World Bank Group · Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker
Agricultural output per worker by country
How much does each person working in farming, forestry and fishing produce?
Canada placed first of the 151 countries compared in 2025, at 150,632, and Burundi last, at 211. In the middle country the figure was 6,742. Among the 103 countries measured in every edition since 1991, the middle one moved from 2,985 to 5,189.
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Agricultural output per worker · 2025
Context statistic
Highest of 151Canada
150,632012025 · position · derived
Who leads
The three countries at the highest end of 151 compared, the three at the other end, and the first on each continent.
1Photo: User:Florian Fuchs · CC BY 3.0, greyscale
2Photo: tiimta · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3Photo: Hansueli Krapf · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
02Every measured country
Agricultural output per worker on a map
Each country is shaded by its value, in five groups holding the same number of countries. Hover a country for its value, or select it to open its profile. Below the map, each continent’s middle country.
Darker is a higher value — the better end.
- 211–1,633
- 1,899–3,977
- 4,070–11,286
- 11,439–23,973
- 26,140–150,632
- No reading in 2025 (28 measured in an earlier edition)
- Europe
29,029
the middle country, of 38 measured · 49 members
Iceland118,433
Moldova1,612Highest and lowest reading in Europe.
- Asia
8,652
the middle country, of 38 measured · 52 members
Saudi Arabia57,181
Myanmar1,206Highest and lowest reading in Asia.
- Americas
7,235
the middle country, of 23 measured · 48 members
Canada150,632
Haiti944Highest and lowest reading in Americas.
- Africa
1,633
the middle country, of 49 measured · 55 members
Djibouti49,475
Burundi211Highest and lowest reading in Africa.
- Oceania
3 of 21 measured — too few for a middle: Australia, Fiji, Samoa.
Australia126,574
Fiji3,699Highest and lowest reading in Oceania.
- Every region
21 sub-regions, highest middle country first
- Northern Europe
51,260
the middle country, of 10 measured · 13 members
Iceland118,433
Latvia15,095Highest and lowest reading in Northern Europe.
- Western Europe
45,679
the middle country, of 7 measured · 9 members
Netherlands89,045
Austria38,658Highest and lowest reading in Western Europe.
- Southern Europe
21,644
the middle country, of 12 measured · 17 members
Malta45,590
Serbia3,977Highest and lowest reading in Southern Europe.
- Eastern Europe
16,787
the middle country, of 9 measured · 10 members
Czechia37,308Moldova1,612Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Europe.
- Western Asia
16,401
the middle country, of 12 measured · 19 members
Saudi Arabia57,181
Georgia2,459Highest and lowest reading in Western Asia.
- South America
14,203
the middle country, of 9 measured · 12 members
Guyana46,094
Ecuador3,802Highest and lowest reading in South America.
- Northern Africa
8,942
the middle country, of 5 measured · 6 members
Algeria21,681
Morocco3,898Highest and lowest reading in Northern Africa.
- Caribbean
7,235
the middle country, of 5 measured · 24 members
Dominican Republic13,406Haiti944Highest and lowest reading in Caribbean.
- Central America
4,986
the middle country, of 8 measured · 8 members
Costa Rica11,286
Nicaragua2,673Highest and lowest reading in Central America.
- Southern Africa
3,836
the middle country, of 5 measured · 5 members
South Africa10,818
Lesotho602Highest and lowest reading in Southern Africa.
- South-eastern Asia
3,584
the middle country, of 10 measured · 11 members
Brunei56,268Myanmar1,206Highest and lowest reading in South-eastern Asia.
- Southern Asia
3,260
the middle country, of 8 measured · 9 members
Iran12,863
Bangladesh1,236Highest and lowest reading in Southern Asia.
- Western Africa
2,106
the middle country, of 16 measured · 16 members
Cabo Verde5,127
Niger756Highest and lowest reading in Western Africa.
- Middle Africa
1,539
the middle country, of 9 measured · 9 members
São Tomé and Príncipe7,165
DR Congo286Highest and lowest reading in Middle Africa.
- Eastern Africa
841
the middle country, of 14 measured · 19 members
Djibouti49,475Burundi211Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Africa.
- Australia and New Zealand
1 of 2 measured — too few for a middle: Australia.
Australia126,574Highest and lowest reading in Australia and New Zealand.
- Central Asia
4 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
Turkmenistan12,672
Kyrgyzstan2,741Highest and lowest reading in Central Asia.
- Eastern Asia
4 of 8 measured — too few for a middle: China, Hong Kong, Mongolia, South Korea.
Hong Kong23,547
Mongolia5,004Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Asia.
- Melanesia
1 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Fiji.
Fiji3,699Highest and lowest reading in Melanesia.
- Northern America
1 of 4 measured — too few for a middle: Canada.
Canada150,632Highest and lowest reading in Northern America.
- Polynesia
1 of 7 measured — too few for a middle: Samoa.
Samoa4,454Highest and lowest reading in Polynesia.
03The whole field at once
The spread
151 countries, one dot each, on one scale — further right is a higher value. Half the countries are above 6,742; a quarter are above 20,488, and a quarter below 2,446. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.
04All 179 ever measured
Every country
In order, highest value first. “=” marks a position shared with another country. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. The range is enormous — the most productive countries produce hundreds of times more per farm worker than the least — so read positions, not differences. The figures use market exchange rates, not purchasing power, which widens the gap further.
Showing 25 of 179 countries
Values for 2025. The change column compares 2025 with 2024 only; the sparkline covers the recent editions.
051991–2025 · 35 reference years
Over time
Each point is one year from 1991, all restated in the World Bank's current release. The value is a ratio, so it moves when output changes and also when the number of people working the land does.
- the middle country
- the middle half of countries
- the middle of the 103 countries measured every time
- each continent’s middle country
The same, year by year
| Year | Countries | Middle country | Middle half | Measured every time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 151 | 6,742 | 2,446 – 20,488 | 5,189 |
| 2024 | 168 | 6,609 | 2,413 – 19,867 | 4,971 |
| 2023 | 169 | 6,179 | 2,330 – 18,741 | 4,932 |
| 2022 | 172 | 6,566 | 2,349 – 18,664 | 5,153 |
| 2021 | 173 | 6,269 | 2,441 – 19,817 | 5,002 |
| 2020 | 173 | 6,637 | 2,419 – 20,143 | 5,482 |
| 2019 | 173 | 5,834 | 2,482 – 19,102 | 5,092 |
| 2018 | 174 | 5,964 | 2,357 – 17,609 | 4,760 |
| 2017 | 174 | 5,774 | 2,153 – 17,640 | 4,650 |
| 2016 | 174 | 5,553 | 2,024 – 17,706 | 4,590 |
| 2015 | 179 | 5,609 | 2,011 – 18,678 | 4,261 |
| 2014 | 175 | 5,219 | 1,872 – 15,783 | 4,067 |
| 2013 | 175 | 5,031 | 1,826 – 15,927 | 3,964 |
| 2012 | 174 | 4,734 | 1,747 – 14,746 | 3,642 |
| 2011 | 174 | 4,942 | 1,740 – 15,456 | 3,938 |
| 2010 | 174 | 4,520 | 1,737 – 14,491 | 3,452 |
| 2009 | 172 | 4,485 | 1,738 – 13,781 | 3,405 |
| 2008 | 171 | 4,794 | 1,692 – 13,598 | 3,575 |
| 2007 | 168 | 4,737 | 1,683 – 13,805 | 3,576 |
| 2006 | 168 | 4,452 | 1,653 – 14,252 | 3,557 |
| 2005 | 163 | 4,183 | 1,669 – 13,584 | 3,570 |
| 2004 | 162 | 4,335 | 1,607 – 13,643 | 3,250 |
| 2003 | 162 | 4,037 | 1,442 – 12,650 | 3,299 |
| 2002 | 160 | 4,112 | 1,476 – 13,644 | 3,223 |
| 2001 | 158 | 4,298 | 1,425 – 12,951 | 3,405 |
| 2000 | 158 | 3,994 | 1,498 – 12,233 | 3,200 |
| 1999 | 149 | 3,789 | 1,534 – 12,563 | 3,358 |
| 1998 | 148 | 3,981 | 1,546 – 12,187 | 3,108 |
| 1997 | 147 | 3,863 | 1,542 – 11,469 | 3,255 |
| 1996 | 145 | 3,874 | 1,588 – 11,022 | 3,309 |
| 1995 | 145 | 3,645 | 1,505 – 10,630 | 3,312 |
| 1994 | 124 | 3,470 | 1,248 – 8,844 | 3,217 |
| 1993 | 121 | 3,339 | 1,124 – 8,347 | 3,203 |
| 1992 | 119 | 3,375 | 1,170 – 8,806 | 3,071 |
| 1991 | 118 | 3,347 | 1,396 – 7,649 | 2,985 |
062024 → 2025
Who rose and fell
The biggest changes in value between the two newest editions — reference years recalculated in one report, not two separate publications. Places are shown second, because they also move when other countries do.
Improved most
before → after151 countries were measured in both 2024 and 2025. The field changed from 168 to 151 countries, so a place can move for reasons that have nothing to do with the country itself.
07Across every edition
Agricultural output per worker in records
The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.
Highest reading on record
150,632
Agricultural value added per worker (constant 2015 US$)
Lowest reading on record
156
Agricultural value added per worker (constant 2015 US$)
Biggest improvement between editions
+53,282
5,216 → 58,498
Biggest decline between editions
−40,184
70,727 → 30,543
Most improved since first measured
+101,094
49,538 → 150,632
At the top most often
17 of 35
editions, alone at the first-listed end
08The measure
About agricultural output per worker
This is how much a country's farms, forests and fisheries produce for each person working in them, in constant 2015 dollars — agricultural labour productivity. It is the gap between farm and city incomes in one number, and one of the clearest measures of how far a country's agriculture has modernised.
What the number is: Agricultural value added per worker (constant 2015 US$).
09Where it fits
Connections
Its part in the Country Index, the statistics whose values line up most closely with it across countries, and others on the same subject.
In the Country Index
Context, with no vote
This statistic is published in full under Work & Labour and Food & Agriculture, but does not help decide any Country Index standing.
Work & LabourFood & AgricultureWhich statistics vote, and why
Moves with
Where agricultural output per worker is higher, these tend to be higher too.
- Labour Productivity per Hour WorkedILO · 151 countries in commonρ 0.93
- GDP per Person EmployedWorld Bank Group · 151 countries in commonρ 0.92
- Employment in ServicesILO · 151 countries in commonρ 0.90
Moves against
Where agricultural output per worker is higher, these tend to be lower.
- Employment in AgricultureILO · 151 countries in commonρ −0.94
- Vulnerable EmploymentKeyILO · 151 countries in commonρ −0.87
- Self-Employment RateILO · 151 countries in commonρ −0.86
Rank correlation (ρ, from −1 to 1) across countries, on each statistic’s newest edition, out of 367 statistics sharing at least 80 countries with this one. Two statistics that move together do not cause each other.
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11Questions
Agricultural output per worker: questions and answers
Which country has the highest agricultural output per worker?
Canada, at 150,632, among the 151 countries compared in 2025.
Which country has the lowest agricultural output per worker?
Burundi, at 211, among the 151 countries compared in 2025.
How many countries does the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker cover?
151 in 2025, and 179 at least once across all editions. The number measured varies from 118 to 179 between editions.
What is the world average agricultural output per worker?
This site does not calculate a world average, which would depend on how countries are weighted. In the middle country of the 151 compared in 2025, the figure was 6,742.
Is this World Bank Group’s own ranking?
No. World Bank Group publishes the values but ranks nobody; the position on this page is derived by Nations Inquiry by ordering the published values, and equal values share a position.
How often is the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker published?
This site holds 35 reference years, 1991–2025, all recalculated in World Bank Group’s 2026 report on one method — not 35 separate publications.
Where does the data come from, and can I download it?
From World Bank Group, under CC BY 4.0. The World Bank's indicator API (NV.AGR.EMPL.KD): the Bank's own value added in agriculture divided by the International Labour Organization's modelled employment in the sector. Every edition is on this site’s Datasets pages as a full table, and downloads as a CSV file with every value unrounded.
12Method
Sources, method and citation
Source
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker — World Bank Group
The World Bank's indicator API (NV.AGR.EMPL.KD): the Bank's own value added in agriculture divided by the International Labour Organization's modelled employment in the sector.
Newest edition
Report year 2025Data year 2025
Cite the source as: World Bank. World Development Indicators: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added per worker (NV.AGR.EMPL.KD), using ILO modelled employment estimates (ILOSTAT). Washington, DC: World Bank Group.
Licence: CC BY 4.0, checked 2026-09-29.
How this page reads the numbers
- World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure. The position is derived by Nations Inquiry by ordering the published values; equal values share a position.
- Which end is better follows the publisher’s own reading of the measure.
- A country is named at an end only when it holds that value alone. Where several share it, the page says how many and names none first.
- Values are stored exactly as published and trimmed only for display. “The middle country” is the median of the countries measured, not a world average.
The file itself, column by column — where it came from, what each column holds, and every edition as a CSV — is on its dataset page.
Photographs
The countries at the top of this statistic, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Canada — User:Florian Fuchs, CC BY 3.0
- Australia — tiimta, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Iceland — Hansueli Krapf, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Agricultural output per worker by country: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, data from World Bank Group. https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/agriculture-value-added-per-worker