Data for 1982

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1982

Name: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1982
Creator: World Bank Group
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1982, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1982 covers 106 countries. Somalia is highest, at 62.95; Brunei is lowest, at 0.11. The middle country reads 16.54. Against 1981, 106 values changed (45 up, 61 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP) · Data for 1982

HighestSomalia

62.95

LowestBrunei

0.11

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

106countries
1measure
1982the year it describes
106distinct values15 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), 1982, 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), 1982: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	62.95
2	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	57.34
3	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	57.17
4	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	52.61
5	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	51.96
6	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	50.24
7	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	46.76
8	Niger`NER`Western Africa	44.30
9	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	42.31
10	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	39.97
11	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	39.78
12	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	38.34
13	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	35.45
14	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	34.11
15	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	33.59
16	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	32.74
17	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	32.72
18	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	32.59
19	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	32.50
20	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	32.43
21	India`IND`Southern Asia	32.33
22	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	31.44
23	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	30.97
24	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	29.38
25	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	28.97
26	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	28.45
27	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	27.52
28	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	27.01
29	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	26.88
30	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	26.60
31	Paraguay`PRY`South America	25.87
32	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	25.12
33	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	24.74
34	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	24.49
35	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	24.13
36	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	22.35
37	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	21.57
38	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	21.50
39	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	21.20
40	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	20.42
41	Guyana`GUY`South America	20.19
42	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	19.91
43	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	19.62
44	Honduras`HND`Central America	19.10
45	Colombia`COL`South America	18.77
46	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	18.58
47	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	18.55
48	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.05
49	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	18.04
50	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	17.18
51	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	17.12
52	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	17.07
53	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	16.66
54	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	16.41
55	Bolivia`BOL`South America	16.09
56	Ecuador`ECU`South America	15.93
57	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	14.81
58	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	14.27
59	Belize`BLZ`Central America	14.24
60	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	13.72
61	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	13.50
62	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	13.46
63	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	13.15
64	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.92
65	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	12.88
66	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	12.77
67	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	12.58
68	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	12.17
69	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	11.02
70	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	10.30
71	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	10.27
72	Argentina`ARG`South America	9.60
73	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	9.33
74	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9.27
75	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	8.46
76	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	8.15
77	Suriname`SUR`South America	7.87
78	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	7.86
79	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.77
80	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	7.18
81	Panama`PAN`Central America	6.76
82	Chile`CHL`South America	6.23
83	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	6.12
84	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	5.97
85	Venezuela`VEN`South America	5.71
86	Brazil`BRA`South America	5.65
87	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	5.63
88	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5.37
89	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	5.21
90	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4.70
91	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4.68
92	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4.66
93	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.98
94	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.84
95	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3.73
96	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3.69
97	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.43
98	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2.59
99	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.53
100	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.39
101	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2.31
102	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1.55
103	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.34
104	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.69
105	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.64
106	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.11

02In 1982

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Somalia62.95
2Ghana57.34
3Nepal57.17
4Burundi52.61
5Ethiopia51.96

Lowest

106Brunei0.11
105United Arab Emirates0.64
104Qatar0.69
103Singapore1.34
102Saudi Arabia1.55

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 16.54. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
106values changed, of 106 in both
45 · 61rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Gambia30.63 → 35.45+4.82
Sierra Leone29.33 → 33.59+4.26
Ghana53.08 → 57.34+4.26
Argentina6.48 → 9.60+3.12
Saint Kitts and Nevis5.77 → 8.15+2.38

Fell most

Uganda58.33 → 50.24−8.09
Lesotho24.35 → 16.66−7.68
Brazil11.45 → 5.65−5.80
Burundi58.14 → 52.61−5.53
Mali47.10 → 42.31−4.79

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

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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 1982.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 106 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1982). Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agriculture-value-added/1982

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07Questions

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1982: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Agriculture share of GDP in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1982?

Somalia, at 62.95, of the 106 countries in the file.

What year does Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1982 describe?

1982.

How many countries does Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1982 cover?

106.

Where can I download Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1982?

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), 1982 the newest?

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

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