Agriculture share of GDP — all countries

Agriculture share of GDP — South Korea

Agriculture share of GDP in South Korea in 2025 — 1.5%. Ranked 139 in the world out of 158. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 35 pp.

2025 1.5% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 139of 158
Period maximum 46.3%1964
Period minimum 1.4%2023

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Agriculture share of GDP — South Korea, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 36.4%1962: 36.5%1964: 46.3%1966: 34.2%1968: 27.9%1970: 26.3%1972: 26.2%1974: 23.8%1976: 22.7%1978: 19.6%1980: 14%1982: 13.7%1984: 11.6%1986: 10.1%1988: 8.9%1990: 7.4%1992: 6.4%1994: 5.5%1996: 4.8%1998: 4.1%2000: 3.7%2002: 3.1%2004: 2.8%2006: 2.4%2008: 2%2010: 2%2012: 2.1%2014: 2%2016: 1.7%2018: 1.6%2020: 1.6%2022: 1.4%2024: 1.5%2025: 1.5%
Change over the period: −35 pp Annual average: -0.54 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

South Korea 1.5%
World 4%
Agriculture share of GDP — South Korea, by year South Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 1.5 +0 pp
2024 1.5 +0 pp
2023 1.4 −0 pp
2022 1.4 −0.2 pp
2021 1.7 +0.1 pp
2020 1.6 +0.1 pp
2019 1.5 −0.1 pp
2018 1.6 −0.1 pp
2017 1.7 −0 pp
2016 1.7 −0.2 pp
2015 1.9 −0.1 pp
2014 2 −0 pp
2013 2 −0.1 pp
2012 2.1 −0 pp
2011 2.1 +0.1 pp
2010 2 −0.1 pp
2009 2.1 +0.1 pp
2008 2 −0.1 pp
2007 2.2 −0.2 pp
2006 2.4 −0.1 pp
2005 2.5 −0.3 pp
2004 2.8 −0 pp
2003 2.8 −0.2 pp
2002 3.1 −0.3 pp
2001 3.4 −0.3 pp
2000 3.7 −0.4 pp
1999 4.1 +0 pp
1998 4.1 −0.3 pp
1997 4.3 −0.5 pp
1996 4.8 −0.4 pp
1995 5.1 −0.3 pp
1994 5.5 −0.2 pp
1993 5.7 −0.7 pp
1992 6.4 −0.2 pp
1991 6.6 −0.8 pp
1990 7.4 −0.9 pp
1989 8.3 −0.7 pp
1988 8.9 −0.1 pp
1987 9 −1.1 pp
1986 10.1 −1.3 pp
1985 11.5 −0.1 pp
1984 11.6 −0.8 pp
1983 12.3 −1.4 pp
1982 13.7 −1 pp
1981 14.7 +0.7 pp
1980 14 −4.2 pp
1979 18.2 −1.4 pp
1978 19.6 −1.9 pp
1977 21.4 −1.2 pp
1976 22.7 −1.4 pp
1975 24.1 +0.3 pp
1974 23.8 −0.5 pp
1973 24.3 −1.9 pp
1972 26.2 −0.7 pp
1971 26.9 +0.6 pp
1970 26.3 −0.9 pp
1969 27.2 −0.8 pp
1968 27.9 −2 pp
1967 30 −4.2 pp
1966 34.2 −3.1 pp
1965 37.3 −9 pp
1964 46.3 +3.4 pp
1963 42.9 +6.4 pp
1962 36.5 −2.1 pp
1961 38.5 +2.1 pp
1960 36.4

Eastern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.