SDG 2.a.1: highest government level — SDG 2.a.1: Agriculture value added share of GDP 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 value added share of GDP is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 50.39 % in Somalia; the lowest is 0.01 % in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.79 %, and the mean is 10.37 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5,039.
Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 108 fell. The largest increase was in Iran (Islamic Republic of) (up 167.0%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 65.7%).
SDG 2.a.1: highest government level — SDG 2.a.1: Agriculture value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somalia | 50.39 % | 2024 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 1 | Syrian Arab Republic | 43.06 % | 2022 | up 83.8% | rising |
| 2 | Niger | 49.73 % | 2024 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 2 | United Republic of Tanzania | 26.15 % | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 3 | Guinea-Bissau | 48.41 % | 2024 | up 17.7% | flat |
| 3 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 22.1 % | 2020 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 4 | Comoros | 35.32 % | 2023 | up 14.7% | flat |
| 4 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 21 % | 2023 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 5 | Mali | 35.11 % | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 5 | Côte d'Ivoire | 16.94 % | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 34.87 % | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 17.05 % | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 7 | Afghanistan | 34.52 % | 2023 | up 27.7% | falling |
| 7 | Micronesia | 16.52 % | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 8 | Solomon Islands | 33.98 % | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 9 | Central African Republic | 32.5 % | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 9 | Melanesia | 14.38 % | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 10 | Chad | 31.35 % | 2024 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 10 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 12.39 % | 2021 | up 167.0% | rising |
| 11 | Burundi | 29.84 % | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 11 | Viet Nam | 11.96 % | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 12 | Guinea | 29.3 % | 2023 | up 67.0% | rising |
| 12 | Polynesia | 11.04 % | 2024 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 13 | Malawi | 27.77 % | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 13 | Timor-Leste | 10.33 % | 2022 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 14 | Kiribati | 27.19 % | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 14 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 10.01 % | 2007 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 15 | Mozambique | 26.26 % | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 15 | Republic of Moldova | 9.38 % | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 16 | Sierra Leone | 25.43 % | 2024 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 17 | Rwanda | 24.99 % | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 17 | Türkiye | 5.59 % | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 18 | Benin | 24.23 % | 2024 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 18 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 5.03 % | 2014 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 19 | Uganda | 24.12 % | 2024 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 20 | Vanuatu | 23.8 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 21 | Pakistan | 23.57 % | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 21 | Cabo Verde | 4.45 % | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 22 | Tajikistan | 23.39 % | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 23 | Gambia | 22.86 % | 2022 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 24 | Madagascar | 22.46 % | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 25 | Myanmar | 21.78 % | 2020 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 26 | Nepal | 21.76 % | 2024 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 27 | Kenya | 21.35 % | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 28 | Uzbekistan | 20.89 % | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 29 | Ghana | 20.88 % | 2024 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 30 | Nigeria | 20.35 % | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 31 | Liberia | 20.13 % | 2023 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 32 | Mauritania | 18.74 % | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 18.59 % | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 34 | Sudan | 18.53 % | 2018 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 35 | Marshall Islands | 18.45 % | 2019 | up 92.0% | rising |
| 36 | Haiti | 18.15 % | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 37 | Togo | 18.13 % | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 38 | Papua New Guinea | 17.93 % | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 39 | Albania | 17.45 % | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 40 | Tonga | 17.15 % | 2024 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 41 | Cambodia | 16.83 % | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 42 | Cameroon | 16.55 % | 2022 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 43 | Angola | 16.43 % | 2024 | up 117.6% | rising |
| 44 | India | 16 % | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 45 | Senegal | 15.9 % | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 46 | Dominica | 15.76 % | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 47 | Nicaragua | 15.34 % | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 48 | Bhutan | 15.02 % | 2024 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 49 | Yemen | 13.76 % | 2014 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 50 | Egypt | 13.71 % | 2024 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 51 | Algeria | 13.6 % | 2024 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 52 | Sao Tome and Principe | 13.12 % | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 53 | Indonesia | 12.61 % | 2024 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 54 | Turkmenistan | 12.07 % | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 55 | Fiji | 11.73 % | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 56 | Honduras | 11.22 % | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 57 | Bangladesh | 11.16 % | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 58 | Samoa | 11.13 % | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 59 | Morocco | 11.06 % | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 60 | Paraguay | 10.44 % | 2024 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 61 | Guatemala | 9.86 % | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 62 | Jamaica | 9.8 % | 2024 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 63 | Guyana | 9.71 % | 2023 | down 62.1% | falling |
| 64 | Tunisia | 9.3 % | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 65 | Colombia | 9.19 % | 2024 | up 68.6% | flat |
| 66 | Ecuador | 9.1 % | 2024 | up 23.0% | falling |
| 67 | Philippines | 9.08 % | 2024 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 68 | Belize | 8.84 % | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.75 % | 2024 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 70 | Tuvalu | 8.73 % | 2022 | down 65.7% | falling |
| 71 | Thailand | 8.72 % | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 72 | Palestine, State of | 8.58 % | 2024 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 73 | Eswatini | 8.44 % | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 74 | Sri Lanka | 8.28 % | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 75 | Malaysia | 8.12 % | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 76 | Armenia | 7.88 % | 2024 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 77 | Uruguay | 7.85 % | 2024 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 78 | Mongolia | 7.59 % | 2024 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 79 | Suriname | 7.56 % | 2024 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 80 | China, mainland | 7.43 % | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 81 | Namibia | 7.33 % | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 82 | Belarus | 7.25 % | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 83 | Ukraine | 6.97 % | 2024 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 84 | Congo | 6.79 % | 2018 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 6.6 % | 2024 | up 27.2% | falling |
| 86 | Lesotho | 6.5 % | 2024 | up 64.1% | falling |
| 87 | Gabon | 6.31 % | 2023 | up 89.5% | rising |
| 88 | Peru | 6.01 % | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 89 | Argentina | 5.98 % | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 90 | North Macedonia | 5.9 % | 2024 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 5.69 % | 2024 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 92 | Brazil | 5.58 % | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 93 | New Zealand | 5.46 % | 2024 | up 14.2% | flat |
| 94 | Georgia | 5.41 % | 2024 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 95 | Montenegro | 5.16 % | 2024 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 96 | Jordan | 4.8 % | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 97 | Lebanon | 4.65 % | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 98 | El Salvador | 4.53 % | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 99 | Kazakhstan | 4.47 % | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 100 | Serbia | 4.35 % | 2024 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 101 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.28 % | 2024 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 102 | Mauritius | 4.08 % | 2024 | up 27.9% | falling |
| 103 | Latvia | 4.03 % | 2024 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 104 | Chile | 3.95 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Mexico | 3.77 % | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 106 | Iceland | 3.61 % | 2024 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 107 | Cuba | 3.57 % | 2019 | — | falling |
| 108 | Costa Rica | 3.56 % | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 109 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.55 % | 2024 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 110 | Russian Federation | 3.44 % | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 111 | Croatia | 3.41 % | 2024 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 112 | Palau | 3.39 % | 2019 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 113 | Greece | 3.32 % | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 114 | Iraq | 3.31 % | 2021 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 115 | Cook Islands | 3.3 % | 2022 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 116 | Romania | 3.28 % | 2024 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 117 | Maldives | 3.05 % | 2024 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 118 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.88 % | 2023 | up 142.0% | rising |
| 119 | Grenada | 2.83 % | 2024 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 120 | South Africa | 2.82 % | 2024 | up 32.4% | flat |
| 121 | Saudi Arabia | 2.81 % | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 122 | Seychelles | 2.77 % | 2024 | up 18.9% | falling |
| 123 | Poland | 2.59 % | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 124 | Lithuania | 2.57 % | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 125 | Panama | 2.56 % | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 126 | Spain | 2.54 % | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 127 | Oman | 2.52 % | 2024 | up 127.0% | rising |
| 128 | Finland | 2.47 % | 2024 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 129 | Zambia | 2.44 % | 2024 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Naoero | 2.35 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 130 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.35 % | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 132 | Hungary | 2.29 % | 2024 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 133 | Bulgaria | 2.07 % | 2024 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 134 | Norway | 2.05 % | 2024 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 135 | Italy | 2.01 % | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 136 | New Caledonia | 1.98 % | 2020 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 136 | Portugal | 1.98 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 138 | Australia | 1.91 % | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 138 | Estonia | 1.91 % | 2024 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 138 | Slovakia | 1.91 % | 2024 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 141 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.85 % | 2024 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 142 | Canada | 1.81 % | 2024 | up 13.8% | falling |
| 143 | Barbados | 1.76 % | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 144 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.68 % | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 145 | Botswana | 1.63 % | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 146 | South Sudan | 1.6 % | 2022 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 147 | Czechia | 1.5 % | 2024 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 148 | Djibouti | 1.49 % | 2023 | up 25.2% | falling |
| 148 | Slovenia | 1.49 % | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 150 | France | 1.43 % | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 150 | Republic of Korea | 1.43 % | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 152 | Austria | 1.23 % | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 153 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.22 % | 2024 | up 43.5% | falling |
| 154 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.2 % | 2024 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 155 | Cyprus | 1.18 % | 2024 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 156 | Sweden | 1.15 % | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 157 | Saint Lucia | 1.13 % | 2024 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 158 | Ireland | 1.05 % | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 158 | Israel | 1.05 % | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 160 | Japan | 1.03 % | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 161 | Germany | 0.83 % | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 162 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.81 % | 2024 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 163 | Belgium | 0.8 % | 2024 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 164 | Denmark | 0.74 % | 2024 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 165 | United Arab Emirates | 0.71 % | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 166 | Puerto Rico | 0.67 % | 2021 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 167 | Switzerland | 0.62 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 168 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.56 % | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 169 | Bahamas | 0.51 % | 2024 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 170 | Malta | 0.49 % | 2024 | down 51.0% | falling |
| 171 | Andorra | 0.48 % | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 172 | Kuwait | 0.4 % | 2022 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 173 | Qatar | 0.29 % | 2024 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 174 | Bahrain | 0.28 % | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 175 | Luxembourg | 0.19 % | 2024 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 176 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.05 % | 2023 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 177 | Singapore | 0.03 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 178 | San Marino | 0.01 % | 2023 | — | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Africa 24.37 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 24.13 %
- Western Africa 21.89 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 17.12 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 19.7 %
- Southern Asia 16.01 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 15.98 %
- Middle Africa 16.24 %
- Africa 15.77 %
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 15.47 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 14.91 %
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 14.31 %
- Northern Africa 12.65 %
- Central Asia 9.59 %
- South-Eastern Asia 9.47 %
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 6.34 %
- Asia 7.32 %
- South America 6.12 %
- Eastern Asia 5.85 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 5.43 %
- Caribbean 4.87 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 3.15 %
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 4.63 %
- Central America 4.26 %
- World 4.09 %
- Western Asia 3.26 %
- Eastern Europe 3.19 %
- Southern Africa 2.99 %
- Oceania 2.66 %
- Southern Europe 2.59 %
- Americas 1.72 %
- Europe 1.69 %
- European Union (27) 1.63 %
- Northern America and Europe 1.27 %
- Western Europe 1.08 %
- Northern Europe 0.96 %
- Northern America 0.92 %
- United States of America 0.85 %
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.