Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Low income
Low income: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 27.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Low income, 1981–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Low income recorded 27.2% for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in 2025.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Low income peaked at 40.1% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 24.4%, in 2011.
That places Low income 1st out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 45 years of available data.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Low income, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 28.7% | — |
| 1982 | 27.9% | -2.8% |
| 1983 | 29.2% | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 29.2% | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 32.2% | +10.2% |
| 1986 | 33.0% | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 35.2% | +6.8% |
| 1988 | 37.9% | +7.7% |
| 1989 | 36.3% | -4.2% |
| 1990 | 37.3% | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 40.1% | +7.6% |
| 1992 | 36.5% | -9.1% |
| 1993 | 34.1% | -6.6% |
| 1994 | 33.8% | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 34.4% | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 33.4% | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 34.1% | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 34.1% | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 30.9% | -9.3% |
| 2000 | 28.5% | -7.9% |
| 2001 | 28.5% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 28.1% | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 27.4% | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 25.5% | -6.9% |
| 2005 | 25.5% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 25.1% | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 25.4% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 25.6% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 27.5% | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 25.9% | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 24.4% | -5.9% |
| 2012 | 26.1% | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 25.5% | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 25.5% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 25.6% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 26.9% | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 27.6% | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 25.8% | -6.4% |
| 2019 | 26.2% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 27.1% | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 27.0% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 27.8% | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 28.4% | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 27.9% | -1.5% |
| 2025 | 27.2% | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 32.2% | 27.9% | 37.9% | 9 |
| 1990s | 34.9% | 30.9% | 40.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 26.7% | 25.1% | 28.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.9% | 24.4% | 27.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.6% | 27.0% | 28.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low income
- 1 Somalia 55.8% compare
- 2 Niger 47.6% compare
- 3 Syrian Arab Republic 42.9% compare
- 4 Guinea-Bissau 40.6% compare
More agriculture & rural data for Low income
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 175.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Rural population 497.63 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
- Rural population 64.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2019)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6484 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 228.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.04 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Low income?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Low income was 27.2% 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 income?
- The highest recorded value was 40.1% in 1991.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.4% in 2011.
- How does Low income rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Low income ranks 1st out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Low 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.