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

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2022, West Bank and Gaza's agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) fell US$1,186 on 2021 (from US$15,258 to US$14,072).

Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2021), the average change was +US$198.86 and a typical year strayed about US$1,968 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 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 US$4,815 in 2008 and the biggest yearly fall was US$2,536 in 2002. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2013 to 2022 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 18% 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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Closest to West Bank and Gaza in the 2022 ranking

• Syrian Arab Republic — 2nd of 3: US$5,158
• Sudan — 3rd of 3: US$3,966

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 29 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 West Bank and Gaza

• Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 4.08% (2021)
• Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
• Medium and high-tech manufacturing value added (% manufacturing value added) — 7.21% (2024)
• Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) — US$101.69 million (2025)
• Net primary income (current US$, BoP) — US$1.08 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$2.93 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 2.93 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$)

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Questions people ask

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

US$14,072 in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1994?

It is up 42.31% from US$9,888 in 1994 (1.27% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$19,190 in 2018 and the lowest US$5,670 in 2003.

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

In 2022, West Bank and Gaza's agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) fell US$1,186 on 2021 (from US$15,258 to US$14,072). Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2021), the average change was +US$198.86 and a typical year strayed about US$1,968 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations below 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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