ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in total employment - ILO Modelled Estimates — 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
192
Highest
77 %
Burundi
Lowest
0.1 %
Singapore
Median
16.94 %
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
7,893
What the numbers show
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in total employment - ILO Modelled Estimates — Male — Value is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 77 % in Burundi; the lowest is 0.1 % in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.94 %, and the mean is 22.38 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 770.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 161 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 42.9%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 59.5%).
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 77 % | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 1 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 68.8 % | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 2 | Madagascar | 70.1 % | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 2 | United Republic of Tanzania | 62.5 % | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 3 | Chad | 70 % | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 3 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 50.6 % | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 4 | Niger | 68.7 % | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 49.9 % | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 67.6 % | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 5 | Côte d'Ivoire | 48.7 % | 2025 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 6 | Mali | 64.3 % | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 6 | Republic of Moldova | 49.5 % | 2025 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 63.8 % | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 8 | Mozambique | 63.7 % | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 8 | Timor-Leste | 45.4 % | 2025 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 9 | South Sudan | 62.2 % | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 9 | Melanesia | 35.02 % | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 10 | Uganda | 59.4 % | 2025 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 11 | Malawi | 59.3 % | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 11 | Viet Nam | 25.6 % | 2025 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 12 | Haiti | 58.2 % | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 12 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 24.9 % | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 13 | Guinea-Bissau | 56.4 % | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 14 | Equatorial Guinea | 54.7 % | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 14 | Syrian Arab Republic | 17.8 % | 2025 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 15 | Eritrea | 53.1 % | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 15 | Polynesia | 17.07 % | 2025 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 16 | Zambia | 51.6 % | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 16 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 13.8 % | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 17 | Afghanistan | 50.2 % | 2025 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 17 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 12.4 % | 2025 | up 26.5% | falling |
| 18 | Burkina Faso | 50 % | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 18 | Türkiye | 12.3 % | 2025 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 19 | Myanmar | 49.2 % | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 19 | Cabo Verde | 12.6 % | 2025 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 20 | Angola | 48.1 % | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 20 | Micronesia | 2.31 % | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 47.6 % | 2025 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 22 | Benin | 46.8 % | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 23 | Guinea | 46.7 % | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 24 | Nicaragua | 45.4 % | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 25 | Sierra Leone | 45 % | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 26 | Vanuatu | 43 % | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 27 | Nigeria | 42.7 % | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 28 | Togo | 41.4 % | 2025 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 29 | Solomon Islands | 41.3 % | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 30 | Ghana | 40 % | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 31 | Cameroon | 39.6 % | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 32 | Kenya | 39.1 % | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 32 | Lesotho | 39.1 % | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 34 | Liberia | 38.2 % | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 35 | Sudan | 37.4 % | 2022 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 36 | Bhutan | 36.4 % | 2025 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 37 | Fiji | 36 % | 2025 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 38 | Guatemala | 35.4 % | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 39 | Tajikistan | 35.3 % | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 40 | Congo | 35.2 % | 2025 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 41 | Papua New Guinea | 35 % | 2025 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 42 | India | 34.4 % | 2025 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 43 | Ecuador | 33.7 % | 2025 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 44 | Mauritania | 33.4 % | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 45 | Comoros | 33.2 % | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 45 | Tonga | 33.2 % | 2025 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 45 | Samoa | 33.2 % | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 48 | Senegal | 32.5 % | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 49 | Thailand | 31.7 % | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 50 | Georgia | 31.6 % | 2025 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 51 | Honduras | 31.4 % | 2025 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 52 | Cambodia | 31.3 % | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 53 | Yemen | 30.9 % | 2025 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 54 | Gabon | 30.5 % | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 55 | Azerbaijan | 29.8 % | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 56 | Mongolia | 28.8 % | 2025 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 57 | Bangladesh | 28.6 % | 2025 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 57 | Indonesia | 28.6 % | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 59 | Somalia | 28.3 % | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 60 | Rwanda | 28.2 % | 2025 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 61 | Pakistan | 27 % | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 62 | Albania | 26.5 % | 2025 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 63 | Botswana | 26.4 % | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 64 | Sri Lanka | 25.8 % | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 65 | Philippines | 25.6 % | 2025 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 66 | Morocco | 25 % | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 67 | Peru | 24.3 % | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 68 | Uzbekistan | 24.2 % | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 68 | China, mainland | 24.2 % | 2025 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 70 | China | 23.79 % | 2025 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 71 | Armenia | 23.3 % | 2025 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 71 | Namibia | 23.3 % | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 73 | Turkmenistan | 22.1 % | 2025 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 74 | Belize | 21.7 % | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 75 | Cuba | 21.4 % | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 76 | El Salvador | 20.7 % | 2025 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 77 | Panama | 20.5 % | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 78 | Colombia | 19.8 % | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 79 | Paraguay | 19.7 % | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 80 | Western Sahara | 19.2 % | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 81 | Jamaica | 18.9 % | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 82 | Serbia | 18.7 % | 2025 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 83 | Eswatini | 18 % | 2025 | up 19.2% | falling |
| 84 | Egypt | 17.5 % | 2025 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 85 | Gambia | 16.8 % | 2025 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 86 | Guyana | 16.5 % | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 87 | Ukraine | 16.3 % | 2021 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 88 | Mexico | 16.1 % | 2025 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 89 | Nepal | 15.3 % | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 90 | Costa Rica | 15 % | 2025 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 91 | Tunisia | 14.1 % | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 13.8 % | 2025 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.3 % | 2025 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 94 | Kazakhstan | 13 % | 2025 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 95 | Sao Tome and Principe | 12.9 % | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 96 | Romania | 12.8 % | 2025 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 97 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.7 % | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 98 | Belarus | 12.5 % | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 99 | Maldives | 11.9 % | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 100 | Greece | 11.8 % | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 100 | Malaysia | 11.8 % | 2025 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 102 | Saint Lucia | 11.7 % | 2025 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 102 | Uruguay | 11.7 % | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 104 | Libya | 11.6 % | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 105 | Dominican Republic | 11 % | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 106 | Brazil | 10.9 % | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 107 | Algeria | 10.5 % | 2025 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 108 | Argentina | 9.5 % | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 108 | Latvia | 9.5 % | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 110 | North Macedonia | 9.2 % | 2025 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 111 | Chile | 8.1 % | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 112 | Suriname | 7.9 % | 2025 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 113 | Iraq | 7.5 % | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 114 | Poland | 7.4 % | 2025 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 115 | New Zealand | 6.9 % | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 115 | Russian Federation | 6.9 % | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 117 | South Africa | 6.7 % | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 118 | Oman | 6.6 % | 2025 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 119 | Bulgaria | 6.5 % | 2025 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 120 | Palestine, State of | 6.4 % | 2022 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 120 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.4 % | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 122 | Ireland | 6.3 % | 2025 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 123 | China, Taiwan Province of | 6.1 % | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 124 | Lithuania | 5.8 % | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 125 | Croatia | 5.7 % | 2025 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 125 | Hungary | 5.7 % | 2025 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 125 | Mauritius | 5.7 % | 2025 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 128 | Republic of Korea | 5.5 % | 2025 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 129 | Finland | 5.2 % | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 129 | Iceland | 5.2 % | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 131 | Montenegro | 4.9 % | 2025 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 132 | Spain | 4.6 % | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 133 | Estonia | 4.5 % | 2025 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Italy | 4.4 % | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 135 | Slovenia | 4.3 % | 2025 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 136 | Lebanon | 4.2 % | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 137 | Portugal | 3.8 % | 2025 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 138 | Jordan | 3.7 % | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 138 | Norway | 3.7 % | 2025 | up 19.4% | falling |
| 140 | Czechia | 3.6 % | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 141 | Australia and New Zealand | 3.53 % | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 142 | Slovakia | 3.3 % | 2025 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 143 | Austria | 3.2 % | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 143 | Cyprus | 3.2 % | 2025 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 143 | France | 3.2 % | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 143 | Japan | 3.2 % | 2025 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 147 | Switzerland | 2.9 % | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 147 | Saudi Arabia | 2.9 % | 2025 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 149 | Australia | 2.8 % | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 149 | French Polynesia | 2.8 % | 2025 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 149 | United States Virgin Islands | 2.8 % | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 152 | Sweden | 2.6 % | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 153 | Denmark | 2.4 % | 2025 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 153 | Kuwait | 2.4 % | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 153 | New Caledonia | 2.4 % | 2025 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Guam | 2.3 % | 2025 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 157 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2.2 % | 2025 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 158 | Qatar | 2 % | 2025 | up 42.9% | falling |
| 159 | United Arab Emirates | 1.8 % | 2025 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 159 | Puerto Rico | 1.8 % | 2025 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 161 | Barbados | 1.7 % | 2025 | down 59.5% | falling |
| 162 | Canada | 1.5 % | 2025 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 163 | Bahamas | 1.4 % | 2025 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 163 | Germany | 1.4 % | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 163 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.4 % | 2025 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 166 | Belgium | 1.3 % | 2025 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 166 | Malta | 1.3 % | 2025 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 168 | Djibouti | 1.2 % | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 168 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.2 % | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 170 | Israel | 1.1 % | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 170 | Luxembourg | 1.1 % | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 172 | Bahrain | 1 % | 2025 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 173 | China, Macao SAR | 0.4 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.3 % | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 175 | Singapore | 0.1 % | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Africa 59.25 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 51.46 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 50.89 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 50.41 %
- Middle Africa 49.72 %
- Western Africa 45.71 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 49.43 %
- Africa 44.9 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 40.2 %
- Southern Asia 32.28 %
- South-Eastern Asia 28.75 %
- Asia 26.71 %
- World 25.55 %
- Caribbean 24.59 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 23.69 %
- Eastern Asia 22.07 %
- Central Asia 21.17 %
- Central America 20.18 %
- Northern Africa 19.97 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 16.69 %
- South America 14.53 %
- Chagai 2.9 %
- Americas 11.31 %
- Western Asia 10.48 %
- Oceania 10.46 %
- Southern Africa 9.66 %
- Eastern Europe 8.91 %
- Southern Europe 6.25 %
- Europe 5.57 %
- European Union (27) 4.2 %
- Northern Europe 2.31 %
- Western Europe 2.17 %
- United States of America 2 %
- Northern America 1.94 %
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.