Sri Lanka: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Sri Lanka's agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) rose 9.1% on 2024 (from US$8.34 billion to US$9.1 billion).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +4.5% and a typical year strayed about 13.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 50.6% in 1974 and the biggest yearly fall was 33.8% in 1978. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$193.32 million a year. A straight line explains 40% 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 2025, Sri Lanka had the 55th highest value of the 158 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 Sri Lanka in the 2025 ranking

• Mali — 51st of 158: US$9.93 billion
• Cameroon — 52nd of 158: US$9.93 billion
• Nepal — 53rd of 158: US$9.81 billion
• Guinea — 55th of 158: US$8.87 billion
• Norway — 56th of 158: US$8.72 billion
• Iraq — 57th of 158: US$8.68 billion

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 current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. 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 66 values

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

• Bangladesh — US$52.13 billion (2025)
• Bhutan — US$489.68 million (2025)
• India — US$642.24 billion (2025)
• Maldives — US$355.38 million (2025)
• Nepal — US$9.81 billion (2025)

More economic policy & debt data for Sri Lanka

• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) — 2.74 trillion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) — US$6.84 billion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) — 929.67 billion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) — 8.36% (2025)
• Manufacturing, value added (current US$) — US$18.63 billion (2025)
• Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) — 5.61 trillion (2025)
• Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) — 17.12% (2025)
• Industry, including construction, value added (current US$) — US$27.69 billion (2025)
• Industry, including construction, value added (current LCU)

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Questions people ask

What is Sri Lanka's agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$)?

US$9.1 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is up 1,911% from US$452.63 million in 1960 (4.73% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$9.1 billion in 2025 and the lowest US$401.35 million in 1963.

How does Sri Lanka rank?

55th highest of 158 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) unusual for Sri Lanka?

In 2025, Sri Lanka's agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) rose 9.1% on 2024 (from US$8.34 billion to US$9.1 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +4.5% and a typical year strayed about 13.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; 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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