Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in European Union
European Union: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 1.5% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in European Union, 1996–2025
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 European Union stood at 1.5%.
That represents a change of up 272.9% on the previous year and up 291.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in European Union peaked at 11.7% in 2004 and was at its lowest, -7.7%, in 2005.
That places European Union 36th out of 46 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in European Union, year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3.5% | — |
| 1997 | 2.1% | -40.8% |
| 1998 | -0.4% | -119.0% |
| 1999 | 2.6% | -746.2% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | -93.4% |
| 2001 | -0.6% | -478.6% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | -123.6% |
| 2003 | -2.8% | -1945.9% |
| 2004 | 11.7% | -516.6% |
| 2005 | -7.7% | -166.2% |
| 2006 | -0.3% | -96.4% |
| 2007 | -0.5% | +89.5% |
| 2008 | 4.0% | -868.6% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | -89.6% |
| 2010 | -1.8% | -532.6% |
| 2011 | 3.5% | -293.2% |
| 2012 | -5.5% | -256.6% |
| 2013 | 3.0% | -154.3% |
| 2014 | 5.9% | +98.4% |
| 2015 | -0.8% | -113.1% |
| 2016 | -0.7% | -7.3% |
| 2017 | 1.7% | -333.2% |
| 2018 | -0.3% | -118.8% |
| 2019 | 1.0% | -424.8% |
| 2020 | -2.3% | -323.4% |
| 2021 | 2.7% | -219.4% |
| 2022 | -1.7% | -163.0% |
| 2023 | -0.9% | -50.1% |
| 2024 | -0.9% | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 1.5% | -272.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in European Union 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | -1945.9% | 0.2% | -2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.0% | -0.4% | 3.5% | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | -7.7% | 11.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | -5.5% | 5.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.3% | -2.3% | 2.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near European Union
More economy & growth data for European Union
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 2.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current US$), per capita 23,360 current US$ per person (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4961 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current US$), annual growth rate 7.29 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 33,955 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.7211 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 9.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.5591 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 26,328 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 2.34 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in European Union?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in European Union was 1.5% 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 European Union?
- The highest recorded value was 11.7% in 2004.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in European Union?
- The lowest recorded value was -7.7% in 2005.
- How does European Union rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- European Union ranks 36th out of 46 groups with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in European Union?
- Over the last ten years it is up 291.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this European Union 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.