ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities — 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 - Labour force survey — Share of employment in crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities — Value is currently reported for 80 countries. The highest value is 100 % in Ireland; the lowest is 52.95 % in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 93.65 %, and the mean is 90.07 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 40.9%), and the largest decrease in Brunei Darussalam (down 22.2%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in crop and: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 100 % | 2024 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 98.51 % | 2019 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 1 | Türkiye | 98.16 % | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 2 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 98.02 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 3 | Jordan | 99.84 % | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 96.16 % | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 4 | Georgia | 99.8 % | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 4 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 92.5 % | 2017 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 5 | Palestine, State of | 99.7 % | 2022 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 84.95 % | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 6 | Mongolia | 99.63 % | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 7 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.49 % | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 8 | Zimbabwe | 99.3 % | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 9 | Bhutan | 98.92 % | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 10 | Pakistan | 98.68 % | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 11 | Albania | 98.67 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 12 | Mali | 98.23 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 13 | Angola | 98.2 % | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 14 | India | 98.02 % | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 15 | Rwanda | 97.62 % | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 16 | Guatemala | 97.44 % | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 17 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 97.19 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 18 | Dominican Republic | 97.01 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 19 | Costa Rica | 96.88 % | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 20 | Egypt | 96.75 % | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 20 | Poland | 96.75 % | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 22 | Thailand | 95.82 % | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 23 | Colombia | 95.81 % | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 24 | Serbia | 95.72 % | 2019 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 25 | Greece | 95.71 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 26 | Bangladesh | 95.57 % | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 27 | Zambia | 95.46 % | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 28 | Romania | 94.78 % | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 29 | Senegal | 94.42 % | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 30 | Australia | 94.27 % | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 31 | Panama | 94.17 % | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 32 | Myanmar | 94.04 % | 2020 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 33 | Jamaica | 93.76 % | 2014 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 34 | Sri Lanka | 93.75 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 35 | Slovenia | 93.73 % | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 36 | Italy | 93.66 % | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 37 | Switzerland | 93.64 % | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 38 | North Macedonia | 93.45 % | 2024 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 39 | Israel | 93.42 % | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 40 | Indonesia | 93.24 % | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 41 | Denmark | 92.96 % | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 42 | France | 92.4 % | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 43 | Mexico | 92.09 % | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 44 | Ecuador | 91.79 % | 2025 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 91.49 % | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 46 | Spain | 91.22 % | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 47 | Namibia | 90.49 % | 2018 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 47 | Japan | 90.49 % | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 49 | Hungary | 90.02 % | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 49 | United Arab Emirates | 90.02 % | 2023 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 51 | Cyprus | 88.64 % | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 52 | Uruguay | 88.61 % | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 53 | Austria | 88.57 % | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 54 | Germany | 88.14 % | 2024 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 55 | Lithuania | 87.92 % | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 56 | South Africa | 86.9 % | 2007 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 57 | Argentina | 86.67 % | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 58 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 85.77 % | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 59 | Philippines | 85.66 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 60 | Bulgaria | 84.84 % | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 61 | Belarus | 84.61 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 62 | Portugal | 81.43 % | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 63 | Mauritius | 80.05 % | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 64 | Croatia | 77.55 % | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 65 | Brunei Darussalam | 77.15 % | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 66 | Czechia | 76.14 % | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 67 | Slovakia | 73.02 % | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 68 | Finland | 72.32 % | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 69 | Latvia | 71.56 % | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 70 | Estonia | 67.54 % | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 71 | Sweden | 63.33 % | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 72 | Norway | 57.78 % | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 73 | Seychelles | 54.65 % | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 74 | Iceland | 52.95 % | 2024 | up 19.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 69.15 %
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.