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

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Japan's agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) rose US$902.14 on 2023 (from US$19,422 to US$20,324).

Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2023), the average change was +US$155.9 and a typical year strayed about US$1,135 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 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$2,155 in 2002 and the biggest yearly fall was US$1,833 in 2003. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$224.4 a year. A straight line explains 31% 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 2024, Japan had the 7th highest value of the 17 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 Japan in the 2024 ranking

• Barbados — 3rd of 17: US$50,018
• Bahamas, The — 4th of 17: US$46,901
• United Arab Emirates — 5th of 17: US$37,801
• Suriname — 7th of 17: US$16,083
• Tonga — 8th of 17: US$8,176
• Vanuatu — 9th of 17: US$4,982

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 31 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)
• China — US$8,631 (2025)
• Fiji — US$3,699 (2025)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — US$23,547 (2025)
• Indonesia — US$3,936 (2025)
• Korea, Rep. — US$18,552 (2025)

More economic policy & debt data for Japan

• Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$1.37 trillion (2025)
• Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$1.25 trillion (2025)
• GDP (current US$) — US$4.44 trillion (2025)
• GDP (current LCU) — 663.76 trillion (2025)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$4.76 trillion (2025)
• GDP (constant LCU) — 591.22 trillion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$35,951 (2025)
• GDP per capita (current LCU) — 5.38 million (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$38,619 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 4.79 million (2025)
• GNI (current US$)

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Questions people ask

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

US$20,324 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1994?

It is up 36.4% from US$14,901 in 1994 (1.04% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$21,111 in 2013 and the lowest US$14,072 in 1995.

How does Japan rank?

7th highest of 17 economies with data for 2024.

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

In 2024, Japan's agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) rose US$902.14 on 2023 (from US$19,422 to US$20,324). Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2023), the average change was +US$155.9 and a typical year strayed about US$1,135 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 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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