Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) in Brunei
Brunei: Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) was 1.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) in Brunei, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) in Brunei is 1.4%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 32.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) in Brunei peaked at 2.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 2025.
That places Brunei 177th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) in Brunei, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2.5% | — |
| 1992 | 2.6% | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 2.6% | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 2.6% | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 2.6% | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 2.6% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 2.6% | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 2.6% | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 2.6% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 2.6% | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 2.5% | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 2.5% | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 2.4% | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 2.4% | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 2.4% | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 2.3% | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 2.3% | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 2.3% | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 2.2% | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 2.2% | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 2.2% | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 2.2% | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 2.1% | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 2.1% | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 2.0% | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 2.0% | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 2.0% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 1.4% | -29.3% |
| 2019 | 2.8% | +95.5% |
| 2020 | 1.8% | -35.3% |
| 2021 | 2.1% | +18.9% |
| 2022 | 1.9% | -12.0% |
| 2023 | 1.5% | -22.3% |
| 2024 | 1.4% | -2.5% |
| 2025 | 1.4% | -2.5% |
Brunei compared with similar countries
- Brunei's 1.4% is below the median for high income countries, which is 3.2%, 43% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Brunei's 1.4% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 25.6%, 5% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) in Brunei changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +95.5% | 1.4% | 2.8% |
| 2020 | -35.3% | 2.8% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | -29.3% | 2.0% | 1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.6% | 2.5% | 2.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 2.4% | 2.2% | 2.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.4% | 2.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brunei
More agriculture & rural data for Brunei
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -1.44 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0118 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 380.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.3272 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2499 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) in Brunei?
- Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) in Brunei was 1.4% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) recorded in Brunei?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 2019.
- What is the lowest employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) recorded in Brunei?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 2025.
- How does Brunei rank for employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment)?
- Brunei ranks 177th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Brunei?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brunei data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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).