Agriculture share of GDP in North America
Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced 1.0% of GDP in North America in 2021.
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2021
1.0%
Change from 2020
0percentage points
World, 2021
4.3%
Agriculture share of GDP in North America 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 | North America | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 4.0% |
| 2024 | – | 4.1% |
| 2023 | – | 4.1% |
| 2022 | – | 4.3% |
| 2021 | 1.0% | 4.3% |
| 2020 | 1.0% | 4.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | 4.0% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | 3.9% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | 4.1% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | 4.1% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| 2014 | 1.2% | 4.2% |
| 2013 | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| 2012 | 1.2% | 4.0% |
| 2011 | 1.3% | 4.0% |
| 2010 | 1.1% | 3.8% |
| 2009 | 1.0% | 3.6% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | 3.4% |
| 2006 | 1.1% | 3.2% |
| 2005 | 1.2% | 3.2% |
| 2004 | 1.3% | 3.3% |
| 2003 | 1.2% | 3.3% |
| 2002 | 1.0% | 3.3% |
| 2001 | 1.2% | 3.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 1.0% in 2020.
- Since 2011, when it was 1.3%, the figure has changed by −0.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2021 was 4.3%.
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Agricultural land
26.7%
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Cereal yield
8,414 kg per hectare
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Capture fisheries production
4,895,851 tonnes
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Prevalence of undernourishment
2.5%
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Food production index
100.0 (2014-16 = 100)
2020 · World Bank
Fertiliser use
128.8 kg per hectare
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