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FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value by country

The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour...

Countries reporting
150
Highest
91.83 %
Burundi
Lowest
1.2 %
Puerto Rico
Median
28.2 %
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,476

What the numbers show

FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value is currently reported for 150 countries. The highest value is 91.83 % in Burundi; the lowest is 1.2 % in Puerto Rico.

The median across all reporting countries is 28.2 %, and the mean is 32.78 %.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 77.

Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 124 fell. The largest increase was in Singapore (up 6,307.7%), and the largest decrease in Lebanon (down 77.2%).

FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Burundi 91.83 % 2023 down 0.3% falling
2 Chad 88.28 % 2023 down 0.7% falling
3 Madagascar 84.23 % 2023 down 3.0% falling
4 Mozambique 81.89 % 2023 down 2.1% falling
5 Mali 80.34 % 2023 down 5.3% rising
5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 64.6 % 2023 down 2.2% falling
6 Guinea-Bissau 77.24 % 2023 down 2.0% flat
6 Timor-Leste 62.96 % 2023 down 11.0% flat
7 Uganda 75.82 % 2023 down 9.6% rising
8 Ethiopia 73.55 % 2023 down 11.7% falling
9 Zambia 71.83 % 2023 down 8.3% falling
10 Zimbabwe 69.55 % 2023 down 7.4% rising
10 Viet Nam 43.54 % 2023 down 33.9% falling
11 Nigeria 68.74 % 2023 down 7.3% falling
12 Angola 68.17 % 2023 up 5.3% rising
12 Türkiye 29.89 % 2023 down 23.1% falling
13 Benin 66.97 % 2023 up 4.7% rising
14 Rwanda 66.61 % 2023 down 2.6% falling
15 Togo 66.57 % 2023 up 24.3% falling
16 Sierra Leone 66.32 % 2023 down 24.0% falling
17 Burkina Faso 65.11 % 2023 down 10.1% falling
18 Kenya 64.7 % 2023 down 9.7% falling
19 Afghanistan 64.16 % 2021 down 1.7% falling
20 Bangladesh 63.22 % 2023 down 4.5% falling
21 Myanmar 62.23 % 2023 down 9.8% falling
22 Liberia 62.17 % 2023 up 18.7% falling
23 Papua New Guinea 59.94 % 2023 up 38.7% rising
24 Ghana 58.89 % 2023 down 14.3% falling
24 Cabo Verde 17.96 % 2023 down 28.1% falling
25 Bhutan 58.09 % 2023 down 17.3% falling
26 India 57.85 % 2023 down 5.8% falling
27 Eritrea 56.36 % 2023 down 2.4% falling
28 Pakistan 55.52 % 2023 down 7.7% flat
29 Indonesia 54.98 % 2023 down 4.0% falling
30 Cambodia 54.69 % 2023 down 17.7% falling
31 Mauritania 54.08 % 2023 down 5.1% falling
32 Kiribati 53.94 % 2023 up 39.8% rising
33 Gambia 53.42 % 2023 up 13.4% rising
34 Vanuatu 52.78 % 2023 down 18.1% falling
35 Thailand 52.73 % 2023 down 10.9% falling
36 Sudan 52.59 % 2022 down 10.5% falling
37 Ecuador 52.19 % 2023 up 13.3% flat
38 Guatemala 51.42 % 2023 down 2.2% falling
39 Senegal 50.19 % 2023 up 3.4% falling
40 Albania 48.89 % 2023 down 16.6% falling
41 Georgia 47.86 % 2023 down 20.6% falling
42 Peru 46.65 % 2023 down 0.6% falling
43 Tajikistan 45.06 % 2023 down 8.3% falling
44 Honduras 44.69 % 2023 down 16.0% falling
45 Comoros 43.76 % 2023 down 11.3% falling
46 Sri Lanka 43.72 % 2023 down 6.4% falling
47 Solomon Islands 43.04 % 2023 down 26.2% rising
48 Tonga 42.72 % 2023 up 33.2% rising
49 Armenia 41.73 % 2023 down 10.5% falling
50 Congo 41.56 % 2023 up 5.3% falling
51 Philippines 40.53 % 2023 down 19.6% falling
52 Mongolia 40.08 % 2023 down 16.7% falling
53 Namibia 39.91 % 2023 down 16.8% falling
54 Lesotho 39.76 % 2023 up 4.0% falling
55 El Salvador 39.13 % 2023 down 9.9% falling
56 Somalia 37.14 % 2023 down 1.3% falling
57 Fiji 36.76 % 2023 down 35.7% rising
58 Eswatini 34.72 % 2023 up 2.6% flat
59 Bosnia and Herzegovina 34.06 % 2023 down 4.3% falling
60 Serbia 33.19 % 2023 down 18.0% falling
61 Kyrgyzstan 33 % 2023 down 16.5% falling
62 Colombia 32.61 % 2023 down 13.5% falling
63 Yemen 31.96 % 2023 down 32.3% falling
64 Egypt 31.84 % 2023 down 20.6% falling
65 Panama 30.03 % 2023 down 7.8% falling
66 China, mainland 29.44 % 2023 down 22.7% falling
67 Mexico 29.41 % 2023 down 5.6% falling
68 Samoa 29.19 % 2023 down 32.9% rising
69 Jamaica 29.08 % 2023 down 19.2% falling
70 China 28.9 % 2023 down 22.8% falling
71 Greece 28.63 % 2023 down 1.2% falling
72 Costa Rica 27.78 % 2023 up 14.3% rising
73 Botswana 27.22 % 2023 up 16.5% rising
74 Ukraine 27.21 % 2021 up 1.9% falling
75 Tunisia 25.67 % 2023 down 8.1% falling
76 Romania 24.47 % 2023 down 28.9% falling
77 Nepal 23.95 % 2023 down 36.2% falling
78 Belarus 22.62 % 2023 up 5.4% falling
79 Dominican Republic 22.53 % 2023 down 19.6% falling
80 Niue 21.65 % 2022 up 89.4% rising
81 Brazil 21.62 % 2023 down 4.3% falling
82 Uruguay 20.58 % 2023 down 10.0% falling
83 North Macedonia 20.47 % 2023 down 38.5% falling
84 Republic of Korea 19.27 % 2023 up 7.2% falling
85 Bulgaria 18.63 % 2023 down 8.0% falling
86 Chile 18.53 % 2023 down 18.6% falling
87 Poland 18.38 % 2023 down 21.7% falling
88 Palestine 17.55 % 2022 down 15.7% falling
89 Latvia 17.41 % 2023 down 18.3% falling
90 Croatia 16.87 % 2023 down 34.3% falling
91 Spain 16.48 % 2023 down 5.1% falling
92 Tuvalu 16.23 % 2022 down 54.3% falling
93 Cuba 16.14 % 2023 down 13.3% falling
94 Canada 16.04 % 2023 down 11.8% falling
95 Lithuania 15.67 % 2023 down 25.5% falling
96 Portugal 15.64 % 2023 down 25.1% falling
97 Italy 15.5 % 2023 up 5.4% falling
98 South Africa 15.19 % 2023 down 1.4% falling
99 Palau 15.08 % 2020 up 35.1% rising
100 Mauritius 15.06 % 2023 down 13.7% falling
101 Cook Islands 14.86 % 2023 down 3.9% flat
102 Iraq 14.77 % 2023 down 14.5% falling
103 Hungary 14.45 % 2023 down 8.3% falling
104 Japan 14.04 % 2023 down 16.3% falling
105 Australia and New Zealand 13.78 % 2023 down 19.8% falling
106 Ireland 13.67 % 2023 down 15.9% falling
107 Grenada 13.56 % 2023 down 36.8% falling
108 Slovenia 13.4 % 2023 down 28.6% falling
109 Guyana 13.17 % 2023 down 63.3% falling
110 Iceland 13.06 % 2023 down 20.2% falling
111 Cyprus 12.4 % 2023 down 10.9% falling
112 Australia 12.18 % 2023 down 23.8% falling
113 Czechia 12.1 % 2023 down 5.5% falling
114 Maldives 12.02 % 2023 down 52.8% flat
115 Austria 11.98 % 2023 down 15.8% falling
116 Estonia 11.82 % 2023 down 26.0% falling
117 Brunei Darussalam 11.67 % 2023 up 6.1% falling
118 Finland 11.39 % 2023 down 8.6% falling
119 Seychelles 11.3 % 2023 down 11.6% falling
120 Jordan 11.1 % 2023 up 3.1% rising
121 France 10.47 % 2023 down 5.3% falling
122 Saint Lucia 9.93 % 2023 down 12.7% falling
123 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9.62 % 2023 down 20.3% falling
124 Slovakia 9.39 % 2023 down 17.6% falling
125 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 9.32 % 2023 up 4.0% falling
126 Malta 9.24 % 2023 down 0.9% falling
127 Denmark 8.93 % 2023 down 9.0% falling
128 Belgium 8.76 % 2023 down 3.0% falling
129 United Arab Emirates 8.67 % 2023 down 33.1% falling
130 Norway 8.43 % 2023 up 1.1% falling
131 Switzerland 8.41 % 2023 down 22.9% falling
132 Singapore 8.33 % 2023 up 6,307.7% volatile
133 Suriname 8.27 % 2023 down 4.3% rising
134 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7.63 % 2023 down 8.9% falling
135 Germany 7.53 % 2023 down 12.8% falling
136 Sweden 6.77 % 2023 down 17.6% falling
137 Israel 6.64 % 2023 down 18.9% falling
138 Luxembourg 4.06 % 2023 down 22.7% falling
139 Lebanon 3.51 % 2023 down 77.2% falling
140 French Polynesia 2.07 % 2023 down 23.0% falling
141 Nauru 1.91 % 2021 down 76.0% falling
142 New Caledonia 1.81 % 2023 down 2.2% falling
143 United States Virgin Islands 1.67 % 2023 down 22.7% falling
144 Guam 1.66 % 2023 down 22.4% falling
145 Puerto Rico 1.2 % 2023 down 16.7% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
193 places, 4,476 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database. In addition, the ILO modelled estimates and projections (ILOEST) are used to provide information on employment in agriculture. FAOSTAT also publishes indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) from 2000 at the national, regional, and global levels, using a methodology developed by the FAO to estimate the number of people employed within these systems.