Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Late-demographic dividend
Late-demographic dividend: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 5.9% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Late-demographic dividend, 1960–2025
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 Late-demographic dividend stood at 5.9%. That is the lowest value across all 66 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Late-demographic dividend peaked at 34.8% in 1965 and was at its lowest, 5.9%, in 2025.
Late-demographic dividend ranks 33rd of 47 groups on this measure, 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 Late-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 24.8% | — |
| 1961 | 33.5% | +35.0% |
| 1962 | 33.7% | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 33.4% | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 33.8% | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 34.8% | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 33.6% | -3.6% |
| 1967 | 34.0% | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 34.1% | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 31.3% | -8.3% |
| 1970 | 29.5% | -5.7% |
| 1971 | 27.7% | -6.1% |
| 1972 | 26.7% | -3.6% |
| 1973 | 25.6% | -3.9% |
| 1974 | 23.4% | -8.8% |
| 1975 | 22.5% | -3.6% |
| 1976 | 20.8% | -7.8% |
| 1977 | 18.9% | -8.9% |
| 1978 | 16.4% | -13.1% |
| 1979 | 17.4% | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 16.2% | -7.0% |
| 1981 | 16.1% | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 14.8% | -8.2% |
| 1983 | 17.8% | +20.8% |
| 1984 | 18.4% | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 17.5% | -5.1% |
| 1986 | 16.3% | -6.8% |
| 1987 | 15.4% | -5.6% |
| 1988 | 15.2% | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 14.6% | -4.1% |
| 1990 | 14.5% | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 13.7% | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 11.4% | -16.9% |
| 1993 | 10.6% | -7.3% |
| 1994 | 11.1% | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 10.3% | -7.4% |
| 1996 | 10.2% | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 9.7% | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 9.7% | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 9.8% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 8.9% | -9.2% |
| 2001 | 8.8% | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 8.7% | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 8.4% | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 8.4% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 7.4% | -12.1% |
| 2006 | 6.8% | -7.2% |
| 2007 | 6.7% | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 6.8% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 6.9% | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 6.6% | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 6.7% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 6.6% | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 6.7% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 6.6% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 6.8% | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 6.7% | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 6.2% | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 6.0% | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 6.0% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 6.7% | +11.1% |
| 2021 | 6.4% | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 6.3% | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 6.1% | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 6.0% | -1.5% |
| 2025 | 5.9% | -1.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Late-demographic dividend 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 | +35.0% | 24.8% | 33.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32.7% | 24.8% | 34.8% | 10 |
| 1970s | 22.9% | 16.4% | 29.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 16.2% | 14.6% | 18.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.1% | 9.7% | 14.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.8% | 6.7% | 8.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.5% | 6.0% | 6.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.2% | 5.9% | 6.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Late-demographic dividend
More agriculture & rural data for Late-demographic dividend
- Rural population, per capita 0.3234 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.88 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Rural population 753.69 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.2% (2025)
- Rural population 32.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0589 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.16 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Late-demographic dividend?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Late-demographic dividend was 5.9% 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 Late-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 34.8% in 1965.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.9% in 2025.
- How does Late-demographic dividend rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Late-demographic dividend ranks 33rd out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Late-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Late-demographic dividend 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.