Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Middle income
Middle income: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 8.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Middle income, 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 Middle income stood at 8.8%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Middle income peaked at 35.4% in 1963 and was at its lowest, 8.6%, in 2018.
Middle income ranks 21st 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 in Middle income, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 31.8% | — |
| 1961 | 35.0% | +10.1% |
| 1962 | 35.0% | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 35.4% | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 35.2% | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 34.5% | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 32.9% | -4.8% |
| 1967 | 33.9% | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 33.1% | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 31.5% | -4.7% |
| 1970 | 30.2% | -4.4% |
| 1971 | 29.0% | -3.8% |
| 1972 | 27.9% | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 27.4% | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 25.1% | -8.5% |
| 1975 | 24.3% | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 22.0% | -9.3% |
| 1977 | 21.8% | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 20.5% | -5.8% |
| 1979 | 20.4% | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 18.6% | -8.9% |
| 1981 | 17.6% | -5.3% |
| 1982 | 17.1% | -2.7% |
| 1983 | 18.3% | +7.1% |
| 1984 | 18.6% | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 18.3% | -1.9% |
| 1986 | 18.3% | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 17.9% | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 18.1% | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 17.3% | -4.3% |
| 1990 | 16.4% | -5.5% |
| 1991 | 15.9% | -2.9% |
| 1992 | 15.0% | -5.9% |
| 1993 | 13.6% | -9.0% |
| 1994 | 13.8% | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 13.4% | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 13.6% | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 12.9% | -4.8% |
| 1998 | 13.0% | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 12.2% | -5.8% |
| 2000 | 11.2% | -8.3% |
| 2001 | 11.1% | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 11.6% | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 11.5% | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 11.1% | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 10.2% | -7.3% |
| 2006 | 9.7% | -5.2% |
| 2007 | 9.7% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 9.6% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 9.8% | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 9.6% | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 9.5% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 9.3% | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 9.4% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 9.3% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 9.4% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 9.4% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 9.0% | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 8.6% | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 9.0% | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 9.9% | +9.6% |
| 2021 | 9.4% | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 9.4% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 9.1% | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 8.9% | -1.2% |
| 2025 | 8.8% | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33.8% | 31.5% | 35.4% | 10 |
| 1970s | 24.9% | 20.4% | 30.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 18.0% | 17.1% | 18.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.0% | 12.2% | 16.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.5% | 9.6% | 11.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.3% | 8.6% | 9.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.2% | 8.8% | 9.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Middle income
- 18 Central African Republic 27.6% compare
- 19 Vanuatu 26.6% compare
- 20 Uganda 26.1% compare
- 21 Mozambique 25.6% compare
- 22 Myanmar 25.3% compare
- 23 Angola 25.2% compare
- 24 Micronesia, Federated States of 24.2% compare
More agriculture & rural data for Middle income
- Rural population, per capita 0.4459 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.60 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Rural population 2.69 billion (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.0% (2025)
- Rural population 44.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0881 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0313 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Middle income?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Middle income was 8.8% 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 Middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 35.4% in 1963.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.6% in 2018.
- How does Middle income rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Middle income ranks 21st out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this 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.