ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment in agriculture by status of employment, self-employed — 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
96
Highest
199,078 1000 No
India
Lowest
0.48 1000 No
Seychelles
Median
176.76 1000 No
Years covered
50
1976–2025
Data points
1,846

What the numbers show

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment in agriculture by status of employment, self-employed — Value is currently reported for 96 countries. The highest value is 199,078 1000 No in India; the lowest is 0.48 1000 No in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 176.76 1000 No, and the mean is 4,055 1000 No.

Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 215.5%), and the largest decrease in Brunei Darussalam (down 86.4%).

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment in agriculture by status: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 199,078 1000 No 2024 up 43.0% rising
1 United Republic of Tanzania 18,622 1000 No 2024 up 31.7% rising
1 Côte d'Ivoire 3,677 1000 No 2019 up 102.2% rising
2 Indonesia 31,371 1000 No 2023 down 0.5% falling
2 Viet Nam 11,658 1000 No 2024 down 48.4% falling
3 Bangladesh 26,461 1000 No 2024 up 29.1% rising
3 Türkiye 4,193 1000 No 2024 down 14.8% falling
4 Pakistan 20,889 1000 No 2025 up 4.5% rising
4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,508 1000 No 2024 down 12.2% rising
5 Thailand 10,448 1000 No 2024 down 5.2% falling
5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,496 1000 No 2024 up 9.1% rising
6 Myanmar 8,013 1000 No 2020 down 1.9% flat
6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 740.45 1000 No 2017 up 28.3% flat
7 Philippines 6,926 1000 No 2023 down 14.0% falling
7 Republic of Moldova 664.44 1000 No 2024 down 24.7% rising
8 Angola 5,773 1000 No 2024 up 11.0% rising
9 Mali 4,056 1000 No 2023 down 0.2% rising
10 Zambia 3,959 1000 No 2024 up 30.1% rising
11 Mexico 3,489 1000 No 2024 down 11.6% falling
12 Egypt 2,946 1000 No 2024 down 44.3% falling
13 Colombia 2,145 1000 No 2025 down 7.7% rising
14 Zimbabwe 2,089 1000 No 2024 down 45.6% falling
15 Ecuador 1,764 1000 No 2025 up 56.9% rising
16 Japan 1,384 1000 No 2022 down 21.6% falling
17 Sri Lanka 1,358 1000 No 2023 down 9.0% falling
18 Republic of Korea 1,279 1000 No 2025 up 6.4% falling
19 Senegal 1,099 1000 No 2024 up 7.1% flat
20 Poland 1,079 1000 No 2024 down 32.3% falling
21 Russian Federation 983.18 1000 No 2024 down 47.5% falling
22 Rwanda 730.84 1000 No 2024 up 215.5% rising
23 Romania 688.13 1000 No 2024 down 69.6% falling
24 Guatemala 658.42 1000 No 2024 down 36.0% falling
25 Serbia 532.55 1000 No 2024 up 14.9% falling
26 Greece 423.52 1000 No 2024 up 2.4% falling
27 Albania 414.14 1000 No 2023 down 6.3% falling
28 France 380.12 1000 No 2024 down 19.6% falling
29 Italy 351.79 1000 No 2024 down 13.2% falling
30 Kyrgyzstan 349.18 1000 No 2023 down 32.9% falling
31 Mongolia 306.29 1000 No 2024 up 1.5% falling
32 Armenia 306.2 1000 No 2017 up 5.7% rising
33 Tunisia 288.14 1000 No 2019 down 27.0% falling
34 Dominican Republic 279.31 1000 No 2024 down 22.7% falling
35 Spain 276.55 1000 No 2025 down 3.2% falling
36 Panama 225.61 1000 No 2024 up 18.7% rising
37 Germany 204.11 1000 No 2024 down 30.6% falling
38 Georgia 192.4 1000 No 2024 down 73.1% volatile
39 Bosnia and Herzegovina 187.82 1000 No 2024 up 55.3% rising
40 Chile 179.28 1000 No 2025 down 16.9% falling
41 Australia 174.25 1000 No 2024 down 1.1% falling
42 Jamaica 167.48 1000 No 2023 down 8.7% falling
43 Bhutan 151.82 1000 No 2024 down 5.5% falling
44 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 151.22 1000 No 2024 down 8.5% falling
45 Canada 113.17 1000 No 2025 down 35.5% falling
46 Namibia 110.2 1000 No 2018 down 13.0% falling
47 Costa Rica 105.53 1000 No 2025 down 41.2% falling
48 Ireland 80.63 1000 No 2024 down 0.2% falling
49 Switzerland 74.37 1000 No 2024 down 27.0% falling
50 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 72.45 1000 No 2024 down 31.1% falling
51 Hungary 71.81 1000 No 2024 up 12.6% falling
52 South Africa 69.98 1000 No 2024 up 32.0% falling
53 Austria 67.32 1000 No 2024 down 60.6% falling
54 Finland 61.99 1000 No 2024 down 6.6% falling
55 Sweden 60.16 1000 No 2024 up 7.6% falling
56 Uruguay 58 1000 No 2024 down 6.8% rising
57 Portugal 50.98 1000 No 2025 down 80.9% falling
58 North Macedonia 48.93 1000 No 2024 down 57.4% falling
59 Bulgaria 47.22 1000 No 2024 down 55.1% falling
60 Czechia 42.79 1000 No 2024 up 18.4% falling
61 Croatia 41.51 1000 No 2024 down 60.5% volatile
62 Palestine, State of 34.87 1000 No 2025 down 34.1% falling
63 Lithuania 34.42 1000 No 2024 down 50.5% volatile
64 Belgium 33.24 1000 No 2024 down 21.7% falling
65 Slovenia 29.93 1000 No 2024 down 62.1% falling
66 Norway 28.72 1000 No 2024 down 17.2% falling
67 Latvia 25 1000 No 2024 down 21.8% volatile
68 Denmark 21.88 1000 No 2024 down 29.8% falling
69 Argentina 19.02 1000 No 2024 up 40.3% volatile
70 Trinidad and Tobago 17.46 1000 No 2024 up 17.6% rising
71 Belarus 16.38 1000 No 2024 down 36.2% falling
72 Belize 15.55 1000 No 2019 up 40.5% rising
73 Mauritius 14.81 1000 No 2024 down 21.2% falling
74 Slovakia 12.3 1000 No 2024 down 41.4% falling
75 Israel 11.57 1000 No 2024 down 28.9% falling
76 Montenegro 10.24 1000 No 2024 up 7.1% rising
77 Jordan 9.32 1000 No 2023 down 39.0% falling
78 Saint Lucia 6.2 1000 No 2024 up 2.3% rising
79 Estonia 5.7 1000 No 2024 down 1.4% falling
80 Cyprus 5.11 1000 No 2024 down 46.1% falling
81 Iceland 3.26 1000 No 2024 up 10.1% falling
82 Luxembourg 2.42 1000 No 2024 down 14.8% falling
83 Grenada 1.95 1000 No 2023 down 22.9% volatile
84 Malta 1.77 1000 No 2024 up 43.9% rising
85 Brunei Darussalam 0.91 1000 No 2024 down 86.4% volatile
86 Barbados 0.78 1000 No 2023 down 55.9% falling
87 United Arab Emirates 0.71 1000 No 2024 down 71.3% volatile
88 Seychelles 0.48 1000 No 2024 down 37.7% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment in agriculture by status of employment, self-employed — Value
Unit
1000 No
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
97 places, 1,846 data points, 1976–2025
Last refreshed

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.