Data for 1979

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1979

Name: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1979
Creator: World Bank Group
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1979, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1979 covers 95 countries. Uganda is highest, at 65.22; Brunei is lowest, at 0.10. The middle country reads 18.50. Against 1978, 93 values changed (19 up, 74 down), 2 countries joined.

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Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP) · Data for 1979

HighestUganda

65.22

LowestBrunei

0.10

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

95countries
1measure
1979the year it describes
95distinct values16 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1979, 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 (% of GDP), 1979: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	65.22
2	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	60.16
3	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	59.97
4	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	55.01
5	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	53.83
6	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	52.45
7	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	51.59
8	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	51.14
9	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	49.04
10	Niger`NER`Western Africa	48.68
11	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	41.27
12	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	38.90
13	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	36.23
14	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	34.99
15	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	34.26
16	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	33.86
17	India`IND`Southern Asia	32.83
18	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	32.13
19	Paraguay`PRY`South America	31.40
20	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	30.82
21	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	30.65
22	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	30.19
23	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	30.02
24	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	29.38
25	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	28.54
26	Belize`BLZ`Central America	28.06
27	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	27.91
28	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	27.78
29	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	27.24
30	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	26.69
31	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	26.40
32	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	26.38
33	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	25.38
34	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	24.88
35	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.18
36	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	23.99
37	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	23.63
38	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	22.60
39	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	22.57
40	Honduras`HND`Central America	22.53
41	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	21.95
42	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	21.78
43	Colombia`COL`South America	21.47
44	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	20.06
45	Guyana`GUY`South America	19.87
46	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	19.71
47	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	18.67
48	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	18.50
49	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	18.41
50	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	18.37
51	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	18.22
52	Bolivia`BOL`South America	18.05
53	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	17.92
54	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	17.34
55	Ecuador`ECU`South America	16.02
56	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	15.81
57	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	14.93
58	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	14.47
59	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	14.31
60	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	13.54
61	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	13.09
62	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	12.51
63	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	12.18
64	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	11.42
65	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	10.24
66	Peru`PER`South America	9.77
67	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9.18
68	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8.57
69	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	8.14
70	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	8.13
71	Panama`PAN`Central America	8.06
72	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	8.04
73	Argentina`ARG`South America	7.80
74	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	7.45
75	Suriname`SUR`South America	7.41
76	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	7.30
77	Chile`CHL`South America	7.12
78	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	6.27
79	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	5.48
80	Venezuela`VEN`South America	5.35
81	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	5.00
82	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.34
83	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3.97
84	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.92
85	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.79
86	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3.64
87	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	3.51
88	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.50
89	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3.36
90	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.13
91	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2.72
92	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.55
93	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1.18
94	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.55
95	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.10

02In 1979

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Uganda65.22
2Nepal60.16
3Ghana59.97
4Mali55.01
5Burundi53.83

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 18.50. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

What changed between 1978 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
93values changed, of 93 in both
19 · 74rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Rwanda42.42 → 49.04+6.62
Chad36.09 → 41.27+5.17
Lesotho30.33 → 34.26+3.92
China27.64 → 30.65+3.01
Mali52.14 → 55.01+2.87

Fell most

Uganda73.66 → 65.22−8.44
Niger52.68 → 48.68−4.00
Botswana18.44 → 14.47−3.97
Türkiye31.80 → 27.91−3.90
Somalia55.02 → 51.14−3.88

+ Kiribati

+ Vanuatu

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1979.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 95 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1979). Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agriculture-value-added/1979

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102 countries
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07Questions

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1979: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Agriculture share of GDP in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1979?

Uganda, at 65.22, of the 95 countries in the file.

What year does Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1979 describe?

1979.

How many countries does Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1979 cover?

95.

Where can I download Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1979?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1979 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 2025.

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