How much of India's economy comes from agriculture?
Agriculture value added as a share of GDP.
Source: World Bank Indicators API · indicator NV.AGR.TOTL.ZS Fetched 3/6/2026
At a glance
16.3%
latest value, 2024
41.7%
first value, 1960
65
annual observations in this artifact
annual
source frequency
The explanation Draft prose wraps locked source numbers; no numbers are generated at request time
Agriculture employs many people, but its GDP share is much smaller than its employment share.
Agriculture employs many people, but its GDP share is much smaller than its employment share.
Agriculture value added as a share of GDP.
Read this as one piece of evidence, not the whole story. The useful question is what changes over time, what stays stuck, and what the indicator leaves out.
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How big is India's economy? -> How fast is India's economy growing? -> How rich is the average Indian by GDP per person? ->Methodology
MeasureAgriculture, value added
GeographyIndia
Unit% of GDP
TransformValues displayed as percent of GDP.
CaveatGDP share does not show farm incomes or landholding size.