Employment in agriculture in United States
1.5% of employed people in United States worked in agriculture in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1991.
United States, 2025
1.5%
Change from 2024
0percentage points
World, 2025
25.8%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
2.9%
Position in 2025
165th of 182
Employment in agriculture in United States 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.
| Period | United States | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.5% | 25.8% |
| 2024 | 1.6% | 26.1% |
| 2023 | 1.6% | 26.6% |
| 2022 | 1.6% | 26.9% |
| 2021 | 1.7% | 26.9% |
| 2020 | 1.7% | 27.2% |
| 2019 | 1.8% | 26.3% |
| 2018 | 1.8% | 26.8% |
| 2017 | 1.9% | 27.5% |
| 2016 | 1.9% | 28.0% |
| 2015 | 1.9% | 28.5% |
| 2014 | 1.8% | 29.2% |
| 2013 | 1.7% | 30.1% |
| 2012 | 1.8% | 30.9% |
| 2011 | 1.9% | 31.7% |
| 2010 | 1.9% | 32.6% |
| 2009 | 1.7% | 33.2% |
| 2008 | 1.7% | 33.7% |
| 2007 | 1.7% | 34.3% |
| 2006 | 1.8% | 35.2% |
| 2005 | 1.8% | 36.3% |
| 2004 | 1.9% | 37.2% |
| 2003 | 1.9% | 38.2% |
| 2002 | 2.1% | 38.7% |
| 2001 | 2.2% | 39.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 1.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 1.9%, the figure has changed by −0.4 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, United States has the 165th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 25.8%.
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