Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in IDA total
IDA total: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 19.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in IDA total, 1981–2025
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 total is 19.6%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in IDA total peaked at 30.9% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 19.3%, in 2018.
That places IDA total 6th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 45 years of available data.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in IDA total, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 21.1% | — |
| 1982 | 21.7% | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 22.5% | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 24.0% | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 24.1% | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 27.0% | +12.0% |
| 1987 | 28.4% | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 29.8% | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 29.8% | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 30.0% | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 30.9% | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 28.9% | -6.5% |
| 1993 | 27.6% | -4.6% |
| 1994 | 27.9% | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 27.5% | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 26.6% | -3.3% |
| 1997 | 27.5% | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 27.5% | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 25.7% | -6.5% |
| 2000 | 24.6% | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 24.4% | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 25.8% | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 25.0% | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 23.2% | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 22.9% | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 22.1% | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 22.1% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 22.6% | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 23.1% | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 22.3% | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 21.6% | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 21.4% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 20.7% | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 20.4% | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 20.6% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 20.3% | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 19.8% | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 19.3% | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 20.5% | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 21.6% | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 21.6% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 21.3% | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 20.8% | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 19.9% | -4.3% |
| 2025 | 19.6% | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 25.4% | 21.1% | 29.8% | 9 |
| 1990s | 28.0% | 25.7% | 30.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 23.6% | 22.1% | 25.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.7% | 19.3% | 22.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.8% | 19.6% | 21.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near IDA total
- 3 Syrian Arab Republic 42.9% compare
- 4 Guinea-Bissau 40.6% compare
- 5 Comoros 36.6% compare
- 6 Chad 36.3% compare
- 7 Afghanistan 34.3% compare
- 8 Burundi 34.3% compare
- 9 Mali 33.0% compare
More agriculture & rural data for IDA total
- Rural population, per capita 0.5885 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 625.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Rural population 1.17 billion (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 58.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.4% (2023)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1956 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in IDA total?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in IDA total was 19.6% 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 total?
- The highest recorded value was 30.9% in 1991.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.3% in 2018.
- How does IDA total rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- IDA total ranks 6th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IDA 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.