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

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Canada's agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) rose US$11,899 on 2024 (from US$138,732 to US$150,632).

Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1998 to 2024), the average change was +US$3,303 and a typical year strayed about US$8,620 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 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 US$25,130 in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was US$12,275 in 2016. 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$5,727 a year. A straight line explains 80% 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 2nd highest value of the 151 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

• Australia — 2nd of 151: US$126,574
• Iceland — 3rd of 151: US$118,433
• Netherlands — 4th of 151: US$89,045

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: For comparability of individual sectors labor productivity is estimated according to national accounts conventions. However, there are still significant limitations on the availability of reliable data. Information on consistent series of output is not easily available, especially in low- and middle-income countries, because the definition, coverage, and methodology are not always consistent across countries. For more details, see Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) [NV.AGR.TOTL.KD], Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) [NV.IND.TOTL.KD], and Services, value added (constant 2015 US$) [NV.SRV.TOTL.KD].

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

All 29 values

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 per worker (constant 2015 US$)?

US$150,632 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1997?

It is up 204.07% from US$49,538 in 1997 (4.05% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$150,632 in 2025 and the lowest US$49,538 in 1997.

How does Canada rank?

2nd highest of 151 economies with data for 2025.

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

In 2025, Canada's agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) rose US$11,899 on 2024 (from US$138,732 to US$150,632). Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1998 to 2024), the average change was +US$3,303 and a typical year strayed about US$8,620 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.AGR.EMPL.KD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Development Indicators database, World Bank (WB); ILOSTAT database, International Labour Organization (ILO) 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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