Agriculture share of GDP — all countries

Agriculture share of GDP — Southern Asia

Agriculture share of GDP in Southern Asia in 2025 — 15.8%. Since 1965, the indicator has fallen by 22.8 pp.

2025 15.8% −0.9 pp vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 40.6%1967
Period minimum 14.9%2011

Trend over time

1965–2025 · % of GDP

Agriculture share of GDP — Southern Asia, 1965–20251020304050196519711977198319891995200120072013201920251965: 38.6%1967: 40.6%1969: 39.1%1971: 35.5%1973: 35.4%1975: 30.4%1977: 25.5%1979: 25.9%1981: 27.2%1983: 24.4%1985: 23.3%1987: 24.8%1989: 24.8%1991: 23.4%1993: 24.2%1995: 22.6%1997: 21.8%1999: 21.1%2001: 19.9%2003: 18%2005: 16.2%2007: 15.4%2009: 15.4%2011: 14.9%2013: 16.1%2015: 15.8%2017: 15.6%2019: 16.1%2021: 16.5%2023: 16.7%2025: 15.8%
Change over the period: −22.8 pp Annual average: -0.38 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Southern Asia

Southern Asia 15.8%
World 4%
Agriculture share of GDP — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 15.8 −0.9 pp
2024 16.7 +0 pp
2023 16.7 −0.3 pp
2022 17.1 +0.5 pp
2021 16.5 −1 pp
2020 17.6 +1.5 pp
2019 16.1 +0.6 pp
2018 15.4 −0.1 pp
2017 15.6 +0.1 pp
2016 15.5 −0.4 pp
2015 15.8 −0.2 pp
2014 16.1 −0 pp
2013 16.1 +1 pp
2012 15.1 +0.2 pp
2011 14.9 −0.5 pp
2010 15.4 +0.1 pp
2009 15.4 +0.3 pp
2008 15 −0.3 pp
2007 15.4 −0.2 pp
2006 15.6 −0.7 pp
2005 16.2 −0.4 pp
2004 16.6 −1.4 pp
2003 18 −0.2 pp
2002 18.3 −1.6 pp
2001 19.9 −0.6 pp
2000 20.4 −0.7 pp
1999 21.1 −1 pp
1998 22.1 +0.3 pp
1997 21.8 −0.3 pp
1996 22.1 −0.5 pp
1995 22.6 −1.3 pp
1994 23.9 −0.3 pp
1993 24.2 +0.8 pp
1992 23.3 −0.1 pp
1991 23.4 −0.6 pp
1990 24 −0.8 pp
1989 24.8 −0.4 pp
1988 25.3 +0.5 pp
1987 24.8 +1.5 pp
1986 23.3 +0 pp
1985 23.3 −0.8 pp
1984 24 −0.4 pp
1983 24.4 −1.2 pp
1982 25.6 −1.6 pp
1981 27.2 +0.1 pp
1980 27.1 +1.2 pp
1979 25.9 −0.8 pp
1978 26.7 +1.2 pp
1977 25.5 +0 pp
1976 25.5 −4.9 pp
1975 30.4 −0.9 pp
1974 31.3 −4.1 pp
1973 35.4 +0.3 pp
1972 35.1 −0.5 pp
1971 35.5 −2.2 pp
1970 37.7 −1.4 pp
1969 39.1 −0.7 pp
1968 39.8 −0.8 pp
1967 40.6 +1.8 pp
1966 38.8 +0.2 pp
1965 38.6 —

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.