Employment in agriculture in Comoros

33.6% of employed people in Comoros worked in agriculture in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1991.

Measure: Employment in agriculture Unit: % of total employment Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Comoros, 2025 33.6% % of total employment
Change from 2024 −0.5percentage points 2024: 34.1%
World, 2025 25.8% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 49th of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in agriculture in Comoros over time

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% of total employment. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment), 2001 to 2025
Period ComorosWorld
2025 33.6% 25.8%
2024 34.1% 26.1%
2023 34.6% 26.6%
2022 34.9% 26.9%
2021 35.2% 26.9%
2020 35.7% 27.2%
2019 34.6% 26.3%
2018 35.2% 26.8%
2017 36.2% 27.5%
2016 37.1% 28.0%
2015 37.8% 28.5%
2014 38.0% 29.2%
2013 39.8% 30.1%
2012 41.8% 30.9%
2011 43.6% 31.7%
2010 45.5% 32.6%
2009 47.3% 33.2%
2008 49.1% 33.7%
2007 51.0% 34.3%
2006 52.6% 35.2%
2005 54.2% 36.3%
2004 55.6% 37.2%
2003 55.9% 38.2%
2002 56.1% 38.7%
2001 56.3% 39.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 34.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 37.8%, the figure has changed by −4.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Comoros has the 49th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 25.8%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1991 to 2025 for Comoros
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates