ILOSTAT - Employment surveys — Share of employees in agriculture in total employees — 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 — Value is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 63.39 % in Guatemala; the lowest is 0.48 % in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.97 %, and the mean is 13.41 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 132.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei Darussalam (up 113.9%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 91.1%).
ILOSTAT - Employment surveys — Share of employees in agriculture in: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala | 63.39 % | 1982 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 2 | Malawi | 53.66 % | 1995 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 32.53 % | 2010 | up 23.8% | falling |
| 4 | Papua New Guinea | 27.71 % | 1980 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 5 | Madagascar | 24.43 % | 1995 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 24.21 % | 2001 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 7 | Albania | 24.1 % | 1991 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 17.32 % | 1997 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 9 | Estonia | 12.74 % | 1988 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 10 | Slovakia | 12.41 % | 1993 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 11 | Belarus | 11.8 % | 2015 | — | falling |
| 12 | Mauritius | 11.01 % | 2000 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 13 | Cyprus | 9.04 % | 1998 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 14 | Gambia | 7.69 % | 1987 | up 88.9% | rising |
| 15 | Ukraine | 6.97 % | 2008 | down 66.4% | falling |
| 16 | Russian Federation | 6.95 % | 2005 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 17 | Central African Republic | 6.75 % | 1991 | down 73.6% | falling |
| 18 | India | 5.33 % | 2004 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 19 | Croatia | 5.23 % | 1995 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 20 | North Macedonia | 4.12 % | 2003 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 21 | China, mainland | 4.07 % | 2002 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 22 | Brunei Darussalam | 4 % | 2003 | up 113.9% | rising |
| 23 | Azerbaijan | 3.58 % | 2020 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Fiji | 3.22 % | 2018 | up 85.1% | falling |
| 25 | Botswana | 3.16 % | 2010 | up 50.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Chad | 1.77 % | 1997 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Guam | 0.65 % | 2006 | — | rising |
| 28 | British Virgin Islands | 0.57 % | 2005 | up 90.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Malta | 0.48 % | 1999 | up 37.1% | 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.