Agriculture share of GDP in World
Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced 4.0% of GDP in the world in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2018.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2025
4.0%
Change from 2024
−0.1percentage points
European Union, 2025
1.6%
Agriculture share of GDP in World 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 | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.0% | 1.6% |
| 2024 | 4.1% | 1.6% |
| 2023 | 4.1% | 1.6% |
| 2022 | 4.3% | 1.7% |
| 2021 | 4.3% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 4.4% | 1.6% |
| 2019 | 4.0% | 1.6% |
| 2018 | 3.9% | 1.6% |
| 2017 | 4.1% | 1.7% |
| 2016 | 4.1% | 1.6% |
| 2015 | 4.2% | 1.6% |
| 2014 | 4.2% | 1.7% |
| 2013 | 4.2% | 1.7% |
| 2012 | 4.0% | 1.7% |
| 2011 | 4.0% | 1.7% |
| 2010 | 3.8% | 1.6% |
| 2009 | 3.6% | 1.5% |
| 2008 | 3.5% | 1.6% |
| 2007 | 3.4% | 1.7% |
| 2006 | 3.2% | 1.6% |
| 2005 | 3.2% | 1.7% |
| 2004 | 3.3% | 2.0% |
| 2003 | 3.3% | 2.0% |
| 2002 | 3.3% | 2.0% |
| 2001 | 3.3% | 2.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 4.1% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 4.2%, the figure has changed by −0.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 1.6%.
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36.9%
2023 · World Bank
Cereal yield
4,229 kg per hectare
2023 · World Bank
Healthy diet unaffordable
32.7%e (Estimate)
2025 · FAOSTAT
Pesticide use
2.49e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Nitrogen fertiliser use
71.3e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Capture fisheries production
94,403,126 tonnes
2024 · World Bank