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

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Small states' agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) rose US$215.98 on 2023 (from US$6,293 to US$6,509).

Across the 28 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2023), the average change was −US$8.84 and a typical year strayed about US$192.9 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 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$360.28 in 1996 and the biggest yearly fall was US$624.06 in 2000. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 17% 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

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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 30 values

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

• Afghanistan — US$1,153 (2024)
• Algeria — US$21,681 (2025)
• Bahrain — US$17,610 (2025)
• Djibouti — US$49,475 (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$8,942 (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — US$12,863 (2025)
• Iraq — US$12,375 (2025)
• Israel — US$118,493 (2024)

More economic policy & debt data for Small states

• Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) — US$12.49 billion (2025)
• Personal remittances, paid (current US$) — US$4.28 billion (2025)
• Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$40.34 billion (2025)
• Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) — 12.23% (2025)
• Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$643.45 million (2025)
• Personal remittances, received (current US$) — US$4.56 billion (2025)
• GDP (current US$) — US$337.31 billion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$16,578 (2025)
• Net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$) — US$94.11 million (2024)

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Questions people ask

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

US$6,509 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1995?

It is down 0.48% from US$6,541 in 1995. The highest value was US$7,196 in 1999 and the lowest US$6,241 in 2010.

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

In 2024, Small states' agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) rose US$215.98 on 2023 (from US$6,293 to US$6,509). Across the 28 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2023), the average change was −US$8.84 and a typical year strayed about US$192.9 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

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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