Figure 1.3 shows the declines in agriculture’s share of GDP since 1980 in selected African, Asian and Latin American countries (Panels A, B and C respectively). In Latin America, agriculture’s share of GDP has declined to less than 10% of the total in most countries, and is less than 20% in nearly all countries. In Asia, the ratio is above 30% in a few countries but has declined to between 10% and 20% across most of the continent. Africa stands out as an exception. First, because of the significant number of countries in which agriculture still accounts for a third or more of GDP, and second because in several of the poorest countries, all with a per capita income of less than USD 1 000 per year, agriculture’s share of GDP has actually risen over the past 30 years.