Data for 2015

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 2015

Name: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 2015
Creator: World Bank Group
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2015, 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, 2015 covers 179 countries. Iceland is highest, at 115,619.1; Burundi is lowest, at 250.1. The middle country reads 5,609.3. Against 2014, 175 values changed (101 up, 74 down), 4 countries joined.

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Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker · Data for 2015

HighestIceland

115,619.1

LowestBurundi

250.1

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

179countries
1measure
2015the year it describes
179distinct 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	115,619.1
2	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	113,189.2
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	103,583.4
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	97,829.1
5	Canada`CAN`Northern America	96,545.7
6	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	92,065.9
7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	71,668.7
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	66,960.4
9	United States`USA`Northern America	64,711.9
10	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	64,471.1
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	64,352.8
12	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	63,613.8
13	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	54,493.7
14	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	51,985.4
15	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	51,884.8
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	49,318.8
17	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	46,969.7
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	45,680.7
19	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	45,476.9
20	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	44,003.5
21	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	42,570.6
22	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	40,474.8
23	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	37,597.4
24	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	36,611.4
25	Suriname`SUR`South America	32,318.4
26	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	28,987.7
27	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	28,077.1
28	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	26,828.9
29	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	26,004.0
30	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	25,580.1
31	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	25,389.7
32	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	24,740.1
33	Guyana`GUY`South America	24,560.3
34	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	24,156.4
35	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	23,952.1
36	Uruguay`URY`South America	23,000.4
37	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	22,799.8
38	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	21,906.5
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	21,852.9
40	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	21,540.6
41	Argentina`ARG`South America	21,502.8
42	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	21,006.7
43	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	20,840.4
44	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	19,311.4
45	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	19,197.9
46	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	18,158.9
47	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	16,734.8
48	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	16,663.8
49	Chile`CHL`South America	14,366.7
50	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	13,686.1
51	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	13,644.8
52	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	13,456.9
53	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	13,213.9
54	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	12,986.3
55	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	12,884.7
56	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	12,038.9
57	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	11,894.8
58	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	11,804.7
59	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	11,781.3
60	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	11,747.4
61	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	11,226.5
62	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	10,956.8
63	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	10,928.1
64	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	10,568.8
65	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	10,559.6
66	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	10,554.7
67	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	10,310.1
68	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	10,230.7
69	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	9,708.3
70	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	9,306.0
71	Brazil`BRA`South America	9,066.2
72	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	9,047.5
73	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	8,818.4
74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	8,632.5
75	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	8,597.4
76	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	8,364.7
77	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	8,258.2
78	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8,132.5
79	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	7,906.4
80	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7,742.3
81	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	7,736.4
82	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	7,592.3
83	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	7,558.6
84	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	7,021.1
85	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	6,361.7
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6,221.2
87	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6,159.7
88	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	6,069.2
89	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	5,903.0
90	Panama`PAN`Central America	5,609.3
91	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	5,505.9
92	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	5,384.3
93	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5,377.0
94	Colombia`COL`South America	5,248.7
95	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	5,146.7
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4,798.8
97	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4,775.8
98	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	4,722.7
99	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	4,673.7
100	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4,401.6
101	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	4,265.4
102	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	4,261.4
103	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	4,201.2
104	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	4,188.8
105	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	4,138.3
106	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	4,040.9
107	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3,907.8
108	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3,879.3
109	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3,852.4
110	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	3,735.4
111	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	3,716.4
112	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,663.3
113	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	3,566.2
114	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,550.6
115	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3,526.7
116	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3,376.4
117	Honduras`HND`Central America	3,366.7
118	Peru`PER`South America	3,289.5
119	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3,240.8
120	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3,238.7
121	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3,086.9
122	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,014.5
123	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2,915.3
124	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2,904.4
125	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,876.0
126	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2,768.4
127	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2,711.2
128	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2,563.2
129	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2,549.1
130	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,548.8
131	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2,485.7
132	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,185.4
133	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,135.0
134	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2,022.0
135	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,000.7
136	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,861.6
137	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,796.4
138	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1,796.3
139	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1,775.5
140	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,749.9
141	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	1,672.2
142	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,661.6
143	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,500.2
144	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,472.2
145	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1,467.3
146	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,408.3
147	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,402.0
148	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,359.6
149	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1,358.2
150	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,351.3
151	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,337.6
152	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,322.0
153	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,317.9
154	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,308.6
155	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,302.0
156	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,280.3
157	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,159.5
158	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,135.6
159	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,119.2
160	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1,049.6
161	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	979.3
162	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	974.1
163	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	891.8
164	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	890.8
165	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	804.3
166	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	739.0
167	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	729.7
168	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	605.0
169	Niger`NER`Western Africa	570.3
170	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	546.8
171	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	513.0
172	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	504.3
173	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	487.1
174	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	481.2
175	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	425.6
176	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	347.4
177	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	313.2
178	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	304.5
179	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	250.1

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland115,619.1
2Israel113,189.2
3Australia103,583.4
4Norway97,829.1
5Canada96,545.7

Lowest

179Burundi250.1
178DR Congo304.5
177Madagascar313.2
176Zambia347.4
175Lesotho425.6

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 5,609.3. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

+4 / −0countries joined / left
175values changed, of 175 in both
101 · 74rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg33,316.7 → 46,969.7+13,653.0
Iceland104,906.0 → 115,619.1+10,713.1
Belgium54,142.7 → 64,352.8+10,210.1
Canada88,613.0 → 96,545.7+7,932.6
Australia97,859.1 → 103,583.4+5,724.2

Fell most

Denmark48,463.8 → 40,474.8−7,989.0
Germany47,902.8 → 42,570.6−5,332.2
Iraq13,811.2 → 8,597.4−5,213.8
Montenegro16,698.1 → 11,747.4−4,950.6
Lebanon25,172.2 → 21,006.7−4,165.6

+ New Caledonia

+ Puerto Rico

+ French Polynesia

+ United States

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