Agriculture, forestry, fishing (general 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 (general government expenditure) — Share of Total Expenditure is currently reported for 107 countries. The highest value is 9.09 % in Turkmenistan; the lowest is 0 % in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.41 %, and the mean is 2.01 %.
Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 451.1%), and the largest decrease in Iraq (down 78.8%).
Agriculture, forestry, fishing (general government expenditure): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 9.09 % | 2024 | up 221.2% | volatile |
| 1 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4.01 % | 2022 | up 293.1% | rising |
| 2 | South Sudan | 7.33 % | 2022 | up 451.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 3.9 % | 2022 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 3 | China, mainland | 7.03 % | 2024 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2.92 % | 2007 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 4 | India | 6.8 % | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 4 | Republic of Moldova | 2.45 % | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 4 | Türkiye | 2.45 % | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 5 | Zambia | 6.6 % | 2010 | up 385.3% | rising |
| 6 | Belarus | 6.44 % | 2023 | up 130.8% | falling |
| 6 | Timor-Leste | 1.22 % | 2022 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | 6.32 % | 2015 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 8 | Togo | 5.74 % | 2018 | — | flat |
| 9 | Thailand | 4.74 % | 2024 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 10 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.64 % | 2015 | down 63.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Tajikistan | 4.07 % | 2023 | up 90.2% | falling |
| 12 | Mozambique | 3.77 % | 2008 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 13 | Uzbekistan | 3.73 % | 2024 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 14 | Botswana | 3.52 % | 2024 | — | flat |
| 15 | Myanmar | 3.37 % | 2020 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 16 | Nigeria | 3.3 % | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | 3.22 % | 2024 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 18 | Afghanistan | 3.17 % | 2017 | down 57.4% | falling |
| 19 | Lesotho | 2.98 % | 2009 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 20 | Pakistan | 2.97 % | 2024 | up 40.8% | falling |
| 21 | Bulgaria | 2.8 % | 2024 | down 17.4% | flat |
| 22 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.64 % | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 23 | Indonesia | 2.6 % | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 24 | Uganda | 2.55 % | 2024 | — | falling |
| 25 | Panama | 2.4 % | 2021 | — | rising |
| 26 | Azerbaijan | 2.38 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 27 | Serbia | 2.36 % | 2022 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 28 | Egypt | 2.34 % | 2024 | up 40.1% | falling |
| 29 | Rwanda | 2.31 % | 2024 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 30 | Georgia | 2.28 % | 2024 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 31 | Armenia | 2.26 % | 2024 | up 34.5% | falling |
| 31 | Mongolia | 2.26 % | 2024 | up 83.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Albania | 2.24 % | 2024 | up 28.7% | falling |
| 34 | Japan | 2.11 % | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 35 | Namibia | 2.09 % | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 36 | Peru | 2.07 % | 2024 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 37 | Czechia | 2.02 % | 2024 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 37 | Tuvalu | 2.02 % | 2017 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 39 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 % | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 40 | Switzerland | 1.92 % | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 41 | Dominican Republic | 1.83 % | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 42 | Seychelles | 1.63 % | 2024 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Paraguay | 1.56 % | 2020 | down 35.8% | rising |
| 44 | Naoero | 1.54 % | 2018 | — | falling |
| 45 | Cook Islands | 1.52 % | 2022 | down 61.7% | falling |
| 46 | Iceland | 1.46 % | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 47 | Mauritius | 1.42 % | 2024 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 47 | South Africa | 1.42 % | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 49 | Poland | 1.41 % | 2023 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 50 | Cyprus | 1.39 % | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 51 | El Salvador | 1.36 % | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 52 | Bahamas | 1.24 % | 2016 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 52 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.24 % | 2024 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Russian Federation | 1.21 % | 2021 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 55 | Canada | 1.19 % | 2024 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 56 | Romania | 1.15 % | 2023 | down 51.3% | falling |
| 57 | Malta | 1.12 % | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 58 | Yemen | 1.11 % | 2014 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 59 | Ireland | 1.06 % | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 59 | Norway | 1.06 % | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 61 | Spain | 1.04 % | 2023 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 61 | Croatia | 1.04 % | 2023 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 63 | Somalia | 1 % | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 64 | Finland | 0.98 % | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 65 | Latvia | 0.96 % | 2023 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Slovenia | 0.95 % | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 67 | Lithuania | 0.93 % | 2023 | down 63.5% | falling |
| 68 | Hungary | 0.91 % | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 69 | Colombia | 0.88 % | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 70 | Estonia | 0.87 % | 2023 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 71 | United Arab Emirates | 0.86 % | 2024 | up 437.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Guatemala | 0.86 % | 2023 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 73 | Greece | 0.83 % | 2023 | up 245.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Grenada | 0.81 % | 2024 | down 74.3% | falling |
| 74 | Luxembourg | 0.81 % | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 76 | Brazil | 0.8 % | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 77 | Austria | 0.78 % | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 0.78 % | 2024 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Oman | 0.77 % | 2024 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 79 | Portugal | 0.77 % | 2023 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 81 | Maldives | 0.74 % | 2011 | down 45.2% | rising |
| 82 | Angola | 0.73 % | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Australia | 0.63 % | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 83 | Slovakia | 0.63 % | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Kuwait | 0.61 % | 2016 | up 56.4% | flat |
| 86 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.56 % | 2023 | up 80.6% | falling |
| 87 | Denmark | 0.55 % | 2024 | up 77.4% | rising |
| 88 | Andorra | 0.52 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 89 | Israel | 0.45 % | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 89 | Italy | 0.45 % | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 91 | Germany | 0.42 % | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 92 | France | 0.41 % | 2023 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 92 | San Marino | 0.41 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.36 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 95 | Ukraine | 0.25 % | 2024 | down 69.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Sweden | 0.23 % | 2024 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 97 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.18 % | 2023 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 98 | Singapore | 0.15 % | 2024 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 99 | Belgium | 0.14 % | 2023 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 99 | Iraq | 0.14 % | 2021 | down 78.8% | falling |
| 101 | Qatar | 0 % | 2020 | — | 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 0.32 %
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.