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

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, China's agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) rose US$531.75 on 2024 (from US$8,100 to US$8,631).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +US$230.8 and a typical year strayed about US$180.13 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 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 US$619.89 in 2020. 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$435.14 a year. A straight line explains 99% 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.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about US$9,673 for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was US$308.26, against US$1,157 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2025, China had the 71st 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 China in the 2025 ranking

• Belize — 67th of 151: US$9,344
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 68th of 151: US$8,942
• Maldives — 69th of 151: US$8,672
• Libya — 71st of 151: US$8,540
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 72nd of 151: US$8,102
• Paraguay — 73rd of 151: US$7,664

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 35 values

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

• Australia — US$126,574 (2025)
• Brunei Darussalam — US$56,268 (2025)
• Cambodia — US$1,553 (2025)
• Fiji — US$3,699 (2025)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — US$23,547 (2025)
• Indonesia — US$3,936 (2025)
• Japan — US$20,324 (2024)
• Korea, Rep. — US$18,552 (2025)

More economic policy & debt data for China

• Exports of goods and services (current US$) — US$4.11 trillion (2025)
• Exports of goods and services (current LCU) — 29.54 trillion (2025)
• Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) — 21.07% (2025)
• Imports of goods and services (current US$) — US$3.29 trillion (2025)
• Imports of goods and services (current LCU) — 23.67 trillion (2025)
• Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) — 16.89% (2025)
• External balance on goods and services (current US$) — US$816.19 billion (2025)
• External balance on goods and services (current LCU) — 5.87 trillion (2025)
• External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) — 4.19% (2025)

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Questions people ask

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

US$8,631 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1991?

It is up 797.59% from US$961.61 in 1991 (6.67% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$8,631 in 2025 and the lowest US$961.61 in 1991.

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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