Data for 1998

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 1998

Name: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 1998
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1998, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

This is how much a country's farms, forests and fisheries produce for each person working in them, in constant 2015 dollars — agricultural labour productivity. It is the gap between farm and city incomes in one number, and one of the clearest measures of how far a country's agriculture has modernised.

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 1998 covers 148 countries. Israel is highest, at 84,352; Mozambique is lowest, at 265. The middle country reads 3,981. Against 1997, 147 values changed (84 up, 63 down), 1 country joined.

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Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker · Data for 1998

HighestIsrael

84,352

LowestMozambique

265

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

148countries
1measure
1998the year it describes
148distinct values12 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 1998, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 1998: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	84,352
2	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	72,908
3	Canada`CAN`Northern America	52,812
4	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	47,058
5	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	45,933
6	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	40,687
7	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	40,149
8	Suriname`SUR`South America	40,086
9	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	36,147
10	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	34,660
11	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	34,643
12	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33,890
13	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	31,856
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	31,009
15	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	30,471
16	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	29,737
17	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	27,973
18	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	27,420
19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	25,107
20	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	25,006
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	24,581
22	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	24,561
23	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	23,854
24	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	23,631
25	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	23,302
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	21,740
27	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	21,590
28	Uruguay`URY`South America	19,020
29	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	18,087
30	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	18,020
31	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	17,505
32	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	15,736
33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	15,711
34	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	14,526
35	Argentina`ARG`South America	12,681
36	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	12,390
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	12,374
38	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12,125
39	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	11,579
40	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	11,155
41	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	10,925
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,324
43	Guyana`GUY`South America	10,285
44	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	9,673
45	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	8,291
46	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	8,248
47	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7,969
48	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	7,812
49	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	7,733
50	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7,506
51	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	7,291
52	Belize`BLZ`Central America	7,069
53	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	7,027
54	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	6,727
55	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	6,594
56	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	6,487
57	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	5,850
58	Chile`CHL`South America	5,768
59	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	5,515
60	Panama`PAN`Central America	5,282
61	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4,939
62	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	4,907
63	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	4,739
64	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	4,734
65	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4,421
66	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4,318
67	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4,299
68	Brazil`BRA`South America	4,287
69	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4,241
70	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,196
71	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4,187
72	Colombia`COL`South America	4,116
73	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	4,084
74	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3,982
75	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	3,979
76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,916
77	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,803
78	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3,601
79	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	3,447
80	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3,411
81	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3,357
82	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3,344
83	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3,327
84	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3,108
85	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3,007
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,996
87	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,951
88	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2,814
89	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,685
90	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2,652
91	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,622
92	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2,579
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2,562
94	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,509
95	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2,407
96	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,210
97	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,170
98	Peru`PER`South America	2,154
99	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2,125
100	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,112
101	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,002
102	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,992
103	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,885
104	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1,873
105	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,792
106	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,670
107	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1,622
108	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1,621
109	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1,587
110	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,573
111	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,549
112	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1,537
113	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,500
114	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,453
115	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1,409
116	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,336
117	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,299
118	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,230
119	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,211
120	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1,157
121	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1,121
122	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,113
123	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,013
124	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,012
125	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	996
126	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	978
127	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	925
128	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	864
129	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	824
130	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	822
131	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	802
132	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	798
133	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	619
134	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	593
135	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	561
136	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	523
137	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	474
138	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	468
139	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	458
140	Niger`NER`Western Africa	441
141	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	432
142	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	423
143	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	405
144	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	401
145	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	393
146	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	386
147	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	338
148	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	265

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Israel84,352
2Iceland72,908
3Canada52,812
4Luxembourg47,058
5Australia45,933

Lowest

148Mozambique265
147DR Congo338
146Lesotho386
145Guinea393
144Rwanda401

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,981. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

+1 / −0countries joined / left
147values changed, of 147 in both
84 · 63rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Israel73,958 → 84,352+10,394
Belgium20,487 → 25,006+4,518
United Kingdom17,512 → 21,740+4,228
Cyprus25,690 → 29,737+4,046
Canada49,538 → 52,812+3,274

Fell most

Suriname47,216 → 40,086−7,130
Luxembourg51,799 → 47,058−4,741
Singapore39,209 → 34,643−4,565
Bulgaria10,410 → 7,969−2,441
Iceland75,316 → 72,908−2,408

+ Oman

04Caveats

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World Bank Group (1998). Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agriculture-value-added-per-worker/1998

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