Employment in agriculture in Spain

3.4% of employed people in Spain 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
Spain, 2025 3.4% % of total employment
Change from 2024 −0.1percentage points 2024: 3.5%
European Union, 2025 3.2% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 3.0% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 140th of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in agriculture in Spain 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 SpainEuropean Union
2025 3.4% 3.2%
2024 3.5% 3.3%
2023 3.5% 3.7%
2022 4.0% 3.8%
2021 4.1% 3.9%
2020 3.9% 3.9%
2019 4.1% 3.9%
2018 4.1% 4.0%
2017 4.3% 4.2%
2016 4.2% 4.3%
2015 4.0% 4.5%
2014 4.3% 4.7%
2013 4.3% 4.9%
2012 4.2% 5.0%
2011 3.8% 5.0%
2010 4.1% 5.2%
2009 4.0% 5.1%
2008 3.9% 5.1%
2007 4.4% 5.6%
2006 4.9% 6.0%
2005 5.3% 6.2%
2004 5.5% 6.4%
2003 5.7% 6.9%
2002 6.0% 7.0%
2001 6.6% 7.5%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 3.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 4.0%, the figure has changed by −0.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Spain has the 140th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 3.2%.

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 Spain
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