Agriculture share of GDP in China
Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced 6.7% of GDP in China in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
China, 2025
6.7%
Change from 2024
−0.1percentage points
World, 2025
4.0%
Median of G20 countries, 2025
2.9%
Agriculture share of GDP in China over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.7% | 4.0% |
| 2024 | 6.8% | 4.1% |
| 2023 | 6.9% | 4.1% |
| 2022 | 7.1% | 4.3% |
| 2021 | 7.1% | 4.3% |
| 2020 | 7.5% | 4.4% |
| 2019 | 7.0% | 4.0% |
| 2018 | 6.9% | 3.9% |
| 2017 | 7.3% | 4.1% |
| 2016 | 7.9% | 4.1% |
| 2015 | 8.2% | 4.2% |
| 2014 | 8.5% | 4.2% |
| 2013 | 8.8% | 4.2% |
| 2012 | 9.0% | 4.0% |
| 2011 | 9.0% | 4.0% |
| 2010 | 9.2% | 3.8% |
| 2009 | 9.5% | 3.6% |
| 2008 | 10.0% | 3.5% |
| 2007 | 10.1% | 3.4% |
| 2006 | 10.5% | 3.2% |
| 2005 | 11.5% | 3.2% |
| 2004 | 12.7% | 3.3% |
| 2003 | 12.2% | 3.3% |
| 2002 | 13.1% | 3.3% |
| 2001 | 13.8% | 3.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 6.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 8.2%, the figure has changed by −1.6 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 4.0%.
More for China
All statistics for China
Agricultural land
41.7%
2024 · World Bank
Cereal yield
6,495 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$3.64e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Healthy diet unaffordable
11.3%e (Estimate)
2025 · FAOSTAT
Pesticide use
1.88e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Nitrogen fertiliser use
191.8e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT