Agriculture, Recurrent (central government expenditure) — Value Standard Local Currency 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, Recurrent (central government expenditure) — Value Standard Local Currency is currently reported for 61 countries. The highest value is 3.73 million million SLC in Colombia; the lowest is 0 million SLC in Canada.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,196 million SLC, and the mean is 104,938 million SLC.
Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Argentina (up 4,849.8%), and the largest decrease in Canada (down 100.0%).
Agriculture, Recurrent (central government expenditure) — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 3.73 million million SLC | 2024 | up 193.9% | rising |
| 2 | Paraguay | 468,400 million SLC | 2024 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 3 | Chile | 430,007 million SLC | 2024 | up 83.0% | rising |
| 4 | Guinea | 344,800 million SLC | 2020 | — | rising |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 343,241 million SLC | 2021 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 313,170 million SLC | 2024 | up 2,419.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Argentina | 219,968 million SLC | 2024 | up 4,849.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Angola | 113,903 million SLC | 2024 | up 350.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 73,034 million SLC | 2015 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 59,197 million SLC | 2024 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 11 | Armenia | 48,056 million SLC | 2022 | up 275.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Senegal | 25,499 million SLC | 2024 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 13 | Brazil | 24,626 million SLC | 2024 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 14 | Poland | 23,821 million SLC | 2023 | up 121.6% | rising |
| 15 | Chad | 23,770 million SLC | 2020 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 17,830 million SLC | 2024 | up 99.1% | rising |
| 17 | Kenya | 15,982 million SLC | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 18 | Madagascar | 14,504 million SLC | 2018 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Togo | 12,994 million SLC | 2018 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 20 | Guyana | 12,416 million SLC | 2020 | up 237.1% | rising |
| 21 | Pakistan | 12,139 million SLC | 2012 | up 1,700.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Ukraine | 11,685 million SLC | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 23 | South Africa | 10,623 million SLC | 2023 | up 172.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Zambia | 9,421 million SLC | 2024 | up 192.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Albania | 8,536 million SLC | 2022 | up 165.4% | rising |
| 26 | Niger | 6,250 million SLC | 2024 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 27 | Sweden | 5,589 million SLC | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 28 | Yemen | 4,291 million SLC | 2014 | up 73.2% | rising |
| 29 | Australia | 2,864 million SLC | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 30 | Cuba | 2,712 million SLC | 2019 | — | rising |
| 31 | Mauritius | 2,196 million SLC | 2024 | up 21.3% | flat |
| 32 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,335 million SLC | 2015 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 33 | Israel | 1,208 million SLC | 2024 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 34 | Guatemala | 1,014 million SLC | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 35 | Azerbaijan | 920.14 million SLC | 2022 | up 106.3% | rising |
| 36 | Turkmenistan | 863.17 million SLC | 2024 | up 321.5% | rising |
| 37 | Peru | 716.4 million SLC | 2024 | up 66.0% | rising |
| 38 | Slovakia | 682.68 million SLC | 2011 | up 94.6% | rising |
| 39 | Namibia | 500 million SLC | 2024 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 40 | Trinidad and Tobago | 483 million SLC | 2015 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 41 | Kyrgyzstan | 430 million SLC | 2024 | up 270.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Lesotho | 418.69 million SLC | 2024 | up 196.8% | rising |
| 43 | Nicaragua | 328 million SLC | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 44 | Eswatini | 199.87 million SLC | 2024 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 45 | El Salvador | 120.6 million SLC | 2024 | up 147.1% | rising |
| 46 | Seychelles | 88.78 million SLC | 2024 | up 174.4% | rising |
| 47 | Panama | 77.46 million SLC | 2023 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Barbados | 61.71 million SLC | 2024 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 49 | Ecuador | 51.63 million SLC | 2024 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 50 | Bahamas | 32.38 million SLC | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 51 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 24.72 million SLC | 2024 | up 118.2% | rising |
| 52 | Saint Lucia | 24.7 million SLC | 2024 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 53 | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.56 million SLC | 2024 | up 149.5% | rising |
| 54 | Fiji | 19 million SLC | 2023 | up 9.8% | flat |
| 55 | Samoa | 18.71 million SLC | 2024 | up 89.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.98 million SLC | 2022 | — | rising |
| 57 | United Arab Emirates | 6.83 million SLC | 2023 | down 73.1% | falling |
| 58 | Grenada | 6.02 million SLC | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 59 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.45 million SLC | 2017 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Mozambique | 0.31 million SLC | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Canada | 0 million SLC | 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 1.50 million million SLC
- United States of America 26,900 million SLC
- United Republic of Tanzania 256,260 million SLC
- Republic of Moldova 2,336 million SLC
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.