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

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Greenland's agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) rose 0.53 percentage points on 2022 (from 16.03% to 16.56%).

Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2022), the average change was −0.1 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.52 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 2.31 percentage points in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.14 percentage points in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.24 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 30% 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

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Closest to Greenland in the 2023 ranking

• New Zealand — 2nd of 4: 4.01%
• Isle of Man — 3rd of 4: 0.37%
• Aruba — 4th of 4: 0.04%

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 21 values

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

• Albania — 14.8% (2025)
• Andorra — 0.48% (2025)
• Armenia — 7.93% (2025)
• Austria — 1.26% (2025)
• Azerbaijan — 5.93% (2025)
• Belarus — 6.9% (2025)
• Belgium — 0.73% (2025)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 4.36% (2025)
• Bulgaria — 2.47% (2025)

More economic policy & debt data for Greenland

• GDP (current US$) — US$3.33 billion (2023)
• GDP (current LCU) — 22.92 billion (2023)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$2.84 billion (2023)
• GDP (constant LCU) — 16.26 billion (2023)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$58,499 (2023)
• GDP per capita (current LCU) — 403,041 (2023)
• GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$49,930 (2023)
• GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 285,947 (2023)
• GDP (annual % growth) — 0.87% (2023)
• GDP per capita (annual % growth) — 0.5% (2023)
• Adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$)

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Questions people ask

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

16.56% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2003?

It is down 1.32 percentage points from 17.88% in 2003. The highest value was 19.06% in 2017 and the lowest 11.59% in 2009.

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

In 2023, Greenland's agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) rose 0.53 percentage points on 2022 (from 16.03% to 16.56%). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2022), the average change was −0.1 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.52 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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.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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