Latin America: agricultural sector's share of GDP by country 2020

In 2020, the agricultural sector in Haiti contributed with approximately 20.4 percent of the value added to the country's gross domestic product (GDP), the highest contribution reported for the Latin America and Caribbean region. In contrast, the lowest contributions were reported by Puerto Rico and the Bahamas, with a share of less than one percent.
The agricultural sector includes forestry, hunting, and fishing, as well as cultivation of crops and livestock production.

Share of value added by the agricultural sector to the gross domestic product (GDP) in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2020, by country

Characteristic	Share of GDP
Haiti	20.4%
Guyana	16.9%
Nicaragua	15.8%
Dominica	15.2%
Bolivia	14%
Honduras	12.1%
Paraguay	11%
Belize	10.7%
Guatemala	10.2%
Ecuador	9.8%
Jamaica	8.7%
Suriname	8.2%
Colombia	7.6%
Peru	7.5%
Uruguay	7.5%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	7.3%
Dominican Republic	6%
Brazil	5.9%
Argentina	5.9%
El Salvador	5.1%
Grenada	4.9%
Costa Rica	4.7%
Chile	3.9%
Mexico	3.8%
Panama	2.8%
Cuba	2.8%
St. Lucia	2.2%
Antigua and Barbuda	2.2%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.4%
Trinidad and Tobago*	1.2%
Puerto Rico	0.6%
Bahamas	0.4%

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Release date

April 2022

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Region

LAC

Survey time period

2020*

Supplementary notes

* For the indicated countries, the latest data available is from 2018.
Data represents the share of value added by the agricultural sector, which includes forestry, hunting, and fishing, as well as cultivation of crops and livestock production.
Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources.

Figures have been rounded.

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