Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in IDA total
IDA total: Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) was 46.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in IDA total, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
IDA total recorded 46.3% for employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in IDA total peaked at 60.7% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 46.3%, in 2025.
That places IDA total 10th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in IDA total, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 60.4% | — |
| 1992 | 60.6% | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 60.5% | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 60.7% | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 60.2% | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 59.6% | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 59.1% | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 59.5% | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 59.3% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 59.2% | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 58.5% | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 57.8% | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 56.9% | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 56.3% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 55.7% | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 55.2% | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 54.6% | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 54.1% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 53.4% | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 52.5% | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 52.1% | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 51.4% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 51.0% | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 50.5% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 49.9% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 49.6% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 48.6% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 47.8% | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 47.2% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 48.3% | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 48.2% | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 47.5% | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 47.4% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 46.8% | -1.4% |
| 2025 | 46.3% | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 60.0% | 59.1% | 60.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 56.2% | 53.4% | 59.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 50.1% | 47.2% | 52.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.4% | 46.3% | 48.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near IDA total
- 7 Central African Republic 66.1% compare
- 8 Malawi 65.0% compare
- 9 Uganda 64.9% compare
- 10 Tanzania, United Republic of 64.6% compare
- 11 South Sudan 63.8% compare
- 12 Mali 63.0% compare
- 13 Guinea-Bissau 61.1% compare
More agriculture & rural data for IDA total
- Rural population, per capita 0.5885 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 625.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 19.6% (2025)
- Rural population 1.17 billion (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 58.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.4% (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1956 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in IDA total?
- Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in IDA total was 46.3% 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 IDA total?
- The highest recorded value was 60.7% in 1994.
- What is the lowest employment in agriculture (% of total employment) recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.3% in 2025.
- How does IDA total rank for employment in agriculture (% of total employment)?
- IDA total ranks 10th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is employment in agriculture (% of total employment) rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IDA total 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).