Data for 2020

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 2020

Name: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 2020
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2020, 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, 2020 covers 173 countries. Iceland is highest, at 130,567.0; Central African Republic is lowest, at 186.3. The middle country reads 6,636.7. Against 2019, 173 values changed (95 up, 78 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker · Data for 2020

HighestIceland

130,567.0

LowestCentral African Republic

186.3

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

173countries
1measure
2020the year it describes
173distinct 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	130,567.0
2	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	120,360.0
3	Canada`CAN`Northern America	110,342.5
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99,405.8
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	78,552.9
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	73,141.6
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	72,068.5
8	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	62,980.0
9	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	57,939.7
10	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	56,352.7
11	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	54,146.1
12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	53,487.8
13	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	50,723.8
14	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	50,265.7
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	49,673.4
16	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	49,255.7
17	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	47,105.2
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	43,517.9
19	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	42,905.8
20	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	41,679.7
21	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	37,923.2
22	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	37,642.3
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	37,345.8
24	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	36,688.2
25	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	35,884.3
26	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	31,948.1
27	Guyana`GUY`South America	31,501.1
28	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	30,573.3
29	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	29,827.0
30	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	27,189.8
31	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	26,604.7
32	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	26,551.8
33	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	26,310.2
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	26,221.6
35	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	25,527.7
36	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	23,909.6
37	Uruguay`URY`South America	23,857.0
38	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	23,134.3
39	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	22,529.2
40	Argentina`ARG`South America	21,831.0
41	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	21,558.8
42	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	20,576.4
43	Suriname`SUR`South America	20,502.5
44	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	20,142.7
45	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	20,033.8
46	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	18,725.9
47	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	17,993.4
48	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	17,928.8
49	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	17,628.6
50	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	17,540.6
51	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	17,481.7
52	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	17,232.0
53	Chile`CHL`South America	16,957.9
54	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	15,854.6
55	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	15,048.5
56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	14,311.8
57	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	14,021.1
58	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	13,684.5
59	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	13,440.3
60	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	12,761.1
61	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	12,316.5
62	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	12,312.2
63	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	12,060.2
64	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11,964.6
65	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	11,151.5
66	Brazil`BRA`South America	11,102.3
67	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	10,585.0
68	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10,186.0
69	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	10,141.2
70	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	9,807.2
71	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	9,161.3
72	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	8,886.3
73	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	8,847.4
74	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	8,628.7
75	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8,543.0
76	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	8,505.2
77	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	8,493.4
78	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8,334.6
79	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	7,964.3
80	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	7,753.0
81	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	7,695.2
82	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	7,650.1
83	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	7,405.8
84	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	7,321.4
85	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	7,311.9
86	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	6,921.0
87	Panama`PAN`Central America	6,636.7
88	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	6,423.5
89	Mexico`MEX`Central America	6,227.6
90	Colombia`COL`South America	6,062.4
91	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6,055.6
92	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	5,841.2
93	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	5,747.7
94	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	5,482.3
95	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	5,293.1
96	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5,201.6
97	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	4,858.8
98	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	4,825.0
99	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	4,742.8
100	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,472.2
101	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	4,350.5
102	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	4,334.1
103	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	4,246.2
104	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	4,165.0
105	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4,022.9
106	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3,974.0
107	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3,850.6
108	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3,800.4
109	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,794.8
110	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	3,545.3
111	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3,497.2
112	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3,494.3
113	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,411.0
114	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3,406.8
115	Honduras`HND`Central America	3,327.5
116	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3,309.2
117	Peru`PER`South America	3,183.8
118	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,178.4
119	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,003.5
120	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,984.0
121	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2,905.7
122	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,899.2
123	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,876.0
124	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,840.8
125	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2,808.5
126	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2,757.0
127	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,752.1
128	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2,519.9
129	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2,434.9
130	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2,419.3
131	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2,365.3
132	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2,338.3
133	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2,272.0
134	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,121.0
135	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2,103.0
136	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,000.7
137	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,992.0
138	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,716.4
139	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,692.4
140	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,625.7
141	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1,623.9
142	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,516.2
143	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,509.8
144	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,455.6
145	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,439.7
146	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,356.9
147	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,344.8
148	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,334.0
149	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,325.8
150	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,314.2
151	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,307.3
152	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,306.5
153	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,243.3
154	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,197.3
155	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,150.2
156	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,103.2
157	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1,029.8
158	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,022.8
159	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	929.2
160	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	840.1
161	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	783.1
162	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	714.4
163	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	665.7
164	Niger`NER`Western Africa	665.2
165	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	657.0
166	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	515.2
167	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	514.3
168	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	494.0
169	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	328.4
170	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	311.1
171	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	297.8
172	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	228.8
173	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	186.3

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland130,567.0
2Israel120,360.0
3Canada110,342.5
4Norway99,405.8
5Netherlands78,552.9

Lowest

173Central African Republic186.3
172Burundi228.8
171DR Congo297.8
170Madagascar311.1
169Zambia328.4

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 6,636.7. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

+0 / −0countries joined / left
173values changed, of 173 in both
95 · 78rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Djibouti19,504.3 → 41,679.7+22,175.3
Brunei32,165.4 → 54,146.1+21,980.6
Bahamas33,759.0 → 42,905.8+9,146.8
Norway90,529.7 → 99,405.8+8,876.2
Canada104,712.1 → 110,342.5+5,630.5

Fell most

Australia86,227.9 → 73,141.6−13,086.3
Luxembourg55,175.6 → 49,255.7−5,920.0
Cyprus26,092.1 → 22,529.2−3,562.9
Saudi Arabia53,799.4 → 50,723.8−3,075.7
Sweden74,549.5 → 72,068.5−2,481.0

04Caveats

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World Bank Group (2020). Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agriculture-value-added-per-worker/2020

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