Bangladesh: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Bangladesh's agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) rose 0.26 percentage points on 2024 (from 11.16% to 11.42%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.52 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.78 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 8.58 percentage points in 1972 and the biggest yearly fall was 19.63 percentage points in 1980. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.25 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 84% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, Bangladesh had the 53rd highest value of the 158 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Bangladesh in the 2025 ranking

• Dominica — 50th of 158: 12.1%
• Viet Nam — 51st of 158: 11.64%
• Paraguay — 52nd of 158: 11.64%
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 54th of 158: 10.59%
• Morocco — 55th of 158: 10.55%
• Tunisia — 56th of 158: 10.29%

What this measures

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing corresponds to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 01-03 and includes the exploitation of vegetal and animal natural resources, comprising the activities of growing of crops, raising and breeding of animals, harvesting of timber and other plants, animals or animal products from a farm or their natural habitats.Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Note: For VAB countries, gross value added at factor cost is used as the denominator.

Limitations: Among the difficulties faced by compilers of national accounts is the extent of unreported economic activity in the informal or secondary economy. In developing countries a large share of agricultural output is either not exchanged (because it is consumed within the household) or not exchanged for money. Agricultural production often must be estimated indirectly, using a combination of methods involving estimates of inputs, yields, and area under cultivation. This approach sometimes leads to crude approximations that can differ from the true values over time and across crops for reasons other than climate conditions or farming techniques.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 66 values

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Bhutan — 13.68% (2025)
• India — 16.23% (2025)
• Maldives — 4.59% (2025)
• Nepal — 21.56% (2025)
• Sri Lanka — 8.36% (2025)

More economic policy & debt data for Bangladesh

• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$244.52 billion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 23.31 trillion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$1,392 (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$356.03 billion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 43.03 trillion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$265.37 billion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 25.51 trillion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 78.02% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Bangladesh's agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)?

11.42% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is down 46.05 percentage points from 57.47% in 1960. The highest value was 61.95% in 1975 and the lowest 11% in 2023.

How does Bangladesh rank?

53rd highest of 158 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) unusual for Bangladesh?

In 2025, Bangladesh's agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) rose 0.26 percentage points on 2024 (from 11.16% to 11.42%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.52 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.78 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.AGR.TOTL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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