Canada: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Canada's agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) rose 6.4% on 2024 (from US$33.28 billion to US$35.39 billion).

Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1998 to 2024), the average change was +2% and a typical year strayed about 7.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 25% in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 15% in 2021. 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 upward, about US$429.21 million a year. A straight line explains 33% 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, Canada had the 18th highest value of the 162 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 Canada in the 2025 ranking

• Bangladesh — 15th of 162: US$39.35 billion
• Ethiopia — 16th of 162: US$38.11 billion
• Philippines — 17th of 162: US$36.58 billion
• Uzbekistan — 19th of 162: US$34.87 billion
• Spain — 20th of 162: US$33.95 billion
• Italy — 21st of 162: US$33.91 billion

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 in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment is 2015. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

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 gap-filled total.

All 29 values

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) in nearby economies

• Bermuda — US$15.1 million (2024)

More economic policy & debt data for Canada

• Trade in services (% of GDP) — 14.75% (2025)
• Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) — 48.08% (2025)
• Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) — US$196.83 billion (2025)
• Imports of goods and services (current US$, BoP) — US$747.73 billion (2025)
• Goods imports (current US$, BoP) — US$577.62 billion (2025)
• Service imports (current US$, BoP) — US$170.11 billion (2025)
• Imports of goods, services and primary income (current US$, BoP) — US$944.56 billion (2025)
• Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) — 16.84% (2025)
• Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) — 25.55% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Canada's agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$)?

US$35.39 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1997?

It is up 69.6% from US$20.87 billion in 1997 (1.9% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$35.39 billion in 2025 and the lowest US$20.87 billion in 1997.

How does Canada rank?

18th highest of 162 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) unusual for Canada?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.AGR.TOTL.KD, 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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