FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS 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
150
Highest
91.11 %
Canada
Lowest
5.46 %
Solomon Islands
Median
48.61 %
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,118
What the numbers show
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total AFS employment — Value is currently reported for 150 countries. The highest value is 91.11 % in Canada; the lowest is 5.46 % in Solomon Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 48.61 %, and the mean is 48.22 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.
Over the past decade 122 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in New Caledonia (up 472.7%), and the largest decrease in Palau (down 18.6%).
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total AFS: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 91.11 % | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 1 | Micronesia | 52.39 % | 2023 | up 356.8% | rising |
| 2 | Brunei Darussalam | 89.11 % | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 2 | Türkiye | 50.92 % | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 88.5 % | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 49.74 % | 2023 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 4 | Malta | 88.01 % | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 49.15 % | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 5 | Israel | 87.77 % | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 38.03 % | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 6 | Belgium | 87.62 % | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 6 | Melanesia | 31.31 % | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 7 | Germany | 83.91 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 82.51 % | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 9 | Australia | 82.36 % | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 9 | Timor-Leste | 23.15 % | 2023 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 10 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 80.55 % | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 10 | Polynesia | 21.28 % | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 11 | Portugal | 80.16 % | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 11 | United Republic of Tanzania | 20.03 % | 2023 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 12 | Cyprus | 80.15 % | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 13 | Australia and New Zealand | 80.08 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 14 | Spain | 78.74 % | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 14 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 14.2 % | 2023 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 15 | Japan | 78.59 % | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 7.85 % | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 16 | Estonia | 78.08 % | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 17 | Denmark | 77.39 % | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 17 | Cabo Verde | 44.88 % | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 18 | Italy | 76.81 % | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 76.71 % | 2023 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 20 | Cook Islands | 76.48 % | 2023 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 21 | France | 76.07 % | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 21 | Côte d'Ivoire | 36.85 % | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 22 | Czechia | 75.98 % | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 23 | Lebanon | 74.89 % | 2022 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 24 | Austria | 73.97 % | 2023 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 25 | Sweden | 73.89 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 26 | Switzerland | 73.43 % | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 27 | Croatia | 72.38 % | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 28 | Republic of Korea | 72.36 % | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 29 | Norway | 71.56 % | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 30 | Iceland | 71.14 % | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 31 | Seychelles | 70.94 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 32 | Jordan | 70.46 % | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 33 | Slovenia | 69.98 % | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 34 | Hungary | 69.36 % | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 35 | Finland | 68.28 % | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 36 | Lithuania | 67.73 % | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 37 | Dominican Republic | 67.22 % | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 38 | Slovakia | 67 % | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 39 | Bulgaria | 66.69 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 40 | Chile | 66.49 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 41 | Ireland | 66.4 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 42 | Mauritius | 66.32 % | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 43 | Latvia | 66.18 % | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 44 | New Caledonia | 65.35 % | 2020 | up 472.7% | rising |
| 45 | Palestine, State of | 63.91 % | 2022 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 46 | South Africa | 63.81 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 47 | El Salvador | 63.63 % | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 48 | Guyana | 63.42 % | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 49 | Brazil | 62.08 % | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 50 | North Macedonia | 62.04 % | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 51 | Palau | 62.03 % | 2020 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 52 | Greece | 59.91 % | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 53 | Mexico | 59.47 % | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 54 | Uruguay | 58.37 % | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 55 | Eswatini | 56.69 % | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 56 | Naoero | 56.55 % | 2021 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 57 | Colombia | 55.85 % | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 58 | Tuvalu | 55.52 % | 2022 | up 130.6% | rising |
| 59 | Belarus | 55.29 % | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 60 | Kiribati | 55.23 % | 2023 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 61 | Poland | 54.26 % | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 62 | Maldives | 53.27 % | 2019 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 63 | Niue | 53.14 % | 2022 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 64 | Costa Rica | 51.75 % | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 65 | Romania | 51.32 % | 2023 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 66 | Panama | 51.03 % | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 67 | Tunisia | 49.98 % | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 68 | Jamaica | 49.97 % | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 69 | Nigeria | 49.55 % | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 70 | Kyrgyzstan | 49.2 % | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 71 | Peru | 48.63 % | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 72 | Honduras | 48.58 % | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 48.41 % | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 74 | Ukraine | 48.11 % | 2021 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 75 | Indonesia | 47.65 % | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 76 | Grenada | 46.7 % | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 77 | Philippines | 45.8 % | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 78 | Gambia | 45.58 % | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 79 | Serbia | 44.4 % | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 80 | Iraq | 43.39 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 81 | Egypt | 42.91 % | 2023 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 82 | Thailand | 42.71 % | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 83 | Ecuador | 42.53 % | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 84 | Namibia | 42.51 % | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 85 | Guatemala | 42.04 % | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 86 | Tonga | 42 % | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 87 | Togo | 41.71 % | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 88 | Senegal | 40.96 % | 2023 | up 118.0% | rising |
| 89 | Sri Lanka | 39.71 % | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 90 | Ghana | 38.86 % | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 91 | Mauritania | 38.24 % | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 92 | Benin | 37.49 % | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 93 | Fiji | 36.66 % | 2022 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 94 | Papua New Guinea | 36.47 % | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 95 | Samoa | 35.84 % | 2022 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 96 | Cambodia | 35.71 % | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 97 | Albania | 34.31 % | 2023 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 98 | Botswana | 33.97 % | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 99 | Yemen | 33.85 % | 2018 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 100 | Pakistan | 33.77 % | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 101 | Armenia | 32.75 % | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 102 | Liberia | 31.5 % | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 103 | Sierra Leone | 31.31 % | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 104 | Mongolia | 29.4 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 105 | Bangladesh | 28.91 % | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 106 | Nepal | 28.87 % | 2022 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 107 | Myanmar | 27.29 % | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 108 | Kenya | 27.11 % | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 109 | Sudan | 26.73 % | 2022 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 110 | Bhutan | 24.92 % | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 111 | India | 24.79 % | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 112 | Georgia | 24.29 % | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 113 | Angola | 23.13 % | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 114 | Mali | 22.73 % | 2023 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 115 | China, mainland | 22.56 % | 2023 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 116 | China | 22.5 % | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 117 | Rwanda | 22.13 % | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 118 | Zambia | 22.09 % | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 119 | Afghanistan | 21.71 % | 2021 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 120 | Comoros | 20.88 % | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 121 | Lesotho | 20.67 % | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 122 | Zimbabwe | 20.38 % | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 123 | Guinea-Bissau | 19.45 % | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 124 | Burkina Faso | 19.07 % | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 125 | Chad | 18.52 % | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 126 | Somalia | 17.81 % | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 127 | Madagascar | 17.02 % | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 128 | Ethiopia | 15.46 % | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 129 | Vanuatu | 15.45 % | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 130 | Uganda | 13.09 % | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 131 | Suriname | 12.8 % | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Mozambique | 10.79 % | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 133 | Congo | 10.71 % | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 134 | Eritrea | 10.26 % | 2011 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 135 | Tajikistan | 8.58 % | 2022 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Burundi | 6.79 % | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 137 | Solomon Islands | 5.46 % | 2022 | up 7.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern America 86.4 %
- United States of America 85.65 %
- Northern Europe 80.62 %
- Western Europe 79.82 %
- European Union (27) 71.76 %
- Southern Europe 69.47 %
- Europe 66.5 %
- Asia 30.11 %
- Americas 61.2 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 27.99 %
- Eastern Europe 58.09 %
- South America 57.29 %
- Southern Africa 56.16 %
- Central America 55.24 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 19.23 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 54.8 %
- Middle Africa 15.57 %
- Oceania 54.79 %
- Western Asia 47.97 %
- Northern Africa 45.11 %
- South-Eastern Asia 43.47 %
- Central Asia 41.86 %
- Western Africa 40.59 %
- World 33.26 %
- Africa 27.52 %
- Southern Asia 26.51 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 26.43 %
- Eastern Asia 24.97 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 23.91 %
- Caribbean 23.16 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 20.05 %
- Eastern Africa 16.65 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 15.92 %
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.