Agriculture, forestry, fishing, Recurrent (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, Recurrent (general government expenditure) — Value Standard Local Currency is currently reported for 56 countries. The highest value is 5.18 million million SLC in Colombia; the lowest is 0 million SLC in Canada.
The median across all reporting countries is 3,132 million SLC, and the mean is 246,148 million SLC.
Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Sri Lanka (up 576.1%), and the largest decrease in Canada (down 100.0%).
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, Recurrent (general government): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 5.18 million million SLC | 2024 | up 153.2% | rising |
| 2 | India | 4.92 million million SLC | 2023 | up 88.4% | rising |
| 3 | Pakistan | 768,974 million SLC | 2024 | up 432.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Iraq | 631,660 million SLC | 2019 | — | rising |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 569,180 million SLC | 2021 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 318,990 million SLC | 2015 | up 204.5% | rising |
| 7 | Nigeria | 286,231 million SLC | 2024 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 8 | Uganda | 266,890 million SLC | 2024 | — | rising |
| 9 | Hungary | 262,354 million SLC | 2023 | up 115.7% | falling |
| 10 | Angola | 124,955 million SLC | 2024 | up 322.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | 91,267 million SLC | 2015 | up 576.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Costa Rica | 88,776 million SLC | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 13 | Armenia | 49,930 million SLC | 2022 | up 262.8% | rising |
| 14 | Brazil | 39,611 million SLC | 2024 | up 64.1% | rising |
| 15 | Serbia | 24,028 million SLC | 2010 | up 201.7% | rising |
| 16 | Poland | 22,744 million SLC | 2023 | up 100.3% | rising |
| 17 | South Africa | 21,367 million SLC | 2023 | up 71.1% | rising |
| 18 | Dominican Republic | 18,059 million SLC | 2024 | up 77.6% | rising |
| 19 | Togo | 15,281 million SLC | 2018 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 20 | Yemen | 13,528 million SLC | 2014 | up 160.2% | rising |
| 21 | Ukraine | 13,050 million SLC | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 22 | Albania | 11,166 million SLC | 2022 | up 182.5% | rising |
| 23 | Sweden | 6,632 million SLC | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 24 | Australia | 6,426 million SLC | 2024 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 25 | Spain | 6,037 million SLC | 2023 | up 66.0% | falling |
| 26 | Italy | 4,745 million SLC | 2023 | up 91.9% | rising |
| 27 | Kyrgyzstan | 3,498 million SLC | 2024 | up 215.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Guinea-Bissau | 3,203 million SLC | 2015 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 29 | Mauritius | 3,061 million SLC | 2024 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 30 | Israel | 1,708 million SLC | 2024 | up 77.6% | rising |
| 31 | Botswana | 1,693 million SLC | 2024 | — | rising |
| 32 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1,584 million SLC | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 33 | Finland | 1,476 million SLC | 2023 | down 16.6% | flat |
| 34 | Peru | 1,056 million SLC | 2024 | up 74.1% | rising |
| 35 | Azerbaijan | 973.56 million SLC | 2022 | up 103.2% | rising |
| 36 | Turkmenistan | 899.92 million SLC | 2024 | up 311.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Portugal | 772.77 million SLC | 2023 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 38 | Slovakia | 709.21 million SLC | 2011 | up 90.4% | rising |
| 39 | Croatia | 328.53 million SLC | 2023 | — | falling |
| 40 | Panama | 276.6 million SLC | 2021 | — | rising |
| 41 | Lithuania | 226.1 million SLC | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 42 | Slovenia | 212.68 million SLC | 2023 | up 16.2% | flat |
| 43 | Cyprus | 159.1 million SLC | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 44 | Latvia | 153.51 million SLC | 2023 | up 90.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Seychelles | 149.15 million SLC | 2024 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Estonia | 139.5 million SLC | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 47 | Tajikistan | 134.8 million SLC | 2019 | — | rising |
| 48 | El Salvador | 125.5 million SLC | 2024 | up 172.8% | rising |
| 49 | Singapore | 114.9 million SLC | 2010 | up 180.2% | rising |
| 50 | Malta | 79.06 million SLC | 2023 | up 90.4% | rising |
| 51 | Kuwait | 70.77 million SLC | 2016 | up 168.7% | rising |
| 52 | Oman | 53.55 million SLC | 2022 | up 99.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Bahamas | 28.8 million SLC | 2016 | up 132.8% | rising |
| 54 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19.94 million SLC | 2022 | — | rising |
| 55 | Grenada | 8.14 million SLC | 2024 | up 39.1% | flat |
| 56 | Canada | 0 million SLC | 2014 | 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.
- Viet Nam 23.69 million million SLC
- United States of America 35,400 million SLC
- Republic of Moldova 2,436 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.