Agriculture What is Nigeria’s biggest agricultural export? Source Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics (Q3 2023) (Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics) Short answer What is Nigeria’s biggest agricultural export? Raw cocoa beans are Nigeria's largest agricultural export commodity. The crop accounts for N42.24 billion of the country’s total agricultural exports as of the third quarter of 2023. ... Back Full answer
Economy What is the youth unemployment rate in Nigeria? Source The World Bank: Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) - Nigeria Short answer What is the youth unemployment rate in Nigeria? The World Bank defines youth as people between the ages of 15 and 24. In 2021, the unemployment rate among young people in Nigeria was 19.6%. ... Back Full answer
Economy How many people are employed in South Africa’s tourism sector? Source Minister Patricia De Lille notes tourism statistics (2023) Short answer How many people are employed in South Africa’s tourism sector? According to the latest available data, the tourism sector in South Africa directly employed 459,533 people in 2020. This was a significant decrease of 41.1% or 320,563 employees compared to 2019. ... Back Full answer
Economy What is South Africa’s unemployment rate? Source Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) – Q2:2023 Short answer What is South Africa’s unemployment rate? According to Statistics South Africa, the official unemployment rate for South Africa in the first quarter of 2023 was recorded at 32.9%. The rate for the second quarter of 2023 was 32.6%. ... Back Full answer
Economy What is South Africa’s youth unemployment rate? Source Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) – Q2:2023 Short answer What is South Africa’s youth unemployment rate? South Africa's youth unemployment rate for the 15-34 age group (NEET) in the second quarter of 2023 was reported to be 34.2%. ... Back Full answer
Agriculture How much does agriculture contribute to Kenya’s GDP? Source Economic Survey 2023 (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics) Short answer How much does agriculture contribute to Kenya’s GDP? In 2022, the growing of crops, animal rearing and support activities to agriculture contributed KSh2.527 trillion. (21.2 % of nominal GDP). ... Back Full answer
Agriculture What is Kenya’s largest farming sector? Source Economic Survey 2023 (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics) Short answer What is Kenya’s largest farming sector? In 2022, cut flowers had the largest recorded marketed agricultural production in Kenya at KSh 103.5 billion, followed by tea at KSh 156.7 billion and cattle and calves at KSh 84.7 billion. ... Back Full answer
Agriculture How much wheat does Kenya produce and consume? Source Economic Survey 2023 (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics) Short answer How much wheat does Kenya produce and consume? Wheat production fell by 13% from 349,000 tonnes in 2021 to 271,000 tonnes in 2022, according to the Economic Survey 2023. The country consumed 2.1 million tonnes of wheat as food. A total of 11 tonnes were used as seed and 122 tonnes had “other” uses. Another 40 tonnes were lost. ... Back Full answer
Agriculture What is the contribution of agriculture to Africa's GDP? Source World Bank: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) - Sub-saharan Africa ag Short answer What is the contribution of agriculture to Africa's GDP? Farming is key to the majority of African economies and accounts for at least 17% of sub-Saharan Africa's GDP. ... Back Full answer