Data for 1997
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 1997
1997, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 1997 covers 147 countries. Iceland is highest, at 75,316.2; Mozambique is lowest, at 249.1. The middle country reads 3,862.8. Against 1996, 145 values changed (84 up, 61 down), 2 countries joined.
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker · Data for 1997
HighestIceland
75,316.2
LowestMozambique
249.1Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 1997, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 147 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | IcelandISLNorthern Europe | 75,316.2 |
| 2 |  IsraelISRWestern Asia | 73,957.9 |
| 3 |  LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe | 51,798.8 |
| 4 |  CanadaCANNorthern America | 49,538.1 |
| 5 |  SurinameSURSouth America | 47,216.1 |
| 6 |  AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand | 45,829.5 |
| 7 |  New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand | 41,210.5 |
| 8 |  Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia | 40,888.5 |
| 9 |  SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia | 39,208.7 |
| 10 |  NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe | 36,393.8 |
| 11 |  SwedenSWENorthern Europe | 35,230.3 |
| 12 |  NorwayNORNorthern Europe | 32,678.5 |
| 13 |  BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia | 31,496.4 |
| 14 |  ItalyITASouthern Europe | 29,275.3 |
| 15 |  United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia | 29,002.4 |
| 16 |  FranceFRAWestern Europe | 28,959.1 |
| 17 |  DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe | 26,729.3 |
| 18 |  CyprusCYPWestern Asia | 25,690.4 |
| 19 |  FinlandFINNorthern Europe | 25,677.3 |
| 20 |  BahamasBHSCaribbean | 25,276.6 |
| 21 |  SpainESPSouthern Europe | 24,305.2 |
| 22 |  SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe | 23,964.9 |
| 23 |  BarbadosBRBCaribbean | 23,552.9 |
| 24 |  GermanyDEUWestern Europe | 23,310.3 |
| 25 |  LebanonLBNWestern Asia | 21,417.8 |
| 26 |  BelgiumBELWestern Europe | 20,487.3 |
| 27 |  UruguayURYSouth America | 18,566.0 |
| 28 |  United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe | 17,511.9 |
| 29 |  AustriaAUTWestern Europe | 16,426.5 |
| 30 |  IrelandIRLNorthern Europe | 15,875.2 |
| 31 |  JordanJORWestern Asia | 15,633.4 |
| 32 |  JapanJPNEastern Asia | 15,335.9 |
| 33 |  CzechiaCZEEastern Europe | 14,190.0 |
| 34 |  MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia | 14,023.3 |
| 35 |  HungaryHUNEastern Europe | 13,137.8 |
| 36 |  ArgentinaARGSouth America | 11,943.1 |
| 37 |  PortugalPRTSouthern Europe | 11,936.5 |
| 38 |  South KoreaKOREastern Asia | 11,000.8 |
| 39 |  GuyanaGUYSouth America | 10,632.4 |
| 40 |  GreeceGRCSouthern Europe | 10,514.1 |
| 41 |  BulgariaBGREastern Europe | 10,409.9 |
| 42 |  MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia | 10,255.0 |
| 43 |  IraqIRQWestern Asia | 10,225.9 |
| 44 |  PalestinePSEWestern Asia | 9,703.2 |
| 45 |  QatarQATWestern Asia | 8,527.1 |
| 46 |  Saint LuciaLCACaribbean | 8,504.3 |
| 47 |  SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe | 8,487.1 |
| 48 |  Costa RicaCRICentral America | 7,955.7 |
| 49 |  IranIRNSouthern Asia | 7,202.8 |
| 50 |  North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe | 6,618.3 |
| 51 |  TongaTONPolynesia | 6,602.8 |
| 52 |  Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean | 6,205.6 |
| 53 |  BelizeBLZCentral America | 5,923.7 |
| 54 |  CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe | 5,872.6 |
| 55 |  Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean | 5,633.3 |
| 56 |  EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa | 5,577.3 |
| 57 |  ChileCHLSouth America | 5,496.4 |
| 58 |  EstoniaESTNorthern Europe | 5,418.3 |
| 59 |  PanamaPANCentral America | 5,010.1 |
| 60 |  NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa | 4,900.1 |
| 61 |  RussiaRUSEastern Europe | 4,895.4 |
| 62 |  SudanSDNNorthern Africa | 4,642.2 |
| 63 |  TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 4,525.2 |
| 64 |  South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa | 4,463.4 |
| 65 |  LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe | 4,452.6 |
| 66 |  SamoaWSMPolynesia | 4,439.5 |
| 67 |  TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa | 4,257.9 |
| 68 |  MauritiusMUSEastern Africa | 4,212.9 |
| 69 |  Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean | 4,118.1 |
| 70 |  ColombiaCOLSouth America | 4,109.5 |
| 71 |  BrazilBRASouth America | 4,008.5 |
| 72 |  GabonGABMiddle Africa | 3,995.2 |
| 73 |  MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa | 3,991.7 |
| 74 |  VanuatuVUTMelanesia | 3,862.8 |
| 75 |  BotswanaBWASouthern Africa | 3,794.5 |
| 76 |  PolandPOLEastern Europe | 3,734.7 |
| 77 |  JamaicaJAMCaribbean | 3,681.2 |
| 78 |  RomaniaROUEastern Europe | 3,656.7 |
| 79 |  EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 3,566.9 |
| 80 |  ComorosCOMEastern Africa | 3,404.3 |
| 81 |  FijiFJIMelanesia | 3,258.5 |
| 82 |  El SalvadorSLVCentral America | 3,255.2 |
| 83 |  MexicoMEXCentral America | 3,213.1 |
| 84 |  UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia | 3,122.0 |
| 85 |  CubaCUBCaribbean | 3,052.0 |
| 86 |  EcuadorECUSouth America | 2,919.8 |
| 87 |  PakistanPAKSouthern Asia | 2,870.5 |
| 88 |  YemenYEMWestern Asia | 2,809.9 |
| 89 |  LatviaLVANorthern Europe | 2,787.6 |
| 90 |  SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe | 2,685.2 |
| 91 |  ParaguayPRYSouth America | 2,668.7 |
| 92 |  GuatemalaGTMCentral America | 2,624.4 |
| 93 |  HondurasHNDCentral America | 2,486.2 |
| 94 |  BelarusBLREastern Europe | 2,438.3 |
| 95 |  PeruPERSouth America | 2,282.2 |
| 96 |  GambiaGMBWestern Africa | 2,221.4 |
| 97 |  NicaraguaNICCentral America | 2,216.7 |
| 98 |  MongoliaMNGEastern Asia | 2,149.2 |
| 99 |  NepalNPLSouthern Asia | 2,040.8 |
| 100 |  AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe | 2,032.3 |
| 101 |  PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 1,987.0 |
| 102 |  SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe | 1,982.5 |
| 103 |  KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia | 1,953.0 |
| 104 |  UkraineUKREastern Europe | 1,889.7 |
| 105 |  HaitiHTICaribbean | 1,810.9 |
| 106 |  MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 1,785.6 |
| 107 |  IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia | 1,741.3 |
| 108 |  Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia | 1,700.7 |
| 109 |  ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia | 1,622.9 |
| 110 |  BoliviaBOLSouth America | 1,559.1 |
| 111 |  ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa | 1,524.2 |
| 112 |  MoroccoMARNorthern Africa | 1,513.9 |
| 113 |  Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa | 1,484.7 |
| 114 |  ChinaCHNEastern Asia | 1,416.8 |
| 115 |  Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa | 1,253.5 |
| 116 |  SenegalSENWestern Africa | 1,240.3 |
| 117 |  KenyaKENEastern Africa | 1,233.9 |
| 118 |  BeninBENWestern Africa | 1,188.2 |
| 119 |  BhutanBTNSouthern Asia | 1,120.8 |
| 120 |  ArmeniaARMWestern Asia | 1,037.9 |
| 121 |  MaliMLIWestern Africa | 1,031.0 |
| 122 |  UgandaUGAEastern Africa | 1,017.8 |
| 123 |  Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa | 1,016.4 |
| 124 |  NigeriaNGAWestern Africa | 979.2 |
| 125 |  Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa | 975.6 |
| 126 |  IndiaINDSouthern Asia | 973.3 |
| 127 |  TogoTGOWestern Africa | 968.2 |
| 128 |  CameroonCMRMiddle Africa | 818.8 |
| 129 |  KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia | 813.4 |
| 130 |  VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia | 805.0 |
| 131 |  AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia | 731.2 |
| 132 |  CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia | 648.9 |
| 133 |  ZambiaZMBEastern Africa | 646.5 |
| 134 |  TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa | 565.8 |
| 135 |  BurundiBDIEastern Africa | 521.5 |
| 136 |  BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia | 470.8 |
| 137 |  EthiopiaETHEastern Africa | 462.0 |
| 138 |  TajikistanTJKCentral Asia | 445.7 |
| 139 |  MadagascarMDGEastern Africa | 436.9 |
| 140 |  Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa | 398.8 |
| 141 |  MalawiMWIEastern Africa | 389.8 |
| 142 |  RwandaRWAEastern Africa | 382.5 |
| 143 |  GuineaGINWestern Africa | 379.2 |
| 144 |  DR CongoCODMiddle Africa | 353.0 |
| 145 |  NigerNERWestern Africa | 352.8 |
| 146 |  LesothoLSOSouthern Africa | 336.8 |
| 147 | MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa | 249.1 |
02In 1997
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1Iceland75,316.2
- 2Israel73,957.9
- 3Luxembourg51,798.8
- 4Canada49,538.1
- 5Suriname47,216.1
Lowest
- 147Mozambique249.1
- 146Lesotho336.8
- 145Niger352.8
- 144DR Congo353.0
- 143Guinea379.2
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,862.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031996 → 1997
Since 1996
What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +2 / −0countries joined / left
- 145values changed, of 145 in both
- 84 · 61rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
- Brunei24,807.4 → 31,496.4+6,689.0
- Iceland70,941.5 → 75,316.2+4,374.7
- Israel69,802.5 → 73,957.9+4,155.4
- New Zealand37,877.3 → 41,210.5+3,333.1
- Bahamas22,042.4 → 25,276.6+3,234.2
Fell most
- Cyprus30,141.4 → 25,690.4−4,451.0
- Portugal14,684.2 → 11,936.5−2,747.7
- Luxembourg54,186.8 → 51,798.8−2,388.0
- Singapore41,385.6 → 39,208.7−2,176.9
- Jordan17,319.5 → 15,633.4−1,686.2
+ Canada+ Guinea-BissauBoth years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1997.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 147 countries has every column.
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World Bank Group (1997). Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agriculture-value-added-per-worker/1997
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07Questions
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 1997: questions and answers
Which country has the highest agricultural output per worker in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 1997?
Iceland, at 75,316.2, of the 147 countries in the file.
What year does Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 1997 describe?
1997.
How many countries does Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 1997 cover?
147.
Where can I download Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 1997?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 1997 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, 2025.