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Agriculture share of GDP — all countries

Agriculture share of GDP — Lower-middle-income countries

Agriculture share of GDP in lower-middle-income countries in 2025 — 15.4%. Since 1981, the indicator has fallen by 6.6 pp.

2025 15.4% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 24%1988
Period minimum 14.9%2018

Trend over time

1981–2025 · % of GDP

Agriculture share of GDP — Lower-middle-income countries, 1981–202512.51517.52022.52519811986199119962001200620112016202120251981: 22%1982: 21.7%1983: 21.9%1984: 22.4%1985: 21.9%1986: 22.7%1987: 23.8%1988: 24%1989: 23.4%1990: 23.1%1991: 22.9%1992: 22.1%1993: 22.4%1994: 22%1995: 21.4%1996: 21.3%1997: 21%1998: 21.2%1999: 19.6%2000: 19.1%2001: 18.8%2002: 18.5%2003: 18.2%2004: 16.9%2005: 16.3%2006: 15.8%2007: 15.5%2008: 15.5%2009: 15.9%2010: 15.7%2011: 15.3%2012: 15.2%2013: 15.5%2014: 15.6%2015: 15.6%2016: 15.2%2017: 15.1%2018: 14.9%2019: 15.8%2020: 17%2021: 16.5%2022: 16.6%2023: 16%2024: 15.8%2025: 15.4%
Change over the period: −6.6 pp Annual average: -0.15 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 15.4%
World 4%
Agriculture share of GDP — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 15.4 −0.3 pp
2024 15.8 −0.3 pp
2023 16 −0.5 pp
2022 16.6 +0.1 pp
2021 16.5 −0.5 pp
2020 17 +1.3 pp
2019 15.8 +0.9 pp
2018 14.9 −0.2 pp
2017 15.1 −0.2 pp
2016 15.2 −0.3 pp
2015 15.6 +0 pp
2014 15.6 +0 pp
2013 15.5 +0.4 pp
2012 15.2 −0.2 pp
2011 15.3 −0.4 pp
2010 15.7 −0.2 pp
2009 15.9 +0.3 pp
2008 15.5 +0 pp
2007 15.5 −0.3 pp
2006 15.8 −0.6 pp
2005 16.3 −0.6 pp
2004 16.9 −1.3 pp
2003 18.2 −0.3 pp
2002 18.5 −0.3 pp
2001 18.8 −0.3 pp
2000 19.1 −0.5 pp
1999 19.6 −1.6 pp
1998 21.2 +0.1 pp
1997 21 −0.3 pp
1996 21.3 −0 pp
1995 21.4 −0.7 pp
1994 22 −0.3 pp
1993 22.4 +0.3 pp
1992 22.1 −0.8 pp
1991 22.9 −0.3 pp
1990 23.1 −0.2 pp
1989 23.4 −0.6 pp
1988 24 +0.2 pp
1987 23.8 +1.1 pp
1986 22.7 +0.7 pp
1985 21.9 −0.5 pp
1984 22.4 +0.5 pp
1983 21.9 +0.2 pp
1982 21.7 −0.3 pp
1981 22 —

About the indicator

The share of value added by agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing in GDP. It is one of the most reliable indicators of the level of economic development: in low-income countries the sector delivers a quarter of GDP or more, in high-income ones usually less than 2%, even though the physical volume of output there can be far larger.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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