Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in North America
North America: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 1.0% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in North America, 1997–2021
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 North America is 1.0%, measured in 2021.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in North America peaked at 1.4% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2019.
North America ranks 47th of 47 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in North America, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1.4% | — |
| 1998 | 1.3% | -8.3% |
| 1999 | 1.2% | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 1.2% | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 1.2% | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 1.0% | -12.5% |
| 2003 | 1.2% | +13.5% |
| 2004 | 1.3% | +11.8% |
| 2005 | 1.2% | -9.4% |
| 2006 | 1.1% | -11.7% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 1.0% | -9.8% |
| 2010 | 1.1% | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 1.3% | +17.2% |
| 2012 | 1.2% | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 1.4% | +13.0% |
| 2014 | 1.2% | -12.2% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | -9.3% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | -6.6% |
| 2020 | 1.0% | +11.4% |
| 2021 | 1.0% | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 2 |
Countries ranked near North America
- 44 Papua New Guinea 17.0% compare
- 45 Cameroon 16.8% compare
- 46 Côte d'Ivoire 16.8% compare
- 47 Lao People's Democratic Republic 16.6% compare
- 48 Uzbekistan 16.6% compare
- 49 Greenland 16.6% compare
- 50 Egypt 16.6% compare
More agriculture & rural data for North America
- Rural population, per capita 0.1951 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 256.06 billion current US$ (2021)
- Rural population 74.83 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 19.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0099 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.1578 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in North America?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in North America was 1.0% in 2021, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in North America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 1997.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in North America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2019.
- How does North America rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- North America ranks 47th out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in North America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this North America 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.