Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (annual % growth) in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (annual % growth) was 7.3% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1966–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
The most recent figure for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) is 7.3%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 259.9% on the previous year and up 112.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 8.3% in 2010 and was at its lowest, -5.5%, in 2009.
That places Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 1st out of 46 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
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 Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 1.2% | — |
| 1967 | 3.5% | +199.8% |
| 1968 | 0.5% | -86.8% |
| 1969 | 3.9% | +737.2% |
| 1970 | 2.4% | -39.3% |
| 1971 | 5.0% | +111.7% |
| 1972 | 2.7% | -46.2% |
| 1973 | 3.7% | +35.7% |
| 1974 | 3.1% | -16.0% |
| 1975 | 3.0% | -1.5% |
| 1976 | 2.4% | -19.9% |
| 1977 | 6.4% | +162.1% |
| 1978 | 2.4% | -62.6% |
| 1979 | 1.9% | -20.1% |
| 1980 | 2.6% | +38.3% |
| 1981 | 6.5% | +148.6% |
| 1982 | 0.9% | -86.8% |
| 1983 | 0.2% | -79.3% |
| 1984 | 2.8% | +1471.6% |
| 1985 | 3.5% | +26.5% |
| 1986 | -2.1% | -158.1% |
| 1987 | 5.5% | -368.3% |
| 1988 | 1.9% | -66.4% |
| 1989 | -0.1% | -108.0% |
| 1990 | 1.6% | -1177.6% |
| 1991 | 1.5% | -9.2% |
| 1992 | 0.9% | -38.5% |
| 1993 | 1.6% | +83.3% |
| 1994 | 3.9% | +138.9% |
| 1995 | 3.6% | -7.5% |
| 1996 | 2.8% | -23.6% |
| 1997 | 1.1% | -61.8% |
| 1998 | 2.5% | +135.0% |
| 1999 | 3.9% | +58.8% |
| 2000 | 1.7% | -56.4% |
| 2001 | 3.5% | +101.5% |
| 2002 | 2.8% | -18.2% |
| 2003 | 5.8% | +105.2% |
| 2004 | 1.8% | -69.7% |
| 2005 | 3.3% | +86.7% |
| 2006 | 3.7% | +13.8% |
| 2007 | 4.9% | +31.4% |
| 2008 | 2.3% | -53.9% |
| 2009 | -5.5% | -343.6% |
| 2010 | 8.3% | -250.9% |
| 2011 | 2.7% | -67.7% |
| 2012 | -1.8% | -165.2% |
| 2013 | 7.0% | -495.2% |
| 2014 | 2.7% | -60.6% |
| 2015 | 3.4% | +25.6% |
| 2016 | -1.1% | -133.1% |
| 2017 | 7.5% | -758.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | -99.8% |
| 2019 | 3.0% | +21072.3% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | -80.1% |
| 2021 | 1.6% | +159.8% |
| 2022 | -0.4% | -124.8% |
| 2023 | 3.3% | -939.7% |
| 2024 | 2.0% | -37.8% |
| 2025 | 7.3% | +259.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (annual % growth) in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +21072.3% | 0.0% | 3.0% |
| 1984 | +1471.6% | 0.2% | 2.8% |
| 1990 | +1177.6% | -0.1% | 1.6% |
| 2023 | +939.7% | -0.4% | 3.3% |
| 2017 | +758.3% | -1.1% | 7.5% |
| 1969 | +737.2% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.3% | 0.5% | 3.9% | 4 |
| 1970s | 3.3% | 1.9% | 6.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.2% | -2.1% | 6.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.3% | 0.9% | 3.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.4% | -5.5% | 5.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.2% | -1.8% | 8.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.4% | -0.4% | 7.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
More economy & growth data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0079 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 82.55 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 51.74 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1841 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current US$), per capita 1,916 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1696 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), per capita 1,765 current US$ per person (2025)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), annual growth rate 8.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per capita 10,054 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current US$), annual growth rate 1.85 % change on previous year (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 7.3% 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 Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 8.3% in 2010.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was -5.5% in 2009.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 1st out of 46 groups with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 112.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 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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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.