Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) by country
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...
Countries reporting
187
Highest
85.3%
Burundi
Lowest
0.1%
Singapore
Median
14.2%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
8,211
What the numbers show
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 85.3% in Burundi; the lowest is 0.1% in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 14.2%, and the mean is 21.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 895.
Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 158 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of (up 37.6%), and the largest decrease in Bahamas (down 58.8%).
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 85.3% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 2 | Mozambique | 73.0% | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 3 | Niger | 73.0% | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 4 | Chad | 71.7% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 5 | Madagascar | 69.2% | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 6 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 68.6% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 66.1% | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 8 | Malawi | 65.0% | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 9 | Uganda | 64.9% | 2025 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 10 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 64.6% | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 11 | South Sudan | 63.8% | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 12 | Mali | 63.0% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 13 | Guinea-Bissau | 61.1% | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 60.1% | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 15 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 58.5% | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 16 | Eritrea | 55.5% | 2025 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 17 | Equatorial Guinea | 55.3% | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 18 | Zambia | 54.5% | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 54.3% | 2025 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 20 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 54.1% | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 21 | Angola | 51.9% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 51.8% | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 23 | Afghanistan | 51.6% | 2025 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 24 | Republic of Moldova | 50.5% | 2025 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 25 | Guinea | 47.4% | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 26 | Haiti | 46.6% | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 27 | Timor-Leste | 46.0% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 28 | Kenya | 45.8% | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 29 | Côte d'Ivoire | 45.4% | 2025 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 30 | Myanmar | 45.0% | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 31 | Vanuatu | 44.5% | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 44.5% | 2025 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 44.3% | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 34 | Tajikistan | 43.3% | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 35 | Solomon Islands | 42.5% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 36 | Bhutan | 42.4% | 2025 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 37 | Cameroon | 41.9% | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 38 | India | 41.6% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 39 | Liberia | 41.1% | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 40 | Benin | 40.2% | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 41 | Sudan | 39.8% | 2022 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 42 | Togo | 37.6% | 2025 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 43 | Papua New Guinea | 36.9% | 2025 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 44 | Congo | 36.4% | 2025 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 45 | Pakistan | 36.2% | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 46 | Fiji | 35.6% | 2025 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 47 | Rwanda | 35.1% | 2025 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 48 | Ghana | 34.6% | 2025 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 49 | Azerbaijan | 34.2% | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 50 | Georgia | 34.0% | 2025 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 51 | Comoros | 33.6% | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 52 | Nigeria | 33.5% | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 53 | Cambodia | 33.4% | 2025 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 54 | Ecuador | 32.5% | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 55 | Mauritania | 32.1% | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 56 | Yemen | 31.6% | 2025 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 57 | Lesotho | 30.9% | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 58 | Albania | 30.8% | 2025 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 59 | Nicaragua | 30.5% | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 60 | Somalia | 30.0% | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 61 | Senegal | 29.6% | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 62 | Guatemala | 29.1% | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 63 | Gabon | 28.9% | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 64 | Thailand | 28.6% | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 65 | Morocco | 27.9% | 2025 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 66 | Gambia | 27.6% | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 67 | Indonesia | 27.3% | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 68 | Mongolia | 27.0% | 2025 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 69 | Armenia | 27.0% | 2025 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 70 | Samoa | 26.9% | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 71 | Sri Lanka | 25.9% | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 72 | Uzbekistan | 25.2% | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 73 | Viet Nam | 25.0% | 2025 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 74 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 24.7% | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 75 | Tonga | 23.6% | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 76 | Peru | 23.1% | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 77 | Nepal | 22.9% | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 78 | Honduras | 22.4% | 2025 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 79 | Namibia | 22.3% | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 80 | Turkmenistan | 21.9% | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 81 | China | 21.7% | 2025 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 82 | Philippines | 20.5% | 2025 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 83 | Botswana | 18.0% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 84 | Serbia | 18.0% | 2025 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 85 | Egypt | 17.5% | 2025 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.7% | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 87 | Syrian Arab Republic | 16.3% | 2025 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 88 | Belize | 16.1% | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 89 | Panama | 16.0% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 90 | Paraguay | 16.0% | 2025 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 91 | Cuba | 15.5% | 2025 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 15.4% | 2025 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 93 | Eswatini | 14.5% | 2025 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 94 | Türkiye | 14.2% | 2025 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 95 | Colombia | 14.2% | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 96 | Ukraine | 14.1% | 2021 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 97 | Jamaica | 13.9% | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 98 | El Salvador | 13.9% | 2025 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 99 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 13.6% | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 100 | Tunisia | 12.5% | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 101 | Guyana | 12.2% | 2025 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 102 | Sao Tome and Principe | 12.1% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 103 | Costa Rica | 11.5% | 2025 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 104 | Mexico | 11.4% | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 105 | Kazakhstan | 11.3% | 2025 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 106 | Maldives | 11.3% | 2025 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 107 | Romania | 10.9% | 2025 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 108 | Greece | 10.7% | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 109 | Libya | 10.0% | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 110 | Algeria | 9.5% | 2025 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 111 | Belarus | 9.5% | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 112 | Cape Verde | 9.2% | 2025 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 113 | Malaysia | 9.2% | 2025 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 114 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.1% | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 115 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 8.9% | 2025 | up 37.6% | falling |
| 116 | North Macedonia | 8.5% | 2025 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 117 | Iraq | 8.2% | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 118 | Uruguay | 8.1% | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 119 | Brazil | 7.6% | 2025 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 120 | Saint Lucia | 7.5% | 2025 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 121 | Dominican Republic | 7.0% | 2025 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 122 | Argentina | 7.0% | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 123 | Suriname | 7.0% | 2025 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 124 | Latvia | 6.7% | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 125 | Palestine, State of | 6.3% | 2022 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 126 | Poland | 6.2% | 2025 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 127 | Chile | 6.1% | 2025 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 128 | Oman | 5.9% | 2025 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 129 | New Zealand | 5.4% | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 130 | South Africa | 5.4% | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 131 | Russian Federation | 5.1% | 2025 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 132 | Korea | 5.1% | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 133 | Mauritius | 4.7% | 2025 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 134 | Bulgaria | 4.7% | 2025 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 135 | Lithuania | 4.7% | 2025 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.5% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 137 | Croatia | 4.3% | 2025 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 138 | Montenegro | 4.2% | 2025 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 139 | Hungary | 4.1% | 2025 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 140 | Ireland | 3.9% | 2025 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 141 | Slovenia | 3.7% | 2025 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 142 | Iceland | 3.6% | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 143 | Lebanon | 3.5% | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 144 | Finland | 3.5% | 2025 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 145 | Spain | 3.4% | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 146 | Italy | 3.3% | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 147 | Jordan | 3.1% | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 148 | Estonia | 3.0% | 2025 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Japan | 2.8% | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 150 | Portugal | 2.8% | 2025 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 151 | Austria | 2.8% | 2025 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 152 | Czechia | 2.7% | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 153 | Norway | 2.5% | 2025 | up 21.5% | falling |
| 154 | Saudi Arabia | 2.5% | 2025 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 155 | France | 2.3% | 2025 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 156 | Switzerland | 2.2% | 2025 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 157 | Australia | 2.2% | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 158 | Slovakia | 2.2% | 2025 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Cyprus | 2.2% | 2025 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 160 | Channel Islands | 2.1% | 2025 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 161 | French Polynesia | 1.9% | 2025 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 162 | Kuwait | 1.9% | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 163 | New Caledonia | 1.8% | 2025 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Sweden | 1.8% | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 165 | Netherlands | 1.7% | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 166 | Denmark | 1.6% | 2025 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 167 | Qatar | 1.6% | 2025 | up 31.4% | falling |
| 168 | United States Virgin Islands | 1.6% | 2025 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 169 | Guam | 1.6% | 2025 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 170 | United States of America | 1.5% | 2025 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 171 | United Arab Emirates | 1.4% | 2025 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 172 | Barbados | 1.2% | 2025 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 173 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.2% | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 174 | Djibouti | 1.2% | 2025 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 175 | Puerto Rico | 1.1% | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 176 | Canada | 1.1% | 2025 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 177 | Germany | 1.1% | 2025 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 178 | Belgium | 1.0% | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 179 | Luxembourg | 0.9% | 2025 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 180 | Malta | 0.9% | 2025 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 181 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.9% | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 182 | Bahrain | 0.8% | 2025 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 183 | Bahamas | 0.8% | 2025 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 184 | Israel | 0.8% | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 185 | Macau, China | 0.4% | 2025 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 186 | Hong Kong, China | 0.2% | 2025 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 187 | Singapore | 0.1% | 2025 | down 21.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 59.4%
- Chagai 2.1%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 56.2%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 55.9%
- Least developed countries 54.5%
- IDA only 52.2%
- Pre-demographic dividend 49.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 49.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 49.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 49.3%
- IDA total 46.3%
- South Asia 41.5%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 41.5%
- Africa Western and Central 41.1%
- Lower middle income 39.8%
- Pacific island small states 38.8%
- IDA blend 36.4%
- Early-demographic dividend 33.4%
- Low & middle income 31.4%
- IDA & IBRD total 30.3%
- Middle income 28.6%
- World 25.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 25.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 25.4%
- IBRD only 25.0%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 23.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 23.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 21.7%
- East Asia & Pacific 21.7%
- Upper middle income 19.8%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 19.2%
- Late-demographic dividend 19.1%
- Small states 15.4%
- Other small states 13.9%
- Arab World 13.4%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 13.0%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 12.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean 12.7%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 11.8%
- Europe & Central Asia 6.7%
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).