Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (annual % growth) in Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America & Caribbean: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (annual % growth) was 7.1% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Latin America & Caribbean, 1966–2025
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 Latin America & Caribbean stood at 7.1%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 182.7% on the previous year and up 114.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Latin America & Caribbean peaked at 7.8% in 2010 and was at its lowest, -5.2%, in 2009.
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 2nd of 46 groups on this measure, 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, year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 1.6% | — |
| 1967 | 3.6% | +128.8% |
| 1968 | 0.6% | -83.1% |
| 1969 | 3.7% | +507.8% |
| 1970 | 2.4% | -35.0% |
| 1971 | 5.0% | +108.9% |
| 1972 | 2.4% | -51.4% |
| 1973 | 3.4% | +40.9% |
| 1974 | 3.7% | +8.6% |
| 1975 | 3.2% | -13.9% |
| 1976 | 2.1% | -35.0% |
| 1977 | 6.2% | +201.2% |
| 1978 | 2.4% | -61.7% |
| 1979 | 1.9% | -21.7% |
| 1980 | 2.6% | +39.2% |
| 1981 | 6.4% | +144.9% |
| 1982 | 0.7% | -88.5% |
| 1983 | 0.2% | -73.2% |
| 1984 | 2.6% | +1249.0% |
| 1985 | 3.7% | +40.5% |
| 1986 | -1.8% | -149.2% |
| 1987 | 5.5% | -403.9% |
| 1988 | 1.9% | -66.6% |
| 1989 | 0.2% | -90.7% |
| 1990 | 1.6% | +849.6% |
| 1991 | 1.6% | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 1.5% | -8.6% |
| 1993 | 1.6% | +7.8% |
| 1994 | 4.2% | +163.9% |
| 1995 | 3.8% | -8.8% |
| 1996 | 2.8% | -26.3% |
| 1997 | 1.3% | -53.8% |
| 1998 | 2.6% | +100.0% |
| 1999 | 3.6% | +39.6% |
| 2000 | 1.8% | -51.3% |
| 2001 | 3.3% | +85.2% |
| 2002 | 2.8% | -13.1% |
| 2003 | 5.8% | +103.2% |
| 2004 | 2.1% | -64.0% |
| 2005 | 3.4% | +65.1% |
| 2006 | 4.1% | +18.7% |
| 2007 | 4.5% | +9.2% |
| 2008 | 2.4% | -46.3% |
| 2009 | -5.2% | -318.1% |
| 2010 | 7.8% | -250.2% |
| 2011 | 3.2% | -59.4% |
| 2012 | -1.5% | -148.2% |
| 2013 | 6.5% | -521.2% |
| 2014 | 2.5% | -61.2% |
| 2015 | 3.3% | +31.4% |
| 2016 | -0.9% | -126.5% |
| 2017 | 7.0% | -902.4% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | -95.1% |
| 2019 | 2.8% | +706.5% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | -86.1% |
| 2021 | 1.7% | +348.3% |
| 2022 | -0.5% | -129.1% |
| 2023 | 3.2% | -736.1% |
| 2024 | 2.5% | -21.7% |
| 2025 | 7.1% | +182.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (annual % growth) in Latin America & Caribbean 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +1249.0% | 0.2% | 2.6% |
| 2017 | +902.4% | -0.9% | 7.0% |
| 1990 | +849.6% | 0.2% | 1.6% |
| 2023 | +736.1% | -0.5% | 3.2% |
| 2019 | +706.5% | 0.3% | 2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.3% | 0.6% | 3.7% | 4 |
| 1970s | 3.3% | 1.9% | 6.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.2% | -1.8% | 6.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.5% | 1.3% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.5% | -5.2% | 5.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.1% | -1.5% | 7.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.4% | -0.5% | 7.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean
More economy & growth data for Latin America & Caribbean
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 60.29 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 6.07 % change on previous year (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.2014 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.8127 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per capita 9,017 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), annual growth rate 5.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), per capita 2,007 current US$ per person (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current US$), per capita 2,901 current US$ per person (2025)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), annual growth rate 8.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 2.32 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Latin America & Caribbean was 7.1% 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?
- The highest recorded value was 7.8% in 2010.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was -5.2% in 2009.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 2nd out of 46 groups with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 114.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean 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.