Agriculture share of GDP in Sri Lanka
Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced 8.4% of GDP in Sri Lanka in 2025.
Sri Lanka, 2025
8.4%
Change from 2024
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World, 2025
4.0%
Agriculture share of GDP in Sri Lanka 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 | Sri Lanka | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.4% | 4.0% |
| 2024 | 8.4% | 4.1% |
| 2023 | 8.0% | 4.1% |
| 2022 | 8.4% | 4.3% |
| 2021 | 8.8% | 4.3% |
| 2020 | 8.3% | 4.4% |
| 2019 | 7.3% | 4.0% |
| 2018 | 7.6% | 3.9% |
| 2017 | 7.4% | 4.1% |
| 2016 | 7.3% | 4.1% |
| 2015 | 8.2% | 4.2% |
| 2014 | 8.1% | 4.2% |
| 2013 | 7.9% | 4.2% |
| 2012 | 7.9% | 4.0% |
| 2011 | 9.5% | 4.0% |
| 2010 | 9.0% | 3.8% |
| 2009 | 12.7% | 3.6% |
| 2008 | 13.4% | 3.5% |
| 2007 | 11.7% | 3.4% |
| 2006 | 11.3% | 3.2% |
| 2005 | 11.8% | 3.2% |
| 2004 | 12.5% | 3.3% |
| 2003 | 13.2% | 3.3% |
| 2002 | 14.3% | 3.3% |
| 2001 | 20.1% | 3.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 8.4% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 8.2%, the figure has changed by +0.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 4.0%.
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