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Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) — series 2

Name: Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) — series 2
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: economic, % of total employment, employment, agriculture, total, modeled, ilo, estimate, series

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•186 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

22.0% of total employment

Median: 14.4% of total employment

Countries Covered

186

with available data

Highest

Burundi

85.3% of total employment

Lowest

Singapore

0.1% of total employment

Top 5 Countries

1Burundi85.3% of total employment

2Mozambique73.0% of total employment

3Niger73.0% of total employment

4Chad71.7% of total employment

5Madagascar69.2% of total employment

By Region

Africa31.8% of total employment(9 countries)

Other29.3% of total employment(106 countries)

Asia16.1% of total employment(26 countries)

South America14.1% of total employment(7 countries)

North America10.8% of total employment(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.1% of total employment)High (85.3% of total employment)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 22.0% of total employment)

Africa (9)

Other (106)

Asia (26)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Europe (32)

Oceania (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Burundi	85.3% of total employment
2	Mozambique	73.0% of total employment
3	Niger	73.0% of total employment
4	Chad	71.7% of total employment
5	Madagascar	69.2% of total employment
6	Lao People's Democratic Republic	68.6% of total employment
7	Central African Republic	66.1% of total employment
8	Malawi	65.0% of total employment
9	Uganda	64.9% of total employment
10	United Republic of Tanzania	64.6% of total employment
11	South Sudan	63.8% of total employment
12	Mali	63.0% of total employment
13	Guinea-Bissau	61.1% of total employment
14	Ethiopia	60.1% of total employment
15	Democratic Republic of the Congo	58.5% of total employment
16	Eritrea	55.5% of total employment
17	Equatorial Guinea	55.3% of total employment
18	Zambia	54.5% of total employment
19	Zimbabwe	54.3% of total employment
20	North Korea	54.1% of total employment
21	Angola	51.9% of total employment
22	Burkina Faso	51.8% of total employment
23	Afghanistan	51.6% of total employment
24	Moldova, Republic of	50.5% of total employment
25	Guinea	47.4% of total employment
26	Haiti	46.6% of total employment
27	Timor-Leste	46.0% of total employment
28	Kenya	45.8% of total employment
29	Cote d'Ivoire	45.4% of total employment
30	Myanmar	45.0% of total employment
31	Vanuatu	44.5% of total employment
32	Sierra Leone	44.5% of total employment
33	Bangladesh	44.3% of total employment
34	Tajikistan	43.3% of total employment
35	Solomon Islands	42.5% of total employment
36	Bhutan	42.4% of total employment
37	Cameroon	41.9% of total employment
38	India	41.6% of total employment
39	Liberia	41.1% of total employment
40	Benin	40.2% of total employment
41	Sudan	39.8% of total employment
42	Togo	37.6% of total employment
43	Papua New Guinea	36.9% of total employment
44	Republic of the Congo	36.4% of total employment
45	Pakistan	36.2% of total employment
46	Fiji	35.6% of total employment
47	Rwanda	35.1% of total employment
48	Ghana	34.6% of total employment
49	Azerbaijan	34.2% of total employment
50	Georgia	34.0% of total employment
51	Comoros	33.6% of total employment
52	Nigeria	33.5% of total employment
53	Cambodia	33.4% of total employment
54	Ecuador	32.5% of total employment
55	Mauritania	32.1% of total employment
56	Yemen	31.6% of total employment
57	Lesotho	30.9% of total employment
58	Albania	30.8% of total employment
59	Nicaragua	30.5% of total employment
60	Somalia	30.0% of total employment
61	Senegal	29.6% of total employment
62	Guatemala	29.1% of total employment
63	Gabon	28.9% of total employment
64	Thailand	28.6% of total employment
65	Morocco	27.9% of total employment
66	Republic of The Gambia	27.6% of total employment
67	Indonesia	27.3% of total employment
68	Mongolia	27.0% of total employment
69	Armenia	27.0% of total employment
70	Samoa	26.9% of total employment
71	Sri Lanka	25.9% of total employment
72	Uzbekistan	25.2% of total employment
73	Vietnam	25.0% of total employment
74	Bolivia	24.7% of total employment
75	Tonga	23.6% of total employment
76	Peru	23.1% of total employment
77	Nepal	22.9% of total employment
78	Honduras	22.4% of total employment
79	Namibia	22.3% of total employment
80	Turkmenistan	21.9% of total employment
81	People's Republic of China	21.7% of total employment
82	Philippines	20.5% of total employment
83	Botswana	18.0% of total employment
84	Serbia	18.0% of total employment
85	Egypt	17.5% of total employment
86	Bosnia and Herzegovina	16.7% of total employment
87	Syrian Arab Republic	16.3% of total employment
88	Belize	16.1% of total employment
89	Panama	16.0% of total employment
90	Paraguay	16.0% of total employment
91	Cuba	15.5% of total employment
92	Kyrgyzstan	15.4% of total employment
93	Eswatini	14.5% of total employment
94	Türkiye	14.2% of total employment
95	Colombia	14.2% of total employment
96	Ukraine	14.1% of total employment
97	Jamaica	13.9% of total employment
98	El Salvador	13.9% of total employment
99	Islamic Republic of Iran	13.6% of total employment
100	Tunisia	12.5% of total employment
101	Guyana	12.2% of total employment
102	Sao Tome and Principe	12.1% of total employment
103	Costa Rica	11.5% of total employment
104	Mexico	11.4% of total employment
105	Kazakhstan	11.3% of total employment
106	Maldives	11.3% of total employment
107	Romania	10.9% of total employment
108	Greece	10.7% of total employment
109	Libya	10.0% of total employment
110	Algeria	9.5% of total employment
111	Belarus	9.5% of total employment
112	Cape Verde	9.2% of total employment
113	Malaysia	9.2% of total employment
114	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	9.1% of total employment
115	Venezuela	8.9% of total employment
116	The Republic of North Macedonia	8.5% of total employment
117	Iraq	8.2% of total employment
118	Uruguay	8.1% of total employment
119	Brazil	7.6% of total employment
120	Saint Lucia	7.5% of total employment
121	Dominican Republic	7.0% of total employment
122	Argentina	7.0% of total employment
123	Suriname	7.0% of total employment
124	Latvia	6.7% of total employment
125	State of Palestine	6.3% of total employment
126	Poland	6.2% of total employment
127	Chile	6.1% of total employment
128	Oman	5.9% of total employment
129	New Zealand	5.4% of total employment
130	South Africa	5.4% of total employment
131	Russian Federation	5.1% of total employment
132	South Korea	5.1% of total employment
133	Mauritius	4.7% of total employment
134	Bulgaria	4.7% of total employment
135	Lithuania	4.7% of total employment
136	Trinidad and Tobago	4.5% of total employment
137	Croatia	4.3% of total employment
138	Montenegro	4.2% of total employment
139	Hungary	4.1% of total employment
140	Ireland	3.9% of total employment
141	Slovenia	3.7% of total employment
142	Iceland	3.6% of total employment
143	Lebanon	3.5% of total employment
144	Finland	3.5% of total employment
145	Spain	3.4% of total employment
146	Italy	3.3% of total employment
147	Jordan	3.1% of total employment
148	Estonia	3.0% of total employment
149	Japan	2.8% of total employment
150	Portugal	2.8% of total employment
151	Austria	2.8% of total employment
152	Czech Republic	2.7% of total employment
153	Norway	2.5% of total employment
154	Saudi Arabia	2.5% of total employment
155	France	2.3% of total employment
156	Switzerland	2.2% of total employment
157	Australia	2.2% of total employment
158	Slovakia	2.2% of total employment
159	Cyprus	2.2% of total employment
160	French Polynesia	1.9% of total employment
161	Kuwait	1.9% of total employment
162	New Caledonia	1.8% of total employment
163	Sweden	1.8% of total employment
164	Netherlands	1.7% of total employment
165	Denmark	1.6% of total employment
166	Qatar	1.6% of total employment
167	Virgin Islands, U.S.	1.6% of total employment
168	Guam	1.6% of total employment
169	United States of America	1.5% of total employment
170	United Arab Emirates	1.4% of total employment
171	Barbados	1.2% of total employment
172	Brunei Darussalam	1.2% of total employment
173	Djibouti	1.2% of total employment
174	Puerto Rico	1.1% of total employment
175	Canada	1.1% of total employment
176	Germany	1.1% of total employment
177	Belgium	1.0% of total employment
178	Luxembourg	0.9% of total employment
179	Malta	0.9% of total employment
180	United Kingdom	0.9% of total employment
181	Bahrain	0.8% of total employment
182	Bahamas	0.8% of total employment
183	Israel	0.8% of total employment
184	Macao	0.4% of total employment
185	Hong Kong	0.2% of total employment
186	Singapore	0.1% of total employment

Showing 186 of 186 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).

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