Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in Euro area
Euro area: Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) was 2.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in Euro area, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Euro area recorded 2.6% for employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in Euro area peaked at 7.3% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 2025.
That places Euro area 45th out of 47 groups 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 (% of total employment) in Euro area, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 7.3% | — |
| 1992 | 7.1% | -3.4% |
| 1993 | 6.8% | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 6.6% | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 6.4% | -3.9% |
| 1996 | 6.2% | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 6.1% | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 5.8% | -4.6% |
| 1999 | 5.6% | -4.1% |
| 2000 | 5.3% | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 5.1% | -4.3% |
| 2002 | 4.9% | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 4.9% | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 4.6% | -6.3% |
| 2005 | 4.5% | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 4.4% | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 4.1% | -7.0% |
| 2008 | 3.6% | -11.9% |
| 2009 | 3.7% | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 3.6% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 3.5% | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 3.5% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 3.4% | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 3.4% | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 3.3% | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 3.2% | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 3.1% | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 3.0% | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 3.0% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 2.9% | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 3.0% | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 3.0% | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 2.8% | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 2.7% | -5.5% |
| 2025 | 2.6% | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.4% | 5.6% | 7.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 4.5% | 3.6% | 5.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.3% | 3.0% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.8% | 2.6% | 3.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
More agriculture & rural data for Euro area
- Rural population, per capita 0.2252 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 278.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 80.79 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 22.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0155 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in Euro area?
- Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in Euro area was 2.6% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employment in agriculture (% of total employment) recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 7.3% in 1991.
- What is the lowest employment in agriculture (% of total employment) recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 2025.
- How does Euro area rank for employment in agriculture (% of total employment)?
- Euro area ranks 45th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is employment in agriculture (% of total employment) rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Euro area data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Employment in agriculture (% of total 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).