Lower middle income vs Malawi: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)

Lower middle income
17.8%
in 2025
Malawi
30.0%
in 2025
Lower middle income rank
12th
Malawi rank
13th

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

  • Lower middle income
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 30.0% against 17.8% in Lower middle income, a difference of 12.2%.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.7 times Lower middle income's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Malawi ahead.

Lower middle income ranks 12th and Malawi ranks 13th of 47 groups.

Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lower middle income Malawi Difference Ahead
1980s 24.9% 32.6% 7.7% Malawi
1990s 23.8% 27.9% 4.1% Malawi
2000s 18.6% 27.6% 9.0% Malawi
2010s 17.4% 23.3% 5.8% Malawi
2020s 18.8% 28.1% 9.3% Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added, Lower middle income or Malawi?
Malawi, at 30.0% against 17.8% in Lower middle income as of 2025.
What is the difference in agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added between Lower middle income and Malawi?
12.2%, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Malawi?
46 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2025.
How do Lower middle income and Malawi rank globally for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
Lower middle income ranks 12th and Malawi ranks 13th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
Unit
% of GDP
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
254 places, 11,390 data points, 1960–2025
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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.