Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 7.4% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1960–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) is 7.4%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 66 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 46.3% in 1968 and was at its lowest, 7.4%, in 2025.
That places East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 24th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 29.4% | — |
| 1961 | 41.7% | +41.7% |
| 1962 | 45.2% | +8.5% |
| 1963 | 45.7% | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 43.9% | -3.9% |
| 1965 | 43.6% | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 43.4% | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 45.4% | +4.7% |
| 1968 | 46.3% | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 42.5% | -8.3% |
| 1970 | 40.0% | -5.9% |
| 1971 | 38.7% | -3.2% |
| 1972 | 37.4% | -3.3% |
| 1973 | 37.6% | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 36.5% | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 34.9% | -4.4% |
| 1976 | 33.8% | -3.1% |
| 1977 | 30.4% | -9.9% |
| 1978 | 28.1% | -7.6% |
| 1979 | 31.0% | +10.2% |
| 1980 | 28.3% | -8.8% |
| 1981 | 28.2% | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 28.5% | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 29.8% | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 29.3% | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 27.3% | -6.7% |
| 1986 | 25.8% | -5.6% |
| 1987 | 25.6% | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 24.9% | -2.9% |
| 1989 | 23.2% | -6.7% |
| 1990 | 23.3% | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 21.4% | -8.1% |
| 1992 | 19.8% | -7.5% |
| 1993 | 17.6% | -11.1% |
| 1994 | 17.8% | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 17.9% | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 17.6% | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 16.8% | -4.6% |
| 1998 | 16.9% | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 16.0% | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 14.4% | -9.8% |
| 2001 | 13.8% | -4.1% |
| 2002 | 13.4% | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 12.7% | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 13.0% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 11.8% | -8.8% |
| 2006 | 11.1% | -6.4% |
| 2007 | 10.9% | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 11.0% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 10.5% | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 10.2% | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 10.1% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 9.9% | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 9.6% | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 9.3% | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 8.9% | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 8.6% | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 8.1% | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 7.6% | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 7.7% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 8.2% | +7.5% |
| 2021 | 7.8% | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 7.8% | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 7.6% | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 7.5% | -0.6% |
| 2025 | 7.4% | -1.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | +41.7% | 29.4% | 41.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42.7% | 29.4% | 46.3% | 10 |
| 1970s | 34.8% | 28.1% | 40.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 27.1% | 23.2% | 29.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 18.5% | 16.0% | 23.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.2% | 10.5% | 14.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.0% | 7.6% | 10.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.7% | 7.4% | 8.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
More agriculture & rural data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.14 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.73 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Rural population 813.54 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 37.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3795 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 805.09 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 7.4% 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 East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 46.3% in 1968.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.4% in 2025.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 24th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 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.