Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP in United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP was 0.5615 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP in United Kingdom, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp in United Kingdom is 0.5615 %, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp in United Kingdom peaked at 2.26 % in 1974 and was at its lowest, 0.5448 %, in 2005.
That places United Kingdom 209th out of 228 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 55 years of available data.
Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP in United Kingdom, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2.25 % | — |
| 1971 | 2.23 % | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 2.24 % | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 2.23 % | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 2.26 % | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 2.25 % | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 2.15 % | -4.7% |
| 1977 | 2.03 % | -5.4% |
| 1978 | 1.92 % | -5.7% |
| 1979 | 1.79 % | -6.5% |
| 1980 | 1.68 % | -6.2% |
| 1981 | 1.61 % | -4.3% |
| 1982 | 1.53 % | -4.7% |
| 1983 | 1.47 % | -4.4% |
| 1984 | 1.39 % | -4.9% |
| 1985 | 1.32 % | -5.1% |
| 1986 | 1.35 % | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 1.36 % | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 1.39 % | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 1.42 % | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 1.31 % | -8.2% |
| 1991 | 1.28 % | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 1.27 % | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 1.28 % | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 1.33 % | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 1.22 % | -8.1% |
| 1996 | 1.06 % | -13.0% |
| 1997 | 0.9365 % | -11.6% |
| 1998 | 0.9362 % | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.8443 % | -9.8% |
| 2000 | 0.8198 % | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 0.7597 % | -7.3% |
| 2002 | 0.8922 % | +17.4% |
| 2003 | 0.8505 % | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 0.7285 % | -14.3% |
| 2005 | 0.5448 % | -25.2% |
| 2006 | 0.5707 % | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 0.5625 % | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.6744 % | +19.9% |
| 2009 | 0.676 % | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.5867 % | -13.2% |
| 2011 | 0.6825 % | +16.3% |
| 2012 | 0.6284 % | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 0.6333 % | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.745 % | +17.6% |
| 2015 | 0.6312 % | -15.3% |
| 2016 | 0.5789 % | -8.3% |
| 2017 | 0.5941 % | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 0.5711 % | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 0.6047 % | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 0.6711 % | +11.0% |
| 2021 | 0.7085 % | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 0.6603 % | -6.8% |
| 2023 | 0.5797 % | -12.2% |
| 2024 | 0.5615 % | -3.1% |
United Kingdom compared with similar countries
- United Kingdom's 0.5615 % is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.76 %, 32% of the median. (71 countries reporting)
- United Kingdom's 0.5615 % is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2.57 %, 22% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.13 % | 1.79 % | 2.26 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.45 % | 1.32 % | 1.68 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.15 % | 0.8443 % | 1.33 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7079 % | 0.5448 % | 0.8922 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6256 % | 0.5711 % | 0.745 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6362 % | 0.5615 % | 0.7085 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Kingdom
- 206 Puerto Rico 0.6901 % compare
- 207 Switzerland 0.6287 % compare
- 208 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0.5993 % compare
- 209 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.5615 % compare
- 211 Bahamas 0.5078 % compare
- 212 Kuwait 0.498 % compare
More environment data for United Kingdom
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.13 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.421 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), annual growth rate 21.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp in United Kingdom?
- Value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp in United Kingdom was 0.5615 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp recorded in United Kingdom?
- The highest recorded value was 2.26 % in 1974.
- What is the lowest value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp recorded in United Kingdom?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5448 % in 2005.
- How does United Kingdom rank for value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp?
- United Kingdom ranks 209th out of 228 countries with data for 2024.
- Is value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp rising or falling in United Kingdom?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Kingdom data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP Standard Local Currency. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).