Agriculture share of GDP in Japan

Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced 1.0% of GDP in Japan in 2024.

Measure: Agriculture, forestry and fishing as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1994 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Japan, 2024 1.0% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 0.8%
World, 2024 4.1% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 1.8% Middle value of 35 countries
Position in 2024 166th of 187 See the full ranking

Agriculture share of GDP in Japan 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 JapanWorld
2025 – 4.0%
2024 1.0% 4.1%
2023 0.8% 4.1%
2022 0.8% 4.3%
2021 0.9% 4.3%
2020 1.0% 4.4%
2019 1.0% 4.0%
2018 1.0% 3.9%
2017 1.1% 4.1%
2016 1.1% 4.1%
2015 1.0% 4.2%
2014 1.0% 4.2%
2013 1.1% 4.2%
2012 1.1% 4.0%
2011 1.1% 4.0%
2010 1.1% 3.8%
2009 1.1% 3.6%
2008 1.0% 3.5%
2007 1.0% 3.4%
2006 1.0% 3.2%
2005 1.0% 3.2%
2004 1.2% 3.3%
2003 1.2% 3.3%
2002 1.3% 3.3%
2001 1.3% 3.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 0.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 1.0%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • Among the 187 countries with data for 2024, Japan has the 166th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 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
1994 to 2024 for Japan
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