Rationale and definition
- Provides information on countries' exposure to shocks caused by their economic structure. Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing are particularly subject to natural and economic shocks
- Defined as the percentage share of the agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing sectors (categories A+B in ISIC Rev. 3.1) in the gross value added of a country
Methodology
- Calculated by dividing the value added of agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing by the total gross value added of all sectors of the economy
Data sources
- Reported annually by the United Nations Statistics Division in its National Accounts Main Aggregates Database