ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
193
Highest
5.38 % change on previous year
South Sudan
Lowest
-5.63 % change on previous year
Poland
Median
-0.7238 % change on previous year
Years covered
34
1992–2025
Data points
7,667
What the numbers show
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value, annual growth rate is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 5.38 % change on previous year in South Sudan; the lowest is -5.63 % change on previous year in Poland.
The median across all reporting countries is -0.7238 % change on previous year, and the mean is -0.698 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 112 fell. The largest increase was in Timor-Leste (up 5,133.2%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 9,895.4%).
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 5.38 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 54.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 4.04 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 310.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Belize | 4.03 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Sudan | 4.02 % change on previous year | 2022 | up 150.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Afghanistan | 3.9 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 66.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Niger | 3.55 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 7 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.45 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 233.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Burundi | 3.38 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Mozambique | 3.32 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 303.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Chad | 3.2 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 126.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Nicaragua | 3.09 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Angola | 2.87 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Oman | 2.83 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Uganda | 2.71 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 126.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Mali | 2.64 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 170.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Iraq | 2.62 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 88.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Malawi | 2.58 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 480.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.57 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Madagascar | 2.54 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.44 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Somalia | 2.43 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 297.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Solomon Islands | 2.4 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 23 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2.37 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 26.6% | flat |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 2.31 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 235.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Palestine | 2.24 % change on previous year | 2022 | up 155.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Zambia | 2.2 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Congo | 2.11 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Vanuatu | 2.08 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 221.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.98 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 30 | Colombia | 1.96 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Eritrea | 1.95 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Yemen | 1.8 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 115.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1.71 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 152.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Timor-Leste | 1.64 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 5,133.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 1.62 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 308.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Pakistan | 1.53 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 232.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.52 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 4,253.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Zimbabwe | 1.46 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 226.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Comoros | 1.46 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Ecuador | 1.35 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Cameroon | 1.34 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 763.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Kenya | 1.29 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Honduras | 1.19 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Gabon | 1.18 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Nigeria | 1.14 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.09 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Benin | 1.08 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 75.8% | falling |
| 48 | Haiti | 1.05 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Liberia | 1.01 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Namibia | 1.01 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 105.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Melanesia | 0.9797 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 78.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Sierra Leone | 0.9789 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 71.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Mauritania | 0.9033 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1,814.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Papua New Guinea | 0.8991 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 85.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Botswana | 0.8897 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 59.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Paraguay | 0.8499 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 109.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Guatemala | 0.8389 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 78.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Togo | 0.8254 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Guinea | 0.6869 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.681 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 115.9% | volatile |
| 61 | South Africa | 0.6406 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Tajikistan | 0.4465 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 434.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Peru | 0.4399 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Lesotho | 0.437 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 120.7% | volatile |
| 65 | United Arab Emirates | 0.3714 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Bangladesh | 0.2918 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 137.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Gambia | 0.2652 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Turkmenistan | 0.1776 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 120.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Brazil | 0.1561 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 308.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Mongolia | 0.0571 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Kuwait | -0.0357 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 101.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | -0.1223 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 113.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Morocco | -0.1554 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 90.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Panama | -0.1633 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 96.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Senegal | -0.1738 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 91.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Eswatini | -0.1936 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 119.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Myanmar | -0.1957 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 308.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Western Sahara | -0.2004 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 115.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Caribbean | -0.2135 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 140.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Bahrain | -0.2561 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 106.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Lebanon | -0.2777 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 102.5% | volatile |
| 83 | India | -0.296 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 45.6% | volatile |
| 84 | El Salvador | -0.3236 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 90.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Egypt | -0.3697 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 94.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Ghana | -0.3886 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 85.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Mexico | -0.4432 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | -0.476 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 110.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Qatar | -0.5069 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 112.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Saudi Arabia | -0.5541 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 124.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Fiji | -0.5589 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 62.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Cambodia | -0.6357 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 90.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Suriname | -0.6611 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 111.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Bhutan | -0.6715 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 113.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Dominican Republic | -0.6825 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 132.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Uzbekistan | -0.6972 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 144.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Sri Lanka | -0.7238 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 110.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Azerbaijan | -0.74 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 185.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Malaysia | -0.844 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 155.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Algeria | -0.8465 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 84.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Türkiye | -0.8788 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 194.3% | volatile |
| 102 | New Caledonia | -0.9524 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Indonesia | -1.02 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Tunisia | -1.09 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Rwanda | -1.12 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 393.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Saint Lucia | -1.15 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 846.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Iceland | -1.27 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 63.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Israel | -1.3 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 77.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Costa Rica | -1.34 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 119.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Luxembourg | -1.36 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 95.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Cyprus | -1.38 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 82.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Singapore | -1.47 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 290.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Republic of Moldova | -1.52 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,344.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Republic of Korea | -1.56 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Maldives | -1.57 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 632.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Ireland | -1.61 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 237.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Philippines | -1.64 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 39.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Kyrgyzstan | -1.64 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 66.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Jamaica | -1.67 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 180.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Australia | -1.71 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Australia and New Zealand | -1.72 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 122 | New Zealand | -1.72 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 349.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Djibouti | -1.72 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Uruguay | -1.76 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 66.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Thailand | -1.83 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 45.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Cabo Verde | -1.86 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 88.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Chile | -1.87 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 298.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Ukraine | -1.93 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 2,733.5% | volatile |
| 129 | China, Taiwan Province of | -1.95 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 337.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Jordan | -2.01 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 116.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Canada | -2.03 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | -2.16 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 153.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Spain | -2.17 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Nepal | -2.17 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Guyana | -2.25 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 9,895.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Malta | -2.26 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 114.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Argentina | -2.27 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Sweden | -2.29 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 149.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Norway | -2.31 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 68.0% | volatile |
| 140 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | -2.34 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 62.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Puerto Rico | -2.38 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Albania | -2.38 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 173.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Japan | -2.4 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 382.1% | volatile |
| 144 | China | -2.52 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 145 | China, mainland | -2.52 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Brunei Darussalam | -2.53 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 147 | China, Macao SAR | -2.53 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 477.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Guam | -2.54 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Micronesia | -2.54 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Denmark | -2.55 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 214.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Viet Nam | -2.56 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Belgium | -2.58 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Greece | -2.59 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 154 | France | -2.62 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Georgia | -2.64 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 156 | China, Hong Kong SAR | -2.64 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 129.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Cuba | -2.77 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Italy | -2.81 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 176.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Switzerland | -2.83 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -2.91 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 161 | Portugal | -2.94 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 75.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Slovenia | -3 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 88.6% | volatile |
| 163 | Finland | -3.1 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 183.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Tonga | -3.11 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 504.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Austria | -3.14 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Polynesia | -3.23 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 214.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Samoa | -3.28 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 148.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Bulgaria | -3.34 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Bahamas | -3.37 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 74.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Germany | -3.41 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Serbia | -3.43 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 110.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Libya | -3.44 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 478.3% | volatile |
| 173 | Russian Federation | -3.54 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 574.2% | volatile |
| 174 | Trinidad and Tobago | -3.55 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 37.9% | volatile |
| 175 | United States Virgin Islands | -3.57 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 403.6% | volatile |
| 176 | North Macedonia | -3.6 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Hungary | -3.61 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 145.9% | volatile |
| 178 | Belarus | -3.62 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Armenia | -3.64 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,983.3% | volatile |
| 180 | French Polynesia | -3.77 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 155.7% | volatile |
| 181 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -3.78 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 234.8% | volatile |
| 182 | Mauritius | -3.92 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 199.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Romania | -4.04 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 63.7% | volatile |
| 184 | Croatia | -4.37 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 385.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Slovakia | -4.49 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Latvia | -4.62 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 164.4% | volatile |
| 187 | Lithuania | -4.67 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 5,738.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Barbados | -4.86 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,777.8% | volatile |
| 189 | Montenegro | -4.97 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 113.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Kazakhstan | -5.18 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 69.7% | volatile |
| 191 | Czechia | -5.24 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 168.3% | volatile |
| 192 | Estonia | -5.59 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 183.8% | volatile |
| 193 | Poland | -5.63 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 88.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle Africa 2.59 % change on previous year
- Chagai -2.34 % change on previous year
- Eastern Africa 2.2 % change on previous year
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 2.09 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.01 % change on previous year
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.96 % change on previous year
- Africa 1.91 % change on previous year
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.9 % change on previous year
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.68 % change on previous year
- Western Africa 1.44 % change on previous year
- Southern Africa 0.6614 % change on previous year
- South America 0.5373 % change on previous year
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.3654 % change on previous year
- Oceania 0.3504 % change on previous year
- Latin America and the Caribbean 0.3226 % change on previous year
- Northern Africa 0.1786 % change on previous year
- Americas 0.1233 % change on previous year
- Central America 0.0545 % change on previous year
- Western Asia 0.0505 % change on previous year
- Southern Asia -0.036 % change on previous year
- World -0.1122 % change on previous year
- Asia -0.9177 % change on previous year
- South-Eastern Asia -1.25 % change on previous year
- Central Asia -1.28 % change on previous year
- Eastern Asia -2.38 % change on previous year
- Eastern Europe -2.55 % change on previous year
- Northern America -2.56 % change on previous year
- United States of America -2.6 % change on previous year
- Europe -2.65 % change on previous year
- Northern Europe -2.75 % change on previous year
- Southern Europe -2.82 % change on previous year
- Western Europe -2.85 % change on previous year
- European Union (27) -3.52 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.