Agriculture, forestry, fishing (central government expenditure) — Share of Total Expenditure by country
The Statistics Division of FAO collects annually data on Government Expenditure on Agriculture through a questionnaire, which was developed in partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF is the responsible institution for the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) methodology and annually collects...
What the numbers show
Agriculture, forestry, fishing (central government expenditure) — Share of Total Expenditure is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 9.98 % in Bhutan; the lowest is 0 % in Belgium.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.72 %, and the mean is 2.31 %.
Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 2,741.7%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 100.0%).
Agriculture, forestry, fishing (central government expenditure): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhutan | 9.98 % | 2024 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 1 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 4.16 % | 2014 | up 190.9% | rising |
| 1 | Cabo Verde | 2.17 % | 2023 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 2 | Turkmenistan | 8.99 % | 2024 | up 182.7% | rising |
| 2 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 4.07 % | 2020 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1 % | 2024 | down 78.5% | falling |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 8.75 % | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 3 | Republic of Moldova | 3.83 % | 2024 | down 22.8% | flat |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 8.69 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 3.69 % | 2013 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 5 | Malawi | 8.3 % | 2024 | down 51.3% | flat |
| 5 | Türkiye | 3.02 % | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 6 | Belarus | 7.62 % | 2023 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 6 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2.5 % | 2024 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Eswatini | 7.5 % | 2024 | up 204.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Timor-Leste | 2.18 % | 2015 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 8 | Senegal | 7.21 % | 2024 | up 83.9% | rising |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.79 % | 2024 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Vanuatu | 5.47 % | 2024 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 9 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1.46 % | 2007 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 10 | Nepal | 5.46 % | 2024 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 10 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.93 % | 2021 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Zambia | 5.4 % | 2024 | down 36.1% | rising |
| 11 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.62 % | 2022 | down 77.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 5.35 % | 2024 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 13 | Serbia | 5.16 % | 2024 | up 134.5% | rising |
| 14 | Niger | 5.08 % | 2022 | up 25.7% | falling |
| 15 | Thailand | 4.99 % | 2024 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 16 | Cuba | 4.98 % | 2019 | — | rising |
| 16 | Mauritania | 4.98 % | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 18 | Algeria | 4.88 % | 2024 | up 60.5% | rising |
| 19 | India | 4.83 % | 2018 | down 52.6% | rising |
| 20 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.77 % | 2024 | up 63.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Morocco | 4.58 % | 2023 | up 78.2% | rising |
| 22 | Switzerland | 4.44 % | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 23 | Guyana | 4.42 % | 2023 | down 55.1% | rising |
| 24 | Myanmar | 4.32 % | 2019 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 25 | Benin | 4.21 % | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 26 | Dominica | 4.19 % | 2023 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 27 | Nigeria | 4.05 % | 2024 | up 179.3% | falling |
| 28 | Uzbekistan | 3.97 % | 2024 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Bulgaria | 3.81 % | 2024 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 30 | Tunisia | 3.68 % | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 3.65 % | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 32 | Mali | 3.62 % | 2023 | down 72.9% | falling |
| 33 | Fiji | 3.57 % | 2023 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 34 | Botswana | 3.52 % | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 35 | Marshall Islands | 3.47 % | 2019 | up 77.0% | rising |
| 36 | North Macedonia | 3.43 % | 2024 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 37 | Sierra Leone | 3.41 % | 2024 | up 2,741.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Philippines | 3.33 % | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 39 | Republic of Korea | 3.26 % | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 40 | Mongolia | 3.25 % | 2024 | up 105.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.16 % | 2023 | down 73.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Burundi | 3.12 % | 2019 | up 171.3% | rising |
| 43 | Ethiopia | 2.99 % | 2024 | down 58.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Cambodia | 2.99 % | 2023 | up 135.4% | rising |
| 43 | Togo | 2.99 % | 2024 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 46 | Albania | 2.96 % | 2024 | up 39.6% | falling |
| 47 | Tonga | 2.92 % | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 48 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.83 % | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 49 | Chad | 2.77 % | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 50 | Azerbaijan | 2.71 % | 2023 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.69 % | 2024 | up 99.3% | rising |
| 51 | Madagascar | 2.69 % | 2024 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 53 | Samoa | 2.66 % | 2024 | up 45.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Czechia | 2.59 % | 2024 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 55 | Kenya | 2.58 % | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 56 | Poland | 2.54 % | 2023 | up 31.6% | falling |
| 57 | Cameroon | 2.37 % | 2022 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 58 | Egypt | 2.34 % | 2024 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Barbados | 2.32 % | 2024 | down 33.5% | rising |
| 59 | Indonesia | 2.32 % | 2024 | up 182.9% | rising |
| 61 | Honduras | 2.31 % | 2024 | up 61.5% | falling |
| 61 | Rwanda | 2.31 % | 2024 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 63 | Lesotho | 2.3 % | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 64 | Georgia | 2.27 % | 2024 | down 29.1% | rising |
| 65 | Panama | 2.25 % | 2024 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 66 | Papua New Guinea | 2.2 % | 2023 | up 56.0% | falling |
| 67 | Solomon Islands | 2.14 % | 2024 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 68 | Guinea | 2.13 % | 2023 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Saint Lucia | 2.13 % | 2024 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 70 | Armenia | 2.09 % | 2024 | up 25.9% | falling |
| 71 | Namibia | 2.07 % | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 72 | Jamaica | 2.06 % | 2024 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 73 | Tuvalu | 2.02 % | 2017 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 74 | Uganda | 2 % | 2024 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 75 | Croatia | 1.96 % | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 75 | Iceland | 1.96 % | 2024 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 77 | Dominican Republic | 1.92 % | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 78 | Gambia | 1.87 % | 2022 | down 27.8% | flat |
| 79 | Malaysia | 1.76 % | 2024 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 80 | Suriname | 1.72 % | 2024 | down 56.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Cyprus | 1.69 % | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 82 | Latvia | 1.63 % | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 82 | Seychelles | 1.63 % | 2024 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Russian Federation | 1.62 % | 2021 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 85 | South Africa | 1.61 % | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 86 | Guatemala | 1.6 % | 2024 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 86 | El Salvador | 1.6 % | 2024 | down 13.0% | flat |
| 88 | Romania | 1.55 % | 2023 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 89 | Finland | 1.53 % | 2023 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 90 | Cook Islands | 1.52 % | 2022 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 91 | Gabon | 1.5 % | 2023 | up 400.0% | rising |
| 92 | Paraguay | 1.39 % | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 93 | Colombia | 1.37 % | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 94 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.34 % | 2024 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 95 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.33 % | 2024 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Chile | 1.32 % | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 97 | Norway | 1.31 % | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 98 | Mauritius | 1.29 % | 2024 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 98 | Slovenia | 1.29 % | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 100 | Costa Rica | 1.27 % | 2024 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Kiribati | 1.24 % | 2021 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 102 | Ireland | 1.23 % | 2023 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 103 | Naoero | 1.21 % | 2024 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 104 | Maldives | 1.2 % | 2024 | up 110.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Peru | 1.2 % | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 106 | Hungary | 1.19 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Haiti | 1.18 % | 2023 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Malta | 1.13 % | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 109 | Greece | 1.11 % | 2023 | up 282.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Mexico | 1.1 % | 2024 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Mozambique | 1.1 % | 2024 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Montenegro | 1.08 % | 2024 | up 103.8% | rising |
| 113 | Canada | 1.04 % | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 113 | Congo | 1.04 % | 2018 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 113 | Lithuania | 1.04 % | 2023 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 113 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.04 % | 2024 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 117 | Belize | 1.03 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 118 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.02 % | 2022 | up 27.5% | flat |
| 119 | Bahamas | 1.01 % | 2024 | up 40.3% | falling |
| 119 | Estonia | 1.01 % | 2023 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 121 | Luxembourg | 1 % | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 122 | Pakistan | 0.94 % | 2024 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Slovakia | 0.91 % | 2023 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Somalia | 0.89 % | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 125 | Uruguay | 0.86 % | 2020 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 126 | Portugal | 0.85 % | 2023 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 127 | Grenada | 0.81 % | 2024 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Andorra | 0.78 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 129 | Oman | 0.77 % | 2024 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 130 | Afghanistan | 0.76 % | 2021 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Denmark | 0.76 % | 2024 | up 85.4% | rising |
| 130 | Yemen | 0.76 % | 2014 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 130 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.76 % | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 134 | Kazakhstan | 0.74 % | 2024 | down 68.2% | falling |
| 135 | Angola | 0.73 % | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Spain | 0.67 % | 2023 | up 131.0% | falling |
| 136 | France | 0.67 % | 2023 | up 26.4% | flat |
| 136 | Ghana | 0.67 % | 2024 | down 13.0% | flat |
| 139 | Brazil | 0.66 % | 2024 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 140 | Jordan | 0.65 % | 2023 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Palestine, State of | 0.65 % | 2024 | down 43.0% | rising |
| 142 | San Marino | 0.61 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 143 | Palau | 0.6 % | 2019 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 144 | Nicaragua | 0.58 % | 2023 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 145 | Ecuador | 0.57 % | 2024 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.57 % | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 145 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.57 % | 2023 | up 83.9% | falling |
| 148 | Kuwait | 0.54 % | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Liberia | 0.54 % | 2023 | down 72.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Saudi Arabia | 0.53 % | 2024 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Lebanon | 0.47 % | 2022 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 152 | Australia | 0.46 % | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 153 | Israel | 0.45 % | 2024 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 154 | Argentina | 0.44 % | 2024 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Sweden | 0.39 % | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 156 | Italy | 0.37 % | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 157 | Ukraine | 0.3 % | 2024 | down 77.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Puerto Rico | 0.27 % | 2021 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 159 | New Zealand | 0.23 % | 2024 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Singapore | 0.15 % | 2024 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 160 | China, mainland | 0.15 % | 2024 | down 85.6% | falling |
| 162 | Bahrain | 0.13 % | 2023 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 163 | United Arab Emirates | 0.02 % | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 164 | Belgium | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 0.59 %
About this data
The Statistics Division of FAO collects annually data on Government Expenditure on Agriculture through a questionnaire, which was developed in partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF is the responsible institution for the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) methodology and annually collects GFS data, including Expenditure by Functions of Government (COFOG). The Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) is an international classification developed by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and published by the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD), with the aim of categorise governments' functions according to their purposes. The FAO questionnaire aligns with Table 7 of the IMF GFS questionnaire, replicates the relevant aggregates and drills down to request additional detail related to Agriculture. The FAO dataset consists of a time series, from 2001 onwards, of Total Government Expenditure and expenditure in: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, along with its three disaggregated subsectors of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing; and Environmental Protection. In addition, expenditure in each detailed function are further disaggregated into Recurrent and Capital expenditure. Additional indicators include the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure, and the Agriculture Orientation Index (ratio between the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure and the Agriculture Value Added as Share of GDP). Data are reported for the highest level of government available (Consolidated general government, consolidated central government or budgetary central government) and are available for about 100 countries on a regular basis.