Data for 1985

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1985

Name: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1985
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1985, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1985 covers 110 countries. Somalia is highest, at 63.676; Brunei is lowest, at 0.167. The middle country reads 16.393. Against 1984, 109 values changed (47 up, 62 down), 1 country joined.

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Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP) · Data for 1985

HighestSomalia

63.676

LowestBrunei

0.167

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

110countries
1measure
1985the year it describes
110distinct 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), 1985, 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), 1985: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	63.676
2	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	55.952
3	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	51.299
4	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	48.858
5	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	48.376
6	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	46.487
7	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	44.893
8	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42.793
9	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	41.836
10	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	39.486
11	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	38.151
12	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	37.045
13	Niger`NER`Western Africa	36.743
14	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	33.904
15	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	33.765
16	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	33.007
17	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	32.663
18	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	32.613
19	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	31.861
20	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	31.718
21	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	31.546
22	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	31.466
23	India`IND`Southern Asia	29.718
24	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	29.376
25	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	28.606
26	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	28.057
27	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	27.882
28	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	26.912
29	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	26.538
30	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	26.378
31	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	26.100
32	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	25.851
33	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	25.689
34	Paraguay`PRY`South America	25.548
35	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	24.149
36	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	23.768
37	Guyana`GUY`South America	22.513
38	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	21.594
39	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	21.327
40	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	20.727
41	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	20.633
42	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20.591
43	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	20.281
44	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	19.691
45	Bolivia`BOL`South America	19.016
46	Ecuador`ECU`South America	18.879
47	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	18.867
48	Honduras`HND`Central America	18.742
49	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	18.379
50	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	18.228
51	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	17.105
52	Colombia`COL`South America	16.991
53	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	16.947
54	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	16.501
55	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	16.401
56	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	16.385
57	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	16.030
58	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	15.814
59	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	15.809
60	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	14.391
61	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	14.075
62	Uruguay`URY`South America	13.595
63	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	13.291
64	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.100
65	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	13.083
66	Belize`BLZ`Central America	13.035
67	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	12.990
68	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	12.771
69	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	12.606
70	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	12.172
71	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11.869
72	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	11.460
73	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11.193
74	Brazil`BRA`South America	11.145
75	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	11.066
76	Suriname`SUR`South America	8.190
77	Argentina`ARG`South America	7.634
78	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	7.489
79	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	7.447
80	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	7.392
81	Chile`CHL`South America	7.379
82	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	7.304
83	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	6.880
84	Panama`PAN`Central America	6.865
85	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	6.751
86	Mexico`MEX`Central America	6.540
87	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	5.922
88	Venezuela`VEN`South America	5.607
89	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	5.369
90	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.931
91	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4.917
92	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	4.868
93	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4.550
94	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4.286
95	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4.233
96	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4.183
97	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.805
98	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3.603
99	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3.174
100	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.152
101	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.869
102	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.772
103	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.435
104	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.996
105	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.905
106	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1.759
107	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.951
108	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.926
109	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.921
110	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.167

02In 1985

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Somalia63.676
2Burundi55.952
3Ethiopia51.299
4Nepal48.858
5Uganda48.376

Lowest

110Brunei0.167
109Singapore0.921
108United Arab Emirates0.926
107Qatar0.951
106Puerto Rico1.759

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 16.393. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
109values changed, of 109 in both
47 · 62rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Zimbabwe13.437 → 20.727+7.290
Burkina Faso28.499 → 33.904+5.405
Guinea-Bissau41.317 → 46.487+5.170
Mali33.222 → 38.151+4.929
Ethiopia46.732 → 51.299+4.566

Fell most

Nepal57.299 → 48.858−8.441
Kiribati21.714 → 14.075−7.639
Mauritania21.065 → 16.501−4.563
Ghana49.243 → 44.893−4.350
Bulgaria15.810 → 11.869−3.941

+ Tajikistan

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 1985.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 110 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1985). Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agriculture-value-added/1985

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07Questions

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1985: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Agriculture share of GDP in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1985?

Somalia, at 63.676, of the 110 countries in the file.

What year does Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1985 describe?

1985.

How many countries does Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1985 cover?

110.

Where can I download Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1985?

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), 1985 the newest?

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

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