Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU)

Iran, Islamic Rep. ranks first with an agriculture, forestry, and fishing value added of 8,165,671,623,726,800 constant LCU, a figure that dwarfs every other country in this ranking. At the opposite end, San Marino records just 213,789 constant LCU, placing 192nd. The gap between first and last exceeds 3,819,499,027,071% in spread, reflecting how deeply incomparable national currencies make direct cross-country comparison on this metric.

Ranking 2024

Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU)
Rank Country Value
1Iran8,165,671,623,726,800
2Indonesia1,464,331,100,000,000
3Vietnam653,355,260,900,300
4Colombia63,058,000,000,000
5Nigeria59,312,569,103,900
6Uzbekistan38,074,596,555,300
7Tanzania35,615,307,719,100
8Uganda35,186,642,553,600
9South Korea33,452,800,000,000
10India24,768,049,898,000
11Paraguay23146119301482.7
12Cambodia21,538,851,372,600
13Laos20,582,559,000,000
14Guinea17,945,807,488,410
15Myanmar16,045,534,425,700
16Pakistan9,549,819,000,000
17China9,374,270,599,900
18Iraq8,463,273,700,000
19Chile7,821,728,125,800
20Côte d'Ivoire7,802,520,008,600
21Japan6,395,103,616,000
22Madagascar5,510,101,889,800
23Cameroon4,351,300,000,000
24Niger3,946,325,585,700
25Mali3924672409235.53
26Chad3,746,327,828,400
27Russia3,652,071,720,500
28Bangladesh3,621,407,239,600
29Benin2,935,200,000,000
30Angola2765993779491.16
31Mongolia2,761,111,270,000
32Rwanda2,634,967,220,900
33Lebanon2,605,944,000,000
34Senegal2,231,618,252,200
35DR Congo2,060,337,941,900
36Burkina Faso2,041,378,425,600
37Kenya1,867,490,000,000
38Philippines1,778,234,532,900
39Malawi1,727,085,274,800
40Costa Rica1,718,548,854,100
41Hungary1,658,266,371,000
42Algeria1216667901659.25
43Togo1057432279131.03
44Sri Lanka937103638455.48
45Egypt927659286167.7
46Kazakhstan856361713947.76
47Ethiopia827,880,365,800
48Mexico803,221,588,000
49Armenia733031153763.9
50Nepal705274697329.68
51Thailand686,354,000,000
52Gabon596092574279.34
53Burundi521631178483.11
54Republic of Congo392,203,474,000
55Afghanistan381,356,000,000
56Guinea-Bissau341,483,480,100
57Guyana325,786,000,000
58Serbia313,529,396,700
59Mozambique289,456,085,900
60Albania281,658,210,400
61Central African Republic258,404,072,100
62Brazil239137083642.2
63Ukraine236,173,437,700
64Dominican Republic227,649,334,400
65Comoros160,050,360,300
66Iceland141,503,939,000
67Jamaica128,234,000,000
68Türkiye127,559,518,400
69Uruguay125,993,427,600
70Equatorial Guinea122,009,491,200
71Czechia120,137,000,000
72Saudi Arabia117989050575.2
73South Africa114,791,642,100
74Morocco109369139034.37
75Malaysia103,457,529,000
76Syria89,234,000,000
77Haiti84,611,849,900
78Mauritania79,940,855,900
79Kyrgyzstan74,994,185,600
80Norway67,869,526,000
81Yemen65,419,257,100
82Sweden58,193,000,000
83Australia54,556,000,000
84Guatemala53,738,742,600
85Argentina51,067,612,000
86Poland47765066988.05
87Ghana41,254,515,200
88Canada39,602,851,000
89Peru35,375,000,000
90Spain32,069,000,000
91Italy31,905,200,000
92France29,764,200,000
93Honduras29,544,500,000
94Bolivia29210539274.79
95Nicaragua28,822,131,700
96Germany26,982,030,000
97Bhutan24,136,361,200
98Romania24109478192.04
99North Macedonia23,150,800,000
100Denmark21,744,161,000
101Sierra Leone21572780189.57
102Israel20,889,074,000
103New Zealand20,242,345,000
104Moldova18,589,741,000
105Mauritius18012784940.1
106Djibouti17,627,398,900
107Gambia16935107332.02
108Belarus15,914,300,000
109United Kingdom15,198,261,000
110Netherlands13,903,543,000
111Vanuatu13,378,000,000
112United Arab Emirates13,020,000,000
113Papua New Guinea11,141,297,300
114Namibia10,640,405,400
115Ecuador9,733,861,800
116Cabo Verde9,262,994,800
117Tunisia8,277,700,000
118Zambia7,154,845,600
119Zimbabwe6,362,672,600
120Greece6,317,862,000
121Sudan5,194,270,400
122Finland4,946,996,000
123Switzerland4,909,266,000
124Ireland4,879,876,000
125Bulgaria4,555,313,000
126Austria4,335,905,000
127Georgia4290078857.05
128Portugal4,269,046,000
129Eswatini3,802,461,700
130Belgium3,549,700,000
131Maldives3397750857.8
132Botswana3,248,100,800
133Solomon Islands2923263639.94
134Greenland2,225,900,000
135Azerbaijan2,186,960,700
136Panama2136603799.69
137Qatar2,047,000,000
138Tajikistan2,018,256,500
139Bosnia and Herzegovina2,000,604,400
140Croatia1,971,269,100
141Libya1,760,400,000
142Fiji1,725,300,000
143Jordan1,720,202,600
144South Sudan1,655,413,800
145Lithuania1,619,749,000
146Liberia1,493,445,000
147Slovakia1,438,976,000
148Lesotho1,415,256,900
149El Salvador1,320,493,000
150Hong Kong1,057,000,000
151Latvia1,046,076,000
152Oman1,028,300,000
153Suriname914415133.53
154Slovenia841,871,000
155Cuba840,000,000
156Seychelles689,623,200
157Trinidad and Tobago679,987,700
158Palestine660,000,000
159Kosovo653037869.02
160Belize445,931,900
161Estonia444,604,000
162Timor-Leste331069633.55
163Cyprus325,057,000
164Dominica233,990,000
165Barbados228,600,000
166Sao Tome and Principe227,902,100
167Kuwait225,700,000
168Montenegro200,379,200
169Tonga196273309.29
170Samoa183,241,400
171Brunei169406403.34
172Singapore162,600,000
173Luxembourg155,497,000
174Saint Vincent and the Grenadines93,250,000
175Malta88483406.69
176Grenada87,610,000
177Bahamas85,800,000
178Kiribati82694522.52
179Saint Lucia81,370,000
180Antigua and Barbuda80,100,000
181Micronesia57,164,600
182Marshall Islands45306833.74
183Bahrain42,895,600
184Saint Kitts and Nevis22,200,000
185Isle of Man17630464.73
186Cayman Islands17028997.19
187Bermuda14,373,000
188Andorra13,900,000
189Palau8299531.74
190Turks and Caicos Islands5,482,000
191Aruba1638064.93
192San Marino213789.07

Analysis

This metric measures the contribution of agriculture, forestry, and fishing to each country's economy in constant local currency units (LCU). According to the World Bank World Development Indicators (indicator code NV.AGR.TOTL.KN), 'Agriculture, forestry, and fishing corresponds to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 01-03 and includes the exploitation of vegetal and animal natural resources, comprising the activities of growing of crops, raising and breeding of animals, harvesting of timber and other plants, animals or animal products from a farm or their natural habitats. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or a' sector. Values are expressed in each country's own constant LCU, meaning figures are not converted to a common currency and cannot be directly compared across countries. Coverage spans 192 countries, with 190 out of 192 (99.0%) having data from the last seven years, 100% of datapoints classified as official, and 10 extreme outliers identified at the 3-sigma threshold. The consistency rate for the latest year (2024) stands at 89.1%, with 171 of 192 countries reporting.

Iran, Islamic Rep. leads by an extraordinary margin at rank 1 with 8,165,671,623,726,800 constant LCU, more than five times the value of second-ranked Indonesia (1,464,331,100,000,000 constant LCU). Viet Nam places third at 653,355,260,900,300 constant LCU. Colombia (rank 4, 63,058,000,000,000) and Nigeria (rank 5, 59,312,569,103,900) follow, with both values orders of magnitude below the top three. Further down, India ranks 10th at 24,768,049,898,000 constant LCU despite its large agricultural workforce, while China places 17th at 9,374,270,599,900. High rankings in constant LCU terms reflect a combination of sector scale, currency denomination, and base-year price levels rather than sector size in any internationally comparable sense.

Several counterintuitive placements appear in the middle of the ranking. Korea, Rep. ranks 9th at 33,452,800,000,000 constant LCU, placing above India (rank 10) and China (rank 17), which are widely regarded as having far larger agricultural sectors by most other measures. Similarly, Paraguay ranks 11th at 23,146,119,301,482.70 constant LCU, above Cambodia (rank 12) and Lao PDR (rank 13). Brazil, one of the world's largest agricultural producers by output volume, ranks only 62nd at 239,137,083,642.20 constant LCU. At the lower end of the ranking, small island economies and territories such as Aruba (rank 191, 1,638,064.93 constant LCU) and San Marino (rank 192, 213,789.07 constant LCU) report minimal values consistent with their limited agricultural land base.

The most significant limitation of this metric is that values are expressed in constant local currency units and are not converted to a common currency. This makes all cross-country comparisons unreliable as indicators of actual agricultural sector size or productivity. A country with a high-denomination currency or a high historical price level in its base year will mechanically produce larger LCU values. Iran's position at rank 1 is a clear illustration of this: its value of over 8 quadrillion LCU reflects currency scale as much as sector output. Additionally, the source note definition is incomplete as supplied, ending mid-sentence, which introduces some ambiguity about what is fully included. Reporting gaps exist for 21 of 192 countries in the latest year (2024), and 10 extreme outliers were flagged at the 3-sigma threshold, suggesting the data distribution is highly skewed.

Methodology

Data are drawn from the World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator code NV.AGR.TOTL.KN, for the reference year 2024. The metric captures agriculture, forestry, and fishing value added in constant local currency units (LCU). Per the source definition: 'Agriculture, forestry, and fishing corresponds to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 01-03 and includes the exploitation of vegetal and animal natural resources, comprising the activities of growing of crops, raising and breeding of animals, harvesting of timber and other plants, animals or animal products from a farm or their natural habitats. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or a' sector. Values are in each country's own constant LCU and are not comparable across countries. The ranking covers 192 countries. Data recency is high: 190 of 192 countries (99.0%) have data from within the last seven years. All datapoints (100%) are classified as official-quality. Consistency for the 2024 reference year is 89.1%, with 171 of 192 countries reporting. Ten extreme outliers were identified at the 3-sigma threshold. The value range spans from 213,789.07 to 8,165,671,623,726,800 constant LCU, a spread of over 3,819,499,027,071%, driven primarily by differences in national currency denominations and base-year price levels rather than underlying sector differences.

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