Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Liberia
Liberia: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 32.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Liberia, 2000–2025
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 Liberia is 32.7%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.5% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Liberia peaked at 79.0% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 32.7%, in 2025.
That places Liberia 11th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Liberia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 76.1% | — |
| 2001 | 76.5% | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 79.0% | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 72.2% | -8.6% |
| 2004 | 65.0% | -10.0% |
| 2005 | 66.0% | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 63.8% | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 65.6% | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 65.2% | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 58.0% | -11.0% |
| 2010 | 35.9% | -38.1% |
| 2011 | 35.9% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 35.9% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 35.9% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 35.9% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 35.9% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 35.9% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 35.9% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 35.5% | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 36.4% | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 39.3% | +7.8% |
| 2021 | 37.4% | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 36.2% | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 34.6% | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 33.8% | -2.1% |
| 2025 | 32.7% | -3.5% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 32.7% is above the median for low income countries, which is 29.4%, 1.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 32.7% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 20.8%, 1.6× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Liberia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | -38.1% | 58.0% | 35.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 68.8% | 58.0% | 79.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.9% | 35.5% | 36.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.7% | 32.7% | 39.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 298.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8615 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4392 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Liberia?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Liberia was 32.7% 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 Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 79.0% in 2002.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.7% in 2025.
- How does Liberia rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Liberia ranks 11th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Liberia 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.