Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (annual % growth) in World
World: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (annual % growth) was 3.3% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in World, 1969–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
World recorded 3.3% for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in 2025.
That represents a change of up 18.6% on the previous year and up 51.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in World peaked at 5.9% in 1984 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1972.
That places World 25th out of 46 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (annual % growth) in World, year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 2.7% | — |
| 1970 | 5.3% | +98.0% |
| 1971 | 2.0% | -61.5% |
| 1972 | 0.2% | -90.2% |
| 1973 | 5.2% | +2490.1% |
| 1974 | 3.0% | -41.3% |
| 1975 | 3.5% | +14.6% |
| 1976 | 1.3% | -64.1% |
| 1977 | 2.6% | +105.4% |
| 1978 | 1.6% | -36.7% |
| 1979 | 1.3% | -22.3% |
| 1980 | 2.2% | +71.4% |
| 1981 | 4.4% | +102.1% |
| 1982 | 5.3% | +20.9% |
| 1983 | 3.9% | -27.1% |
| 1984 | 5.9% | +51.3% |
| 1985 | 2.7% | -53.4% |
| 1986 | 2.3% | -14.2% |
| 1987 | 2.3% | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 5.1% | +116.6% |
| 1989 | 2.7% | -47.4% |
| 1990 | 4.2% | +55.5% |
| 1991 | 0.9% | -77.4% |
| 1992 | 3.2% | +237.2% |
| 1993 | 0.8% | -73.5% |
| 1994 | 1.7% | +103.1% |
| 1995 | 1.8% | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 5.1% | +186.8% |
| 1997 | 1.4% | -71.8% |
| 1998 | 2.3% | +57.9% |
| 1999 | 2.9% | +28.0% |
| 2000 | 2.2% | -24.2% |
| 2001 | 2.4% | +10.1% |
| 2002 | 2.6% | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 2.2% | -12.8% |
| 2004 | 4.2% | +90.7% |
| 2005 | 3.1% | -27.7% |
| 2006 | 3.5% | +15.5% |
| 2007 | 2.5% | -28.5% |
| 2008 | 3.5% | +39.0% |
| 2009 | 2.0% | -44.4% |
| 2010 | 3.4% | +71.6% |
| 2011 | 4.5% | +32.4% |
| 2012 | 1.9% | -58.1% |
| 2013 | 4.1% | +121.3% |
| 2014 | 3.0% | -26.3% |
| 2015 | 2.2% | -27.9% |
| 2016 | 2.1% | -6.0% |
| 2017 | 4.1% | +97.5% |
| 2018 | 2.2% | -45.8% |
| 2019 | 3.1% | +42.3% |
| 2020 | 2.0% | -37.3% |
| 2021 | 4.0% | +100.8% |
| 2022 | 3.3% | -16.5% |
| 2023 | 2.5% | -25.4% |
| 2024 | 2.8% | +13.8% |
| 2025 | 3.3% | +18.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (annual % growth) in World 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +2490.1% | 0.2% | 5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.7% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 1 |
| 1970s | 2.6% | 0.2% | 5.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.7% | 2.2% | 5.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.4% | 0.8% | 5.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.8% | 2.0% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.1% | 1.9% | 4.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.0% | 2.0% | 4.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near World
More economy & growth data for World
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.23 Percent per annum (2028)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.11 Percent per annum (2028)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0076 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 110.14 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -0.0002 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0056 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 80.42 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0052 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in World?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in World was 3.3% 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 5.9% in 1984.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1972.
- How does World rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- World ranks 25th out of 46 groups with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this World 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.