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Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)

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Employment in agriculture by country

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A map of the world, with colours to highlight the employment in agriculture as percent of total employment of each country. Numbers on the legend are %.

List of all countries

Flag Position Country Number
1 Burundi 85.05
2 Niger 70.65
3 Central African Republic 70.53
4 Laos 69.64
5 Mozambique 69.48
6 Madagascar 69.38
7 Chad 69.08
8 Mali 67.77
9 Tanzania 65.37
10 Ethiopia 62.37
11 Malawi 61.7
12 Nepal 61.21
13 Eritrea 60.86
14 South Sudan 59.25
15 Guinea 58.24
16 Angola 56.22
17 Equatorial Guinea 55.87
18 Zambia 55.45
19 Democratic Republic of the Congo 55.06
20 Rwanda 54.79
21 Zimbabwe 52.53
22 Armenia 52.3
23 Moldova 51.14
24 Guinea-Bissau 49.96
25 North Korea 46.82
26 Afghanistan 45.46
27 Ivory Coast 45.23
28 Myanmar 45.2
29 Haiti 44.68
30 Bhutan 43.81
31 Vanuatu 43.62
32 India 43.51
33 Cameroon 43.42
34 Sierra Leone 43.03
35 Tajikistan 42.74
36 Georgia 39.92
37 Liberia 38.87
38 Papua New Guinea 38.73
39 Solomon Islands 37.57
40 Timor-Leste 36.8
41 Pakistan 36.1
42 Cambodia 36.01
43 Azerbaijan 35.49
44 Ghana 35.37
45 Bangladesh 35.27
46 Albania 34.89
47 Comoros 34.43
48 Nigeria 34.31
49 Vietnam 32.98
50 Mauritania 32.69
51 Burkina Faso 31.38
52 Togo 30.31
53 Samoa 30.21
54 Congo 30.17
55 Thailand 30.11
56 Ecuador 30
57 Morocco 29.59
58 Lesotho 29.2
59 Gabon 29.19
60 Gambia 29.07
61 Indonesia 28.77
62 Yemen 28.56
63 Fiji 28.09
64 Benin 27.99
65 Nicaragua 27.67
66 Guatemala 26.66
67 Tonga 26.29
68 Sri Lanka 26.26
69 Mongolia 26.12
70 Somalia 25.99
71 Bolivia 24.35
72 Peru 23.97
73 Kyrgyzstan 23.85
74 Honduras 22.56
75 Philippines 22.37
76 China 22.33
77 Turkmenistan 22.25
78 Senegal 21.64
79 Namibia 21.49
80 Serbia 19.16
81 South Africa 18.79
82 Egypt 18.69
83 Botswana 18
84 Romania 17.89
85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17.57
86 Paraguay 17.17
87 Cuba 17.1
88 Belize 15.62
89 Syria 15.04
90 El Salvador 14.75
91 Panama 14.71
92 Turkey 14.64
93 Jamaica 14.61
94 Colombia 14.44
95 Iran 14.31
96 Uzbekistan 13.88
97 Eswatini 13.77
98 Costa Rica 13.41
99 Tunisia 12.85
100 Kazakhstan 12.13
101 Mexico 11.96
102 Greece 11.48
103 Guyana 11.29
104 Sao Tome and Principe 11.1
105 Venezuela 10.63
106 Saint Lucia 10.39
107 Belarus 9.97
108 Cabo Verde 9.92
109 Malaysia 9.84
110 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9.6
111 Algeria 9.34
112 North Macedonia 9.29
113 Uruguay 8.71
114 Libya 8.69
115 Iraq 8.25
116 Brazil 8.2
117 Maldives 7.7
118 Poland 7.6
119 Dominican Republic 7.39
120 Suriname 7.36
121 Latvia 6.75
122 Chile 6.21
123 Oman 6.13
124 Montenegro 6.02
125 Russia 5.7
126 Bulgaria 5.68
127 New Zealand 5.62
128 South Korea 5.32
129 Mauritius 5.32
130 Lithuania 5.06
131 Croatia 4.68
132 Hungary 4.43
133 Ireland 4.03
134 Slovenia 4.03
135 Iceland 3.71
136 Spain 3.62
137 Finland 3.61
138 Italy 3.59
139 Lebanon 3.44
140 Jordan 3.22
141 Austria 3.12
142 Japan 3.01
143 Portugal 2.95
144 Trinidad and Tobago 2.92
145 Bahamas 2.89
146 Saudi Arabia 2.83
147 Czechia 2.74
148 Barbados 2.63
149 Estonia 2.6
150 France 2.51
151 Norway 2.5
152 Cyprus 2.37
153 Slovakia 2.37
154 Australia 2.15
155 Denmark 2.02
156 Kuwait 1.94
157 Netherlands 1.91
158 Switzerland 1.91
159 Sweden 1.77
160 Qatar 1.71
161 United States of America (USA) 1.57
162 Brunei Darussalam 1.51
163 United Arab Emirates 1.35
164 Canada 1.27
165 Germany 1.2
166 Djibouti 1.15
167 Malta 1.11
168 Belgium 1.09
169 United Kingdom 0.99
170 Bahrain 0.88
171 Luxembourg 0.87
172 Israel 0.76
173 Argentina 0.61
174 Singapore 0.09

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World employment in agriculture by year

World employment in agriculture by year.

Table

Year Number
1991 43.3
1992 43.02
1993 42.3
1994 41.72
1995 40.99
1996 40.35
1997 39.99
1998 39.91
1999 39.93
2000 39.67
2001 39.29
2002 38.95
2003 38.45
2004 37.38
2005 36.46
2006 35.39
2007 34.47
2008 33.84
2009 33.32
2010 32.66
2011 31.78
2012 30.95
2013 30.07
2014 29.13
2015 28.42
2016 27.9
2017 27.35
2018 26.71
2019 26.22
2020 26.87
2021 26.61
2022 26.18
2023 26.09

Countries with the highest employment in agriculture

Top 10 countries by employment in agriculture

Employment in agriculture (percent of total employment)

One of the most important parts of the economy is agriculture. As a result of that, countries acquire animal and plant products that are crucial to not only feed the world, but also to guarantee the appropriate cultivation of more demanding flora and, obviously, fauna. Thanks to that we can breed livestock and enjoy its wonderful resources.

Interestingly, the last several years allowed us to see a huge change in the employment rates when compared to the % of total employment. Back in 2000, a little over 40% of total employment was in the category of agriculture. Now, it is only 26%. However, thanks to a huge advancement in technology, it does not mean we have less food than before. There is much more than we had in the previous years!

See the top 3 countries that deal with agriculture!

Obviously the data provided at the top refers to the worldwide employment, which depict the average in the world. Still, there are many citizens in developing countries that focus on agriculture simply because of its low skill threshold and the possibility to feed entire families.

The country that is focused on agriculture the most is surely Burundi. There, 92% of the total labor force is working in this particular field of economy. The second place belongs to Somalia. However, it is a noticeable lower percentage of the total employment - 83%. The Central African Republic closes the ranking with 77% according to the data recorded in 2020. Interestingly, most of the African region is focused on agriculture, because out of ten most agriculturally focused nations, all of them are from the Dark Continent.

What about the top 3 nations that are least focused on agriculture?

As you can guess, most of the developed countries are fairly limited in agriculture. Some of them are Argentina, Hong Kong SAR in China, Guam and Macao SAR in China. All these places are agriculture employment at the level of 0% of total employment in the country.