ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in total employment - ILO Modelled Estimates — Female — 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
93.1 %
Burundi
Lowest
0 %
Qatar
Median
9.55 %
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 — Female — Value is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 93.1 % in Burundi; the lowest is 0 % in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.55 %, and the mean is 21.32 %.
Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 145 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 650.0%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 100.0%).
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 93.1 % | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 1 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 68.4 % | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 2 | Mozambique | 81.8 % | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 67.4 % | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 3 | Niger | 78.3 % | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 3 | United Republic of Tanzania | 66.8 % | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 74.7 % | 2025 | up 24.3% | falling |
| 5 | Afghanistan | 74.6 % | 2025 | up 59.1% | falling |
| 6 | Chad | 74.4 % | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 6 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 57.8 % | 2025 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 7 | Malawi | 71.2 % | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 7 | Republic of Moldova | 51.3 % | 2025 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 8 | Uganda | 70.8 % | 2025 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 8 | Timor-Leste | 46.7 % | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 8 | Côte d'Ivoire | 41 % | 2025 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 9 | Central African Republic | 68.5 % | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 9 | Melanesia | 38.42 % | 2025 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 10 | Madagascar | 68.3 % | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 11 | Pakistan | 68 % | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 11 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 24.5 % | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 12 | Guinea-Bissau | 66.2 % | 2025 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 24.4 % | 2025 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 13 | South Sudan | 65.4 % | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 13 | Türkiye | 18 % | 2025 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 14 | Tajikistan | 61.4 % | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 15 | Zimbabwe | 61.1 % | 2025 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 15 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 12.7 % | 2025 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 16 | Mali | 60.9 % | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 16 | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.9 % | 2025 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 17 | India | 59.8 % | 2025 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 17 | Polynesia | 6.52 % | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 18 | Eritrea | 58.1 % | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 18 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2.6 % | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 19 | Zambia | 58 % | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 20 | Equatorial Guinea | 56.2 % | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 20 | Micronesia | 0.66 % | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 21 | Angola | 55.9 % | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 53.8 % | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 23 | Kenya | 53.4 % | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 23 | Cabo Verde | 4.9 % | 2025 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 24 | Bhutan | 51.3 % | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 25 | Sudan | 50.2 % | 2022 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 50 % | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 27 | Guinea | 48.3 % | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 28 | Vanuatu | 46.3 % | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 29 | Cameroon | 44.8 % | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 30 | Liberia | 44.4 % | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 31 | Sierra Leone | 44 % | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 32 | Solomon Islands | 43.8 % | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 33 | Yemen | 43.5 % | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 34 | Rwanda | 43.1 % | 2025 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 35 | Gambia | 38.9 % | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 35 | Papua New Guinea | 38.9 % | 2025 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 37 | Azerbaijan | 38.7 % | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 38 | Morocco | 38.3 % | 2025 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 39 | Myanmar | 37.8 % | 2025 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 40 | Congo | 37.6 % | 2025 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 41 | Georgia | 36.4 % | 2025 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 42 | Nepal | 35.9 % | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 43 | Albania | 35.7 % | 2025 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 44 | Cambodia | 35.6 % | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 45 | Fiji | 35 % | 2025 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 46 | Somalia | 34.3 % | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 47 | Comoros | 34.1 % | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 48 | Benin | 33.6 % | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 48 | Togo | 33.6 % | 2025 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 50 | Haiti | 32.3 % | 2025 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 51 | Armenia | 31.2 % | 2025 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 52 | Ecuador | 30.8 % | 2025 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 53 | Mauritania | 29.5 % | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 54 | Ghana | 28.6 % | 2025 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 27 % | 2025 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 56 | Gabon | 26 % | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 26 % | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 58 | Indonesia | 25.3 % | 2025 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 59 | Thailand | 24.8 % | 2025 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 60 | Mongolia | 24.7 % | 2025 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 61 | Senegal | 24.5 % | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 62 | Nigeria | 23.6 % | 2025 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 63 | Turkmenistan | 21.8 % | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 64 | Peru | 21.7 % | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 65 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21.6 % | 2025 | up 18.0% | falling |
| 66 | Namibia | 21.3 % | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 67 | Lesotho | 19.8 % | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 68 | China, mainland | 18.7 % | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 69 | China | 18.32 % | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 70 | Kyrgyzstan | 18 % | 2025 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 71 | Egypt | 17.5 % | 2025 | down 55.8% | falling |
| 72 | Serbia | 17.3 % | 2025 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 73 | Western Sahara | 16.4 % | 2025 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 74 | Guatemala | 15.8 % | 2025 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 75 | Samoa | 15.4 % | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 76 | Iraq | 13.9 % | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 77 | Philippines | 13.3 % | 2025 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 78 | Tonga | 12.7 % | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 79 | Ukraine | 11.6 % | 2021 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 80 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.2 % | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 81 | Paraguay | 10.7 % | 2025 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 81 | Eswatini | 10.7 % | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 83 | Nicaragua | 9.9 % | 2022 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 84 | Panama | 9.6 % | 2025 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 85 | Kazakhstan | 9.5 % | 2025 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 86 | Maldives | 9.4 % | 2025 | up 276.0% | falling |
| 87 | Greece | 9.2 % | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 88 | Romania | 8.4 % | 2025 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 88 | Tunisia | 8.4 % | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 90 | Jamaica | 8 % | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 91 | Botswana | 7.6 % | 2025 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 91 | North Macedonia | 7.6 % | 2025 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 93 | Belize | 6.8 % | 2025 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 94 | Guyana | 6.7 % | 2025 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 95 | Libya | 6.5 % | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 96 | Belarus | 6.4 % | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 96 | Cuba | 6.4 % | 2025 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 98 | Costa Rica | 6.3 % | 2025 | down 31.5% | rising |
| 98 | Palestine, State of | 6.3 % | 2022 | down 73.4% | falling |
| 100 | Colombia | 5.9 % | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 101 | Suriname | 5.7 % | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 102 | Honduras | 5.3 % | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 103 | Poland | 4.8 % | 2025 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 104 | Malaysia | 4.7 % | 2025 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 105 | Republic of Korea | 4.6 % | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 106 | Mexico | 4.5 % | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 106 | El Salvador | 4.5 % | 2025 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 106 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.5 % | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 109 | Algeria | 3.8 % | 2025 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Latvia | 3.8 % | 2025 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 109 | New Zealand | 3.8 % | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 109 | South Africa | 3.8 % | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 113 | Uruguay | 3.7 % | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 114 | Argentina | 3.6 % | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 115 | Lithuania | 3.5 % | 2025 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Chile | 3.4 % | 2025 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 116 | Montenegro | 3.4 % | 2025 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 118 | Russian Federation | 3.3 % | 2025 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 119 | Brazil | 3.2 % | 2025 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 119 | Mauritius | 3.2 % | 2025 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Slovenia | 2.9 % | 2025 | down 60.3% | falling |
| 122 | Croatia | 2.8 % | 2025 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Bulgaria | 2.7 % | 2025 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 124 | Saint Lucia | 2.5 % | 2025 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 125 | Hungary | 2.4 % | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 125 | China, Taiwan Province of | 2.4 % | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 127 | Austria | 2.3 % | 2025 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 127 | Japan | 2.3 % | 2025 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 129 | Italy | 2 % | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 130 | Spain | 1.9 % | 2025 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.9 % | 2025 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.84 % | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 133 | Finland | 1.7 % | 2025 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 133 | Iceland | 1.7 % | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 133 | Portugal | 1.7 % | 2025 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 136 | Czechia | 1.6 % | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 137 | Switzerland | 1.5 % | 2025 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 137 | Lebanon | 1.5 % | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 137 | Oman | 1.5 % | 2025 | up 650.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Australia | 1.4 % | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 140 | Estonia | 1.4 % | 2025 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 140 | France | 1.4 % | 2025 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 143 | Dominican Republic | 1.3 % | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 144 | Ireland | 1.1 % | 2025 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 144 | New Caledonia | 1.1 % | 2025 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Norway | 1.1 % | 2025 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 144 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.1 % | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 148 | Djibouti | 0.9 % | 2025 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 148 | Slovakia | 0.9 % | 2025 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Sweden | 0.9 % | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 148 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.9 % | 2025 | up 80.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Barbados | 0.8 % | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 152 | Cyprus | 0.8 % | 2025 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 152 | French Polynesia | 0.8 % | 2025 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 155 | Canada | 0.7 % | 2025 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 155 | Germany | 0.7 % | 2025 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Denmark | 0.7 % | 2025 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 155 | Guam | 0.7 % | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 159 | Belgium | 0.6 % | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 159 | Luxembourg | 0.6 % | 2025 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 161 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.5 % | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 162 | Israel | 0.4 % | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 162 | Jordan | 0.4 % | 2025 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 162 | Puerto Rico | 0.4 % | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 162 | Saudi Arabia | 0.4 % | 2025 | down 42.9% | rising |
| 162 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.4 % | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 167 | Malta | 0.3 % | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 167 | China, Macao SAR | 0.3 % | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 169 | Bahamas | 0.2 % | 2025 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Kuwait | 0.2 % | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 171 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1 % | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 171 | Singapore | 0.1 % | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 171 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.1 % | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 174 | Bahrain | 0 % | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Qatar | 0 % | 2025 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Africa 62.37 %
- Southern Asia 60.54 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 58.28 %
- Middle Africa 61.41 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 54.38 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 60.84 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 52.45 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 48.35 %
- Africa 46.82 %
- Western Africa 32.92 %
- Asia 30.38 %
- World 26.12 %
- South-Eastern Asia 23.72 %
- Central Asia 21.39 %
- Northern Africa 21.22 %
- Eastern Asia 17.46 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 16.72 %
- Western Asia 14.37 %
- Caribbean 11.04 %
- Oceania 9.56 %
- South America 7.28 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 7.12 %
- Chagai 1 %
- Central America 5.75 %
- Southern Africa 5.43 %
- Eastern Europe 5.28 %
- Americas 4.61 %
- Southern Europe 4.32 %
- Europe 3.25 %
- European Union (27) 2.11 %
- Western Europe 1.08 %
- United States of America 1 %
- Northern America 0.93 %
- Northern Europe 0.81 %
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.