Agriculture share of GDP — all countries

Agriculture share of GDP — South Asia

Agriculture share of GDP in South Asia in 2025 — 15.6%. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 27.6 pp.

2025 15.6% −1.1 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 44.3%1967
Period minimum 15.5%2018

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Agriculture share of GDP — South Asia, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 43.2%1962: 40.9%1964: 42.6%1966: 42.1%1968: 43.5%1970: 42%1972: 40.2%1974: 40.9%1976: 36.1%1978: 36.2%1980: 34.4%1982: 32.4%1984: 31.9%1986: 29.1%1988: 29.1%1990: 28%1992: 27.4%1994: 26.6%1996: 25%1998: 24%2000: 21.8%2002: 19.6%2004: 17.9%2006: 16.9%2008: 16.8%2010: 16.9%2012: 16.6%2014: 16.5%2016: 15.8%2018: 15.5%2020: 17.6%2022: 17.2%2024: 16.7%2025: 15.6%
Change over the period: −27.6 pp Annual average: -0.43 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

South Asia 15.6%
World 4%
Agriculture share of GDP — South Asia, by year South Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 15.6 −1.1 pp
2024 16.7 −0 pp
2023 16.8 −0.4 pp
2022 17.2 +0.6 pp
2021 16.6 −1.1 pp
2020 17.6 +1.6 pp
2019 16 +0.6 pp
2018 15.5 −0.5 pp
2017 16 +0.1 pp
2016 15.8 −0 pp
2015 15.9 −0.6 pp
2014 16.5 −0.3 pp
2013 16.8 +0.2 pp
2012 16.6 −0.4 pp
2011 17 +0.1 pp
2010 16.9 +0.1 pp
2009 16.8 −0.1 pp
2008 16.8 +0.1 pp
2007 16.8 −0.1 pp
2006 16.9 −0.8 pp
2005 17.7 −0.3 pp
2004 17.9 −1.6 pp
2003 19.6 −0.1 pp
2002 19.6 −2.1 pp
2001 21.7 −0.1 pp
2000 21.8 −1.2 pp
1999 23 −1 pp
1998 24 −0.2 pp
1997 24.2 −0.8 pp
1996 25 +0.2 pp
1995 24.8 −1.8 pp
1994 26.6 −0.5 pp
1993 27.1 −0.2 pp
1992 27.4 −0.9 pp
1991 28.2 +0.2 pp
1990 28 −0.2 pp
1989 28.2 −0.9 pp
1988 29.1 +0.6 pp
1987 28.5 −0.6 pp
1986 29.1 −1 pp
1985 30.2 −1.7 pp
1984 31.9 −0.8 pp
1983 32.7 +0.2 pp
1982 32.4 −0.9 pp
1981 33.3 −1.1 pp
1980 34.4 −0.4 pp
1979 34.8 −1.4 pp
1978 36.2 −0.6 pp
1977 36.8 +0.7 pp
1976 36.1 −4.3 pp
1975 40.4 −0.6 pp
1974 40.9 −1.8 pp
1973 42.7 +2.4 pp
1972 40.2 +0.3 pp
1971 40 −2 pp
1970 42 −1.2 pp
1969 43.2 −0.3 pp
1968 43.5 −0.8 pp
1967 44.3 +2.2 pp
1966 42.1 +1.5 pp
1965 40.6 −2 pp
1964 42.6 +0.9 pp
1963 41.7 +0.7 pp
1962 40.9 −1.9 pp
1961 42.9 −0.4 pp
1960 43.2

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.