Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Euro area
Euro area: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 1.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Euro area, 1991–2025
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 Euro area is 1.5%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Euro area peaked at 2.7% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 2009.
That places Euro area 43rd out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Euro area, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2.7% | — |
| 1992 | 2.5% | -6.3% |
| 1993 | 2.3% | -8.1% |
| 1994 | 2.3% | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 2.3% | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 2.4% | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 2.3% | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 2.2% | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 2.1% | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 2.1% | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 2.1% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2.0% | -6.1% |
| 2003 | 1.9% | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 1.9% | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 1.7% | -11.3% |
| 2006 | 1.5% | -6.8% |
| 2007 | 1.6% | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 1.5% | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 1.4% | -8.8% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 1.6% | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 1.6% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.6% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 1.6% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 1.5% | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 1.5% | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 1.5% | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 1.5% | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 1.5% | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 1.5% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 1.6% | +7.2% |
| 2023 | 1.5% | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 1.5% | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 1.5% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.4% | 2.1% | 2.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.8% | 1.4% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
- 40 Burkina Faso 19.9% compare
- 41 Marshall Islands 19.9% compare
- 42 Tonga 18.6% compare
- 43 Senegal 17.1% compare
- 44 Papua New Guinea 17.0% compare
- 45 Cameroon 16.8% compare
- 46 Côte d'Ivoire 16.8% compare
More agriculture & rural data for Euro area
- Rural population, per capita 0.2252 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 278.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- Rural population 80.79 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 22.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0155 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3014 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Euro area?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Euro area was 1.5% 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 Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 2.7% in 1991.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 2009.
- How does Euro area rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Euro area ranks 43rd out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Euro area 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.