SDG 2.a.1: highest government level — SDG 2.a.1: Agriculture share of Government Expenditure 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
SDG 2.a.1: highest government level — SDG 2.a.1: Agriculture share of Government Expenditure is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 9.98 % in Bhutan; the lowest is 0 % in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.77 %, and the mean is 2.27 %.
Over the past decade 71 countries rose and 116 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 2,741.7%), and the largest decrease in Iraq (down 78.8%).
SDG 2.a.1: highest government level — SDG 2.a.1: Agriculture share of: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhutan | 9.98 % | 2024 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 2 | Turkmenistan | 9.09 % | 2024 | up 221.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 4.73 % | 2023 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 8.75 % | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 8.69 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 4 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 4.16 % | 2014 | up 190.9% | rising |
| 5 | Malawi | 8.3 % | 2024 | down 51.3% | falling |
| 5 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 4.08 % | 2020 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 6 | Eswatini | 7.5 % | 2024 | up 204.9% | falling |
| 6 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2.92 % | 2007 | up 11.0% | flat |
| 7 | South Sudan | 7.33 % | 2022 | up 451.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Polynesia | 2.53 % | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 8 | Senegal | 7.21 % | 2024 | up 83.9% | rising |
| 8 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2.5 % | 2024 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 9 | China, mainland | 7.03 % | 2024 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 9 | Republic of Moldova | 2.45 % | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 9 | Türkiye | 2.45 % | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 10 | India | 6.8 % | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 11 | Belarus | 6.44 % | 2023 | up 130.8% | falling |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.41 % | 2023 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 12 | Vanuatu | 5.47 % | 2024 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 12 | Micronesia | 1.96 % | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 13 | Nepal | 5.46 % | 2024 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 14 | Zambia | 5.4 % | 2024 | down 36.1% | rising |
| 14 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.79 % | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 5.35 % | 2024 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 15 | Cabo Verde | 2.17 % | 2023 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 15 | Melanesia | 1.75 % | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 16 | Serbia | 5.16 % | 2024 | up 136.7% | rising |
| 17 | Cuba | 4.98 % | 2019 | — | rising |
| 17 | Mauritania | 4.98 % | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 17 | Timor-Leste | 1.22 % | 2022 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.93 % | 2021 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Algeria | 4.88 % | 2024 | up 60.5% | flat |
| 19 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.62 % | 2022 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.77 % | 2024 | up 63.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Thailand | 4.74 % | 2024 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 22 | Morocco | 4.58 % | 2023 | up 78.2% | rising |
| 22 | Niger | 4.58 % | 2024 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 24 | Guyana | 4.42 % | 2023 | down 55.1% | rising |
| 25 | Benin | 4.21 % | 2024 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 25 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1 % | 2024 | down 78.5% | falling |
| 26 | Dominica | 4.19 % | 2023 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 27 | Uzbekistan | 3.73 % | 2024 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 28 | Tunisia | 3.68 % | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 29 | Sri Lanka | 3.65 % | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 30 | Mali | 3.62 % | 2023 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 31 | Fiji | 3.57 % | 2023 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 32 | Botswana | 3.52 % | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 33 | Marshall Islands | 3.47 % | 2019 | up 77.0% | rising |
| 34 | North Macedonia | 3.43 % | 2024 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 3.41 % | 2024 | up 2,741.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Myanmar | 3.37 % | 2020 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 37 | Philippines | 3.33 % | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 38 | Nigeria | 3.3 % | 2024 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 39 | Republic of Korea | 3.26 % | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 3.22 % | 2024 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 41 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.16 % | 2023 | down 73.3% | falling |
| 42 | Burundi | 3.12 % | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 43 | Ethiopia | 2.99 % | 2024 | down 58.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Cambodia | 2.99 % | 2023 | up 135.4% | rising |
| 43 | Togo | 2.99 % | 2024 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 46 | Pakistan | 2.97 % | 2024 | up 40.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Tonga | 2.92 % | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 48 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.83 % | 2024 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 2.8 % | 2024 | down 17.4% | flat |
| 50 | Chad | 2.77 % | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 51 | Madagascar | 2.69 % | 2024 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 52 | Samoa | 2.66 % | 2024 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.64 % | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 54 | Tajikistan | 2.61 % | 2024 | up 26.7% | falling |
| 55 | Indonesia | 2.6 % | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 56 | Kenya | 2.58 % | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 57 | Uganda | 2.55 % | 2024 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 58 | Azerbaijan | 2.53 % | 2024 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 59 | Cameroon | 2.37 % | 2022 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 60 | Egypt | 2.34 % | 2024 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Barbados | 2.32 % | 2024 | down 33.5% | rising |
| 62 | Honduras | 2.31 % | 2024 | up 61.5% | falling |
| 62 | Rwanda | 2.31 % | 2024 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 64 | Lesotho | 2.3 % | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 65 | Djibouti | 2.28 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Georgia | 2.28 % | 2024 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 67 | Armenia | 2.26 % | 2024 | up 34.5% | falling |
| 67 | Mongolia | 2.26 % | 2024 | up 111.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Panama | 2.25 % | 2024 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 70 | Albania | 2.24 % | 2024 | up 28.7% | falling |
| 71 | Papua New Guinea | 2.2 % | 2023 | up 57.1% | falling |
| 72 | Solomon Islands | 2.14 % | 2024 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 73 | Guinea | 2.13 % | 2023 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 73 | Saint Lucia | 2.13 % | 2024 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 75 | Japan | 2.11 % | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 76 | Namibia | 2.07 % | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 76 | Peru | 2.07 % | 2024 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 78 | Jamaica | 2.06 % | 2024 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 79 | Czechia | 2.02 % | 2024 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 79 | Tuvalu | 2.02 % | 2022 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 % | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 82 | Switzerland | 1.92 % | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 83 | Gambia | 1.87 % | 2022 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 1.83 % | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 85 | Malaysia | 1.76 % | 2024 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 86 | Suriname | 1.72 % | 2024 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 87 | Afghanistan | 1.7 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Seychelles | 1.63 % | 2024 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Guatemala | 1.6 % | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 90 | Cook Islands | 1.53 % | 2022 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 91 | Gabon | 1.5 % | 2023 | up 114.3% | rising |
| 92 | Cyprus | 1.48 % | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 93 | Iceland | 1.46 % | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 94 | Mauritius | 1.42 % | 2024 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 95 | Paraguay | 1.39 % | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 96 | El Salvador | 1.36 % | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 97 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.34 % | 2024 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 98 | Romania | 1.33 % | 2024 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 99 | Chile | 1.32 % | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 100 | Poland | 1.25 % | 2024 | up 35.9% | falling |
| 101 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.24 % | 2024 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 102 | South Africa | 1.22 % | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 103 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.21 % | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 103 | Russian Federation | 1.21 % | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 105 | Maldives | 1.2 % | 2024 | up 110.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Naoero | 1.2 % | 2024 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 107 | Canada | 1.19 % | 2024 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 108 | Haiti | 1.18 % | 2023 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Slovenia | 1.17 % | 2024 | up 23.2% | falling |
| 110 | Kiribati | 1.15 % | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 111 | Finland | 1.12 % | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 111 | Malta | 1.12 % | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 113 | Yemen | 1.11 % | 2014 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 114 | Ireland | 1.1 % | 2024 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 114 | Mexico | 1.1 % | 2024 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Mozambique | 1.1 % | 2024 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Montenegro | 1.08 % | 2024 | up 103.8% | rising |
| 118 | Croatia | 1.06 % | 2024 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 118 | Norway | 1.06 % | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 120 | Congo | 1.04 % | 2018 | down 46.1% | flat |
| 120 | New Caledonia | 1.04 % | 2020 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 120 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.04 % | 2024 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 123 | Belize | 1.03 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 124 | Lithuania | 1.02 % | 2024 | down 60.2% | falling |
| 125 | Bahamas | 1.01 % | 2024 | up 40.3% | falling |
| 126 | Somalia | 1 % | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 127 | Latvia | 0.98 % | 2024 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Estonia | 0.97 % | 2024 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 129 | Colombia | 0.88 % | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 129 | Hungary | 0.88 % | 2024 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 131 | United Arab Emirates | 0.86 % | 2024 | up 437.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Spain | 0.86 % | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 131 | Uruguay | 0.86 % | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 134 | Luxembourg | 0.81 % | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 135 | Brazil | 0.8 % | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 135 | Greece | 0.8 % | 2024 | up 142.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Grenada | 0.8 % | 2024 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Austria | 0.78 % | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 138 | Costa Rica | 0.78 % | 2024 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Oman | 0.77 % | 2024 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 141 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.76 % | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 142 | Angola | 0.73 % | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Portugal | 0.72 % | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 144 | Slovakia | 0.7 % | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Ghana | 0.67 % | 2024 | down 13.0% | flat |
| 146 | Jordan | 0.65 % | 2023 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Palestine, State of | 0.65 % | 2024 | down 34.3% | flat |
| 148 | Australia | 0.63 % | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 149 | Kuwait | 0.61 % | 2022 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 150 | Palau | 0.6 % | 2019 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 151 | Nicaragua | 0.58 % | 2023 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 152 | Ecuador | 0.57 % | 2024 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.57 % | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 154 | Denmark | 0.55 % | 2024 | up 77.4% | rising |
| 154 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.55 % | 2024 | up 83.3% | falling |
| 156 | Liberia | 0.53 % | 2023 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Saudi Arabia | 0.53 % | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 158 | Andorra | 0.52 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 159 | Italy | 0.48 % | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 160 | Israel | 0.45 % | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 161 | Argentina | 0.44 % | 2024 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Germany | 0.42 % | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 162 | France | 0.42 % | 2024 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 164 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.36 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 165 | Lebanon | 0.28 % | 2023 | down 20.0% | flat |
| 166 | Puerto Rico | 0.27 % | 2021 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 167 | Ukraine | 0.25 % | 2024 | down 69.9% | volatile |
| 168 | New Zealand | 0.23 % | 2024 | down 65.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Sweden | 0.23 % | 2024 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 170 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.18 % | 2023 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 171 | Singapore | 0.15 % | 2024 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 172 | Belgium | 0.14 % | 2024 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 172 | Iraq | 0.14 % | 2021 | down 78.8% | falling |
| 174 | Bahrain | 0.13 % | 2023 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 175 | Qatar | 0 % | 2020 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Southern Asia 6.14 %
- Asia 4.85 %
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 5.93 %
- Eastern Asia 5.59 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 4.53 %
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 5.32 %
- Northern Africa 3.96 %
- Central Asia 3.75 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 3.74 %
- Caribbean 3.69 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 3.4 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 3.35 %
- Eastern Africa 2.86 %
- Western Africa 2.86 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1.96 %
- Africa 2.83 %
- South-Eastern Asia 2.73 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.17 %
- Middle Africa 1.6 %
- World 1.83 %
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 1.81 %
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 1.45 %
- Southern Africa 1.41 %
- Eastern Europe 1.3 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 1.13 %
- Central America 1.07 %
- Western Asia 1.05 %
- South America 0.9 %
- Southern Europe 0.72 %
- Europe 0.69 %
- Northern Europe 0.64 %
- European Union (27) 0.6 %
- Oceania 0.59 %
- Northern America and Europe 0.54 %
- Americas 0.5 %
- Western Europe 0.5 %
- Northern America 0.38 %
- United States of America 0.32 %
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.