Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (annual % growth) in Australia
Australia: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (annual % growth) was 8.9% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Australia, 1976–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
In 2025, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Australia stood at 8.9%.
That represents a change of up 321.7% on the previous year and up 433.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Australia peaked at 43.3% in 1984 and was at its lowest, -21.9%, in 1983.
That places Australia 21st out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (annual % growth) in Australia, year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8.3% | — |
| 1977 | 2.7% | -67.7% |
| 1978 | -3.3% | -222.5% |
| 1979 | 21.7% | -763.1% |
| 1980 | -12.3% | -156.6% |
| 1981 | -12.3% | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 16.4% | -232.7% |
| 1983 | -21.9% | -233.7% |
| 1984 | 43.3% | -298.0% |
| 1985 | 0.2% | -99.5% |
| 1986 | -7.0% | -3680.5% |
| 1987 | 1.1% | -115.4% |
| 1988 | -2.2% | -301.1% |
| 1989 | 4.4% | -304.4% |
| 1990 | 8.2% | +85.8% |
| 1991 | 5.5% | -32.3% |
| 1992 | -5.3% | -195.7% |
| 1993 | 5.3% | -199.1% |
| 1994 | 4.1% | -21.2% |
| 1995 | -14.7% | -453.8% |
| 1996 | 21.1% | -243.8% |
| 1997 | 8.1% | -61.5% |
| 1998 | 0.7% | -91.0% |
| 1999 | 10.0% | +1259.2% |
| 2000 | 6.8% | -31.8% |
| 2001 | 4.0% | -41.1% |
| 2002 | 3.2% | -20.9% |
| 2003 | -21.6% | -779.9% |
| 2004 | 25.5% | -218.1% |
| 2005 | 4.3% | -83.1% |
| 2006 | 2.9% | -31.9% |
| 2007 | -15.2% | -616.3% |
| 2008 | 8.2% | -154.2% |
| 2009 | 17.6% | +114.5% |
| 2010 | -0.7% | -104.1% |
| 2011 | 3.4% | -562.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | -72.8% |
| 2013 | -0.8% | -190.8% |
| 2014 | 1.1% | -229.9% |
| 2015 | 1.7% | +54.0% |
| 2016 | -7.2% | -530.1% |
| 2017 | 9.5% | -231.9% |
| 2018 | -2.8% | -129.7% |
| 2019 | -10.5% | +274.4% |
| 2020 | -9.7% | -7.4% |
| 2021 | 21.4% | -319.4% |
| 2022 | 17.0% | -20.2% |
| 2023 | 4.6% | -72.9% |
| 2024 | -4.0% | -186.8% |
| 2025 | 8.9% | -321.7% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 8.9% is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.4%, 6.3× the median. (67 countries reporting)
- Australia's 8.9% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.1%, 4.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (annual % growth) in Australia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | -3680.5% | 0.2% | -7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.3% | -3.3% | 21.7% | 4 |
| 1980s | 1.0% | -21.9% | 43.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.3% | -14.7% | 21.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.6% | -21.6% | 25.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.6% | -10.5% | 9.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.4% | -9.7% | 21.4% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Australia?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Australia was 8.9% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 43.3% in 1984.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was -21.9% in 1983.
- How does Australia rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Australia ranks 21st out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 433.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia 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 (annual % growth). 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 denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.