BBOoff t1_itbjfvt wrote on October 22, 2022 at 11:33 AM

If anyone is wondering why Agriculture seems to be unusually low, be aware that this graph is only counting the actual economic activity of the farms/greenhouses themselves as Agriculture.

You may see higher percentages in other sources, because some other sources prefer to show the entire agri-food industry together, including the various sectors that are here classified as manufacturing and services.

GeneralNathanJessup t1_itei7dr wrote on October 23, 2022 at 1:03 AM

And it also only measures agricultural output as a percentage of the total economy.

For instance, although agriculture makes up 1% of US GDP, the US is still the world's largest food exporter, exporting twice as much as any other country. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-american-food-giant-the-largest-exporter-of-food-in-the-world.html

Melodic-Leather-3732 t1_itcqxwr wrote on October 22, 2022 at 5:23 PM

Any idea what the ratio of agricultural imports to GDP is?

BBOoff t1_itfyiu7 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 10:48 AM

No idea.

I used the Agriculture Canada numbers to find out why Canada's Agriculture percentage was lower than I'm used to seeing, but Agriculture Canada only records domestic production and export, not imports.

I have no idea where to find import numbers.