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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 86.21
2 Somalia 80.28
3 Malawi 76.36
4 Chad 75.06
5 Niger 72.54
6 Mozambique 70.22
7 Central African Republic 69.85
8 Ethiopia 66.63
9 Zimbabwe 66.19
10 Tanzania 65.09
11 Nepal 64.38
12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 64.3
13 Madagascar 64.12
14 Eritrea 63.12
15 Mali 62.44
16 Rwanda 62.29
17 Laos 61.44
18 Guinea 60.65
19 Guinea-Bissau 60.48
20 South Sudan 60.38
21 Vanuatu 56.78
22 Papua New Guinea 56.15
23 Bhutan 55.78
24 Sierra Leone 54.49
25 Angola 50.73
26 Zambia 49.64
27 Myanmar 48.85
28 Tajikistan 44.72
29 Lesotho 44.3
30 North Korea 43.82
31 Cameroon 43.49
32 Liberia 42.62
33 India 42.6
34 Afghanistan 42.5
35 Ivory Coast 40.15
36 Equatorial Guinea 39.51
37 Timor-Leste 39.28
38 Sudan 38.37
39 Bangladesh 38.3
40 Benin 38.27
41 Georgia 38.15
42 Solomon Islands 37.26
43 Vietnam 37.22
44 Pakistan 36.92
45 Albania 36.42
46 Azerbaijan 36
47 Nigeria 34.97
48 Cambodia 34.53
49 Comoros 34.38
50 Congo 33.53
51 Morocco 33.25
52 Togo 32.38
53 Thailand 31.43
54 Guatemala 31.3
55 Mauritania 30.83
56 Nicaragua 30.6
57 Bolivia 30.54
58 Samoa 30.21
59 Senegal 30.1
60 Gabon 29.96
61 Ghana 29.75
62 Ecuador 29.74
63 Honduras 29.49
64 Haiti 29.03
65 Indonesia 28.5
66 Yemen 27.55
67 Peru 27.37
68 Gambia 27.03
69 Burkina Faso 26.21
70 Uzbekistan 25.71
71 China 25.33
72 Mongolia 25.32
73 Sri Lanka 24.98
74 Djibouti 24.55
75 Armenia 24.05
76 Philippines 22.86
77 Namibia 21.85
78 Romania 21.24
79 Moldova 20.96
80 Turkmenistan 20.68
81 Egypt 20.62
82 Botswana 19.9
83 Tonga 19.37
84 Kyrgyzstan 19.32
85 Sao Tome and Principe 19.14
86 Paraguay 18.72
87 Iraq 18.27
88 Turkey 18.11
89 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17.96
90 Fiji 17.61
91 Cuba 17.4
92 Iran 17.37
93 Belize 16.8
94 Libya 16.41
95 El Salvador 16.29
96 Colombia 15.77
97 Serbia 15.61
98 Guyana 15.44
99 Jamaica 15.22
100 Kazakhstan 14.86
101 Panama 14.41
102 North Macedonia 13.92
103 Ukraine 13.82
104 Tunisia 13.8
105 Mexico 12.48
106 Eswatini 12.15
107 Costa Rica 11.97
108 Greece 11.6
109 Lebanon 11.32
110 Belarus 11.06
111 Cabo Verde 10.6
112 Malaysia 10.28
113 Syria 10.13
114 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10.08
115 Saint Lucia 9.97
116 Algeria 9.6
117 Poland 9.15
118 Brazil 9.08
119 Chile 8.98
120 Dominican Republic 8.78
121 Uruguay 8.41
122 Maldives 8.32
123 Suriname 8.08
124 Venezuela 7.86
125 Latvia 7.29
126 Montenegro 7.15
127 Bulgaria 6.62
128 Lithuania 6.44
129 Croatia 6.19
130 Mauritius 5.97
131 New Zealand 5.84
132 Russia 5.83
133 Portugal 5.5
134 South Africa 5.28
135 South Korea 5.14
136 Hungary 4.72
137 Ireland 4.43
138 Slovenia 4.28
139 Iceland 4.04
140 Spain 4.03
141 Oman 3.99
142 Italy 3.89
143 Finland 3.78
144 Austria 3.66
145 Japan 3.38
146 Estonia 3.17
147 Trinidad and Tobago 3.03
148 Slovakia 2.79
149 Czechia 2.66
150 Barbados 2.65
151 Switzerland 2.59
152 Australia 2.56
153 France 2.53
154 Jordan 2.47
155 Cyprus 2.41
156 Saudi Arabia 2.41
157 Denmark 2.22
158 Bahamas 2.2
159 Netherlands 2.08
160 Norway 2.04
161 Brunei Darussalam 1.95
162 Kuwait 1.78
163 Sweden 1.69
164 Canada 1.51
165 United Arab Emirates 1.39
166 United States of America (USA) 1.36
167 Germany 1.21
168 Qatar 1.17
169 United Kingdom 1.05
170 Malta 1.02
171 Bahrain 0.94
172 Belgium 0.92
173 Israel 0.92
174 Luxembourg 0.68
175 Argentina 0.06
176 Singapore 0.03

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World employment in agriculture by year

World employment in agriculture by year.

Table

Year Number
1991 43.7
1992 43.48
1993 42.76
1994 42.02
1995 41.12
1996 40.45
1997 40.08
1998 40.05
1999 40.07
2000 39.91
2001 39.57
2002 39.35
2003 38.87
2004 37.82
2005 36.93
2006 35.8
2007 34.85
2008 34.26
2009 33.7
2010 33.03
2011 32.05
2012 31.15
2013 30.34
2014 29.43
2015 28.84
2016 28.32
2017 27.8
2018 27.22
2019 26.76

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.