Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Iran, Islamic Republic of
Iran, Islamic Republic of: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was -5.6% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Iran, Islamic Republic of, 1961–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
Iran, Islamic Republic of recorded -5.6% for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 255.4% on the previous year and down 288.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Iran, Islamic Republic of peaked at 13.6% in 2002 and was at its lowest, -20.4%, in 2008.
Iran, Islamic Republic of ranks 184th of 197 countries on this measure, 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 Iran, Islamic Republic of, year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.4% | — |
| 1962 | 0.5% | -63.6% |
| 1963 | 2.4% | +386.3% |
| 1964 | -2.0% | -184.8% |
| 1965 | 7.6% | -474.3% |
| 1966 | 3.6% | -53.1% |
| 1967 | 8.0% | +122.1% |
| 1968 | 9.5% | +19.5% |
| 1969 | 1.3% | -86.9% |
| 1970 | 3.3% | +167.3% |
| 1971 | -0.6% | -119.0% |
| 1972 | 13.5% | -2227.9% |
| 1973 | 5.8% | -57.1% |
| 1974 | 3.4% | -40.8% |
| 1975 | 9.8% | +186.4% |
| 1976 | 11.7% | +19.1% |
| 1977 | -3.9% | -133.4% |
| 1978 | 6.7% | -270.9% |
| 1979 | 6.1% | -9.3% |
| 1980 | 3.7% | -39.3% |
| 1981 | 1.9% | -49.8% |
| 1982 | 7.1% | +284.6% |
| 1983 | 4.6% | -36.1% |
| 1984 | 7.3% | +61.2% |
| 1985 | 7.9% | +7.6% |
| 1986 | 4.8% | -39.8% |
| 1987 | 2.5% | -47.8% |
| 1988 | -0.6% | -125.9% |
| 1989 | 4.3% | -775.3% |
| 1990 | 11.0% | +154.3% |
| 1991 | 5.6% | -49.1% |
| 1992 | 10.3% | +83.1% |
| 1993 | 1.0% | -90.6% |
| 1994 | 2.1% | +119.1% |
| 1995 | 3.7% | +75.6% |
| 1996 | 3.3% | -11.4% |
| 1997 | 1.0% | -70.1% |
| 1998 | 10.6% | +973.8% |
| 1999 | -7.3% | -169.1% |
| 2000 | 3.5% | -147.6% |
| 2001 | -2.3% | -165.1% |
| 2002 | 13.6% | -699.2% |
| 2003 | 5.0% | -63.5% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | -93.6% |
| 2005 | 11.8% | +3631.4% |
| 2006 | 7.7% | -34.2% |
| 2007 | 2.2% | -71.3% |
| 2008 | -20.4% | -1016.2% |
| 2009 | 7.6% | -137.4% |
| 2010 | 6.1% | -19.7% |
| 2011 | 3.7% | -39.1% |
| 2012 | 5.0% | +34.3% |
| 2013 | 5.3% | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 8.3% | +55.6% |
| 2015 | 3.0% | -64.3% |
| 2016 | 4.9% | +66.8% |
| 2017 | 2.3% | -54.1% |
| 2018 | -2.7% | -219.1% |
| 2019 | 9.6% | -456.4% |
| 2020 | 2.6% | -73.2% |
| 2021 | -4.3% | -266.1% |
| 2022 | 3.7% | -185.8% |
| 2023 | 0.8% | -78.6% |
| 2024 | 3.6% | +356.2% |
| 2025 | -5.6% | -255.4% |
Iran, Islamic Republic of compared with similar countries
- Iran, Islamic Republic of's -5.6% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3.1%. (58 countries reporting)
- Iran, Islamic Republic of's -5.6% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3.0%. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Iran, Islamic Republic of 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +3631.4% | 0.3% | 11.8% |
| 1972 | +2227.9% | -0.6% | 13.5% |
| 1998 | +973.8% | 1.0% | 10.6% |
| 2008 | -1016.2% | 2.2% | -20.4% |
| 1989 | +775.3% | -0.6% | 4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.6% | -2.0% | 9.5% | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.6% | -3.9% | 13.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.3% | -0.6% | 7.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.1% | -7.3% | 11.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.9% | -20.4% | 13.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.6% | -2.7% | 9.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | -5.6% | 3.7% | 6 |
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- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 89.42 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 0.9766 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 1.45 billion BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 1.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 15.83 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 130.68 % change on previous year (1982)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Iran, Islamic Republic of?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Iran, Islamic Republic of was -5.6% 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 Iran, Islamic Republic of?
- The highest recorded value was 13.6% in 2002.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Iran, Islamic Republic of?
- The lowest recorded value was -20.4% in 2008.
- How does Iran, Islamic Republic of rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Iran, Islamic Republic of ranks 184th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Iran, Islamic Republic of?
- Over the last ten years it is down 288.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Iran, Islamic Republic of 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.