• 2017-AGRA-AASR
  • Background
  • 1 Methods
  • 2 Supporting Datasets
    • 2.1 Cross-Country Harmonized Variables
      • 2.1.1 Dataset #1 (Poverty, Land, Climate paper)
      • 2.1.2 Dataset #2 (HarvestChoice Agricultural Snapshots)
      • 2.1.3 Dataset #3 (Panels for Resilience Study)
      • 2.1.4 Dataset #4 (SSA Poverty Regressions)
    • 2.2 Demographic and Health Surveys (harmonized)
    • 2.3 Other Country-Level Panel Variables
      • 2.3.1 Ghana GLSS Rounds
      • 2.3.2 Nigeria Farm Segmentation Study
  • 3 Typology of Farm Holdings
    • 3.1 Nigeria
      • 3.1.1 An Aside on Income Diversification
      • 3.1.2 Key Results
    • 3.2 Ghana
      • 3.2.1 Cultivated Area
      • 3.2.2 Crop Commercialization
      • 3.2.3 Income Diversification
      • 3.2.4 Classification of Small Farm Holdings
      • 3.2.5 Key Results
  • 4 Quadrant Classification
    • 4.1 Nigeria
    • 4.2 Ghana
      • 4.2.1 Agricultural Potential
      • 4.2.2 Market Access
      • 4.2.3 Classification of Farm Holdings across Quadrants
      • 4.2.4 Key Results across Quadrants
      • 4.2.5 Development Domain and Farm Types
      • 4.2.6 Revised Development Domains
  • 5 Clustering Farm Holdings
    • 5.1 Nigeria
    • 5.2 Ghana
      • 5.2.1 Aproach #1 – PAM Partitioning
      • 5.2.2 Aproach #2 – Hierarchical Clustering
      • 5.2.3 Key Results
  • 6 Trends in Macro Indicators
  • References

Business-oriented Typology and Characterization of Agriculture in SSA (Documentation)

Section 6 Trends in Macro Indicators

Long-term time series of macro-economic indicators across regions. Note that these series are aggregated using WDI country-level indicators. Table 6.1 below lists all countries included in each region. The raw data is available at 2017-agra-aasr_WDI_ts (corrected).csv.

Regional Trends in GDP per Capita (1990-2015) Source: WDI.

Fig. 6.1: Regional Trends in GDP per Capita (1990-2015) Source: WDI.

Regional Trends in Cereal Yield (1990-2015) Source: WDI.

Fig. 6.2: Regional Trends in Cereal Yield (1990-2015) Source: WDI.

Regional Trends in Sectoral Value Added (1990-2015) Source: WDI.

Fig. 6.3: Regional Trends in Sectoral Value Added (1990-2015) Source: WDI.

Note that India is missing multiple years of agricultural employment statistics. Simple linear interpolation is used to impute these missing values. This is a rough first-stab.

Trends in Land and Labor Productivity (2000-2014). Source: WDI.

Fig. 6.4: Trends in Land and Labor Productivity (2000-2014). Source: WDI.

The regional aggregation used in the above graphs is provided here.

Tab. 6.1: Regional Aggregation
Region Country ISO2 Code ISO3 Code Income Level
China China CN CHN Upper middle income
India India IN IND Lower middle income
Rest of East Asia (excl. high income) American Samoa AS ASM Upper middle income
Rest of East Asia (excl. high income) Cambodia KH KHM Low income
Rest of East Asia (excl. high income) Fiji FJ FJI Lower middle income
Rest of East Asia (excl. high income) Indonesia ID IDN Lower middle income
Rest of East Asia (excl. high income) Kiribati KI KIR Lower middle income
Rest of East Asia (excl. high income) Korea, Dem. Rep. KP PRK Low income
Rest of East Asia (excl. high income) Lao PDR LA LAO Lower middle income
Rest of East Asia (excl. high income) Malaysia MY MYS Upper middle income
Rest of East Asia (excl. high income) Marshall Islands MH MHL Lower middle income
Rest of East Asia (excl. high income) Micronesia, Fed. Sts. FM FSM Lower middle income
Rest of East Asia (excl. high income) Mongolia MN MNG Lower middle income
Rest of East Asia (excl. high income) Myanmar MM MMR Low income
Rest of East Asia (excl. high income) Palau PW PLW Upper middle income
Rest of East Asia (excl. high income) Papua New Guinea PG PNG Lower middle income
Rest of East Asia (excl. high income) Philippines PH PHL Lower middle income
Rest of East Asia (excl. high income) Samoa WS WSM Lower middle income
Rest of East Asia (excl. high income) Solomon Islands SB SLB Lower middle income
Rest of East Asia (excl. high income) Thailand TH THA Upper middle income
Rest of East Asia (excl. high income) Timor-Leste TL TLS Lower middle income
Rest of East Asia (excl. high income) Tonga TO TON Lower middle income
Rest of East Asia (excl. high income) Tuvalu TV TUV Lower middle income
Rest of East Asia (excl. high income) Vanuatu VU VUT Lower middle income
Rest of East Asia (excl. high income) Vietnam VN VNM Lower middle income
Rest of South Asia (excl. high income) Afghanistan AF AFG Low income
Rest of South Asia (excl. high income) Bangladesh BD BGD Low income
Rest of South Asia (excl. high income) Bhutan BT BTN Lower middle income
Rest of South Asia (excl. high income) Maldives MV MDV Upper middle income
Rest of South Asia (excl. high income) Nepal NP NPL Low income
Rest of South Asia (excl. high income) Pakistan PK PAK Lower middle income
Rest of South Asia (excl. high income) Sri Lanka LK LKA Lower middle income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Angola AO AGO Lower middle income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Benin BJ BEN Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Botswana BW BWA Upper middle income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Burkina Faso BF BFA Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Burundi BI BDI Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Cameroon CM CMR Lower middle income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Cape Verde CV CPV Lower middle income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Central African Republic CF CAF Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Chad TD TCD Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Comoros KM COM Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Congo, Dem. Rep. CD COD Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Congo, Rep. CG COG Lower middle income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Cote d’Ivoire CI CIV Lower middle income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Eritrea ER ERI Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Ethiopia ET ETH Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Gabon GA GAB Upper middle income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Gambia, The GM GMB Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Ghana GH GHA Lower middle income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Guinea GN GIN Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Guinea-Bissau GW GNB Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Kenya KE KEN Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Lesotho LS LSO Lower middle income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Liberia LR LBR Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Madagascar MG MDG Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Malawi MW MWI Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Mali ML MLI Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Mauritania MR MRT Lower middle income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Mauritius MU MUS Upper middle income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Mayotte YT MYT Upper middle income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Mozambique MZ MOZ Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Namibia NA NAM Upper middle income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Niger NE NER Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Nigeria NG NGA Lower middle income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Rwanda RW RWA Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Sao Tome and Principe ST STP Lower middle income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Senegal SN SEN Lower middle income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Seychelles SC SYC Upper middle income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Sierra Leone SL SLE Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Somalia SO SOM Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) South Sudan SS SSD Not classified
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Sudan SD SDN Lower middle income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Swaziland SZ SWZ Lower middle income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Tanzania TZ TZA Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Togo TG TGO Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Uganda UG UGA Low income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Zambia ZM ZMB Lower middle income
Rest of sub-Saharan Africa (excl. high income) Zimbabwe ZW ZWE Low income
South Africa South Africa ZA ZAF Upper middle income