Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 7.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1981–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) recorded 7.3% for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in 2025.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 27.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 12.6% in 1984 and was at its lowest, 5.3%, in 2012.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 26th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 45 years of available data.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 12.0% | — |
| 1982 | 9.9% | -17.8% |
| 1983 | 12.2% | +23.1% |
| 1984 | 12.6% | +3.9% |
| 1985 | 12.2% | -3.6% |
| 1986 | 12.3% | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 11.5% | -7.0% |
| 1988 | 12.1% | +5.2% |
| 1989 | 11.2% | -7.4% |
| 1990 | 10.2% | -8.4% |
| 1991 | 9.8% | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 9.2% | -5.7% |
| 1993 | 8.2% | -10.7% |
| 1994 | 9.0% | +9.0% |
| 1995 | 7.5% | -16.8% |
| 1996 | 7.4% | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 7.1% | -4.2% |
| 1998 | 6.9% | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 6.3% | -7.9% |
| 2000 | 5.8% | -8.2% |
| 2001 | 5.6% | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 6.2% | +10.3% |
| 2003 | 6.7% | +8.0% |
| 2004 | 6.4% | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 5.8% | -9.4% |
| 2006 | 5.4% | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 5.6% | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 5.7% | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 5.5% | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 5.4% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 5.7% | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 5.3% | -6.1% |
| 2013 | 5.7% | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 5.7% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 5.7% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 6.3% | +10.8% |
| 2017 | 6.0% | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 5.8% | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 5.8% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 7.1% | +21.5% |
| 2021 | 7.5% | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 7.1% | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 7.1% | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 7.1% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 7.3% | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 11.8% | 9.9% | 12.6% | 9 |
| 1990s | 8.1% | 6.3% | 10.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.9% | 5.4% | 6.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.8% | 5.3% | 6.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.2% | 7.1% | 7.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
More agriculture & rural data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 477.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Rural population 116.59 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 18.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.8% (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.186 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6002 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 761.54 current US$ per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 7.3% 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 Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 12.6% in 1984.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.3% in 2012.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 26th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 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.