Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in India
India: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 2.4% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in India, 1961–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
India recorded 2.4% for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in 2025.
That represents a change of down 42.0% on the previous year and up 273.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in India peaked at 15.6% in 1988 and was at its lowest, -12.8%, in 1979.
That places India 102nd out of 197 countries 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 India, year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1% | — |
| 1962 | -2.0% | -2462.1% |
| 1963 | 2.3% | -217.6% |
| 1964 | 9.2% | +294.3% |
| 1965 | -11.0% | -219.7% |
| 1966 | -1.4% | -87.1% |
| 1967 | 14.9% | -1145.3% |
| 1968 | -0.2% | -101.1% |
| 1969 | 6.4% | -4160.9% |
| 1970 | 7.1% | +10.3% |
| 1971 | -1.9% | -126.5% |
| 1972 | -5.0% | +167.3% |
| 1973 | 7.2% | -243.5% |
| 1974 | -1.5% | -121.2% |
| 1975 | 12.9% | -946.1% |
| 1976 | -5.8% | -144.8% |
| 1977 | 10.0% | -273.7% |
| 1978 | 2.3% | -77.1% |
| 1979 | -12.8% | -654.8% |
| 1980 | 12.9% | -200.9% |
| 1981 | 4.6% | -64.3% |
| 1982 | -0.3% | -106.1% |
| 1983 | 10.1% | -3703.9% |
| 1984 | 1.6% | -84.3% |
| 1985 | 0.3% | -80.2% |
| 1986 | -0.4% | -230.3% |
| 1987 | -1.6% | +287.8% |
| 1988 | 15.6% | -1085.0% |
| 1989 | 1.2% | -92.4% |
| 1990 | 4.0% | +237.6% |
| 1991 | -2.0% | -148.6% |
| 1992 | 6.7% | -440.6% |
| 1993 | 3.3% | -50.0% |
| 1994 | 4.7% | +41.9% |
| 1995 | -0.7% | -114.7% |
| 1996 | 9.9% | -1526.6% |
| 1997 | -2.6% | -125.7% |
| 1998 | 6.3% | -347.5% |
| 1999 | 2.7% | -57.8% |
| 2000 | -0.0% | -100.3% |
| 2001 | 6.0% | -78952.3% |
| 2002 | -6.6% | -209.9% |
| 2003 | 9.0% | -237.0% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | -98.0% |
| 2005 | 4.8% | +2520.4% |
| 2006 | 2.9% | -38.9% |
| 2007 | 5.5% | +87.4% |
| 2008 | -0.2% | -104.4% |
| 2009 | -0.9% | +260.5% |
| 2010 | 8.8% | -1098.8% |
| 2011 | 6.4% | -27.2% |
| 2012 | 1.5% | -76.8% |
| 2013 | 5.6% | +274.5% |
| 2014 | -0.2% | -103.9% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | -400.1% |
| 2016 | 6.8% | +946.4% |
| 2017 | 6.6% | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 2.1% | -68.3% |
| 2019 | 6.2% | +193.8% |
| 2020 | 4.0% | -35.0% |
| 2021 | 4.6% | +15.4% |
| 2022 | 6.3% | +35.4% |
| 2023 | 2.6% | -57.9% |
| 2024 | 4.2% | +58.4% |
| 2025 | 2.4% | -42.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.0% | -11.0% | 14.9% | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.3% | -12.8% | 12.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.4% | -1.6% | 15.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.2% | -2.6% | 9.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.1% | -6.6% | 9.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.4% | -0.2% | 8.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.0% | 2.4% | 6.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
- 99 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.5% compare
- 100 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2.4% compare
- 101 Ireland 2.4% compare
- 103 Bangladesh 2.4% compare
- 104 Andorra 2.4% compare
- 105 Russian Federation 2.3% compare
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- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), annual growth rate 1.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1457 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per capita 393.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) 6.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 0.1077 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 291.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 9.58 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU), per 9.4 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in India?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in India was 2.4% 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 15.6% in 1988.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was -12.8% in 1979.
- How does India rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- India ranks 102nd out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 273.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this India 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.