ILOSTAT - Employment surveys — Share of employees in agriculture in total employees — 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...
What the numbers show
ILOSTAT - Employment surveys — Share of employees in agriculture in total employees — Male — Value is currently reported for 20 countries. The highest value is 48.06 % in Malawi; the lowest is 0.59 % in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.92 %, and the mean is 11.13 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 81.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 146.7%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 57.3%).
ILOSTAT - Employment surveys — Share of employees in agriculture in: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malawi | 48.06 % | 1995 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 2 | Albania | 21.7 % | 1991 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 21.67 % | 2001 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 18.5 % | 2002 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 5 | Belarus | 15.94 % | 2015 | — | flat |
| 6 | Slovakia | 15.51 % | 1993 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 7 | Mauritius | 13.15 % | 2000 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 8 | Chad | 11.11 % | 1991 | — | falling |
| 9 | Ukraine | 9.9 % | 2008 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Croatia | 7.36 % | 1995 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 11 | Gambia | 6.47 % | 1987 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 12 | North Macedonia | 5.92 % | 2003 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 13 | China, mainland | 5.04 % | 1992 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 14 | Brunei Darussalam | 4.75 % | 2003 | up 143.6% | rising |
| 15 | Azerbaijan | 4.56 % | 2020 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 16 | India | 4.42 % | 2004 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 17 | Fiji | 4.17 % | 2018 | up 146.7% | rising |
| 18 | Botswana | 2.91 % | 2010 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 19 | Guam | 0.97 % | 2006 | — | rising |
| 20 | Malta | 0.59 % | 1999 | up 43.9% | rising |
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.