Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in IDA & IBRD total
IDA & IBRD total: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 8.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in IDA & IBRD total, 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 IDA & IBRD total is 8.5%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in IDA & IBRD total peaked at 33.3% in 1964 and was at its lowest, 8.4%, in 2018.
That places IDA & IBRD total 22nd 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 66 years of available data.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in IDA & IBRD total, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 30.3% | — |
| 1961 | 33.2% | +9.5% |
| 1962 | 33.0% | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 33.1% | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 33.3% | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 32.7% | -1.7% |
| 1966 | 31.1% | -4.9% |
| 1967 | 32.1% | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 31.3% | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 29.8% | -4.9% |
| 1970 | 28.6% | -4.0% |
| 1971 | 27.5% | -3.7% |
| 1972 | 26.6% | -3.3% |
| 1973 | 26.0% | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 23.9% | -7.8% |
| 1975 | 23.4% | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 21.4% | -8.8% |
| 1977 | 21.1% | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 19.9% | -5.8% |
| 1979 | 19.7% | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 17.9% | -8.9% |
| 1981 | 17.0% | -4.9% |
| 1982 | 16.7% | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 17.8% | +6.9% |
| 1984 | 18.1% | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 17.8% | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 17.9% | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 17.6% | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 17.8% | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 17.5% | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 16.8% | -3.8% |
| 1991 | 16.2% | -3.6% |
| 1992 | 14.3% | -11.6% |
| 1993 | 13.3% | -7.2% |
| 1994 | 13.4% | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 13.0% | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 13.1% | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 12.5% | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 12.6% | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 11.9% | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 11.0% | -8.2% |
| 2001 | 10.8% | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 11.2% | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 11.0% | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 10.6% | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 9.8% | -7.8% |
| 2006 | 9.2% | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 9.1% | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 9.1% | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 9.4% | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 9.1% | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 9.0% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 8.8% | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 8.9% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 8.9% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 9.1% | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 9.1% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 8.7% | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 8.4% | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 8.7% | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 9.5% | +9.7% |
| 2021 | 9.1% | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 9.0% | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 8.8% | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 8.6% | -1.5% |
| 2025 | 8.5% | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32.0% | 29.8% | 33.3% | 10 |
| 1970s | 23.8% | 19.7% | 28.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 17.6% | 16.7% | 18.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 13.7% | 11.9% | 16.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.1% | 9.1% | 11.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.9% | 8.4% | 9.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.9% | 8.5% | 9.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near IDA & IBRD total
More agriculture & rural data for IDA & IBRD total
- Rural population, per capita 0.4632 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.91 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Rural population 3.24 billion (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 46.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0845 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.3245 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in IDA & IBRD total?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in IDA & IBRD total was 8.5% 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 IDA & IBRD total?
- The highest recorded value was 33.3% in 1964.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in IDA & IBRD total?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.4% in 2018.
- How does IDA & IBRD total rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- IDA & IBRD total ranks 22nd out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in IDA & IBRD total?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IDA & IBRD total 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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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.