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

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Mongolia's agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) rose US$1,244 on 2024 (from US$3,760 to US$5,004).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +US$47.22 and a typical year strayed about US$387.86 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$1,244 in 2025 and the biggest yearly fall was US$1,359 in 2024. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 16% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, Mongolia had the 88th 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 Mongolia in the 2025 ranking

• Cabo Verde — 84th of 151: US$5,127
• Mauritania — 85th of 151: US$5,080
• Nepal — 86th of 151: US$5,039
• Samoa — 88th of 151: US$4,454
• Peru — 89th of 151: US$4,348
• Armenia — 90th of 151: US$4,070

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)
• China — US$8,631 (2025)
• Fiji — US$3,699 (2025)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — US$23,547 (2025)
• Indonesia — US$3,936 (2025)
• Japan — US$20,324 (2024)

More economic policy & debt data for Mongolia

• Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 4.58% (2021)
• Adjusted savings, net forest depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
• Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$1.5 billion (2021)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$260.17 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$260.17 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$260.17 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$) — US$260.17 million (2023)
• Net ODA received per capita (current US$) — US$74.74 (2023)

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Questions people ask

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

US$5,004 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1991?

It is up 91.03% from US$2,620 in 1991 (1.92% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$5,517 in 2022 and the lowest US$1,290 in 2003.

How does Mongolia rank?

88th 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 Mongolia?

In 2025, Mongolia's agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) rose US$1,244 on 2024 (from US$3,760 to US$5,004). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +US$47.22 and a typical year strayed about US$387.86 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

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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