Employment in agriculture - Country rankings

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Employment in agriculture, % of total employment, 2025:

The average for 2025 based on 176 countries was 22.17 percent. The highest value was in Burundi: 85.34 percent and the lowest value was in Singapore: 0.1 percent. The indicator is available from 1991 to 2025. 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, 2025 Global rank Available data
Burundi 85.34 1 1991 - 2025
Mozambique 73.01 2 1991 - 2025
Niger 72.99 3 1991 - 2025
Chad 71.74 4 1991 - 2025
Madagascar 69.21 5 1991 - 2025
Laos 68.6 6 1991 - 2025
C.A. Republic 66.06 7 1991 - 2025
Malawi 64.98 8 1991 - 2025
Uganda 64.85 9 1991 - 2025
Tanzania 64.57 10 1991 - 2025
Mali 63.01 11 1991 - 2025
G.-Bissau 61.07 12 1991 - 2025
Ethiopia 60.14 13 1991 - 2025
DR Congo 58.52 14 1991 - 2025
Eritrea 55.48 15 1991 - 2025
Eq. Guinea 55.32 16 1991 - 2025
Zambia 54.53 17 1991 - 2025
Zimbabwe 54.31 18 1991 - 2025
North Korea 54.08 19 1991 - 2025
Angola 51.95 20 1991 - 2025
Burkina Faso 51.78 21 1991 - 2025
Afghanistan 51.63 22 1991 - 2025
Moldova 50.5 23 1991 - 2025
Guinea 47.36 24 1991 - 2025
Haiti 46.61 25 1991 - 2025
Kenya 45.79 26 1991 - 2025
Ivory Coast 45.37 27 1991 - 2025
Burma 44.95 28 1991 - 2025
Vanuatu 44.53 29 1991 - 2025
Sierra Leone 44.49 30 1991 - 2025
Bangladesh 44.26 31 1991 - 2025
Tajikistan 43.27 32 1991 - 2025
Solomon Isl. 42.47 33 1991 - 2025
Bhutan 42.37 34 1991 - 2025
Cameroon 41.85 35 1991 - 2025
India 41.63 36 1991 - 2025
Liberia 41.12 37 1991 - 2025
Benin 40.24 38 1991 - 2025
Togo 37.59 39 1991 - 2025
Papua N.G. 36.86 40 1991 - 2025
R. of Congo 36.35 41 1991 - 2025
Pakistan 36.23 42 1991 - 2025
Fiji 35.64 43 1991 - 2025
Rwanda 35.05 44 1991 - 2025
Ghana 34.57 45 1991 - 2025
Azerbaijan 34.23 46 1991 - 2025
Georgia 33.95 47 1991 - 2025
Comoros 33.56 48 1991 - 2025
Nigeria 33.53 49 1991 - 2025
Cambodia 33.4 50 1991 - 2025
Ecuador 32.48 51 1991 - 2025
Mauritania 32.12 52 1991 - 2025
Yemen 31.62 53 1991 - 2025
Lesotho 30.88 54 1991 - 2025
Albania 30.77 55 1991 - 2025
Nicaragua 30.47 56 1991 - 2025
Somalia 30.03 57 1991 - 2025
Senegal 29.58 58 1991 - 2025
Guatemala 29.05 59 1991 - 2025
Gabon 28.87 60 1991 - 2025
Thailand 28.56 61 1991 - 2025
Morocco 27.89 62 1991 - 2025
Gambia 27.55 63 1991 - 2025
Indonesia 27.3 64 1991 - 2025
Mongolia 27 65 1991 - 2025
Armenia 26.97 66 1991 - 2025
Samoa 26.88 67 1991 - 2025
Sri Lanka 25.86 68 1991 - 2025
Uzbekistan 25.2 69 1991 - 2025
Vietnam 25.04 70 1991 - 2025
Bolivia 24.71 71 1991 - 2025
Tonga 23.61 72 1991 - 2025
Peru 23.13 73 1991 - 2025
Nepal 22.91 74 1991 - 2025
Honduras 22.42 75 1991 - 2025
Namibia 22.34 76 1991 - 2025
Turkmenistan 21.93 77 1991 - 2025
China 21.68 78 1991 - 2025
Philippines 20.49 79 1991 - 2025
Botswana 18.03 80 1991 - 2025
Serbia 18.03 81 1991 - 2025
Egypt 17.52 82 1991 - 2025
Bosnia & Herz. 16.71 83 1991 - 2025
Syria 16.3 84 1991 - 2025
Belize 16.13 85 1991 - 2025
Panama 16.04 86 1991 - 2025
Paraguay 15.97 87 1991 - 2025
Kyrgyzstan 15.45 88 1991 - 2025
Swaziland 14.55 89 1991 - 2025
Turkey 14.22 90 1991 - 2025
Colombia 14.16 91 1991 - 2025
Jamaica 13.94 92 1991 - 2025
El Salvador 13.85 93 1991 - 2025
Iran 13.62 94 1991 - 2025
Tunisia 12.46 95 1991 - 2025
Guyana 12.21 96 1991 - 2025
S.T.&Principe 12.06 97 1991 - 2025
Costa Rica 11.49 98 1991 - 2025
Mexico 11.4 99 1991 - 2025
Kazakhstan 11.32 100 1991 - 2025
Maldives 11.31 101 1991 - 2025
Romania 10.95 102 1991 - 2025
Greece 10.68 103 1991 - 2025
Libya 10 104 1991 - 2025
Algeria 9.48 105 1991 - 2025
Belarus 9.48 106 1991 - 2025
Cape Verde 9.25 107 1991 - 2025
Malaysia 9.18 108 1991 - 2025
St. Vincent & ... 9.07 109 1991 - 2025
Venezuela 8.87 110 1991 - 2025
North Macedonia 8.5 111 1991 - 2025
Iraq 8.17 112 1991 - 2025
Uruguay 8.07 113 1991 - 2025
Brazil 7.63 114 1991 - 2025
Saint Lucia 7.47 115 1991 - 2025
Domin. Rep. 7.01 116 1991 - 2025
Argentina 7 117 1991 - 2025
Suriname 6.98 118 1991 - 2025
Latvia 6.66 119 1991 - 2025
Poland 6.22 120 1991 - 2025
Chile 6.07 121 1991 - 2025
Oman 5.95 122 1991 - 2025
New Zealand 5.42 123 1991 - 2025
South Africa 5.41 124 1991 - 2025
Russia 5.11 125 1991 - 2025
South Korea 5.1 126 1991 - 2025
Mauritius 4.71 127 1991 - 2025
Bulgaria 4.69 128 1991 - 2025
Lithuania 4.66 129 1991 - 2025
Tr.&Tobago 4.49 130 1991 - 2025
Croatia 4.33 131 1991 - 2025
Montenegro 4.19 132 1991 - 2025
Hungary 4.11 133 1991 - 2025
Ireland 3.85 134 1991 - 2025
Slovenia 3.66 135 1991 - 2025
Iceland 3.61 136 1991 - 2025
Finland 3.49 137 1991 - 2025
Spain 3.37 138 1991 - 2025
Italy 3.35 139 1991 - 2025
Jordan 3.12 140 1991 - 2025
Estonia 2.96 141 1991 - 2025
Japan 2.81 142 1991 - 2025
Portugal 2.78 143 1991 - 2025
Austria 2.77 144 1991 - 2025
Czechia 2.71 145 1991 - 2025
Norway 2.5 146 1991 - 2025
Saudi Arabia 2.5 147 1991 - 2025
France 2.33 148 1991 - 2025
Switzerland 2.24 149 1991 - 2025
Australia 2.18 150 1991 - 2025
Slovakia 2.16 151 1991 - 2025
Cyprus 2.15 152 1991 - 2025
Kuwait 1.89 153 1991 - 2025
N. Caledonia 1.78 154 1991 - 2025
Sweden 1.77 155 1991 - 2025
Netherlands 1.7 156 1991 - 2025
Denmark 1.62 157 1991 - 2025
Qatar 1.62 158 1991 - 2025
USA 1.52 159 1991 - 2025
UA Emirates 1.44 160 1991 - 2025
Barbados 1.25 161 1991 - 2025
Brunei 1.2 162 1991 - 2025
Djibouti 1.15 163 1991 - 2025
Puerto Rico 1.14 164 1991 - 2025
Canada 1.1 165 1991 - 2025
Germany 1.07 166 1991 - 2025
Belgium 0.98 167 1991 - 2025
Luxembourg 0.88 168 1991 - 2025
Malta 0.88 169 1991 - 2025
UK 0.85 170 1991 - 2025
Bahrain 0.83 171 1991 - 2025
Bahamas 0.77 172 1991 - 2025
Israel 0.76 173 1991 - 2025
Macao 0.37 174 1991 - 2025
Hong Kong 0.18 175 1991 - 2025
Singapore 0.1 176 1991 - 2025


New - World map: Employment in agriculture




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).

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1. Burundi
2. Mozambique
3. Niger
4. Chad
5. Madagascar
6. Laos
7. C.A. Republic
8. Malawi
9. Uganda
10. Tanzania
11. Mali
12. G.-Bissau
13. Ethiopia
14. DR Congo
15. Eritrea
16. Eq. Guinea
17. Zambia
18. Zimbabwe
19. North Korea
20. Angola
21. Burkina Faso
22. Afghanistan
23. Moldova
24. Guinea
25. Haiti
26. Kenya
27. Ivory Coast
28. Burma
29. Vanuatu
30. Sierra Leone
31. Bangladesh
32. Tajikistan
33. Solomon Isl.
34. Bhutan
35. Cameroon
36. India
37. Liberia
38. Benin
39. Togo
40. Papua N.G.
41. R. of Congo
42. Pakistan
43. Fiji
44. Rwanda
45. Ghana
46. Azerbaijan
47. Georgia
48. Comoros
49. Nigeria
50. Cambodia
51. Ecuador
52. Mauritania
53. Yemen
54. Lesotho
55. Albania
56. Nicaragua
57. Somalia
58. Senegal
59. Guatemala
60. Gabon
61. Thailand
62. Morocco
63. Gambia
64. Indonesia
65. Mongolia
66. Armenia
67. Samoa
68. Sri Lanka
69. Uzbekistan
70. Vietnam
71. Bolivia
72. Tonga
73. Peru
74. Nepal
75. Honduras
76. Namibia
77. Turkmenistan
78. China
79. Philippines
80. Botswana
81. Serbia
82. Egypt
83. Bosnia & Herz.
84. Syria
85. Belize
86. Panama
87. Paraguay
88. Kyrgyzstan
89. Swaziland
90. Turkey
91. Colombia
92. Jamaica
93. El Salvador
94. Iran
95. Tunisia
96. Guyana
97. S.T.&Principe
98. Costa Rica
99. Mexico
100. Kazakhstan
101. Maldives
102. Romania
103. Greece
104. Libya
105. Algeria
106. Belarus
107. Cape Verde
108. Malaysia
109. St. Vincent & ...
110. Venezuela
111. North Macedonia
112. Iraq
113. Uruguay
114. Brazil
115. Saint Lucia
116. Domin. Rep.
117. Argentina
118. Suriname
119. Latvia
120. Poland
121. Chile
122. Oman
123. New Zealand
124. South Africa
125. Russia
126. South Korea
127. Mauritius
128. Bulgaria
129. Lithuania
130. Tr.&Tobago
131. Croatia
132. Montenegro
133. Hungary
134. Ireland
135. Slovenia
136. Iceland
137. Finland
138. Spain
139. Italy
140. Jordan
141. Estonia
142. Japan
143. Portugal
144. Austria
145. Czechia
146. Norway
147. Saudi Arabia
148. France
149. Switzerland
150. Australia
151. Slovakia
152. Cyprus
153. Kuwait
154. N. Caledonia
155. Sweden
156. Netherlands
157. Denmark
158. Qatar
159. USA
160. UA Emirates
161. Barbados
162. Brunei
163. Djibouti
164. Puerto Rico
165. Canada
166. Germany
167. Belgium
168. Luxembourg
169. Malta
170. UK
171. Bahrain
172. Bahamas
173. Israel
174. Macao
175. Hong Kong
176. Singapore
85.34
73.01
72.99
71.74
69.21
68.60
66.06
64.98
64.85
64.57
63.01
61.07
60.14
58.52
55.48
55.32
54.53
54.31
54.08
51.95
51.78
51.63
50.50
47.36
46.61
45.79
45.37
44.95
44.53
44.49
44.26
43.27
42.47
42.37
41.85
41.63
41.12
40.24
37.59
36.86
36.35
36.23
35.64
35.05
34.57
34.23
33.95
33.56
33.53
33.40
32.48
32.12
31.62
30.88
30.77
30.47
30.03
29.58
29.05
28.87
28.56
27.89
27.55
27.30
27.00
26.97
26.88
25.86
25.20
25.04
24.71
23.61
23.13
22.91
22.42
22.34
21.93
21.68
20.49
18.03
18.03
17.52
16.71
16.30
16.13
16.04
15.97
15.45
14.55
14.22
14.16
13.94
13.85
13.62
12.46
12.21
12.06
11.49
11.40
11.32
11.31
10.95
10.68
10.00
9.48
9.48
9.25
9.18
9.07
8.87
8.50
8.17
8.07
7.63
7.47
7.01
7.00
6.98
6.66
6.22
6.07
5.95
5.42
5.41
5.11
5.10
4.71
4.69
4.66
4.49
4.33
4.19
4.11
3.85
3.66
3.61
3.49
3.37
3.35
3.12
2.96
2.81
2.78
2.77
2.71
2.50
2.50
2.33
2.24
2.18
2.16
2.15
1.89
1.78
1.77
1.70
1.62
1.62
1.52
1.44
1.25
1.20
1.15
1.14
1.10
1.07
0.98
0.88
0.88
0.85
0.83
0.77
0.76
0.37
0.18
0.10
0
21.3
42.7
64
85.34


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