Employment in agriculture - Country rankings

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Employment in agriculture, % of total employment, 2021 - Country rankings:

The average for 2021 based on 178 countries was 22.86 percent.The highest value was in Burundi: 85.85 percent and the lowest value was in Hong Kong: 0.19 percent. The indicator is available from 1991 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Employment in agriculture, 2021 Global rank Available data
Burundi 85.85 1 1991 - 2021
Madagascar 73.9 2 1991 - 2021
Burkina Faso 73.27 3 1991 - 2021
Niger 70.72 4 1991 - 2021
Mozambique 70.29 5 1991 - 2021
Chad 68.95 6 1991 - 2021
C.A. Republic 68.52 7 1991 - 2021
Mali 67.73 8 1991 - 2021
Tanzania 64.27 9 1991 - 2021
Ethiopia 63.66 10 1991 - 2021
Uganda 62.92 11 1991 - 2021
Eritrea 62.42 12 1991 - 2021
Nepal 62.26 13 1991 - 2021
Malawi 61.92 14 1991 - 2021
Zimbabwe 61.61 15 1991 - 2021
Guinea 59.19 16 1991 - 2021
Zambia 58.68 17 1991 - 2021
Angola 58.66 18 1991 - 2021
Laos 58.09 19 1991 - 2021
Bhutan 55.99 20 1991 - 2021
Eq. Guinea 55.54 21 1991 - 2021
DR Congo 55.28 22 1991 - 2021
Rwanda 54.67 23 1991 - 2021
G.-Bissau 50.34 24 1991 - 2021
Gambia 48.52 25 1991 - 2021
Vanuatu 48.01 26 1991 - 2021
Haiti 45.57 27 1991 - 2021
Ivory Coast 45.04 28 1991 - 2021
India 43.96 29 1991 - 2021
North Korea 43.51 30 1991 - 2021
Sierra Leone 42.71 31 1991 - 2021
Cameroon 42.6 32 1991 - 2021
Tajikistan 42.6 33 1991 - 2021
Liberia 40.65 34 1991 - 2021
Sudan 40.61 35 1991 - 2021
Georgia 40.37 36 1991 - 2021
Ghana 39.49 37 1991 - 2021
Cambodia 38.85 38 1991 - 2021
Solomon Isl. 38.04 39 1991 - 2021
Moldova 37.63 40 1991 - 2021
Pakistan 37.54 41 1991 - 2021
Bangladesh 37.09 42 1991 - 2021
R. of Congo 36.26 43 1991 - 2021
Nigeria 35.21 44 1991 - 2021
Comoros 34.97 45 1991 - 2021
Albania 34.62 46 1991 - 2021
Morocco 34.56 47 1991 - 2021
Azerbaijan 34.19 48 1991 - 2021
Kenya 33.03 49 1991 - 2021
Ecuador 32.18 50 1991 - 2021
Thailand 31.59 51 1991 - 2021
Togo 30.9 52 1991 - 2021
Tonga 30.38 53 1991 - 2021
Armenia 30.28 54 1991 - 2021
Lesotho 29.97 55 1991 - 2021
Mauritania 29.49 56 1991 - 2021
Bolivia 29.23 57 1991 - 2021
Guatemala 29.17 58 1991 - 2021
Vietnam 29.04 59 1991 - 2021
Gabon 29 60 1991 - 2021
Indonesia 28.99 61 1991 - 2021
Fiji 28.88 62 1991 - 2021
Nicaragua 28.71 63 1991 - 2021
Benin 28.15 64 1991 - 2021
Yemen 28.09 65 1991 - 2021
Peru 27.86 66 1991 - 2021
Somalia 26.28 67 1991 - 2021
Sri Lanka 25.75 68 1991 - 2021
Honduras 24.77 69 1991 - 2021
China 24.41 70 1991 - 2021
Mongolia 24.29 71 1991 - 2021
Philippines 24.27 72 1991 - 2021
Samoa 24.14 73 1991 - 2021
Uzbekistan 23.95 74 1991 - 2021
Botswana 23.07 75 1991 - 2021
Turkmenistan 22.32 76 1991 - 2021
Namibia 22.12 77 1991 - 2021
Senegal 21.61 78 1991 - 2021
South Africa 21.3 79 1991 - 2021
Belize 21.17 80 1991 - 2021
Egypt 19.83 81 1991 - 2021
Iraq 19.82 82 1991 - 2021
Paraguay 19.71 83 1991 - 2021
Romania 18.61 84 1991 - 2021
S.T.&Principe 18.05 85 1991 - 2021
Papua N.G. 17.18 86 1991 - 2021
Costa Rica 17.14 87 1991 - 2021
Turkey 17.12 88 1991 - 2021
Kyrgyzstan 16.58 89 1991 - 2021
Libya 16.3 90 1991 - 2021
Iran 16.25 91 1991 - 2021
Colombia 15.93 92 1991 - 2021
Panama 15.66 93 1991 - 2021
Jamaica 15.54 94 1991 - 2021
El Salvador 15.25 95 1991 - 2021
Kazakhstan 15.05 96 1991 - 2021
Ukraine 14.67 97 1991 - 2021
Serbia 13.92 98 1991 - 2021
Tunisia 13.92 99 1991 - 2021
Venezuela 13.09 100 1991 - 2021
Guyana 13.08 101 1991 - 2021
Syria 12.49 102 1991 - 2021
Swaziland 12.41 103 1991 - 2021
Mexico 12.33 104 1991 - 2021
Greece 11.36 105 1991 - 2021
Bosnia & Herz. 11.32 106 1991 - 2021
Cape Verde 10.98 107 1991 - 2021
North Macedonia 10.82 108 1991 - 2021
Maldives 10.53 109 1991 - 2021
Saint Lucia 10.5 110 1991 - 2021
St. Vincent & ... 10.33 111 1991 - 2021
Algeria 10.32 112 1991 - 2021
Brazil 9.69 113 1991 - 2021
Malaysia 9.65 114 1991 - 2021
Uruguay 8.42 115 1991 - 2021
Poland 8.4 116 1991 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 8.27 117 1991 - 2021
Belarus 8.09 118 1991 - 2021
Suriname 7.88 119 1991 - 2021
Argentina 7.65 120 1991 - 2021
Montenegro 7.36 121 1991 - 2021
Croatia 6.81 122 1991 - 2021
Latvia 6.81 123 1991 - 2021
Palestine 6.66 124 1991 - 2021
Chile 6.58 125 1991 - 2021
Bulgaria 6.29 126 1991 - 2021
New Zealand 6.06 127 1991 - 2021
Russia 5.8 128 1991 - 2021
South Korea 5.35 129 1991 - 2021
Lithuania 5.32 130 1991 - 2021
Mauritius 5.15 131 1991 - 2021
Portugal 5.15 132 1991 - 2021
Ireland 4.49 133 1991 - 2021
Hungary 4.4 134 1991 - 2021
Oman 4.12 135 1991 - 2021
Finland 4.11 136 1991 - 2021
Slovenia 4.06 137 1991 - 2021
Spain 4.06 138 1991 - 2021
Italy 4.05 139 1991 - 2021
Iceland 4.02 140 1991 - 2021
Lebanon 3.81 141 1991 - 2021
Austria 3.73 142 1991 - 2021
N. Caledonia 3.61 143 1991 - 2021
Jordan 3.25 144 1991 - 2021
Bahamas 3.24 145 1991 - 2021
Japan 3.17 146 1991 - 2021
Tr.&Tobago 3.02 147 1991 - 2021
Cyprus 2.85 148 1991 - 2021
Barbados 2.81 149 1991 - 2021
Saudi Arabia 2.7 150 1991 - 2021
Estonia 2.69 151 1991 - 2021
Czechia 2.55 152 1991 - 2021
France 2.51 153 1991 - 2021
Slovakia 2.47 154 1991 - 2021
Australia 2.43 155 1991 - 2021
Norway 2.35 156 1991 - 2021
Netherlands 2.26 157 1991 - 2021
Switzerland 2.19 158 1991 - 2021
Denmark 2.04 159 1991 - 2021
Kuwait 1.98 160 1991 - 2021
Sweden 1.97 161 1991 - 2021
UA Emirates 1.7 162 1991 - 2021
USA 1.66 163 1991 - 2021
Canada 1.34 164 1991 - 2021
Macao 1.33 165 1991 - 2021
Brunei 1.29 166 1991 - 2021
Germany 1.25 167 1991 - 2021
Puerto Rico 1.21 168 1991 - 2021
Qatar 1.19 169 1991 - 2021
Djibouti 1.18 170 1991 - 2021
Luxembourg 1.14 171 1991 - 2021
UK 1.03 172 1991 - 2021
Bahrain 0.98 173 1991 - 2021
Belgium 0.94 174 1991 - 2021
Israel 0.89 175 1991 - 2021
Malta 0.86 176 1991 - 2021
Singapore 0.32 177 1991 - 2021
Hong Kong 0.19 178 1991 - 2021


Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B (ISIC 3) or category A (ISIC 4).
1. Burundi
2. Madagascar
3. Burkina Faso
4. Niger
5. Mozambique
6. Chad
7. C.A. Republic
8. Mali
9. Tanzania
10. Ethiopia
11. Uganda
12. Eritrea
13. Nepal
14. Malawi
15. Zimbabwe
16. Guinea
17. Zambia
18. Angola
19. Laos
20. Bhutan
21. Eq. Guinea
22. DR Congo
23. Rwanda
24. G.-Bissau
25. Gambia
26. Vanuatu
27. Haiti
28. Ivory Coast
29. India
30. North Korea
31. Sierra Leone
32. Cameroon
33. Tajikistan
34. Liberia
35. Sudan
36. Georgia
37. Ghana
38. Cambodia
39. Solomon Isl.
40. Moldova
41. Pakistan
42. Bangladesh
43. R. of Congo
44. Nigeria
45. Comoros
46. Albania
47. Morocco
48. Azerbaijan
49. Kenya
50. Ecuador
51. Thailand
52. Togo
53. Tonga
54. Armenia
55. Lesotho
56. Mauritania
57. Bolivia
58. Guatemala
59. Vietnam
60. Gabon
61. Indonesia
62. Fiji
63. Nicaragua
64. Benin
65. Yemen
66. Peru
67. Somalia
68. Sri Lanka
69. Honduras
70. China
71. Mongolia
72. Philippines
73. Samoa
74. Uzbekistan
75. Botswana
76. Turkmenistan
77. Namibia
78. Senegal
79. South Africa
80. Belize
81. Egypt
82. Iraq
83. Paraguay
84. Romania
85. S.T.&Principe
86. Papua N.G.
87. Costa Rica
88. Turkey
89. Kyrgyzstan
90. Libya
91. Iran
92. Colombia
93. Panama
94. Jamaica
95. El Salvador
96. Kazakhstan
97. Ukraine
98. Serbia
99. Tunisia
100. Venezuela
101. Guyana
102. Syria
103. Swaziland
104. Mexico
105. Greece
106. Bosnia & Herz.
107. Cape Verde
108. North Macedonia
109. Maldives
110. Saint Lucia
111. St. Vincent & ...
112. Algeria
113. Brazil
114. Malaysia
115. Uruguay
116. Poland
117. Domin. Rep.
118. Belarus
119. Suriname
120. Argentina
121. Montenegro
122. Croatia
123. Latvia
124. Palestine
125. Chile
126. Bulgaria
127. New Zealand
128. Russia
129. South Korea
130. Lithuania
131. Mauritius
132. Portugal
133. Ireland
134. Hungary
135. Oman
136. Finland
137. Slovenia
138. Spain
139. Italy
140. Iceland
141. Lebanon
142. Austria
143. N. Caledonia
144. Jordan
145. Bahamas
146. Japan
147. Tr.&Tobago
148. Cyprus
149. Barbados
150. Saudi Arabia
151. Estonia
152. Czechia
153. France
154. Slovakia
155. Australia
156. Norway
157. Netherlands
158. Switzerland
159. Denmark
160. Kuwait
161. Sweden
162. UA Emirates
163. USA
164. Canada
165. Macao
166. Brunei
167. Germany
168. Puerto Rico
169. Qatar
170. Djibouti
171. Luxembourg
172. UK
173. Bahrain
174. Belgium
175. Israel
176. Malta
177. Singapore
178. Hong Kong
85.85
73.90
73.27
70.72
70.29
68.95
68.52
67.73
64.27
63.66
62.92
62.42
62.26
61.92
61.61
59.19
58.68
58.66
58.09
55.99
55.54
55.28
54.67
50.34
48.52
48.01
45.57
45.04
43.96
43.51
42.71
42.60
42.60
40.65
40.61
40.37
39.49
38.85
38.04
37.63
37.54
37.09
36.26
35.21
34.97
34.62
34.56
34.19
33.03
32.18
31.59
30.90
30.38
30.28
29.97
29.49
29.23
29.17
29.04
29.00
28.99
28.88
28.71
28.15
28.09
27.86
26.28
25.75
24.77
24.41
24.29
24.27
24.14
23.95
23.07
22.32
22.12
21.61
21.30
21.17
19.83
19.82
19.71
18.61
18.05
17.18
17.14
17.12
16.58
16.30
16.25
15.93
15.66
15.54
15.25
15.05
14.67
13.92
13.92
13.09
13.08
12.49
12.41
12.33
11.36
11.32
10.98
10.82
10.53
10.50
10.33
10.32
9.69
9.65
8.42
8.40
8.27
8.09
7.88
7.65
7.36
6.81
6.81
6.66
6.58
6.29
6.06
5.80
5.35
5.32
5.15
5.15
4.49
4.40
4.12
4.11
4.06
4.06
4.05
4.02
3.81
3.73
3.61
3.25
3.24
3.17
3.02
2.85
2.81
2.70
2.69
2.55
2.51
2.47
2.43
2.35
2.26
2.19
2.04
1.98
1.97
1.70
1.66
1.34
1.33
1.29
1.25
1.21
1.19
1.18
1.14
1.03
0.98
0.94
0.89
0.86
0.32
0.19
0
21.5
42.9
64.4
85.85
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