Agriculture share of GDP in Greenland

Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced 16.6% of GDP in Greenland in 2023.

Measure: Agriculture, forestry and fishing as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 2003 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Greenland, 2023 16.6% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +0.5percentage points 2022: 16.0%
World, 2023 4.1% Official aggregate

Agriculture share of GDP in Greenland 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.

Agriculture, forestry and fishing as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period GreenlandWorld
2025 – 4.0%
2024 – 4.1%
2023 16.6% 4.1%
2022 16.0% 4.3%
2021 15.2% 4.3%
2020 15.7% 4.4%
2019 18.5% 4.0%
2018 18.4% 3.9%
2017 19.1% 4.1%
2016 18.4% 4.1%
2015 17.0% 4.2%
2014 17.3% 4.2%
2013 15.0% 4.2%
2012 16.2% 4.0%
2011 14.6% 4.0%
2010 13.4% 3.8%
2009 11.6% 3.6%
2008 14.7% 3.5%
2007 14.3% 3.4%
2006 16.2% 3.2%
2005 16.9% 3.2%
2004 16.4% 3.3%
2003 17.9% 3.3%
2002 – 3.3%
2001 – 3.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 16.0% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 15.0%, the figure has changed by +1.5 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 4.1%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NV.AGR.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2003 to 2023 for Greenland
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices