FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS 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
159
Highest
100 %
Cuba
Lowest
0.96 %
Singapore
Median
55.12 %
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,451
What the numbers show
FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment — Value is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 100 % in Cuba; the lowest is 0.96 % in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 55.12 %, and the mean is 56.5 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 104.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 116 fell. The largest increase was in Lebanon (up 308.3%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 99.0%).
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 | rising |
| 1 | Fiji | 100 % | 2023 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 1 | Guam | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Guyana | 100 % | 2023 | up 104.8% | rising |
| 1 | Lebanon | 100 % | 2023 | up 308.3% | volatile |
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Maldives | 100 % | 2023 | up 133.8% | falling |
| 1 | New Caledonia | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Nepal | 100 % | 2023 | up 34.1% | falling |
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | French Polynesia | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 100 % | 2023 | up 47.0% | flat |
| 1 | Tajikistan | 100 % | 2023 | up 7.7% | 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 35.3% | falling |
| 1 | Yemen | 100 % | 2023 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 1 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 92.15 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 4 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 85.8 % | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 79.97 % | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 8 | Polynesia | 78.72 % | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 9 | Timor-Leste | 76.85 % | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 11 | Côte d'Ivoire | 63.15 % | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 12 | Melanesia | 68.69 % | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 13 | Viet Nam | 61.97 % | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 14 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 50.85 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 15 | Cabo Verde | 55.12 % | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 15 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 50.26 % | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 16 | Türkiye | 49.08 % | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 17 | Micronesia | 47.61 % | 2023 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 19 | Burundi | 93.21 % | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 20 | Congo | 89.29 % | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 21 | Mozambique | 89.21 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 22 | Suriname | 87.2 % | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 23 | Uganda | 86.91 % | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 24 | Vanuatu | 84.55 % | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 84.54 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 26 | Madagascar | 82.98 % | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 27 | Somalia | 82.19 % | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 28 | Chad | 81.48 % | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 80.93 % | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 30 | Guinea-Bissau | 80.55 % | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 79.62 % | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 32 | Lesotho | 79.33 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 33 | Comoros | 79.12 % | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 34 | Afghanistan | 78.29 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 35 | Zambia | 77.91 % | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 36 | Rwanda | 77.87 % | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 37 | China | 77.5 % | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 38 | China, mainland | 77.44 % | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 39 | Mali | 77.27 % | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 40 | Angola | 76.87 % | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 41 | Georgia | 75.71 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 42 | India | 75.21 % | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 43 | Bhutan | 75.08 % | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 44 | Sudan | 73.27 % | 2022 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 45 | Kenya | 72.89 % | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 46 | Myanmar | 72.71 % | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 47 | Bangladesh | 71.09 % | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 48 | Mongolia | 70.6 % | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 49 | Sierra Leone | 68.69 % | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 50 | Liberia | 68.5 % | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 51 | Armenia | 67.25 % | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 52 | Pakistan | 66.23 % | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 53 | Botswana | 66.03 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 54 | Albania | 65.69 % | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 55 | Cambodia | 64.29 % | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | 63.53 % | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 57 | Benin | 62.51 % | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 58 | Mauritania | 61.76 % | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 59 | Ghana | 61.14 % | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 60 | Sri Lanka | 60.29 % | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 61 | Senegal | 59.04 % | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 62 | Togo | 58.29 % | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 63 | Tonga | 58 % | 2023 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 64 | Guatemala | 57.96 % | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 65 | Namibia | 57.49 % | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 66 | Ecuador | 57.47 % | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 67 | Thailand | 57.29 % | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 68 | Egypt | 57.09 % | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 69 | Iraq | 56.61 % | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 70 | Serbia | 55.6 % | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 71 | Gambia | 54.42 % | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 72 | Philippines | 54.2 % | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 73 | Grenada | 53.3 % | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 74 | Indonesia | 52.35 % | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 75 | Ukraine | 51.89 % | 2021 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51.59 % | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 77 | Honduras | 51.42 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 78 | Peru | 51.37 % | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 79 | Kyrgyzstan | 50.8 % | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 80 | Nigeria | 50.45 % | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 81 | Jamaica | 50.03 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 82 | Tunisia | 50.02 % | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 83 | Panama | 48.97 % | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 84 | Romania | 48.68 % | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 85 | Costa Rica | 48.25 % | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 86 | Niue | 46.86 % | 2022 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 87 | Poland | 45.74 % | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 88 | Kiribati | 44.77 % | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 89 | Belarus | 44.71 % | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 90 | Tuvalu | 44.48 % | 2022 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 91 | Colombia | 44.15 % | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 92 | Naoero | 43.45 % | 2021 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 93 | Eswatini | 43.31 % | 2023 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 94 | Uruguay | 41.63 % | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 95 | Mexico | 40.53 % | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 96 | Greece | 40.09 % | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 97 | Palau | 37.97 % | 2020 | up 59.7% | rising |
| 98 | North Macedonia | 37.96 % | 2023 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 99 | Brazil | 37.92 % | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 100 | El Salvador | 36.37 % | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 101 | South Africa | 36.19 % | 2023 | up 13.0% | flat |
| 102 | Palestine, State of | 36.09 % | 2022 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 103 | Latvia | 33.82 % | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 104 | Mauritius | 33.68 % | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 105 | Ireland | 33.6 % | 2023 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 106 | Chile | 33.51 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 107 | Bulgaria | 33.31 % | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 108 | Slovakia | 33 % | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 109 | Dominican Republic | 32.78 % | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 110 | Lithuania | 32.27 % | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 111 | Finland | 31.72 % | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 112 | Hungary | 30.64 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 113 | Slovenia | 30.02 % | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 114 | Jordan | 29.54 % | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 115 | Seychelles | 29.06 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 116 | Iceland | 28.86 % | 2023 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 117 | Norway | 28.44 % | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 118 | Republic of Korea | 27.64 % | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 119 | Croatia | 27.62 % | 2023 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 120 | Switzerland | 26.57 % | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 121 | Sweden | 26.11 % | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 122 | Austria | 26.03 % | 2023 | down 19.0% | flat |
| 123 | Czechia | 24.02 % | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 124 | France | 23.93 % | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 125 | Cook Islands | 23.52 % | 2023 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 126 | Luxembourg | 23.29 % | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 127 | Italy | 23.19 % | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 128 | Denmark | 22.61 % | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 129 | Estonia | 21.92 % | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 130 | Japan | 21.41 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 131 | Spain | 21.26 % | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 132 | Australia and New Zealand | 19.92 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 133 | Cyprus | 19.85 % | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 134 | Portugal | 19.84 % | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 135 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 19.45 % | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 136 | Australia | 17.64 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 137 | United Arab Emirates | 17.49 % | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 138 | Germany | 16.09 % | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 139 | Belgium | 12.38 % | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 140 | Israel | 12.23 % | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 141 | Malta | 11.99 % | 2023 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 142 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 11.5 % | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 143 | Brunei Darussalam | 10.89 % | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 144 | Canada | 8.89 % | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 145 | Singapore | 0.96 % | 2023 | down 99.0% | 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) 84.08 %
- Eastern Africa 83.35 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 79.95 %
- Caribbean 76.84 %
- Middle Africa 84.43 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 76.09 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 80.77 %
- Eastern Asia 75.03 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 73.57 %
- Southern Asia 73.49 %
- Africa 72.48 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 72.01 %
- World 66.74 %
- Asia 69.89 %
- Western Africa 59.41 %
- Central Asia 58.14 %
- South-Eastern Asia 56.53 %
- Northern Africa 54.89 %
- Western Asia 52.03 %
- Oceania 45.21 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 45.2 %
- Central America 44.76 %
- Southern Africa 43.84 %
- South America 42.71 %
- Eastern Europe 41.91 %
- Americas 38.8 %
- Europe 33.5 %
- Southern Europe 30.53 %
- European Union (27) 28.24 %
- Western Europe 20.18 %
- Northern Europe 19.38 %
- United States of America 14.35 %
- Northern America 13.6 %
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.