Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ was 14.52 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ in Southern Asia, 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 us$ in Southern Asia is 14.52 %, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ in Southern Asia peaked at 35.58 % in 1970 and was at its lowest, 14.52 %, in 2024.
Southern Asia ranks 7th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top 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 US$ in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 35.58 % | — |
| 1971 | 33.18 % | -6.7% |
| 1972 | 30.88 % | -6.9% |
| 1973 | 31.14 % | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 30.02 % | -3.6% |
| 1975 | 31.6 % | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 28.4 % | -10.1% |
| 1977 | 29.5 % | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 30.86 % | +4.6% |
| 1979 | 30.08 % | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 34.08 % | +13.3% |
| 1981 | 34.93 % | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 32.26 % | -7.6% |
| 1983 | 32.49 % | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 32.26 % | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 31.52 % | -2.3% |
| 1986 | 31.22 % | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 30.31 % | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 32.15 % | +6.1% |
| 1989 | 31.16 % | -3.1% |
| 1990 | 30.05 % | -3.6% |
| 1991 | 28.78 % | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 29.19 % | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 28.97 % | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 29.02 % | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 27.58 % | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 27.75 % | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 26.33 % | -5.1% |
| 1998 | 26.62 % | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 24.97 % | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 24.26 % | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 24.35 % | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 22.44 % | -7.8% |
| 2003 | 22.55 % | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 21.22 % | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 20.92 % | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 20.11 % | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 19.6 % | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 18.72 % | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 17.79 % | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 17.68 % | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 17.76 % | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 17.46 % | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 17.47 % | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 16.58 % | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 15.8 % | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 15.41 % | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 15.32 % | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 14.85 % | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 15.21 % | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 16.38 % | +7.7% |
| 2021 | 15.68 % | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 15.38 % | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 14.67 % | -4.6% |
| 2024 | 14.52 % | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 31.12 % | 28.4 % | 35.58 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 32.24 % | 30.31 % | 34.93 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 27.93 % | 24.97 % | 30.05 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.2 % | 17.79 % | 24.35 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.35 % | 14.85 % | 17.76 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.33 % | 14.52 % | 16.38 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 4 Guinea-Bissau 43.13 % compare
- 4 Micronesia (Federated States of) 20.99 % compare
- 5 Niger 43.02 % compare
- 5 Timor-Leste 19.46 % compare
- 6 Central African Republic 40.87 % compare
- 6 Côte d'Ivoire 15.3 % compare
- 7 Sudan 36.73 % compare
- 7 Micronesia 17.36 % compare
- 8 Afghanistan 36.05 % compare
- 9 Mali 35.98 % compare
- 9 Melanesia 14.41 % compare
- 10 Comoros 35.65 % compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 14.17 % compare
More environment data for Southern Asia
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4009 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.274 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.44 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 8.45 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 15.39 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 44.63 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 13.9 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 38.89 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ in Southern Asia?
- Value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ in Southern Asia was 14.52 % 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 us$ recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 35.58 % in 1970.
- What is the lowest value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.52 % in 2024.
- How does Southern Asia rank for value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$?
- Southern Asia ranks 7th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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 US$, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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).