Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC): Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 21.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), 1981–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) stood at 21.2%.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) peaked at 37.9% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 20.6%, in 2018.
That places Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 3rd out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 45 years of available data.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 26.6% | — |
| 1982 | 25.1% | -5.9% |
| 1983 | 24.5% | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 24.1% | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 24.0% | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 30.7% | +28.0% |
| 1987 | 32.9% | +6.9% |
| 1988 | 34.6% | +5.2% |
| 1989 | 35.6% | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 35.6% | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 37.9% | +6.3% |
| 1992 | 34.1% | -10.0% |
| 1993 | 31.5% | -7.7% |
| 1994 | 30.2% | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 30.2% | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 28.0% | -7.4% |
| 1997 | 28.6% | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 27.7% | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 26.3% | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 25.1% | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 24.9% | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 24.9% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 24.7% | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 23.6% | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 24.0% | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 23.2% | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 23.5% | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 24.2% | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 25.1% | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 24.4% | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 22.7% | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 22.6% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 21.8% | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 21.6% | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 22.0% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 22.2% | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 21.8% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 20.6% | -5.5% |
| 2019 | 20.7% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 22.2% | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 21.7% | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 22.0% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 21.9% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 21.6% | -1.7% |
| 2025 | 21.2% | -1.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +28.0% | 24.0% | 30.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 28.7% | 24.0% | 35.6% | 9 |
| 1990s | 31.0% | 26.3% | 37.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 24.3% | 23.2% | 25.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.0% | 20.6% | 24.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.8% | 21.2% | 22.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
More agriculture & rural data for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6167 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 272.81 billion current US$ (2025)
- Rural population 595.18 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.8% (2025)
- Rural population 61.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.8% (2023)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2122 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.86 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 21.2% 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 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The highest recorded value was 37.9% in 1991.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.6% in 2018.
- How does Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 3rd out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 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.