Employment in agriculture
People working in agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing as a share of all employed people. ILO modelled estimates.
Highest in 2025
85.3%
Burundi
Lowest in 2025
0.1%
Singapore
Euro area, 2025
2.6%
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2025
182
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
182 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend 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 | World | United States | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25.8% | 1.5% | 21.7% | 41.6% |
| 2024 | 26.1% | 1.6% | 22.2% | 42.4% |
| 2023 | 26.6% | 1.6% | 22.8% | 43.5% |
| 2022 | 26.9% | 1.6% | 24.1% | 42.9% |
| 2021 | 26.9% | 1.7% | 22.9% | 44.1% |
| 2020 | 27.2% | 1.7% | 23.6% | 44.7% |
| 2019 | 26.3% | 1.8% | 24.7% | 40.7% |
| 2018 | 26.8% | 1.8% | 25.8% | 41.3% |
| 2017 | 27.5% | 1.9% | 26.7% | 42.3% |
| 2016 | 28.0% | 1.9% | 27.4% | 43.2% |
| 2015 | 28.5% | 1.9% | 28.3% | 44.3% |
| 2014 | 29.2% | 1.8% | 29.5% | 45.3% |
| 2013 | 30.1% | 1.7% | 31.4% | 46.2% |
| 2012 | 30.9% | 1.8% | 33.6% | 47.1% |
| 2011 | 31.7% | 1.9% | 34.8% | 49.1% |
| 2010 | 32.6% | 1.9% | 36.7% | 51.1% |
| 2009 | 33.2% | 1.7% | 38.1% | 51.9% |
| 2008 | 33.7% | 1.7% | 39.6% | 52.9% |
| 2007 | 34.3% | 1.7% | 40.8% | 53.4% |
| 2006 | 35.2% | 1.8% | 42.6% | 54.3% |
| 2005 | 36.3% | 1.8% | 44.8% | 55.0% |
| 2004 | 37.2% | 1.9% | 46.9% | 56.0% |
| 2003 | 38.2% | 1.9% | 49.1% | 57.2% |
| 2002 | 38.7% | 2.1% | 50.0% | 58.2% |
| 2001 | 39.0% | 2.2% | 50.0% | 58.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 182 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Burundi (85.3%) and the lowest Singapore (0.1%).
- Half of the countries are above 14.4% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 3 countries and fell in 179.
- The figure for the world was 25.8% in 2025, against 27.2% in 2020 (−1.4 percentage points).
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All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Burundi 85.3%
- 2 Mozambique 73.0%
- 3 Niger 73.0%
- 4 Chad 71.7%
- 5 Madagascar 69.2%
- 6 Laos 68.6%
- 7 Central African Republic 66.1%
- 8 Malawi 65.0%
- 9 Uganda 64.9%
- 10 Tanzania 64.6%
- 11 Mali 63.0%
- 12 Guinea-Bissau 61.1%
- 13 Ethiopia 60.1%
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 58.5%
- 15 Eritrea 55.5%
- 16 Equatorial Guinea 55.3%
- 17 Zambia 54.5%
- 18 Zimbabwe 54.3%
- 19 North Korea 54.1%
- 20 Angola 51.9%
- 21 Burkina Faso 51.8%
- 22 Afghanistan 51.6%
- 23 Moldova 50.5%
- 24 Guinea 47.4%
- 25 Haiti 46.6%
- 26 Timor-Leste 46.0%
- 27 Kenya 45.8%
- 28 Côte d'Ivoire 45.4%
- 29 Myanmar 45.0%
- 30 Vanuatu 44.5%
- 31 Sierra Leone 44.5%
- 32 Bangladesh 44.3%
- 33 Tajikistan 43.3%
- 34 Solomon Islands 42.5%
- 35 Bhutan 42.4%
- 36 Cameroon 41.9%
- 37 India 41.6%
- 38 Liberia 41.1%
- 39 Benin 40.2%
- 40 Togo 37.6%
- 41 Papua New Guinea 36.9%
- 42 Republic of the Congo 36.4%
- 43 Pakistan 36.2%
- 44 Fiji 35.6%
- 45 Rwanda 35.1%
- 46 Ghana 34.6%
- 47 Azerbaijan 34.2%
- 48 Georgia 34.0%
- 49 Comoros 33.6%
- 50 Nigeria 33.5%
- 51 Cambodia 33.4%
- 52 Ecuador 32.5%
- 53 Mauritania 32.1%
- 54 Yemen 31.6%
- 55 Lesotho 30.9%
- 56 Albania 30.8%
- 57 Nicaragua 30.5%
- 58 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 30.0%
- 59 Senegal 29.6%
- 60 Guatemala 29.1%
- 61 Gabon 28.9%
- 62 Thailand 28.6%
- 63 Morocco 27.9%
- 64 Gambia 27.6%
- 65 Indonesia 27.3%
- 66 Mongolia 27.0%
- 67 Armenia 27.0%
- 68 Samoa 26.9%
- 69 Sri Lanka 25.9%
- 70 Uzbekistan 25.2%
- 71 Viet Nam 25.0%
- 72 Bolivia 24.7%
- 73 Tonga 23.6%
- 74 Peru 23.1%
- 75 Nepal 22.9%
- 76 Honduras 22.4%
- 77 Namibia 22.3%
- 78 Turkmenistan 21.9%
- 79 China 21.7%
- 80 Philippines 20.5%
- 81 Botswana 18.0%
- 82 Serbia 18.0%
- 83 Egypt 17.5%
- 84 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16.7%
- 85 Syria 16.3%
- 86 Belize 16.1%
- 87 Panama 16.0%
- 88 Paraguay 16.0%
- 89 Cuba 15.5%
- 90 Kyrgyzstan 15.4%
- 91 Eswatini 14.5%
- 92 Türkiye 14.2%
- 93 Colombia 14.2%
- 94 Jamaica 13.9%
- 95 El Salvador 13.9%
- 96 Iran 13.6%
- 97 Tunisia 12.5%
- 98 Guyana 12.2%
- 99 São Tomé and Príncipe 12.1%
- 100 Costa Rica 11.5%
- 101 Mexico 11.4%
- 102 Kazakhstan 11.3%
- 103 Maldives 11.3%
- 104 Romania 10.9%
- 105 Greece 10.7%
- 106 Libya 10.0%
- 107 Algeria 9.5%
- 108 Belarus 9.5%
- 109 Cabo Verde 9.2%
- 110 Malaysia 9.2%
- 111 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9.1%
- 112 Venezuela 8.9%
- 113 North Macedonia 8.5%
- 114 Iraq 8.2%
- 115 Uruguay 8.1%
- 116 Brazil 7.6%
- 117 Saint Lucia 7.5%
- 118 Dominican Republic 7.0%
- 119 Argentina 7.0%
- 120 Suriname 7.0%
- 121 Latvia 6.7%
- 122 Poland 6.2%
- 123 Chile 6.1%
- 124 Oman 5.9%
- 125 New Zealand 5.4%
- 126 South Africa 5.4%
- 127 Russia 5.1%
- 128 South Korea 5.1%
- 129 Mauritius 4.7%
- 130 Bulgaria 4.7%
- 131 Lithuania 4.7%
- 132 Trinidad and Tobago 4.5%
- 133 Croatia 4.3%
- 134 Montenegro 4.2%
- 135 Hungary 4.1%
- 136 Ireland 3.9%
- 137 Slovenia 3.7%
- 138 Iceland 3.6%
- 139 Finland 3.5%
- 140 Spain 3.4%
- 141 Italy 3.3%
- 142 Jordan 3.1%
- 143 Estonia 3.0%
- 144 Japan 2.8%
- 145 Portugal 2.8%
- 146 Austria 2.8%
- 147 Czechia 2.7%
- 148 Norway 2.5%
- 149 Saudi Arabia 2.5%
- 150 France 2.3%
- 151 Switzerland 2.2%
- 152 Australia 2.2%
- 153 Slovakia 2.2%
- 154 Cyprus 2.2%
- 155 Channel Islands 2.1%
- 156 French Polynesia 1.9%
- 157 Kuwait 1.9%
- 158 New Caledonia 1.8%
- 159 Sweden 1.8%
- 160 Netherlands 1.7%
- 161 Denmark 1.6%
- 162 Qatar 1.6%
- 163 US Virgin Islands 1.6%
- 164 Guam 1.6%
- 165 United States 1.5%
- 166 United Arab Emirates 1.4%
- 167 Barbados 1.2%
- 168 Brunei 1.2%
- 169 Djibouti 1.2%
- 170 Puerto Rico (US) 1.1%
- 171 Canada 1.1%
- 172 Germany 1.1%
- 173 Belgium 1.0%
- 174 Luxembourg 0.9%
- 175 Malta 0.9%
- 176 United Kingdom 0.9%
- 177 Bahrain 0.8%
- 178 Bahamas 0.8%
- 179 Israel 0.8%
- 180 Macao SAR, China 0.4%
- 181 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.2%
- 182 Singapore 0.1%
- East Asia and Pacific 21.7%
- Euro area 2.6%
- Europe and Central Asia 6.7%
- European Union 3.2%
- Latin America and Caribbean 12.7%
- Middle East and North Africa 21.7%
- North America 1.5%
- OECD members 4.3%
- South Asia 41.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 49.3%
- World 25.8%
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