Agriculture (share of GDP) over time (1990–2024)

Follow agriculture (share of GDP) for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1990 to 2024.

The country ranked first was Guinea-Bissau (56.9%) in 1990 and is Niger (48.0%) in 2024. In between, the country ranked first changed 12 times.
Japan’s agriculture (share of GDP) went from 1.8% in 1994 to 1.0% in 2024 (down 0.8 points).
Japan ranked #134 of 142 countries in 1994 and #163 of 178 in 2024. The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

Japan and countries at the top, middle and bottom

Key years for Japan and countries at the top, middle and bottom of the 2024 ranking
Country	1990	2000	2010	2020	2024
Niger	29.4%	36.6%	35.8%	38.8%	48.0%
Cambodia	–	35.5%	27.9%	17.0%	16.6%
Suriname	8.1%	9.5%	9.5%	8.1%	6.8%
Saudi Arabia	5.6%	4.9%	2.6%	3.0%	2.5%
Japan	–	1.4%	1.1%	1.0%	1.0%
Singapore	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Countries with data	130	175	184	184	178

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2024


Rank	Country	Agriculture (share of GDP)

Biggest changes, 1990–2024

Compared among the countries that have data in both 1990 and 2024. Countries with a very small starting value are left out, because their ratios look exaggerated.

Biggest increases
Country	1990	2024	Change	Rank
Niger	29.4%	48.0%	up 18.5 points	#28 → #1
Kiribati	7.1%	23.2%	up 16.1 points	#98 → #23
Guinea	16.9%	31.0%	up 14 points	#64 → #11
Chad	27.9%	37.2%	up 9.3 points	#34 → #3
Vanuatu	19.6%	26.6%	up 7 points	#54 → #15

Biggest decreases
Country	1990	2024	Change	Rank
Guyana	38.1%	7.6%	down 30.5 points	#13 → #82
Laos	46.5%	16.8%	down 29.7 points	#7 → #44
Uganda	53.3%	24.6%	down 28.7 points	#3 → #19
Nepal	48.8%	21.7%	down 27.1 points	#5 → #29
Vietnam	38.7%	12.0%	down 26.7 points	#11 → #59

The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

All countries in key years

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Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country	1990	2000	2010	2020	2024
Niger	29.4%	36.6%	35.8%	38.8%	48.0%
Guinea-Bissau	56.9%	37.0%	38.0%	36.6%	41.2%
Chad	27.9%	40.7%	33.3%	40.7%	37.2%
Comoros	29.4%	29.4%	30.4%	35.8%	36.1%
Burundi	51.1%	44.1%	38.4%	31.1%	35.1%
Ethiopia	48.3%	44.7%	41.4%	35.6%	34.8%
Afghanistan	–	–	26.2%	30.0%	34.3%
Liberia	–	76.1%	35.9%	39.3%	33.8%
Mali	36.5%	26.6%	26.0%	32.3%	32.6%
Malawi	32.0%	29.7%	24.6%	25.0%	31.8%
Guinea	16.9%	14.4%	17.5%	26.3%	31.0%
Solomon Islands	38.5%	34.4%	32.5%	34.1%	29.7%
Sierra Leone	44.0%	55.0%	30.5%	35.1%	29.2%
Central African Republic	–	–	37.4%	29.5%	27.9%
Vanuatu	19.6%	23.0%	19.5%	25.0%	26.6%
Nigeria	21.6%	21.4%	23.9%	28.3%	25.9%
Myanmar	–	57.2%	36.9%	22.4%	25.3%
Mozambique	–	19.0%	27.3%	26.9%	25.2%
Uganda	53.3%	27.5%	32.9%	23.9%	24.6%
Benin	34.7%	23.5%	25.8%	27.1%	24.2%
Pakistan	23.1%	25.4%	22.7%	21.9%	23.7%
Tanzania	29.0%	26.2%	25.6%	25.3%	23.3%
Kiribati	7.1%	21.4%	24.7%	27.0%	23.2%
Tajikistan	33.3%	25.1%	19.6%	22.7%	23.1%
Kenya	25.3%	28.7%	17.6%	22.7%	22.4%
Micronesia	–	24.5%	25.2%	22.0%	22.3%
Sudan	39.0%	40.7%	30.6%	20.4%	22.2%
Madagascar	–	30.9%	29.1%	24.7%	21.9%
Nepal	48.8%	38.2%	33.2%	22.2%	21.7%
Angola	–	–	10.1%	15.1%	21.6%
Togo	15.2%	14.8%	21.1%	19.2%	21.3%
Burkina Faso	28.0%	24.9%	24.1%	17.9%	20.9%
Rwanda	32.5%	31.2%	23.4%	24.2%	20.8%
Ghana	44.8%	35.3%	28.0%	18.9%	20.6%
Gambia	24.3%	24.5%	35.2%	21.2%	20.4%
Timor-Leste	–	28.4%	25.6%	13.3%	20.2%
Marshall Islands	–	8.0%	10.6%	19.9%	19.9%
Mauritania	21.9%	24.8%	16.7%	19.2%	19.3%
Tonga	29.9%	19.6%	16.4%	17.1%	18.6%
Cameroon	24.0%	18.1%	17.3%	17.5%	18.5%
Uzbekistan	33.1%	30.1%	24.1%	21.6%	17.7%
India	27.6%	21.6%	17.0%	18.7%	17.6%
Papua New Guinea	29.0%	34.0%	19.6%	18.8%	17.0%
Laos	46.5%	33.6%	22.6%	16.3%	16.8%
Cambodia	–	35.5%	27.9%	17.0%	16.6%
Haiti	29.7%	17.2%	20.2%	20.4%	16.5%
Côte d’Ivoire	32.5%	16.2%	17.5%	16.9%	15.9%
Senegal	18.5%	16.4%	15.9%	16.1%	15.6%
Albania	–	22.2%	16.4%	18.8%	15.5%
Nicaragua	–	17.8%	17.0%	15.9%	14.5%
Bhutan	31.6%	21.6%	12.4%	15.7%	14.1%
Algeria	–	8.4%	7.5%	12.8%	14.0%
Egypt	18.5%	15.5%	13.3%	11.2%	13.7%
Fiji	18.0%	15.0%	9.4%	15.7%	13.2%
Indonesia	21.5%	15.7%	13.9%	13.7%	12.6%
São Tomé & Príncipe	–	–	11.6%	14.1%	12.5%
Dominica	16.3%	11.9%	12.2%	12.3%	12.2%
Turkmenistan	33.3%	22.5%	11.3%	11.6%	12.2%
Vietnam	38.7%	24.5%	15.4%	12.7%	12.0%
Honduras	19.9%	14.4%	11.6%	12.2%	11.3%
Paraguay	18.6%	12.9%	13.0%	10.7%	11.2%
Bangladesh	30.5%	22.7%	17.0%	12.0%	11.2%
Iran	12.5%	9.1%	6.5%	11.7%	10.8%
Morocco	15.1%	10.7%	12.0%	10.7%	10.6%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	–	32.0%	28.9%	13.7%	10.1%
Samoa	–	15.1%	10.1%	9.5%	9.8%
Tunisia	15.7%	10.0%	6.8%	10.4%	9.7%
Guatemala	25.9%	22.8%	11.2%	9.9%	9.7%
Colombia	17.1%	8.3%	6.3%	7.5%	9.5%
Republic of the Congo	12.9%	5.3%	4.0%	10.7%	9.4%
Ecuador	20.5%	12.4%	8.3%	8.4%	9.2%
Philippines	19.2%	13.9%	13.7%	10.2%	9.1%
Thailand	12.5%	8.5%	10.5%	8.7%	8.9%
Bolivia	15.4%	13.0%	10.4%	9.1%	8.8%
Zimbabwe	14.8%	15.7%	9.6%	20.8%	8.7%
Kyrgyzstan	32.7%	34.2%	17.4%	12.2%	8.6%
Sri Lanka	26.7%	19.9%	9.0%	8.3%	8.4%
Malaysia	15.2%	8.6%	10.1%	8.2%	8.1%
Jamaica	–	6.2%	5.3%	7.7%	8.0%
Belize	13.4%	10.6%	8.7%	8.4%	7.9%
Armenia	–	–	–	11.3%	7.8%
Guyana	38.1%	30.0%	28.5%	16.9%	7.6%
Peru	–	8.1%	6.8%	7.7%	7.5%
Ukraine	24.5%	14.0%	7.4%	9.3%	7.3%
Mongolia	12.5%	27.4%	11.7%	13.0%	7.3%
Moldova	–	25.4%	11.2%	9.4%	7.3%
Namibia	9.1%	10.7%	8.5%	9.2%	7.2%
Belarus	22.9%	12.1%	8.9%	7.1%	7.0%
China	26.5%	14.5%	9.2%	7.5%	6.8%
Suriname	8.1%	9.5%	9.5%	8.1%	6.8%
Lesotho	12.2%	7.8%	4.9%	5.3%	6.6%
Gabon	7.3%	6.2%	3.9%	6.6%	6.6%
Eswatini	8.9%	10.1%	8.3%	7.6%	6.5%
Uruguay	9.2%	6.0%	7.2%	7.2%	6.4%
North Macedonia	7.2%	10.1%	10.1%	8.6%	6.1%
Türkiye	17.5%	10.0%	8.9%	6.9%	5.8%
Argentina	8.1%	4.7%	7.1%	6.4%	5.8%
Brazil	7.0%	4.8%	4.1%	5.7%	5.8%
Azerbaijan	26.5%	16.1%	5.5%	6.7%	5.6%
Georgia	30.1%	20.6%	8.9%	8.3%	5.5%
Jordan	6.9%	2.0%	5.0%	4.7%	5.2%
Cape Verde	14.4%	12.9%	5.8%	6.2%	4.9%
El Salvador	16.0%	7.2%	7.0%	5.4%	4.5%
Bosnia & Herzegovina	–	9.0%	6.8%	5.9%	4.5%
Dominican Republic	13.4%	6.7%	5.9%	4.5%	4.5%
Mauritius	10.7%	5.6%	3.6%	3.1%	4.2%
Latvia	–	4.5%	4.1%	4.1%	3.9%
Kazakhstan	–	8.1%	4.5%	5.4%	3.9%
Mexico	6.7%	3.2%	3.1%	3.7%	3.9%
Maldives	–	–	5.6%	7.6%	3.8%
Chile	8.2%	5.1%	3.5%	4.0%	3.8%
Greece	–	5.5%	2.9%	3.9%	3.8%
St. Vincent & Grenadines	14.2%	8.5%	6.3%	8.6%	3.5%
Iceland	–	6.9%	6.3%	4.8%	3.5%
Montenegro	–	11.3%	5.5%	4.2%	3.5%
Costa Rica	15.8%	9.2%	6.5%	4.3%	3.4%
Iraq	8.2%	4.6%	5.2%	6.1%	3.4%
Serbia	–	14.7%	6.1%	5.1%	3.2%
Russia	15.5%	5.8%	3.3%	4.0%	2.9%
Croatia	–	5.0%	3.6%	3.1%	2.9%
Zambia	18.2%	16.1%	9.4%	3.0%	2.8%
Romania	21.8%	10.9%	5.2%	4.1%	2.8%
South Africa	3.8%	2.6%	2.1%	2.6%	2.8%
Spain	–	3.7%	2.4%	2.8%	2.8%
Equatorial Guinea	–	–	1.1%	3.2%	2.7%
Palau	–	3.9%	4.1%	3.3%	2.7%
Hungary	–	5.1%	3.0%	3.4%	2.7%
Grenada	8.9%	5.2%	4.5%	4.9%	2.7%
Panama	8.1%	6.3%	3.6%	3.1%	2.7%
Seychelles	4.5%	2.6%	2.2%	2.0%	2.6%
Oman	2.3%	2.0%	1.2%	2.5%	2.6%
Poland	–	3.2%	2.9%	2.6%	2.5%
Djibouti	–	–	–	2.0%	2.5%
Saudi Arabia	5.6%	4.9%	2.6%	3.0%	2.5%
Finland	5.4%	3.0%	2.4%	2.2%	2.5%
Lithuania	–	5.6%	3.1%	3.5%	2.4%
Libya	–	–	1.8%	4.3%	2.4%
Bulgaria	17.7%	11.0%	4.0%	3.4%	2.4%
Australia	4.2%	3.1%	2.2%	2.0%	2.0%
Portugal	–	3.1%	1.9%	2.1%	2.0%
Italy	3.2%	2.6%	1.8%	1.9%	2.0%
Czechia	–	3.2%	1.5%	1.9%	1.9%
Estonia	–	3.9%	3.2%	1.9%	1.8%
Botswana	4.5%	2.8%	2.1%	2.2%	1.8%
Netherlands	4.0%	2.3%	1.8%	1.7%	1.7%
Norway	3.0%	1.7%	1.4%	1.7%	1.7%
Antigua & Barbuda	1.6%	1.3%	1.2%	2.3%	1.6%
Slovakia	–	1.6%	1.5%	1.7%	1.6%
Barbados	3.4%	2.0%	1.7%	3.1%	1.6%
Slovenia	–	3.0%	1.8%	1.9%	1.5%
South Korea	7.4%	3.7%	2.0%	1.6%	1.5%
St. Lucia	–	–	2.7%	2.0%	1.5%
Sweden	3.6%	1.8%	1.4%	1.2%	1.4%
France	3.0%	2.0%	1.5%	1.5%	1.3%
St. Kitts & Nevis	3.5%	1.5%	1.3%	1.1%	1.3%
Israel	–	1.5%	1.8%	1.4%	1.3%
Cuba	13.0%	6.6%	3.6%	2.8%	1.2%
Austria	3.1%	1.7%	1.3%	1.1%	1.2%
Brunei	0.6%	1.1%	0.7%	1.2%	1.2%
Cyprus	6.9%	3.6%	2.1%	1.8%	1.2%
Lebanon	–	6.2%	3.9%	3.1%	1.0%
Ireland	–	2.5%	1.0%	1.0%	1.0%
Japan	–	1.4%	1.1%	1.0%	1.0%
Denmark	3.3%	2.1%	1.2%	1.3%	0.9%
Germany	–	1.0%	0.8%	0.7%	0.9%
Belgium	–	1.2%	0.8%	0.7%	0.8%
Trinidad & Tobago	2.5%	1.4%	0.5%	1.1%	0.8%
United Arab Emirates	1.1%	2.3%	0.7%	1.0%	0.8%
United Kingdom	1.3%	0.8%	0.6%	0.7%	0.6%
Switzerland	2.1%	1.1%	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%
Bahamas	2.2%	1.3%	1.1%	0.8%	0.5%
Kuwait	–	0.4%	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%
Andorra	–	0.5%	0.5%	0.6%	0.5%
Malta	3.2%	1.9%	1.3%	0.8%	0.5%
Qatar	0.8%	0.4%	0.1%	0.3%	0.3%
Bahrain	–	–	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%
Luxembourg	–	0.6%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%
Singapore	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Canada	–	2.1%	1.5%	1.8%	–
Eritrea	–	12.6%	–	–	–
Liechtenstein	–	–	–	0.2%	–
New Zealand	6.0%	7.8%	6.6%	5.7%	–
San Marino	–	–	–	0.0%	–
Somalia	55.8%	–	–	–	–
South Sudan	–	–	5.3%	–	–
Syria	28.3%	24.7%	19.4%	32.7%	–
Tuvalu	23.7%	16.6%	26.3%	–	–
United States	–	1.2%	1.0%	0.9%	–
Venezuela	5.2%	0.0%	0.0%	–	–
Yemen	27.4%	14.5%	9.9%	–	–
Countries with data	130	175	184	184	178

Notes on reading this history

Yearly values come from the same World Bank indicator. The number of countries with data differs by year, so each year’s ranks are given only among the countries that have data that year. The ranking page uses each country’s latest year, so it may not match a single year’s ranking here.

Older years have fewer countries with data. See the “Countries with data” row in the table.

Source: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP), indicator NV.AGR.TOTL.ZS. Processed by this site. data.worldbank.org

World Bank data last updated: 2026-10-08