ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in Myanmar
Myanmar: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in was 49.2 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in Myanmar, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Myanmar recorded 49.2 % for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Myanmar peaked at 72.5 % in 1991 and was at its lowest, 49.2 %, in 2025.
Myanmar ranks 19th of 175 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 72.5 % | — |
| 1992 | 71.6 % | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 71.3 % | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 71.1 % | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 69.3 % | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 67.7 % | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 66 % | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 65.3 % | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 64.5 % | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 63.4 % | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 62.5 % | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 61.5 % | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 59.9 % | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 58.8 % | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 57.6 % | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 56.6 % | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 55.7 % | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 54.8 % | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 54.1 % | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 53.8 % | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 53.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 53.7 % | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 53.4 % | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 53.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 52.8 % | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 53.7 % | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 54.5 % | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 52.5 % | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 53.7 % | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 50.7 % | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 50.3 % | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 49.8 % | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 49.3 % | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 49.5 % | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 49.2 % | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 68.81 % | 64.5 % | 72.5 % | 9 |
| 2000s | 58.49 % | 54.1 % | 63.4 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.53 % | 52.5 % | 54.5 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.8 % | 49.2 % | 50.7 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
- 16 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 13.8 % compare
- 16 Zambia 51.6 % compare
- 17 Afghanistan 50.2 % compare
- 17 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 12.4 % compare
- 18 Burkina Faso 50 % compare
- 18 Türkiye 12.3 % compare
- 19 Cabo Verde 12.6 % compare
- 20 Angola 48.1 % compare
- 20 Micronesia 2.31 % compare
- 21 Zimbabwe 47.6 % compare
- 22 Benin 46.8 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Myanmar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.253 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 376.69 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4495 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6942 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Myanmar?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Myanmar was 49.2 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 72.5 % in 1991.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.2 % in 2025.
- How does Myanmar rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in?
- Myanmar ranks 19th out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Myanmar data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in total employment - ILO Modelled Estimates — Male — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.