FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment — Male — 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
151
Highest
100 %
Cuba
Lowest
1.25 %
Singapore
Median
62.38 %
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,347
What the numbers show
FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment — Male — Value is currently reported for 151 countries. The highest value is 100 % in Cuba; the lowest is 1.25 % in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 62.38 %, and the mean is 61.49 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 80.
Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 107 fell. The largest increase was in Lebanon (up 294.3%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 98.8%).
FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Eritrea | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Fiji | 100 % | 2023 | up 44.3% | flat |
| 1 | Guam | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Guyana | 100 % | 2023 | up 73.9% | flat |
| 1 | Iraq | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Lebanon | 100 % | 2023 | up 294.3% | rising |
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Maldives | 100 % | 2023 | up 80.5% | falling |
| 1 | New Caledonia | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Nepal | 100 % | 2023 | up 43.1% | falling |
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | French Polynesia | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 100 % | 2023 | up 44.2% | flat |
| 1 | Tajikistan | 100 % | 2023 | up 9.9% | flat |
| 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United States Virgin Islands | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Samoa | 100 % | 2023 | up 32.3% | falling |
| 1 | Yemen | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Polynesia | 92.99 % | 2023 | up 9.8% | flat |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 91.12 % | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 5 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 89.45 % | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 7 | Timor-Leste | 82.34 % | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 8 | United Republic of Tanzania | 80.6 % | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 10 | Côte d'Ivoire | 73.48 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 11 | Melanesia | 75.48 % | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 12 | Cabo Verde | 67.01 % | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 13 | Viet Nam | 68.68 % | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 14 | Micronesia | 65.42 % | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 15 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 59.45 % | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 16 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 51.93 % | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 17 | Türkiye | 44.54 % | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 20 | Ethiopia | 92.83 % | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 21 | Burundi | 89.31 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 22 | Suriname | 88.92 % | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 23 | Mozambique | 88.9 % | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 24 | Uganda | 87.31 % | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 25 | Madagascar | 87.17 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 26 | Congo | 87.07 % | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 27 | Chad | 86.37 % | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 28 | Somalia | 86.31 % | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 29 | Liberia | 86.05 % | 2023 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 30 | Guinea-Bissau | 85.94 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 85.92 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 32 | Lesotho | 85.87 % | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 33 | Tonga | 85.6 % | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 34 | Vanuatu | 84.88 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 35 | Angola | 83.06 % | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 36 | Mali | 81.81 % | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 37 | Comoros | 81.09 % | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 38 | Zimbabwe | 80.12 % | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 39 | Zambia | 79.63 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 40 | Bhutan | 79.22 % | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 41 | Benin | 78.93 % | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 42 | Myanmar | 77.69 % | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 43 | Afghanistan | 77.38 % | 2021 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 44 | Botswana | 77.1 % | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 45 | Sierra Leone | 76.4 % | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 46 | Ghana | 75.99 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 47 | Rwanda | 74.38 % | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 48 | Georgia | 74.11 % | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 49 | Mongolia | 74.06 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 50 | Togo | 73.52 % | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 51 | Kenya | 71.87 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 52 | Sudan | 70.94 % | 2022 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 53 | Papua New Guinea | 70.42 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 54 | India | 70.04 % | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 55 | Senegal | 69.98 % | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 56 | Cambodia | 69.55 % | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 57 | Guatemala | 68.89 % | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 58 | Mauritania | 68.73 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 59 | Nigeria | 68.29 % | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 60 | Honduras | 67.3 % | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 61 | Grenada | 65.58 % | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 62 | Namibia | 65.51 % | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 63 | Armenia | 64.89 % | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 64 | Thailand | 64.46 % | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 65 | Ecuador | 62.38 % | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 66 | Albania | 62.34 % | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 67 | Philippines | 61.43 % | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 68 | Sri Lanka | 60.19 % | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 69 | Indonesia | 59.37 % | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 69 | Jamaica | 59.37 % | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 69 | Peru | 59.37 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 72 | Romania | 56.71 % | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 73 | Serbia | 56.51 % | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 74 | Panama | 56.29 % | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 75 | Costa Rica | 55.86 % | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 75 | El Salvador | 55.86 % | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 77 | Pakistan | 55.71 % | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 78 | Ukraine | 55.54 % | 2021 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 79 | Colombia | 55.11 % | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 80 | Gambia | 54.05 % | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 81 | Egypt | 53.58 % | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 82 | Bangladesh | 52.6 % | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 83 | Mexico | 52.35 % | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 84 | Belarus | 52.07 % | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 85 | Poland | 50 % | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 86 | Tunisia | 49.85 % | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 87 | Eswatini | 49.05 % | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 88 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 48.14 % | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 89 | Kyrgyzstan | 48.1 % | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 90 | Uruguay | 47.83 % | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 91 | Brazil | 46.01 % | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 92 | Dominican Republic | 44.4 % | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 93 | Ireland | 43.17 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 94 | Slovakia | 42.43 % | 2023 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 95 | Latvia | 41.6 % | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 96 | Finland | 41.42 % | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 97 | Bulgaria | 41.4 % | 2023 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 98 | South Africa | 41.27 % | 2023 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 99 | Greece | 41.17 % | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 100 | Chile | 40.88 % | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 101 | North Macedonia | 39.38 % | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 102 | Lithuania | 39.36 % | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 103 | Mauritius | 38.63 % | 2023 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 104 | Hungary | 37.72 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 105 | Seychelles | 37.44 % | 2023 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 106 | Norway | 35.01 % | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 107 | Republic of Korea | 34.69 % | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 108 | Palestine, State of | 34.52 % | 2022 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 109 | Slovenia | 33.44 % | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 110 | Croatia | 33.02 % | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 111 | Iceland | 32.58 % | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 112 | Czechia | 32.11 % | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 113 | Estonia | 31.1 % | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 114 | Jordan | 30.08 % | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 115 | Switzerland | 29.69 % | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 116 | Sweden | 29.47 % | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 117 | Denmark | 28.38 % | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 118 | Luxembourg | 28.23 % | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 119 | Austria | 28.21 % | 2023 | down 19.4% | flat |
| 120 | Italy | 27.46 % | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 121 | Spain | 27.41 % | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 122 | Japan | 27.39 % | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 123 | France | 26.77 % | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 124 | Cyprus | 26.03 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 125 | Portugal | 25.49 % | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 126 | Australia and New Zealand | 23.7 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 127 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 22.16 % | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 128 | Australia | 21.09 % | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 129 | United Arab Emirates | 18.65 % | 2023 | down 81.3% | falling |
| 130 | Germany | 18.63 % | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 131 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 15.25 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 132 | Israel | 14.23 % | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 133 | Brunei Darussalam | 13.79 % | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 134 | Belgium | 13.51 % | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 135 | Malta | 13.26 % | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 136 | Canada | 10.52 % | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 137 | Singapore | 1.25 % | 2023 | down 98.8% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Chagai 100 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 87.38 %
- Eastern Asia 86.27 %
- Eastern Africa 86.25 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 82.64 %
- Caribbean 82.04 %
- Middle Africa 85.67 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 80.7 %
- Africa 78.04 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 73.96 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 80.52 %
- Western Africa 73.64 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 78.41 %
- World 68.8 %
- Asia 70.19 %
- Southern Asia 66.71 %
- South-Eastern Asia 63.11 %
- Central America 57.06 %
- Central Asia 56.06 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 54.64 %
- Northern Africa 52.14 %
- Western Asia 52.05 %
- South America 50.64 %
- Southern Africa 50.07 %
- Oceania 48.46 %
- Americas 47.63 %
- Eastern Europe 47.01 %
- Europe 37.57 %
- Southern Europe 33.49 %
- European Union (27) 32.68 %
- Northern Europe 25.2 %
- Western Europe 22.82 %
- United States of America 17.97 %
- Northern America 16.93 %
About this data
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.