Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)

Definition

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 as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Note: For VAB countries, gross value added at factor cost is used as the denominator.

Type of figure

Official statistic. Published by a national authority, such as the statistics office or the central bank, and compiled by the source shown.

Updated

Yearly

Compiled from

Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators (NV.AGR.TOTL.ZS)

Licence

CC-BY-4.0

Version

Dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026

Cite this

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.AGR.TOTL.ZS. Retrieved via DataNigeria (dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026). Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

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