585.0	61.7	...	...	2487.5	30.1	896.8	789.0	19.3	1094.7	59.5	330.0	13876.8
1999	23.0	4445.0	407.0	26.3	510.0	2253.0	27.0	1850.0	800.0	51.0	1754.0	216.1	500.0	7900.0
Food exports (% of total)
1990	7.0	200.6	7.6	...	...	2.9	11.2	403.1	17.7	12.8	145.5	6.2	5.4	37.7
1999	20.4	277.8	6.3	2.7	42.5	4.5	38.4	503.2	18.0	50.2	240.0	2.6	3.7	29.8

INDICATORS	Madagascar	Malawi	Mali	Mauritania	Mauritius	Morocco	Mozambique	Namibia	Niger	Nigeria	Rwanda	Sao Tome &Principe	Senegal	Seychelles
Tractors/arable land (number/1000 ha)
1979-81	1.06	0.79	0.45	1.34	3.26	3.44	1.99	3.89	0.03	0.33	0.11	123.00	0.19	35.00
1999	1.38	0.76	0.56	0.78	3.70	4.89	1.84	3.86	0.03	1.06	0.11	62.50	0.25	40.00

Agricultural output and productivity
Crop production index (1989-91=100)
1979-81	83.1	85.7	54.5	62.1	93.3	54.8	109.6	80.2	90.1	51.4	84.3	128.7	77.2	184.5
1997-99	106.1	134.9	138.7	137.5	93.3	97.5	149.8	111.9	145.3	148.1	81.6	149.5	94.2	109.7
Food production index (1989-91=100)
1979-81	84.5	93.2	76.7	86.5	89.7	55.9	100.1	107.2	97.9	57.2	85.3	123.0	74.0	128.3
1997-99	110.7	134.3	122.5	105.7	104.1	101.7	136.2	107.0	135.6	146.4	85.2	149.3	106.7	135.6
Agricultural value added per worker (1995$)
1979-81	197	109	241	299	3087	1146	...	862	222	414	371	...	336	1142
1997-99	184	138	279	469	5330	1651	136	1248	205	641	234	343	307	751
Yield (Kg/ha)
Grains
1989-91	999	1091	837	553	3878	1142	375	461	329	1076	1131	2015	724	...
1999	892	1650	985	450	4902	670	1037	206	375	1162	805	2124	605	...
Roots and tubers
1989-91	6359	4294	4721	1933	18659	16319	4322	8610	5570	10370	4553	7346	3990	5000
1999	6489	8160	4250	2115	22827	18294	5642	8621	4738	9507	3827	8886	5302	5000

Growth of output
GDP (annual % growth)
1980-90	1.1	2.5	0.8	1.8	6.2	4.2	-0.1	1.3	-0.1	1.6	2.2	...	3.1	4.0
1990-99	1.7	3.6	3.6	4.2	5.1	2.3	6.2	3.4	2.4	2.4	-1.5	1.7	3.3	2.9
Agriculture (annual % growth)
1980-90	2.5	2.0	3.3	1.7	2.9	6.7	6.6	1.9	1.7	3.3	0.5	...	2.8	-1.5
1990-99	1.5	7.5	2.8	5.0	-0.7	-0.4	5.5	3.8	3.6	2.9	-3.9	3.6	1.4	-1.7

Structure of output
GDP ($ millions)
1990	3081	1803	2421	1020	2642	25821	2512	2340	2481	28472	2584	58	5698	369
1999	3721	1810	2570	958	4244	34998	3979	3075	2018	35045	1956	47	4752	545
Agriculture value added as % of GDP
1990	32.3	45.0	45.5	29.6	12.1	17.7	37.1	11.8	35.3	32.7	33.2	27.6	19.9	4.8
1999	30.0	37.6	46.5	25.2	6.2	14.8	33.0	12.8	40.7	...	45.7	20.6	18.0	4.1

Structure of exports
Total exports ($ millions)
1990	308.4	416.3	338.8	434.4	1172.4	4233.8	126.4	1085.1	283.2	13710.2	104.9	4.4	743.2	56.7
1999	257.6	476.6	665.0	447.9	1656.0	7376.0	268.0	1373.4	276.0	12082.0	61.1	8.0	979.3	145.1
Food exports (% of total)
1990	125.0	34.6	92.4	42.7	365.0	571.5	31.0	141.5	49.9	157.7	0.2	3.3	155.2	0.4
1999	53.8	32.2	86.1	33.2	338.5	788.0	21.8	122.1	73.7	353.4	0.3	5.0	82.2	0.5

INDICATORS	Sierra Leone	Somalia	South Africa	Sudan	Swaziland	Tanzania	Togo	Tunisia	Uganda	Western Sahara	Zambia	Zimbabwe
Tractors/arable land (number/1000 ha)
1979-81	0.57	1.68	13.99	0.77	16.97	3.44	0.04	7.94	0.63	5.50	0.91	6.61
1999	0.17	1.77	5.94	0.63	17.44	2.03	0.04	12.32	0.93	5.50	1.14	7.17

Agricultural output and productivity
Crop production index (1989-91=100)
1979-81	80.3	...	95.0	131.1	75.3	81.8	70.4	68.5	67.5	68.2	65.7	77.9
1997-99	89.8	...	103.5	167.3	88.3	96.3	145.8	108.5	114.0	119.7	89.9	117.9
Food production index (1989-91=100)
1979-81	84.5	...	92.6	105.4	80.7	76.7	77.0	66.6	70.4	84.1	74.0	81.3
1997-99	91.8	...	101.1	155.7	91.7	101.6	139.6	117.3	111.7	110.0	101.0	104.4
Agricultural value added per worker (1995$)
1979-81	368	...	2899	...	1641	...	345	1743	...	...	143	308
1997-99	379	...	4070	...	1581	188	543	3047	350	...	218	369
Yield (Kg/ha)
Grains
1989-91	802	700	2351	438	1368	1317	787	915	1484	758	1535	1350
1999	880	500	2155	413	1803	1225	1000	890	1646	794	1301	903
Roots and tubers
1989-91	5220	10421	16611	2670	1665	8825	7992	12592	6335	...	6517	4792
1999	4777	10000	24423	2560	1902	8192	7085	12800	7851	...	5915	4844

Growth of output
GDP (annual % growth)
1980-90	1.2	...	1.0	0.4	7.0	...	1.7	3.3	2.9	...	1.0	3.6
1990-99	-4.7	...	1.9	8.2	2.9	2.8	2.4	4.6	7.2	...	0.2	2.8
Agriculture (annual % growth)
1980-90	3.1	...	2.9	-0.6	2.4	...	5.6	2.8	2.1	2.0	3.6	3.1
1990-99	1.0	...	1.0	14.3	-0.1	3.2	4.5	2.1	3.7	1.3	9.4	4.6

Structure of output
GDP ($ millions)
1990	897	917	111997	13167	860	4259	1628	12291	4304	...	3288	8784
1999	669	...	131127	9718	1223	8760	1405	20944	6411	...	3150	5608
Agriculture value added as % of GDP
1990	47.0	65.5	4.6	...	13.7	46.0	33.8	15.7	56.6	...	20.6	16.5
1999	42.6	...	3.8	...	15.8	44.8	41.3	12.8	44.4	...	24.6	20.1

Structure of exports
Total exports ($ millions)
1990	147.7	150.0	23579.3	560.0	550.4	406.8	267.9	3519.2	190.1	...	1330.9	1726.4
1999	110.0	150.0	26713.3	780.0	897.0	562.7	385.0	5879.3	519.0	...	929.0	2139.7
Food exports (% of total)
1990	7.3	69.9	1347.8	242.8	321.1	67.2	40.7	239.7	14.1	...	11.0	225.6
1999	3.9	50.5	1642.1	235.7	334.4	138.5	25.6	508.6	21.5	...	23.6	200.9

Sources: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001 and Little Data Book 2001; Encyclopaedia Britanica, 2001 Book of the Year; UNCTAD LDC database; FAO