Data for 1987

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1987

Name: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1987
Creator: World Bank Group
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1987, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1987 covers 115 countries. Somalia is highest, at 60.817; Brunei is lowest, at 0.390. The middle country reads 17.646. Against 1986, 112 values changed (58 up, 54 down), 3 countries joined.

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Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP) · Data for 1987

HighestSomalia

60.817

LowestBrunei

0.390

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

115countries
1measure
1987the year it describes
115distinct 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), 1987, 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), 1987: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	60.817
2	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	54.754
3	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	53.509
4	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	50.601
5	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	50.556
6	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	47.950
7	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	47.929
8	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42.463
9	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	40.557
10	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	38.511
11	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	37.709
12	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	35.822
13	Niger`NER`Western Africa	35.211
14	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	33.280
15	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	33.012
16	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	32.898
17	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	32.751
18	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	32.664
19	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	31.780
20	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	31.612
21	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	30.806
22	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	30.561
23	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	29.864
24	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	29.377
25	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	29.182
26	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	28.000
27	India`IND`Southern Asia	27.972
28	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	27.816
29	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	27.302
30	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	27.172
31	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	26.274
32	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	25.979
33	Guyana`GUY`South America	25.871
34	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	25.505
35	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	25.340
36	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	23.986
37	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	23.892
38	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	23.635
39	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	23.327
40	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	22.623
41	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	22.508
42	Paraguay`PRY`South America	21.637
43	Ecuador`ECU`South America	21.348
44	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	21.079
45	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	20.896
46	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	20.763
47	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	20.754
48	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	20.552
49	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	19.961
50	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	19.757
51	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	19.633
52	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	19.106
53	Honduras`HND`Central America	18.454
54	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	18.071
55	Colombia`COL`South America	18.064
56	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	17.969
57	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	17.818
58	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	17.646
59	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	16.467
60	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	16.418
61	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	16.303
62	Bolivia`BOL`South America	16.296
63	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	15.733
64	Belize`BLZ`Central America	14.700
65	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	14.311
66	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	14.254
67	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	14.176
68	Uruguay`URY`South America	13.712
69	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	13.124
70	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	12.635
71	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	12.299
72	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	11.981
73	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	11.937
74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	11.869
75	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11.795
76	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	11.765
77	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	11.321
78	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	10.993
79	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	10.884
80	Suriname`SUR`South America	10.408
81	Brazil`BRA`South America	9.362
82	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	9.135
83	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	9.117
84	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	9.034
85	Chile`CHL`South America	8.656
86	Argentina`ARG`South America	8.094
87	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	7.432
88	Panama`PAN`Central America	7.420
89	Mexico`MEX`Central America	6.416
90	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	6.245
91	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	6.096
92	Venezuela`VEN`South America	5.916
93	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	5.911
94	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	5.891
95	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5.614
96	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5.283
97	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	5.006
98	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	4.942
99	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4.626
100	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4.159
101	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4.009
102	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.882
103	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.509
104	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3.459
105	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3.237
106	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.207
107	France`FRA`Western Europe	2.923
108	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.768
109	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.828
110	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.762
111	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1.711
112	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.195
113	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.143
114	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.551
115	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.390

02In 1987

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Somalia60.817
2Uganda54.754
3Guinea-Bissau53.509
4Ghana50.601
5Burundi50.556

Lowest

115Brunei0.390
114Singapore0.551
113United Arab Emirates1.143
112Qatar1.195
111Puerto Rico1.711

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 17.646. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
112values changed, of 112 in both
58 · 54rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guinea-Bissau45.249 → 53.509+8.260
Sierra Leone34.730 → 42.463+7.733
Mauritania19.651 → 23.892+4.241
Cabo Verde13.631 → 17.646+4.015
Malawi32.256 → 35.822+3.566

Fell most

El Salvador27.429 → 20.754−6.675
Dominican Republic17.367 → 11.869−5.499
Bhutan38.287 → 33.012−5.275
Eswatini18.971 → 14.176−4.795
Morocco15.705 → 11.765−3.941

+ Turkmenistan

+ Ukraine

+ Uzbekistan

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 1987.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 115 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1987). Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agriculture-value-added/1987

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07Questions

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1987: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Agriculture share of GDP in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1987?

Somalia, at 60.817, of the 115 countries in the file.

What year does Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1987 describe?

1987.

How many countries does Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1987 cover?

115.

Where can I download Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), 1987?

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), 1987 the newest?

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

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