Data for 2003

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 2003

Name: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 2003
Creator: World Bank Group
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2003, 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, 2003 covers 162 countries. Israel is highest, at 97,926; DR Congo is lowest, at 245. The middle country reads 4,037. Against 2002, 160 values changed (98 up, 62 down), 2 countries joined.

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Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker · Data for 2003

HighestIsrael

97,926

LowestDR Congo

245

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

162countries
1measure
2003the year it describes
162distinct 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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	97,926
2	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	79,607
3	Canada`CAN`Northern America	74,111
4	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	50,945
5	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	47,597
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	44,090
7	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	43,968
8	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	42,199
9	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	42,101
10	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	39,467
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	38,945
12	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	38,372
13	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	37,326
14	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	34,858
15	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	32,953
16	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	32,948
17	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	32,614
18	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	32,106
19	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	31,327
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	30,543
21	Suriname`SUR`South America	29,440
22	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	29,171
23	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	28,801
24	France`FRA`Western Europe	26,549
25	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	24,998
26	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	23,549
27	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	22,946
28	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	22,273
29	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	20,770
30	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	20,732
31	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	19,439
32	Uruguay`URY`South America	19,065
33	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	18,460
34	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	17,551
35	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	17,487
36	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	16,396
37	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	15,191
38	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	14,911
39	Guyana`GUY`South America	14,352
40	Argentina`ARG`South America	13,876
41	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	13,037
42	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	11,487
43	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	11,366
44	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	11,100
45	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,748
46	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	10,580
47	Belize`BLZ`Central America	10,399
48	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	9,966
49	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9,857
50	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	9,508
51	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	9,098
52	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	8,164
53	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	7,880
54	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	7,756
55	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	7,502
56	Chile`CHL`South America	7,240
57	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	7,045
58	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	6,855
59	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	6,851
60	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	6,743
61	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	6,443
62	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6,411
63	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	6,394
64	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6,173
65	Panama`PAN`Central America	6,120
66	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	6,102
67	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	5,852
68	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	5,670
69	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	5,472
70	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	5,139
71	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	5,073
72	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4,928
73	Brazil`BRA`South America	4,923
74	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4,886
75	Mexico`MEX`Central America	4,711
76	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,622
77	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4,593
78	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4,278
79	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	4,258
80	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4,197
81	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4,059
82	Colombia`COL`South America	4,016
83	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3,978
84	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3,713
85	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	3,653
86	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3,629
87	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	3,576
88	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3,514
89	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3,500
90	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3,413
91	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,299
92	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3,284
93	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3,229
94	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	3,178
95	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,071
96	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,011
97	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2,825
98	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,786
99	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,747
100	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2,688
101	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2,640
102	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,588
103	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,507
104	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2,494
105	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,395
106	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2,346
107	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2,331
108	Peru`PER`South America	2,303
109	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	2,295
110	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,259
111	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2,215
112	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2,180
113	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	2,013
114	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,938
115	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,934
116	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,900
117	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,713
118	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,709
119	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1,659
120	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,599
121	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1,492
122	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1,426
123	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1,423
124	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1,344
125	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,326
126	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,290
127	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,278
128	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,277
129	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,257
130	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,230
131	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1,148
132	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,142
133	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1,122
134	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,111
135	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,103
136	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,051
137	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,048
138	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,015
139	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	1,014
140	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	989
141	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	903
142	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	878
143	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	858
144	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	848
145	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	708
146	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	706
147	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	676
148	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	665
149	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	626
150	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	605
151	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	563
152	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	549
153	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	477
154	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	474
155	Niger`NER`Western Africa	447
156	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	445
157	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	422
158	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	383
159	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	349
160	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	339
161	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	291
162	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	245

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Israel97,926
2Iceland79,607
3Canada74,111
4Australia50,945
5Brunei47,597

Lowest

162DR Congo245
161Mozambique291
160Lesotho339
159Ethiopia349
158Madagascar383

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4,037. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

+2 / −0countries joined / left
160values changed, of 160 in both
98 · 62rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Bahamas25,608 → 34,858+9,251
Hong Kong31,051 → 38,372+7,321
New Zealand37,616 → 43,968+6,353
Brunei44,139 → 47,597+3,458
Belize7,334 → 10,399+3,065

Fell most

Luxembourg70,727 → 30,543−40,184
Australia59,354 → 50,945−8,409
France33,077 → 26,549−6,528
Iraq13,671 → 9,508−4,163
Switzerland26,853 → 22,946−3,907

+ Georgia

+ Solomon Islands

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World Bank Group (2003). Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agriculture-value-added-per-worker/2003

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