Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Caribbean Small States
Caribbean Small States: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 3.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Caribbean Small States, 1966–2024
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2024, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Caribbean Small States stood at 3.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Caribbean Small States peaked at 10.1% in 1966 and was at its lowest, 2.3%, in 2005.
Caribbean Small States ranks 38th of 47 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 59 years of available data.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Caribbean Small States, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 10.1% | — |
| 1967 | 9.8% | -3.7% |
| 1968 | 9.2% | -5.5% |
| 1969 | 8.9% | -3.6% |
| 1970 | 8.6% | -3.4% |
| 1971 | 8.8% | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 8.9% | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 7.7% | -14.3% |
| 1974 | 9.6% | +24.9% |
| 1975 | 10.1% | +5.7% |
| 1976 | 8.4% | -16.8% |
| 1977 | 7.4% | -12.7% |
| 1978 | 6.9% | -5.5% |
| 1979 | 6.3% | -8.9% |
| 1980 | 5.5% | -12.9% |
| 1981 | 5.0% | -8.6% |
| 1982 | 4.5% | -10.9% |
| 1983 | 4.3% | -5.1% |
| 1984 | 3.7% | -14.2% |
| 1985 | 4.4% | +19.1% |
| 1986 | 5.1% | +16.6% |
| 1987 | 5.2% | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 5.2% | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 4.8% | -8.3% |
| 1990 | 4.8% | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 4.8% | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 5.0% | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 5.2% | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 5.1% | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 5.5% | +7.2% |
| 1996 | 5.4% | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 4.5% | -17.5% |
| 1998 | 3.9% | -13.2% |
| 1999 | 3.7% | -5.2% |
| 2000 | 3.3% | -10.0% |
| 2001 | 3.1% | -6.6% |
| 2002 | 3.2% | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 2.9% | -7.4% |
| 2004 | 2.6% | -10.4% |
| 2005 | 2.3% | -14.2% |
| 2006 | 3.8% | +68.2% |
| 2007 | 3.5% | -8.9% |
| 2008 | 3.3% | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 4.1% | +22.3% |
| 2010 | 3.9% | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 3.6% | -8.9% |
| 2012 | 3.7% | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 3.8% | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 3.7% | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 4.1% | +10.1% |
| 2016 | 3.7% | -8.8% |
| 2017 | 4.0% | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 3.6% | -9.4% |
| 2019 | 3.3% | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 3.9% | +16.6% |
| 2021 | 3.6% | -8.1% |
| 2022 | 3.3% | -6.4% |
| 2023 | 3.5% | +5.8% |
| 2024 | 3.4% | -3.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Caribbean Small States changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +68.2% | 2.3% | 3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.5% | 8.9% | 10.1% | 4 |
| 1970s | 8.3% | 6.3% | 10.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.8% | 3.7% | 5.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.8% | 3.7% | 5.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.2% | 2.3% | 4.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.7% | 3.3% | 4.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.5% | 3.3% | 3.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean Small States
- 35 Ghana 21.3% compare
- 36 Togo 20.3% compare
- 37 Rwanda 20.3% compare
- 38 Timor-Leste 20.2% compare
- 39 Mauritania 20.0% compare
- 40 Burkina Faso 19.9% compare
- 41 Marshall Islands 19.9% compare
More agriculture & rural data for Caribbean Small States
- Rural population, per capita 0.499 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.08 billion current US$ (2024)
- Rural population 2.27 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 49.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0341 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.3832 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Caribbean Small States?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Caribbean Small States was 3.4% in 2024, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The highest recorded value was 10.1% in 1966.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.3% in 2005.
- How does Caribbean Small States rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Caribbean Small States ranks 38th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Caribbean Small States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean Small States data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.