Agriculture (general government expenditure) — Value US$, 2015 prices by country
The Statistics Division of FAO collects annually data on Government Expenditure on Agriculture through a questionnaire, which was developed in partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF is the responsible institution for the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) methodology and annually collects...
What the numbers show
Agriculture (general government expenditure) — Value US$, 2015 prices is currently reported for 41 countries. The highest value is 7,374 million USD in Brazil; the lowest is 0 million USD in Canada.
The median across all reporting countries is 205.49 million USD, and the mean is 972.37 million USD.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Zambia (up 887.2%), and the largest decrease in Canada (down 100.0%).
Agriculture (general government expenditure) — Value US$, 2015 prices: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 7,374 million USD | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 5,520 million USD | 2021 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 3 | Switzerland | 4,306 million USD | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 4 | Poland | 4,182 million USD | 2023 | up 80.4% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 3,426 million USD | 2024 | up 429.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Australia | 2,897 million USD | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 7 | South Africa | 1,603 million USD | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 8 | Pakistan | 1,152 million USD | 2024 | up 186.4% | rising |
| 9 | Colombia | 1,121 million USD | 2024 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 10 | Slovakia | 1,031 million USD | 2011 | up 123.1% | rising |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 996.94 million USD | 2015 | up 112.8% | rising |
| 12 | Peru | 973.64 million USD | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 13 | Denmark | 896.02 million USD | 2024 | up 97.8% | rising |
| 14 | Israel | 608.31 million USD | 2024 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 15 | Sweden | 545.88 million USD | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 16 | Azerbaijan | 405.14 million USD | 2022 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 17 | Dominican Republic | 389.23 million USD | 2024 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 18 | Myanmar | 332.58 million USD | 2020 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 19 | Egypt | 286.23 million USD | 2024 | down 63.2% | falling |
| 20 | Turkmenistan | 229.92 million USD | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 21 | Paraguay | 205.49 million USD | 2020 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 22 | Angola | 182.57 million USD | 2024 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Zambia | 180.26 million USD | 2010 | up 887.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Yemen | 154.78 million USD | 2014 | up 13.9% | flat |
| 25 | Ukraine | 133.39 million USD | 2024 | down 64.1% | falling |
| 26 | Iceland | 122.46 million USD | 2024 | — | flat |
| 27 | El Salvador | 118.38 million USD | 2024 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 28 | Madagascar | 105.21 million USD | 2018 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 29 | Armenia | 104.74 million USD | 2022 | up 112.4% | rising |
| 30 | Albania | 99.44 million USD | 2022 | up 142.6% | rising |
| 31 | Togo | 67.66 million USD | 2018 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 32 | Mauritius | 51.59 million USD | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 33 | South Sudan | 36.48 million USD | 2022 | up 153.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8.56 million USD | 2022 | — | rising |
| 35 | Seychelles | 7.65 million USD | 2024 | up 193.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.49 million USD | 2024 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.82 million USD | 2015 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Grenada | 2.55 million USD | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 39 | United Arab Emirates | 1.63 million USD | 2024 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Tuvalu | 0.36 million USD | 2017 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 41 | Canada | 0 million USD | 2014 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Viet Nam 2,174 million USD
- Republic of Moldova 76.45 million USD
About this data
The Statistics Division of FAO collects annually data on Government Expenditure on Agriculture through a questionnaire, which was developed in partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF is the responsible institution for the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) methodology and annually collects GFS data, including Expenditure by Functions of Government (COFOG). The Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) is an international classification developed by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and published by the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD), with the aim of categorise governments' functions according to their purposes. The FAO questionnaire aligns with Table 7 of the IMF GFS questionnaire, replicates the relevant aggregates and drills down to request additional detail related to Agriculture. The FAO dataset consists of a time series, from 2001 onwards, of Total Government Expenditure and expenditure in: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, along with its three disaggregated subsectors of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing; and Environmental Protection. In addition, expenditure in each detailed function are further disaggregated into Recurrent and Capital expenditure. Additional indicators include the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure, and the Agriculture Orientation Index (ratio between the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure and the Agriculture Value Added as Share of GDP). Data are reported for the highest level of government available (Consolidated general government, consolidated central government or budgetary central government) and are available for about 100 countries on a regular basis.