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Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing corresponds to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 01-03 and includes the exploitation of vegetal and animal natural resources, comprising the activities of growing of crops, raising and breeding of animals, harvesting of timber and other plants, animals or animal products from a farm or their natural habitats.Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Note: For VAB countries, gross value added at factor cost is used as the denominator.

World Bank code: NV.AGR.TOTL.ZS • Data available for 205 countries • Latest year: 2024

In , Guinea-Bissau led Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) at 42.17.

The world median across 173 reporting countries was 6.50.

What this measures: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing corresponds to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 01-03 and includes the exploitation of vegetal and animal natural resources, comprising the activities of growing of crops, raising and breeding of animals, harvesting of timber and other plants, animals or animal products from a farm or their natural habitats.Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Note: For VAB countries, gross value added at factor cost is used as the denominator.

How "Economy" indicators are measured

Economic indicators measure the size, structure, and dynamics of a country's economy. The World Bank collects data from national statistical offices, central banks, and the IMF, then normalizes it for cross-country comparison. Watch out for nominal versus real (inflation-adjusted) values: nominal figures in current US dollars are sensitive to exchange rate swings, while constant dollar series isolate real growth. Most macro indicators have a 1–2 year reporting lag.

Distribution — 2024

Reporting
173 countries
Median
6.50
Mean
9.78
25th percentile
2.45
75th percentile
15.45
Range
0.03 – 42.17

World at a Glance — 2024

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAustralia: 2.04AUBrunei Darussalam: 1.17BNCambodia: 16.58KHChina: 6.78CNFiji: 13.19FJHong Kong SAR, China: 0.04HKIndonesia: 12.61IDKorea, Rep.: 1.46KRLao PDR: 16.77LAMalaysia: 8.13MYMarshall Islands: 19.58MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 22.79FMMongolia: 7.29MNMyanmar: 20.83MMPhilippines: 9.08PHSamoa: 9.80WSSingapore: 0.03SGSolomon Islands: 29.73SBThailand: 8.71THTimor-Leste: 20.16TLViet Nam: 11.86VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 15.45ALAndorra: 0.47ADArmenia: 7.81AMAustria: 1.22ATAzerbaijan: 5.66AZBelarus: 6.87BYBelgium: 0.79BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 4.53BABulgaria: 2.35BGCroatia: 2.90HRCyprus: 1.16CYCzechia: 1.90CZDenmark: 0.93DKEstonia: 1.77EEFaroe Islands: 16.07FOFinland: 2.47FIFrance: 1.30FRGeorgia: 5.49GEGermany: 0.91DEGreece: 3.77GRHungary: 2.71HUIceland: 3.98ISIreland: 1.02IEItaly: 2.00ITKazakhstan: 3.88KZKosovo: 7.34XKKyrgyz Republic: 8.61KGLatvia: 4.04LVLithuania: 2.57LTLuxembourg: 0.21LUMoldova: 7.11MDMontenegro: 3.49MENetherlands: 1.73NLNorth Macedonia: 6.08MKNorway: 2.08NOPoland: 2.54PLPortugal: 2.02PTRomania: 2.81RORussian Federation: 2.74RUSerbia: 3.17RSSlovak Republic: 1.58SKSlovenia: 1.54SISpain: 2.75ESSweden: 1.42SESwitzerland: 0.63CHTurkiye: 5.82TRTurkmenistan: 12.17TMUkraine: 7.11UAUnited Kingdom: 0.64GBUzbekistan: 18.33UZLatin America & CaribbeanArgentina: 5.81ARBahamas, The: 0.51BSBarbados: 1.58BBBelize: 7.95BZBolivia: 8.83BOBrazil: 5.75BRChile: 3.91CLColombia: 9.28COCosta Rica: 3.56CRCuba: 1.24CUCuracao: 0.28CWDominica: 12.22DMDominican Republic: 4.45DOEcuador: 9.48ECEl Salvador: 4.38SVGrenada: 2.95GDGuatemala: 9.78GTGuyana: 7.62GYHaiti: 15.86HTHonduras: 11.22HNJamaica: 7.97JMMexico: 3.72MXNicaragua: 14.41NIPanama: 2.68PAParaguay: 10.71PYPeru: 7.34PEPuerto Rico (US): 0.70PRSt. Kitts and Nevis: 1.29KNSt. Lucia: 1.13LCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 3.55VCSuriname: 6.77SRTrinidad and Tobago: 0.78TTTurks and Caicos Islands: 0.35TCUruguay: 6.42UYMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAlgeria: 13.96DZBahrain: 0.25BHDjibouti: 2.51DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 13.71EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 10.80IRIraq: 3.39IQIsrael: 1.28ILJordan: 5.07JOKuwait: 0.49KWLibya: 2.39LYMalta: 0.23MTMorocco: 10.57MAOman: 2.60OMPakistan: 23.74PKQatar: 0.29QASaudi Arabia: 2.54SATunisia: 9.74TNUnited Arab Emirates: 0.77AESouth AsiaBangladesh: 11.16BDIndia: 16.29INMaldives: 3.84MVNepal: 21.87NPSri Lanka: 8.30LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 22.07AOBenin: 24.23BJBotswana: 1.71BWBurkina Faso: 20.93BFBurundi: 34.91BICabo Verde: 4.92CVCameroon: 18.46CMCentral African Republic: 27.90CFChad: 37.70TDComoros: 36.63KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 9.64CDCongo, Rep.: 9.44CGCote d'Ivoire: 15.86CIEquatorial Guinea: 3.15GQEswatini: 6.48SZEthiopia: 34.77ETGabon: 6.56GAGambia, The: 20.43GMGhana: 20.89GHGuinea: 30.96GNGuinea-Bissau: 42.17GWKenya: 22.47KELesotho: 6.50LSLiberia: 33.83LRMadagascar: 22.46MGMalawi: 31.77MWMali: 33.25MLMauritania: 19.33MRMauritius: 4.23MUMozambique: 25.18MZNamibia: 7.29NANiger: 34.46NENigeria: 25.87NGRwanda: 24.58RWSao Tome and Principe: 12.51STSenegal: 16.63SNSeychelles: 2.45SCSierra Leone: 29.16SLSouth Africa: 2.81ZASudan: 22.18SDTanzania: 23.32TZTogo: 21.33TGUganda: 24.62UGZambia: 2.83ZMZimbabwe: 8.69ZW

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Highest Values — 2024

# Country Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
1 Guinea-Bissau Sub-Saharan Africa 42.17
2 Chad Sub-Saharan Africa 37.70
3 Comoros Sub-Saharan Africa 36.63
4 Burundi Sub-Saharan Africa 34.91
5 Ethiopia Sub-Saharan Africa 34.77
6 Niger Sub-Saharan Africa 34.46
7 Liberia Sub-Saharan Africa 33.83
8 Mali Sub-Saharan Africa 33.25
9 Malawi Sub-Saharan Africa 31.77
10 Guinea Sub-Saharan Africa 30.96

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 59 2.07
Upper middle income 52 6.93
Lower middle income 43 15.78
Low income 18 27.58
Not classified 1 34.77

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 21 11.36
Europe & Central Asia 50 4.12
Latin America & Caribbean 34 5.72
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 18 5.80
South Asia 5 12.29
Sub-Saharan Africa 45 19.72

Lowest Values — 2024

# Country Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
1 Singapore 0.03
2 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.04
3 Luxembourg 0.21
4 Malta 0.23
5 Bahrain 0.25
6 Curacao 0.28
7 Qatar 0.29
8 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.35
9 Andorra 0.47
10 Kuwait 0.49
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Source: World Bank Open Data (NV.AGR.TOTL.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2024.