Namibia: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Namibia's agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) fell 3.3% on 2024 (from US$824.23 million to US$797.2 million).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +1.1% and a typical year strayed about 10% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below 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 25.2% in 1994 and the biggest yearly fall was 27.1% in 2008. 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 20% 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, Namibia had the 124th highest value of the 162 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 Namibia in the 2025 ranking

• Latvia — 120th of 162: US$891.35 million
• Slovenia — 121st of 162: US$890.55 million
• Kuwait — 122nd of 162: US$852.83 million
• North Macedonia — 124th of 162: US$711.32 million
• Central African Republic — 125th of 162: US$705.19 million
• West Bank and Gaza — 126th of 162: US$622.8 million

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: 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 gap-filled total.

All 46 values

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

• Angola — US$18.75 billion (2025)
• Benin — US$5.25 billion (2025)
• Botswana — US$310.14 million (2025)
• Burkina Faso — US$3.86 billion (2025)
• Burundi — US$1.12 billion (2025)
• Cabo Verde — US$94.52 million (2025)
• Cameroon — US$7.28 billion (2025)
• Central African Republic — US$705.19 million (2025)
• Chad

More economic policy & debt data for Namibia

• Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 8.92% (2021)
• Adjusted savings, net forest depletion (current US$) — US$106.2 million (2021)
• Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$262.77 million (2021)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$3.36 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 60.11 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$3.51 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 45.2 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 22.28% (2025)

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Questions people ask

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

US$797.2 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1980?

It is up 41.47% from US$563.52 million in 1980 (0.77% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$1.11 billion in 2006 and the lowest US$506.23 million in 1983.

How does Namibia rank?

124th highest of 162 economies with data for 2025.

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

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.AGR.TOTL.KD, 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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