Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Early-demographic dividend
Early-demographic dividend: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 10.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Early-demographic dividend, 1965–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Early-demographic dividend recorded 10.7% for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in 2025.
That represents a change of down 3.5% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Early-demographic dividend peaked at 30.8% in 1965 and was at its lowest, 9.3%, in 2006.
That places Early-demographic dividend 19th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 61 years of available data.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Early-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 30.8% | — |
| 1966 | 28.9% | -6.1% |
| 1967 | 30.0% | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 28.6% | -4.4% |
| 1969 | 28.0% | -2.2% |
| 1970 | 27.1% | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 25.9% | -4.3% |
| 1972 | 24.8% | -4.3% |
| 1973 | 24.4% | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 21.3% | -12.6% |
| 1975 | 21.0% | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 18.6% | -11.4% |
| 1977 | 19.0% | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 18.7% | -1.6% |
| 1979 | 17.6% | -5.9% |
| 1980 | 15.5% | -11.9% |
| 1981 | 15.1% | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 15.5% | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 15.8% | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 15.8% | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 16.2% | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 17.0% | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 16.7% | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 17.0% | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 16.9% | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 15.8% | -6.3% |
| 1991 | 14.5% | -8.3% |
| 1992 | 13.7% | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 12.7% | -7.2% |
| 1994 | 12.8% | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 12.8% | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 12.9% | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 12.1% | -6.1% |
| 1998 | 12.0% | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 11.4% | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 10.5% | -7.7% |
| 2001 | 10.3% | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 10.6% | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 10.8% | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 10.1% | -6.5% |
| 2005 | 9.6% | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 9.3% | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 9.6% | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 9.4% | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 10.2% | +8.7% |
| 2010 | 10.3% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 10.1% | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 9.9% | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 10.1% | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 10.3% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 10.6% | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 10.8% | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 10.7% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 10.4% | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 10.8% | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 12.0% | +11.2% |
| 2021 | 11.4% | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 11.2% | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 11.0% | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 11.1% | +0.9% |
| 2025 | 10.7% | -3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29.3% | 28.0% | 30.8% | 5 |
| 1970s | 21.8% | 17.6% | 27.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 16.1% | 15.1% | 17.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 13.1% | 11.4% | 15.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.0% | 9.3% | 10.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.4% | 9.9% | 10.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.2% | 10.7% | 12.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Early-demographic dividend
More agriculture & rural data for Early-demographic dividend
- Rural population, per capita 0.5233 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.76 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Rural population 1.88 billion (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 52.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5175 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Early-demographic dividend?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Early-demographic dividend was 10.7% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 30.8% in 1965.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.3% in 2006.
- How does Early-demographic dividend rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Early-demographic dividend ranks 19th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Early-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Early-demographic dividend 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.