Agriculture, forestry and fisheries statistics

The important role of the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors especially compared to the industrial sectors, have been often underestimated. E.g. in the European Union, agriculture covers approx. 50% of the territory and accounts for roughly 40% of the EU budget.

Agriculture, forestry and fisheries have strong environmental impacts on soil, water, air and the planet's biodiversity, in "producing" enough food for a still rising world population.

Definition

"ISIC Rev. 4 devides section A, activities of agriculture, forestry and fishing, into 3 divisions:

Division 01 Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities

• 011 Growing of non-perennial crops
• 012 Growing of perennial crops
• 013 Plant propagation
• 014 Animal production
• 015 Mixed farming
• 016 Support activities to agriculture and post-harvest crop activities
• 017 Hunting, trapping and related service activities

Division 02 Forestry and logging

• 021 Silviculture and other forestry activities
• 022 Logging
• 023 Gathering of non-wood forest products
• 024 Support services to forestry

Division 03 Fishing and aquaculture

• 031 Fishing
• 032 Aquaculture." OECD, Paris

Sources

Data available for

• most countries worldwide: World Bank's World Development Indicators, DSI's Global Environmental Database

• OECD countries: OECD Environment Statistics

• the European Union: collection of themes and - most detailed - collection of databases

Related ATS topics

Environment Statistics

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