Agriculture share of GDP — all countries

Agriculture share of GDP — Sri Lanka

Agriculture share of GDP in Sri Lanka in 2025 — 8.4%. Ranked 68 in the world out of 158. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 23.7 pp.

2025 8.4% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 68of 158
Period maximum 33.5%1974
Period minimum 7.3%2019

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Agriculture share of GDP — Sri Lanka, 1960–202501020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 32.1%1962: 31.1%1964: 31%1966: 28.7%1968: 31.6%1970: 28.8%1972: 26.7%1974: 33.5%1976: 29.3%1978: 30.8%1980: 27.8%1982: 26.6%1984: 28.9%1986: 27.5%1988: 26.7%1990: 26.7%1992: 26.1%1994: 24%1996: 22.5%1998: 21.2%2000: 19.9%2002: 14.3%2004: 12.5%2006: 11.3%2008: 13.4%2010: 9%2012: 7.9%2014: 8.1%2016: 7.3%2018: 7.6%2020: 8.3%2022: 8.4%2024: 8.4%2025: 8.4%
Change over the period: −23.7 pp Annual average: -0.37 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka 8.4%
World 4%
South Asia 15.6%
Southern Asia computed 15.8%
Agriculture share of GDP — Sri Lanka, by year Sri Lanka All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 8.4 −0 pp
2024 8.4 +0.3 pp
2023 8 −0.4 pp
2022 8.4 −0.3 pp
2021 8.8 +0.5 pp
2020 8.3 +1 pp
2019 7.3 −0.3 pp
2018 7.6 +0.2 pp
2017 7.4 +0.2 pp
2016 7.3 −1 pp
2015 8.2 +0.1 pp
2014 8.1 +0.2 pp
2013 7.9 +0 pp
2012 7.9 −1.6 pp
2011 9.5 +0.5 pp
2010 9 −3.6 pp
2009 12.7 −0.7 pp
2008 13.4 +1.7 pp
2007 11.7 +0.3 pp
2006 11.3 −0.5 pp
2005 11.8 −0.7 pp
2004 12.5 −0.7 pp
2003 13.2 −1 pp
2002 14.3 −5.8 pp
2001 20.1 +0.1 pp
2000 19.9 −0.8 pp
1999 20.7 −0.4 pp
1998 21.2 −0.8 pp
1997 21.9 −0.6 pp
1996 22.5 −0.6 pp
1995 23.1 −0.8 pp
1994 24 −0.9 pp
1993 24.9 −1.2 pp
1992 26.1 −1 pp
1991 27.1 +0.4 pp
1990 26.7 +0.7 pp
1989 26 −0.7 pp
1988 26.7 −0.6 pp
1987 27.3 −0.2 pp
1986 27.5 −0.6 pp
1985 28.1 −0.8 pp
1984 28.9 +0.4 pp
1983 28.5 +1.9 pp
1982 26.6 −1.4 pp
1981 28 +0.1 pp
1980 27.8 +0.6 pp
1979 27.2 −3.5 pp
1978 30.8 −0.2 pp
1977 31 +1.7 pp
1976 29.3 −1.3 pp
1975 30.6 −2.9 pp
1974 33.5 +5.9 pp
1973 27.7 +0.9 pp
1972 26.7 −0.8 pp
1971 27.5 −1.2 pp
1970 28.8 −0.6 pp
1969 29.3 −2.3 pp
1968 31.6 +1.6 pp
1967 30.1 +1.4 pp
1966 28.7 +0.1 pp
1965 28.6 −2.4 pp
1964 31 −1.4 pp
1963 32.3 +1.3 pp
1962 31.1 −1.8 pp
1961 32.9 +0.8 pp
1960 32.1

Southern 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.