Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in East Asia & Pacific
East Asia & Pacific: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 4.0% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in East Asia & Pacific, 1961–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
East Asia & Pacific recorded 4.0% for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in 2025.
That represents a change of up 40.9% on the previous year and up 42.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in East Asia & Pacific peaked at 11.3% in 1964 and was at its lowest, -1.3%, in 1980.
That places East Asia & Pacific 13th out of 46 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in East Asia & Pacific, year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.5% | — |
| 1962 | 3.9% | +58.1% |
| 1963 | 8.5% | +116.8% |
| 1964 | 11.3% | +32.3% |
| 1965 | 7.1% | -36.8% |
| 1966 | 7.1% | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 1.0% | -85.7% |
| 1968 | 1.0% | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 1.8% | +70.3% |
| 1970 | 6.2% | +248.4% |
| 1971 | 2.6% | -58.6% |
| 1972 | 0.3% | -89.9% |
| 1973 | 8.4% | +3146.2% |
| 1974 | 3.6% | -56.7% |
| 1975 | 1.8% | -50.6% |
| 1976 | 1.5% | -16.9% |
| 1977 | -0.4% | -127.2% |
| 1978 | 0.2% | -156.6% |
| 1979 | 6.1% | +2541.6% |
| 1980 | -1.3% | -121.3% |
| 1981 | 5.1% | -492.7% |
| 1982 | 8.8% | +73.1% |
| 1983 | 5.4% | -38.4% |
| 1984 | 10.3% | +91.7% |
| 1985 | 2.4% | -77.2% |
| 1986 | 2.7% | +14.6% |
| 1987 | 3.5% | +31.0% |
| 1988 | 3.3% | -5.8% |
| 1989 | 3.4% | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 4.8% | +39.3% |
| 1991 | 2.6% | -46.2% |
| 1992 | 4.4% | +71.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8% | -80.9% |
| 1994 | 2.7% | +220.4% |
| 1995 | 2.9% | +7.3% |
| 1996 | 5.2% | +80.9% |
| 1997 | 2.5% | -51.1% |
| 1998 | 1.6% | -36.3% |
| 1999 | 2.9% | +77.0% |
| 2000 | 3.0% | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 1.9% | -37.8% |
| 2002 | 2.9% | +50.7% |
| 2003 | 1.2% | -56.7% |
| 2004 | 4.7% | +282.8% |
| 2005 | 4.2% | -11.2% |
| 2006 | 4.3% | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 3.2% | -24.5% |
| 2008 | 5.1% | +58.5% |
| 2009 | 3.1% | -40.1% |
| 2010 | 3.0% | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 4.0% | +33.9% |
| 2012 | 3.7% | -8.1% |
| 2013 | 3.2% | -12.3% |
| 2014 | 3.4% | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 2.8% | -16.4% |
| 2016 | 1.7% | -38.4% |
| 2017 | 3.8% | +121.5% |
| 2018 | 2.9% | -24.0% |
| 2019 | 2.5% | -13.9% |
| 2020 | 1.9% | -25.4% |
| 2021 | 5.9% | +211.9% |
| 2022 | 3.9% | -33.7% |
| 2023 | 3.3% | -15.5% |
| 2024 | 2.8% | -13.3% |
| 2025 | 4.0% | +40.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in East Asia & Pacific 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +3146.2% | 0.3% | 8.4% |
| 1979 | +2541.6% | 0.2% | 6.1% |
| 1981 | +492.7% | -1.3% | 5.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.9% | 1.0% | 11.3% | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.0% | -0.4% | 8.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.4% | -1.3% | 10.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.0% | 0.8% | 5.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.4% | 1.2% | 5.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.1% | 1.7% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.6% | 1.9% | 5.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific
- 10 South Africa 17.4% compare
- 11 Cayman Islands 16.2% compare
- 12 Micronesia, Federated States of 12.7% compare
- 13 Brazil 11.7% compare
- 14 Burkina Faso 11.6% compare
- 15 Guyana 11.5% compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 10.7% compare
More economy & growth data for East Asia & Pacific
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.223 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per capita 4,646 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), annual growth rate 5.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2845 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per capita 4,005 current US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 4.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.0547 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 769.41 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Inflation, GDP deflator 2.5% (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 4.26 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in East Asia & Pacific?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in East Asia & Pacific was 4.0% 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 East Asia & Pacific?
- The highest recorded value was 11.3% in 1964.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.3% in 1980.
- How does East Asia & Pacific rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- East Asia & Pacific ranks 13th out of 46 groups with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific 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.