2.a.1 Agriculture share of Government Expenditure — Value by country
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What the numbers show
2.a.1 Agriculture share of Government Expenditure — Value is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 9.98 % in Bhutan; the lowest is 0 % in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.71 %, and the mean is 2.27 %.
Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 111 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 2,741.7%), and the largest decrease in Iraq (down 78.8%).
2.a.1 Agriculture share of Government Expenditure — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhutan | 9.98 % | 2024 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 2 | Turkmenistan | 9.09 % | 2024 | up 221.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 4.73 % | 2023 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 8.75 % | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 8.69 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 5 | Malawi | 8.3 % | 2024 | down 51.3% | falling |
| 6 | Eswatini | 7.5 % | 2024 | up 204.9% | falling |
| 7 | South Sudan | 7.33 % | 2022 | up 451.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Senegal | 7.21 % | 2024 | up 83.9% | rising |
| 9 | China, mainland | 7.03 % | 2024 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 9 | Türkiye | 2.45 % | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 10 | India | 6.8 % | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 11 | Belarus | 6.44 % | 2023 | up 130.8% | falling |
| 12 | Vanuatu | 5.47 % | 2024 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 13 | Nepal | 5.46 % | 2024 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 13 | Cabo Verde | 2.17 % | 2023 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 14 | Zambia | 5.4 % | 2024 | down 36.1% | rising |
| 14 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.79 % | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 5.35 % | 2024 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 16 | Serbia | 5.16 % | 2024 | up 136.7% | rising |
| 17 | Cuba | 4.98 % | 2019 | — | rising |
| 17 | Mauritania | 4.98 % | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 17 | Timor-Leste | 1.22 % | 2022 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Algeria | 4.88 % | 2024 | up 60.5% | flat |
| 20 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.77 % | 2024 | up 63.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Thailand | 4.74 % | 2024 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 22 | Morocco | 4.58 % | 2023 | up 78.2% | rising |
| 22 | Niger | 4.58 % | 2024 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 24 | Guyana | 4.42 % | 2023 | down 55.1% | rising |
| 25 | Benin | 4.21 % | 2024 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 26 | Dominica | 4.19 % | 2023 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 27 | Uzbekistan | 3.73 % | 2024 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 28 | Tunisia | 3.68 % | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 29 | Sri Lanka | 3.65 % | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 30 | Mali | 3.62 % | 2023 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 31 | Fiji | 3.57 % | 2023 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 32 | Botswana | 3.52 % | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 33 | Marshall Islands | 3.47 % | 2019 | up 77.0% | rising |
| 34 | North Macedonia | 3.43 % | 2024 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 3.41 % | 2024 | up 2,741.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Myanmar | 3.37 % | 2020 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 37 | Philippines | 3.33 % | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 38 | Nigeria | 3.3 % | 2024 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 39 | Republic of Korea | 3.26 % | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 3.22 % | 2024 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 41 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.16 % | 2023 | down 73.3% | falling |
| 42 | Burundi | 3.12 % | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 43 | Ethiopia | 2.99 % | 2024 | down 58.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Cambodia | 2.99 % | 2023 | up 135.4% | rising |
| 43 | Togo | 2.99 % | 2024 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 46 | Pakistan | 2.97 % | 2024 | up 40.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Tonga | 2.92 % | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 48 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.83 % | 2024 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 2.8 % | 2024 | down 17.4% | flat |
| 50 | Chad | 2.77 % | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 51 | Madagascar | 2.69 % | 2024 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 52 | Samoa | 2.66 % | 2024 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.64 % | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 54 | Tajikistan | 2.61 % | 2024 | up 26.7% | falling |
| 55 | Indonesia | 2.6 % | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 56 | Kenya | 2.58 % | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 57 | Uganda | 2.55 % | 2024 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 58 | Azerbaijan | 2.53 % | 2024 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 59 | Cameroon | 2.37 % | 2022 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 60 | Egypt | 2.34 % | 2024 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Barbados | 2.32 % | 2024 | down 33.5% | rising |
| 62 | Honduras | 2.31 % | 2024 | up 61.5% | falling |
| 62 | Rwanda | 2.31 % | 2024 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 64 | Lesotho | 2.3 % | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 65 | Djibouti | 2.28 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Georgia | 2.28 % | 2024 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 67 | Armenia | 2.26 % | 2024 | up 34.5% | falling |
| 67 | Mongolia | 2.26 % | 2024 | up 111.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Panama | 2.25 % | 2024 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 70 | Albania | 2.24 % | 2024 | up 28.7% | falling |
| 71 | Papua New Guinea | 2.2 % | 2023 | up 57.1% | falling |
| 72 | Solomon Islands | 2.14 % | 2024 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 73 | Guinea | 2.13 % | 2023 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 73 | Saint Lucia | 2.13 % | 2024 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 75 | Japan | 2.11 % | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 76 | Namibia | 2.07 % | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 76 | Peru | 2.07 % | 2024 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 78 | Jamaica | 2.06 % | 2024 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 79 | Czechia | 2.02 % | 2024 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 79 | Tuvalu | 2.02 % | 2022 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 % | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 82 | Switzerland | 1.92 % | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 83 | Gambia | 1.87 % | 2022 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 1.83 % | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 85 | Malaysia | 1.76 % | 2024 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 86 | Suriname | 1.72 % | 2024 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 87 | Afghanistan | 1.7 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Seychelles | 1.63 % | 2024 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Guatemala | 1.6 % | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 90 | Cook Islands | 1.53 % | 2022 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 91 | Gabon | 1.5 % | 2023 | up 114.3% | rising |
| 92 | Cyprus | 1.48 % | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 93 | Iceland | 1.46 % | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 94 | Mauritius | 1.42 % | 2024 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 95 | Paraguay | 1.39 % | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 96 | El Salvador | 1.36 % | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 97 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.34 % | 2024 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 98 | Romania | 1.33 % | 2024 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 99 | Chile | 1.32 % | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 100 | Poland | 1.25 % | 2024 | up 35.9% | falling |
| 101 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.24 % | 2024 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 102 | South Africa | 1.22 % | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 103 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.21 % | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 103 | Russian Federation | 1.21 % | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 105 | Maldives | 1.2 % | 2024 | up 110.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Naoero | 1.2 % | 2024 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 107 | Canada | 1.19 % | 2024 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 108 | Haiti | 1.18 % | 2023 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Slovenia | 1.17 % | 2024 | up 23.2% | falling |
| 110 | Kiribati | 1.15 % | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 111 | Finland | 1.12 % | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 111 | Malta | 1.12 % | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 113 | Yemen | 1.11 % | 2014 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 114 | Ireland | 1.1 % | 2024 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 114 | Mexico | 1.1 % | 2024 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Mozambique | 1.1 % | 2024 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Montenegro | 1.08 % | 2024 | up 103.8% | rising |
| 118 | Croatia | 1.06 % | 2024 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 118 | Norway | 1.06 % | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 120 | Congo | 1.04 % | 2018 | down 46.1% | flat |
| 120 | New Caledonia | 1.04 % | 2020 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 120 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.04 % | 2024 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 123 | Belize | 1.03 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 124 | Lithuania | 1.02 % | 2024 | down 60.2% | falling |
| 125 | Bahamas | 1.01 % | 2024 | up 40.3% | falling |
| 126 | Somalia | 1 % | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 127 | Latvia | 0.98 % | 2024 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Estonia | 0.97 % | 2024 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 129 | Colombia | 0.88 % | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 129 | Hungary | 0.88 % | 2024 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 131 | United Arab Emirates | 0.86 % | 2024 | up 437.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Spain | 0.86 % | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 131 | Uruguay | 0.86 % | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 134 | Luxembourg | 0.81 % | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 135 | Brazil | 0.8 % | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 135 | Greece | 0.8 % | 2024 | up 142.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Grenada | 0.8 % | 2024 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Austria | 0.78 % | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 138 | Costa Rica | 0.78 % | 2024 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Oman | 0.77 % | 2024 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 141 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.76 % | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 142 | Angola | 0.73 % | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Portugal | 0.72 % | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 144 | Slovakia | 0.7 % | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Ghana | 0.67 % | 2024 | down 13.0% | flat |
| 146 | Jordan | 0.65 % | 2023 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Palestine, State of | 0.65 % | 2024 | down 34.3% | flat |
| 148 | Australia | 0.63 % | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 149 | Kuwait | 0.61 % | 2022 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 150 | Palau | 0.6 % | 2019 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 151 | Nicaragua | 0.58 % | 2023 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 152 | Ecuador | 0.57 % | 2024 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.57 % | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 154 | Denmark | 0.55 % | 2024 | up 77.4% | rising |
| 154 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.55 % | 2024 | up 83.3% | falling |
| 156 | Liberia | 0.53 % | 2023 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Saudi Arabia | 0.53 % | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 158 | Andorra | 0.52 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 159 | Italy | 0.48 % | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 160 | Israel | 0.45 % | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 161 | Argentina | 0.44 % | 2024 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Germany | 0.42 % | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 162 | France | 0.42 % | 2024 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 164 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.36 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 165 | Lebanon | 0.28 % | 2023 | down 20.0% | flat |
| 166 | Puerto Rico | 0.27 % | 2021 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 167 | Ukraine | 0.25 % | 2024 | down 69.9% | volatile |
| 168 | New Zealand | 0.23 % | 2024 | down 65.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Sweden | 0.23 % | 2024 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 170 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.18 % | 2023 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 171 | Singapore | 0.15 % | 2024 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 172 | Belgium | 0.14 % | 2024 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 172 | Iraq | 0.14 % | 2021 | down 78.8% | falling |
| 174 | Bahrain | 0.13 % | 2023 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 175 | Qatar | 0 % | 2020 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Southern Asia 6.14 %
- Asia 4.85 %
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 5.93 %
- Eastern Asia 5.59 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 4.53 %
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 5.32 %
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.16 %
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 4.08 %
- Northern Africa 3.96 %
- Central Asia 3.75 %
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.92 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 3.74 %
- Polynesia 2.53 %
- Caribbean 3.69 %
- United Republic of Tanzania 2.5 %
- Eastern Africa 2.86 %
- Western Africa 2.86 %
- Republic of Moldova 2.45 %
- Africa 2.83 %
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.41 %
- South-Eastern Asia 2.73 %
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 1.96 %
- Micronesia 1.96 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.17 %
- World 1.83 %
- Melanesia 1.75 %
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 1.81 %
- Middle Africa 1.6 %
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 1.45 %
- Southern Africa 1.41 %
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.93 %
- Eastern Europe 1.3 %
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.62 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 1.13 %
- Central America 1.07 %
- Western Asia 1.05 %
- Côte d'Ivoire 1 %
- South America 0.9 %
- Southern Europe 0.72 %
- Europe 0.69 %
About this data
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