Value added of agriculture as a share of GDP rose 0.142% to 1.19% in Japan in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, value added of agriculture as a share of GDP in Japan reached an all time high of 5.14% in 1970 and an all time low of 1.15% in 2008. When compared to Japan's main peers, value added of agriculture as a share of GDP in China amounted to 10.0%, 4.08% in Russia, 2.44% in South Korea and 1.34% in USA in 2015.
Japan has been ranked 140th within the group of 153 countries we follow in terms of value added of agriculture as a share of GDP, 9 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Agriculture, Value Added (As % of GDP) | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Canada | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.57% | 1.52% | 1.55% | 1.53% | 1.54% | ||||
| China | % | 10.3% | 10.1% | 10.0% | 10.1% | 10.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 0.758% | 0.741% | 0.806% | 0.874% | 0.857% | ||||||||||||||||
| India | % | 17.7% | 18.2% | 18.4% | 18.0% | 18.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 1.16% | 1.18% | 1.16% | 1.22% | 1.19% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | % | 3.52% | 3.46% | 3.35% | 3.52% | 3.48% | ||||||||||||||||
| North Korea | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Russia | % | 4.69% | 3.87% | 4.37% | 3.93% | 3.95% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | % | 2.59% | 2.47% | 2.52% | 2.46% | 2.34% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | ... | ... | 1.04% | 1.16% | 1.36% | 1.31% | 1.34% | ||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | % | 19.2% | 18.9% | 20.1% | 19.7% | 18.4% |
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