Agriculture share of GDP — all countries

Agriculture share of GDP — Southern Asia

Agriculture share of GDP in Southern Asia in 2025 — 15.8%. Since 1965, the indicator has fallen by 22.8 pp.

2025 15.8% −0.9 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 40.6%1967
Period minimum 14.9%2011

Trend over time

1965–2025 · % of GDP

Agriculture share of GDP — Southern Asia, 1965–20251020304050196519711977198319891995200120072013201920251965: 38.6%1967: 40.6%1969: 39.1%1971: 35.5%1973: 35.4%1975: 30.4%1977: 25.5%1979: 25.9%1981: 27.2%1983: 24.4%1985: 23.3%1987: 24.8%1989: 24.8%1991: 23.4%1993: 24.2%1995: 22.6%1997: 21.8%1999: 21.1%2001: 19.9%2003: 18%2005: 16.2%2007: 15.4%2009: 15.4%2011: 14.9%2013: 16.1%2015: 15.8%2017: 15.6%2019: 16.1%2021: 16.5%2023: 16.7%2025: 15.8%
Change over the period: −22.8 pp Annual average: -0.38 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Southern Asia 15.8%
World 4%
Agriculture share of GDP — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 15.8 −0.9 pp
2024 16.7 +0 pp
2023 16.7 −0.3 pp
2022 17.1 +0.5 pp
2021 16.5 −1 pp
2020 17.6 +1.5 pp
2019 16.1 +0.6 pp
2018 15.4 −0.1 pp
2017 15.6 +0.1 pp
2016 15.5 −0.4 pp
2015 15.8 −0.2 pp
2014 16.1 −0 pp
2013 16.1 +1 pp
2012 15.1 +0.2 pp
2011 14.9 −0.5 pp
2010 15.4 +0.1 pp
2009 15.4 +0.3 pp
2008 15 −0.3 pp
2007 15.4 −0.2 pp
2006 15.6 −0.7 pp
2005 16.2 −0.4 pp
2004 16.6 −1.4 pp
2003 18 −0.2 pp
2002 18.3 −1.6 pp
2001 19.9 −0.6 pp
2000 20.4 −0.7 pp
1999 21.1 −1 pp
1998 22.1 +0.3 pp
1997 21.8 −0.3 pp
1996 22.1 −0.5 pp
1995 22.6 −1.3 pp
1994 23.9 −0.3 pp
1993 24.2 +0.8 pp
1992 23.3 −0.1 pp
1991 23.4 −0.6 pp
1990 24 −0.8 pp
1989 24.8 −0.4 pp
1988 25.3 +0.5 pp
1987 24.8 +1.5 pp
1986 23.3 +0 pp
1985 23.3 −0.8 pp
1984 24 −0.4 pp
1983 24.4 −1.2 pp
1982 25.6 −1.6 pp
1981 27.2 +0.1 pp
1980 27.1 +1.2 pp
1979 25.9 −0.8 pp
1978 26.7 +1.2 pp
1977 25.5 +0 pp
1976 25.5 −4.9 pp
1975 30.4 −0.9 pp
1974 31.3 −4.1 pp
1973 35.4 +0.3 pp
1972 35.1 −0.5 pp
1971 35.5 −2.2 pp
1970 37.7 −1.4 pp
1969 39.1 −0.7 pp
1968 39.8 −0.8 pp
1967 40.6 +1.8 pp
1966 38.8 +0.2 pp
1965 38.6

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.