Share of employment in agriculture by country
Share of working people employed in agriculture, including hunting, forestry and fishing.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
85.3%
Burundi
Lowest
0.1%
Singapore
Median
14.4%
Years covered
726
1300–2025
Data points
6,530
What the numbers show
Share of employment in agriculture is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 85.3% in Burundi; the lowest is 0.1% in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 14.4%, and the mean is 22.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 895.
Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 157 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of (up 37.6%), and the largest decrease in Bahamas (down 58.8%).
Share of employment in agriculture: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 85.3% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 2 | Mozambique | 73.0% | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 3 | Niger | 73.0% | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 4 | Chad | 71.7% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 5 | Madagascar | 69.2% | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 6 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 68.6% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 66.1% | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 8 | Malawi | 65.0% | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 9 | Uganda | 64.9% | 2025 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 10 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 64.6% | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 11 | South Sudan | 63.8% | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 12 | Mali | 63.0% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 13 | Guinea-Bissau | 61.1% | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 60.1% | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 15 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 58.5% | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 16 | Eritrea | 55.5% | 2025 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 17 | Equatorial Guinea | 55.3% | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 18 | Zambia | 54.5% | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 54.3% | 2025 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 20 | North Korea | 54.1% | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 21 | Angola | 51.9% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 51.8% | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 23 | Afghanistan | 51.6% | 2025 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 24 | Republic of Moldova | 50.5% | 2025 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 25 | Guinea | 47.4% | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 26 | Haiti | 46.6% | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 27 | Timor-Leste | 46.0% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 28 | Kenya | 45.8% | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 29 | Côte d'Ivoire | 45.4% | 2025 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 30 | Myanmar | 45.0% | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 31 | Vanuatu | 44.5% | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 44.5% | 2025 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 44.3% | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 34 | Tajikistan | 43.3% | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 35 | Solomon Islands | 42.5% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 36 | Bhutan | 42.4% | 2025 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 37 | Cameroon | 41.9% | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 38 | India | 41.6% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 39 | Liberia | 41.1% | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 40 | Benin | 40.2% | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 41 | Sudan | 39.8% | 2022 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 42 | Togo | 37.6% | 2025 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 43 | Papua New Guinea | 36.9% | 2025 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 44 | Congo | 36.4% | 2025 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 45 | Pakistan | 36.2% | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 46 | Fiji | 35.6% | 2025 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 47 | Rwanda | 35.1% | 2025 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 48 | Ghana | 34.6% | 2025 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 49 | Azerbaijan | 34.2% | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 50 | Georgia | 34.0% | 2025 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 51 | Comoros | 33.6% | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 52 | Nigeria | 33.5% | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 53 | Cambodia | 33.4% | 2025 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 54 | Ecuador | 32.5% | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 55 | Mauritania | 32.1% | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 56 | Yemen | 31.6% | 2025 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 57 | Lesotho | 30.9% | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 58 | Albania | 30.8% | 2025 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 59 | Nicaragua | 30.5% | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 60 | Somalia | 30.0% | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 61 | Senegal | 29.6% | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 62 | Guatemala | 29.1% | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 63 | Gabon | 28.9% | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 64 | Thailand | 28.6% | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 65 | Morocco | 27.9% | 2025 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 66 | Gambia | 27.6% | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 67 | Indonesia | 27.3% | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 68 | Mongolia | 27.0% | 2025 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 69 | Armenia | 27.0% | 2025 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 70 | Samoa | 26.9% | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 71 | Sri Lanka | 25.9% | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 72 | Uzbekistan | 25.2% | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 73 | Viet Nam | 25.0% | 2025 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 74 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 24.7% | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 75 | Tonga | 23.6% | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 76 | Peru | 23.1% | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 77 | Nepal | 22.9% | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 78 | Honduras | 22.4% | 2025 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 79 | Namibia | 22.3% | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 80 | Turkmenistan | 21.9% | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 81 | China | 21.7% | 2025 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 82 | Philippines | 20.5% | 2025 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 83 | Botswana | 18.0% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 84 | Serbia | 18.0% | 2025 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 85 | Egypt | 17.5% | 2025 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.7% | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 87 | Syria | 16.3% | 2025 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 88 | Belize | 16.1% | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 89 | Panama | 16.0% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 90 | Paraguay | 16.0% | 2025 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 91 | Cuba | 15.5% | 2025 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 15.4% | 2025 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 93 | Eswatini | 14.5% | 2025 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 94 | Türkiye | 14.2% | 2025 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 95 | Colombia | 14.2% | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 96 | Ukraine | 14.1% | 2021 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 97 | Jamaica | 13.9% | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 98 | El Salvador | 13.9% | 2025 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 99 | Iran | 13.6% | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 100 | Tunisia | 12.5% | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 101 | Guyana | 12.2% | 2025 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 102 | Sao Tome and Principe | 12.1% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 103 | Costa Rica | 11.5% | 2025 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 104 | Mexico | 11.4% | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 105 | Kazakhstan | 11.3% | 2025 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 106 | Maldives | 11.3% | 2025 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 107 | Romania | 10.9% | 2025 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 108 | Greece | 10.7% | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 109 | Libya | 10.0% | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 110 | Algeria | 9.5% | 2025 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 111 | Belarus | 9.5% | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 112 | Cape Verde | 9.2% | 2025 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 113 | Malaysia | 9.2% | 2025 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 114 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.1% | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 115 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 8.9% | 2025 | up 37.6% | falling |
| 116 | North Macedonia | 8.5% | 2025 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 117 | Iraq | 8.2% | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 118 | Uruguay | 8.1% | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 119 | Brazil | 7.6% | 2025 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 120 | Saint Lucia | 7.5% | 2025 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 121 | Dominican Republic | 7.0% | 2025 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 122 | Argentina | 7.0% | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 123 | Suriname | 7.0% | 2025 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 124 | Latvia | 6.7% | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 125 | Palestine, State of | 6.3% | 2022 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 126 | Poland | 6.2% | 2025 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Chile | 6.1% | 2025 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 128 | Oman | 5.9% | 2025 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 129 | New Zealand | 5.4% | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 130 | South Africa | 5.4% | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 131 | Russian Federation | 5.1% | 2025 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 132 | Republic of Korea | 5.1% | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 133 | Mauritius | 4.7% | 2025 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 134 | Bulgaria | 4.7% | 2025 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 135 | Lithuania | 4.7% | 2025 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.5% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 137 | Croatia | 4.3% | 2025 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 138 | Montenegro | 4.2% | 2025 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 139 | Hungary | 4.1% | 2025 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 140 | Ireland | 3.9% | 2025 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 141 | Slovenia | 3.7% | 2025 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 142 | Iceland | 3.6% | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 143 | Lebanon | 3.5% | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 144 | Finland | 3.5% | 2025 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 145 | Spain | 3.4% | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 146 | Italy | 3.3% | 2025 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Jordan | 3.1% | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 148 | Estonia | 3.0% | 2025 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Japan | 2.8% | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 150 | Portugal | 2.8% | 2025 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 151 | Austria | 2.8% | 2025 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 152 | Czechia | 2.7% | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 153 | Norway | 2.5% | 2025 | up 21.5% | falling |
| 154 | Saudi Arabia | 2.5% | 2025 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 155 | France | 2.3% | 2025 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Switzerland | 2.2% | 2025 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 157 | Australia | 2.2% | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 158 | Slovakia | 2.2% | 2025 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Cyprus | 2.2% | 2025 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 160 | French Polynesia | 1.9% | 2025 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 161 | Kuwait | 1.9% | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 162 | New Caledonia | 1.8% | 2025 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Sweden | 1.8% | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 164 | Netherlands | 1.7% | 2025 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 165 | Denmark | 1.6% | 2025 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 166 | Qatar | 1.6% | 2025 | up 31.4% | falling |
| 167 | United States Virgin Islands | 1.6% | 2025 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 168 | Guam | 1.6% | 2025 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 169 | United States | 1.5% | 2025 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 170 | United Arab Emirates | 1.4% | 2025 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 171 | Barbados | 1.2% | 2025 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 172 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.2% | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 173 | Djibouti | 1.2% | 2025 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 174 | Puerto Rico | 1.1% | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 175 | Canada | 1.1% | 2025 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 176 | Germany | 1.1% | 2025 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 177 | Belgium | 1.0% | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 178 | Luxembourg | 0.9% | 2025 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 179 | Malta | 0.9% | 2025 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 180 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.9% | 2025 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 181 | Bahrain | 0.8% | 2025 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 182 | Bahamas | 0.8% | 2025 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Israel | 0.8% | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 184 | Macao | 0.4% | 2025 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 185 | Hong Kong | 0.2% | 2025 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Singapore | 0.1% | 2025 | down 21.5% | falling |
About this data
Share of working people employed in agriculture, including hunting, forestry and fishing.