Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) was 9.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Low & middle income, 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 Low & middle income is 9.1%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Low & middle income peaked at 35.4% in 1964 and was at its lowest, 8.9%, in 2018.
Low & middle income ranks 20th of 47 groups on this measure, 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 (% of GDP) in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 32.0% | — |
| 1961 | 35.2% | +10.0% |
| 1962 | 35.1% | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 35.2% | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 35.4% | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 34.7% | -1.9% |
| 1966 | 33.0% | -4.9% |
| 1967 | 34.0% | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 33.2% | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 31.6% | -4.8% |
| 1970 | 30.3% | -4.0% |
| 1971 | 29.2% | -3.7% |
| 1972 | 28.2% | -3.5% |
| 1973 | 27.7% | -1.8% |
| 1974 | 25.4% | -8.1% |
| 1975 | 24.7% | -2.9% |
| 1976 | 22.5% | -8.8% |
| 1977 | 22.3% | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 21.0% | -5.7% |
| 1979 | 20.8% | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 19.0% | -8.7% |
| 1981 | 18.1% | -5.0% |
| 1982 | 17.6% | -2.7% |
| 1983 | 18.8% | +7.0% |
| 1984 | 19.1% | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 18.8% | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 18.9% | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 18.6% | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 18.8% | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 18.0% | -4.2% |
| 1990 | 17.1% | -4.8% |
| 1991 | 16.8% | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 15.6% | -7.6% |
| 1993 | 14.2% | -8.8% |
| 1994 | 14.3% | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 13.8% | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 13.9% | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 13.3% | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 13.4% | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 12.6% | -5.9% |
| 2000 | 11.6% | -7.9% |
| 2001 | 11.5% | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 11.9% | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 11.8% | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 11.4% | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 10.6% | -6.9% |
| 2006 | 10.0% | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 10.0% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 10.0% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 10.2% | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 9.9% | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 9.8% | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 9.6% | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 9.7% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 9.6% | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 9.7% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 9.6% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 9.2% | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 8.9% | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 9.2% | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 10.1% | +9.4% |
| 2021 | 9.6% | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 9.6% | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 9.3% | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 9.2% | -1.1% |
| 2025 | 9.1% | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33.9% | 31.6% | 35.4% | 10 |
| 1970s | 25.2% | 20.8% | 30.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 18.5% | 17.6% | 19.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.5% | 12.6% | 17.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.9% | 10.0% | 11.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.5% | 8.9% | 9.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.5% | 9.1% | 10.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More agriculture & rural data for Low & middle income
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.3404 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4688 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.77 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Rural population 3.18 billion (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 555.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population 46.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Low & middle income?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Low & middle income was 9.1% 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 Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 35.4% in 1964.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.9% in 2018.
- How does Low & middle income rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Low & middle income ranks 20th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Low & middle 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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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.