Data for 2009

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 2009

Name: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 2009
Creator: World Bank Group
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2009, 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, 2009 covers 172 countries. Israel is highest, at 125,109.2; DR Congo is lowest, at 265.9. The middle country reads 4,484.9. Against 2008, 171 values changed (108 up, 63 down), 1 country joined.

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Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker · Data for 2009

HighestIsrael

125,109.2

LowestDR Congo

265.9

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

172countries
1measure
2009the year it describes
172distinct values12 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	125,109.2
2	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	112,060.1
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	79,850.8
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	73,972.4
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	66,009.8
6	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	52,417.8
7	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	51,754.0
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	51,748.4
9	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	49,013.6
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	47,975.6
11	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	44,529.5
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	44,207.6
13	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	43,881.0
14	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	43,364.6
15	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	42,398.0
16	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	41,815.3
17	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	39,369.0
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	36,565.2
19	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	32,948.3
20	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	31,702.5
21	Suriname`SUR`South America	31,644.8
22	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	30,594.4
23	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	30,022.3
24	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	29,395.4
25	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	27,664.1
26	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	25,746.2
27	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	24,617.6
28	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	24,083.1
29	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	22,716.9
30	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	22,428.4
31	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	22,037.8
32	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	20,532.8
33	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	19,880.9
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	19,148.0
35	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	18,940.7
36	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	17,944.9
37	Uruguay`URY`South America	17,341.8
38	Guyana`GUY`South America	16,675.4
39	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	15,779.8
40	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	15,137.6
41	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	15,030.4
42	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	14,326.6
43	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	13,843.9
44	Argentina`ARG`South America	13,760.3
45	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	13,752.4
46	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	13,630.5
47	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	12,652.9
48	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	12,572.2
49	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	11,982.5
50	Chile`CHL`South America	11,527.1
51	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	11,085.3
52	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	11,066.5
53	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	10,752.6
54	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	10,706.4
55	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	10,667.9
56	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	10,177.4
57	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	9,997.2
58	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	9,958.7
59	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	9,941.5
60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	9,747.4
61	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	9,672.2
62	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	9,385.1
63	Belize`BLZ`Central America	9,077.2
64	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	8,918.4
65	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	8,583.3
66	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	8,413.5
67	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	7,653.4
68	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	7,519.7
69	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	7,491.3
70	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	7,376.4
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	7,266.0
72	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6,932.0
73	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	6,306.4
74	Brazil`BRA`South America	6,257.7
75	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	6,057.2
76	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	5,737.3
77	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	5,658.8
78	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,633.7
79	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	5,603.1
80	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	5,416.4
81	Panama`PAN`Central America	5,089.6
82	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5,084.5
83	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5,020.1
84	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	4,844.2
85	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4,791.2
86	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	4,630.1
87	Colombia`COL`South America	4,339.8
88	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	4,133.5
89	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3,831.4
90	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	3,805.7
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,772.3
92	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3,727.0
93	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3,679.8
94	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3,596.8
95	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,484.7
96	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3,467.0
97	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3,455.2
98	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3,405.3
99	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3,365.0
100	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,254.8
101	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	3,220.4
102	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3,079.8
103	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3,072.4
104	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3,063.9
105	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	3,036.2
106	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,948.5
107	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,911.3
108	Peru`PER`South America	2,881.8
109	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2,862.4
110	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,828.8
111	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,795.0
112	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	2,771.3
113	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2,725.6
114	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,599.6
115	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2,558.7
116	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2,556.8
117	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,441.3
118	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,427.4
119	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,411.2
120	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,367.9
121	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2,359.6
122	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2,317.7
123	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2,298.5
124	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,148.4
125	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2,119.8
126	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,046.3
127	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,895.5
128	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1,800.0
129	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,765.1
130	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,657.7
131	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1,632.5
132	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,556.9
133	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,500.8
134	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,471.7
135	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,463.0
136	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1,287.1
137	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,233.1
138	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,231.3
139	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,224.6
140	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1,221.2
141	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,183.1
142	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,169.2
143	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,157.5
144	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1,151.8
145	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,139.7
146	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1,135.0
147	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,071.6
148	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,052.1
149	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	1,043.9
150	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,017.0
151	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	958.8
152	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	936.4
153	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	929.0
154	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	916.3
155	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	861.1
156	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	820.1
157	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	740.3
158	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	712.1
159	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	653.3
160	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	546.6
161	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	526.7
162	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	514.4
163	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	477.0
164	Niger`NER`Western Africa	463.2
165	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	452.3
166	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	419.3
167	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	418.9
168	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	411.2
169	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	402.9
170	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	401.3
171	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	290.5
172	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	265.9

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Israel125,109.2
2Iceland112,060.1
3Australia79,850.8
4Canada73,972.4
5Norway66,009.8

Lowest

172DR Congo265.9
171Burundi290.5
170Zambia401.3
169Madagascar402.9
168Zimbabwe411.2

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4,484.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

+1 / −0countries joined / left
171values changed, of 171 in both
108 · 63rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Israel104,686.7 → 125,109.2+20,422.5
Malta28,592.5 → 43,881.0+15,288.5
Australia66,949.4 → 79,850.8+12,901.5
United Kingdom42,154.6 → 51,754.0+9,599.4
Czechia22,355.0 → 30,022.3+7,667.3

Fell most

Hungary33,005.0 → 27,664.1−5,340.9
Argentina18,566.1 → 13,760.3−4,805.7
Norway69,241.9 → 66,009.8−3,232.1
Estonia23,750.1 → 20,532.8−3,217.2
Netherlands52,188.0 → 49,013.6−3,174.5

+ Central African Republic

04Caveats

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