Agriculture, forestry, fishing (general government expenditure) — Value Standard Local Currency 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) — Value Standard Local Currency is currently reported for 105 countries. The highest value is 95.73 million million SLC in Indonesia; the lowest is 1.35 million SLC in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 5,167 million SLC, and the mean is 1.97 million million SLC.
Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 43,138.4%), and the largest decrease in Iraq (down 79.3%).
Agriculture, forestry, fishing (general government expenditure): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia | 95.73 million million SLC | 2024 | up 126.6% | volatile |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 68.08 million million SLC | 2022 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 2 | Uzbekistan | 15.14 million million SLC | 2024 | up 560.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Colombia | 5.36 million million SLC | 2024 | up 132.2% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 279,878 million SLC | 2024 | up 1,225.4% | volatile |
| 4 | India | 5.24 million million SLC | 2023 | up 163.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Japan | 4.98 million million SLC | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 6 | China, mainland | 2.70 million million SLC | 2024 | up 69.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Timor-Leste | 21.23 million SLC | 2022 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Nigeria | 1.31 million million SLC | 2024 | up 366.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Paraguay | 1.25 million million SLC | 2020 | up 298.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Pakistan | 1.04 million million SLC | 2024 | up 624.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 1.03 million million SLC | 2024 | up 224.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Uganda | 862,368 million SLC | 2024 | — | rising |
| 12 | Myanmar | 826,116 million SLC | 2020 | up 75.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Mongolia | 679,095 million SLC | 2024 | up 675.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Russian Federation | 578,025 million SLC | 2021 | up 86.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Hungary | 339,757 million SLC | 2023 | up 150.1% | falling |
| 16 | Thailand | 197,940 million SLC | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 145,714 million SLC | 2015 | up 519.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Iraq | 142,569 million SLC | 2021 | down 79.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Angola | 140,961 million SLC | 2024 | up 178.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Serbia | 125,717 million SLC | 2024 | up 224.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 112,482 million SLC | 2024 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Rwanda | 110,649 million SLC | 2024 | up 152.7% | rising |
| 23 | Egypt | 69,905 million SLC | 2024 | up 455.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Armenia | 67,415 million SLC | 2024 | up 216.9% | rising |
| 25 | Czechia | 63,846 million SLC | 2024 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 26 | South Sudan | 58,359 million SLC | 2022 | up 43,138.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Togo | 50,798 million SLC | 2018 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 28 | Brazil | 43,046 million SLC | 2024 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 29 | South Africa | 32,501 million SLC | 2023 | up 76.1% | rising |
| 30 | Yemen | 32,202 million SLC | 2014 | up 165.7% | rising |
| 31 | Iceland | 31,139 million SLC | 2024 | up 72.6% | rising |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 27,822 million SLC | 2024 | up 116.7% | rising |
| 33 | Norway | 26,738 million SLC | 2024 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 34 | Poland | 22,634 million SLC | 2023 | up 151.8% | rising |
| 35 | Afghanistan | 19,621 million SLC | 2017 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 36 | Albania | 16,302 million SLC | 2024 | up 129.2% | rising |
| 37 | Canada | 14,577 million SLC | 2024 | up 108.6% | rising |
| 38 | Ukraine | 13,890 million SLC | 2024 | up 136.7% | rising |
| 39 | Germany | 9,050 million SLC | 2024 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 40 | Denmark | 7,584 million SLC | 2024 | up 124.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Romania | 7,476 million SLC | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 42 | Sweden | 7,448 million SLC | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 43 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 7,126 million SLC | 2023 | up 194.3% | rising |
| 44 | Spain | 6,950 million SLC | 2023 | up 72.3% | falling |
| 45 | France | 6,563 million SLC | 2023 | up 57.7% | falling |
| 46 | Australia | 6,400 million SLC | 2024 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 47 | Belarus | 5,877 million SLC | 2023 | up 653.9% | volatile |
| 48 | New Caledonia | 5,421 million SLC | 2020 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 49 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,283 million SLC | 2024 | up 258.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Peru | 5,173 million SLC | 2024 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 51 | Italy | 5,167 million SLC | 2023 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 52 | Switzerland | 4,965 million SLC | 2023 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 53 | Guinea-Bissau | 4,003 million SLC | 2015 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 54 | Israel | 3,928 million SLC | 2024 | up 81.6% | rising |
| 55 | United Arab Emirates | 3,809 million SLC | 2024 | up 457.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Mauritius | 3,236 million SLC | 2024 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 57 | Turkmenistan | 3,189 million SLC | 2024 | up 350.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Botswana | 3,004 million SLC | 2024 | — | rising |
| 59 | Mozambique | 2,471 million SLC | 2008 | up 119.4% | rising |
| 60 | Bulgaria | 2,188 million SLC | 2024 | up 100.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Austria | 2,104 million SLC | 2024 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 62 | Namibia | 1,787 million SLC | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 63 | Tajikistan | 1,722 million SLC | 2023 | up 594.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1,674 million SLC | 2023 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 65 | Finland | 1,490 million SLC | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 66 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1,400 million SLC | 2023 | up 123.6% | rising |
| 67 | Ireland | 1,231 million SLC | 2023 | up 68.0% | falling |
| 68 | Guatemala | 1,199 million SLC | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 69 | Zambia | 1,110 million SLC | 2010 | up 2,955.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 1,003 million SLC | 2023 | up 100.3% | rising |
| 71 | Greece | 922 million SLC | 2023 | up 244.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Portugal | 873.03 million SLC | 2023 | up 49.4% | falling |
| 73 | Georgia | 695.6 million SLC | 2024 | up 120.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Belgium | 453.2 million SLC | 2023 | up 80.2% | rising |
| 75 | Slovakia | 378.04 million SLC | 2023 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Croatia | 376.75 million SLC | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 77 | Panama | 367.34 million SLC | 2021 | — | rising |
| 78 | Luxembourg | 325.74 million SLC | 2024 | up 95.7% | rising |
| 79 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 300.18 million SLC | 2024 | up 98.9% | rising |
| 80 | Slovenia | 282.15 million SLC | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 81 | Singapore | 273.55 million SLC | 2024 | up 73.0% | rising |
| 82 | Lesotho | 261.5 million SLC | 2009 | up 100.1% | rising |
| 83 | Lithuania | 257.16 million SLC | 2023 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 84 | Seychelles | 183.71 million SLC | 2024 | up 99.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Cyprus | 183.1 million SLC | 2023 | up 33.8% | falling |
| 86 | Latvia | 164.94 million SLC | 2023 | up 88.2% | flat |
| 87 | El Salvador | 152.1 million SLC | 2024 | up 83.5% | rising |
| 88 | Estonia | 142.9 million SLC | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 89 | Kuwait | 98.62 million SLC | 2016 | up 115.9% | rising |
| 90 | Malta | 96.97 million SLC | 2024 | up 133.4% | rising |
| 91 | Oman | 94 million SLC | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 92 | Maldives | 93.35 million SLC | 2011 | up 137.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Bahamas | 28.8 million SLC | 2016 | up 106.3% | rising |
| 94 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 27.87 million SLC | 2024 | up 129.2% | rising |
| 95 | Grenada | 10.62 million SLC | 2024 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 96 | Somalia | 9.4 million SLC | 2023 | up 168.6% | rising |
| 97 | Andorra | 5.39 million SLC | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 98 | Cook Islands | 3.45 million SLC | 2022 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 99 | San Marino | 3.11 million SLC | 2023 | — | falling |
| 100 | Nauru | 2.26 million SLC | 2018 | — | rising |
| 101 | Qatar | 1.74 million SLC | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Tuvalu | 1.35 million SLC | 2017 | up 110.9% | rising |
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 35,400 million SLC
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.30 million million SLC
- Republic of Moldova 3,009 million SLC
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,045 million SLC
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.