Countries by jobs in agriculture

Share of employment in agriculture, forestry and fishing (ILO model). 181 countries ranked for 2025 (%).

		Value
1	Burundi	85.3%	-1.3%	=
2	Mozambique	73%	+1.2%	▲ 4
3	Niger	73%	-2.0%	=
4	Chad	71.7%	-1.0%	▲ 1
5	Madagascar	69.2%	-7.2%	▼ 3
6	Laos	68.6%	-6.0%	▼ 2
7	Central African Republic	66.1%	+1.8%	▲ 5
8	Malawi	65%	-0.5%	▲ 3
9	Uganda	64.9%	-9.6%	▼ 2
10	United Republic of Tanzania	64.6%	-2.7%	▼ 1
11	Mali	63%	+1.1%	▲ 4
12	Guinea-Bissau	61.1%	-6.9%	▼ 2
13	Ethiopia	60.1%	-11.6%	▼ 5
14	Democratic Republic of the Congo	58.5%	-2.8%	▲ 3
15	Eritrea	55.5%	-3.3%	▲ 6
16	Equatorial Guinea	55.3%	-0.2%	▲ 7
17	Zambia	54.5%	-11.1%	▼ 1
18	Zimbabwe	54.3%	-14.8%	▼ 5
19	North Korea	54.1%	+2.3%	▲ 6
20	Angola	51.9%	-1.5%	▲ 6
21	Burkina Faso	51.8%	-10.1%	▼ 1
22	Afghanistan	51.6%	+18.3%	▲ 17
23	Moldova	50.5%	-15.3%	▼ 5
24	Guinea	47.4%	-8.3%	▲ 4
25	Haiti	46.6%	+0.6%	▲ 10
26	Timor-Leste	46%	+1.3%	▲ 10
27	Kenya	45.8%	-12.8%	=
28	Ivory Coast	45.4%	-10.1%	▲ 2
29	Myanmar	45%	-13.0%	=
30	Sierra Leone	44.5%	-21.8%	▼ 8
31	Vanuatu	44.5%	-11.5%	=
32	Bangladesh	44.3%	+1.8%	▲ 8
33	Tajikistan	43.3%	-10.5%	▼ 1
34	Solomon Islands	42.5%	+1.9%	▲ 10
35	Bhutan	42.4%	-26.9%	▼ 16
36	Cameroon	41.9%	-10.3%	▼ 2
37	India	41.6%	-6.1%	=
38	Liberia	41.1%	+0.0%	▲ 8
39	Benin	40.2%	-6.9%	▲ 3
40	Togo	37.6%	+8.7%	▲ 17
41	Papua New Guinea	36.9%	+25.9%	▲ 30
42	Republic of the Congo	36.4%	+6.4%	▲ 16
43	Pakistan	36.2%	-11.7%	▲ 4
44	Fiji	35.6%	-11.2%	▲ 5
45	Rwanda	35.1%	-35.8%	▼ 21
46	Ghana	34.6%	-20.3%	▼ 5
47	Azerbaijan	34.2%	-6.0%	▲ 5
48	Georgia	34%	-27.5%	▼ 15
49	Comoros	33.6%	-11.1%	▲ 2
50	Nigeria	33.5%	-16.5%	=
51	Cambodia	33.4%	-21.4%	▼ 8
52	Ecuador	32.5%	+19.0%	▲ 25
53	Mauritania	32.1%	-11.6%	=
54	Yemen	31.6%	+3.6%	▲ 14
55	Lesotho	30.9%	+3.3%	▲ 14
56	Albania	30.8%	-25.1%	▼ 11
57	Nicaragua	30.5%	-1.6%	▲ 9
58	Somalia	30%	+1.7%	▲ 12
59	Senegal	29.6%	-11.1%	=
60	Guatemala	29.1%	-8.8%	▲ 3
61	Gabon	28.9%	-8.8%	▲ 3
62	Thailand	28.6%	-11.5%	▼ 1
63	Morocco	27.9%	-22.7%	▼ 9
64	Gambia	27.6%	-9.8%	▲ 3
65	Indonesia	27.3%	-16.8%	▼ 5
66	Armenia	27%	-23.5%	▼ 11
67	Mongolia	27%	-22.4%	▼ 11
68	Samoa	26.9%	-13.8%	▼ 3
69	Sri Lanka	25.9%	-9.8%	▲ 3
70	Uzbekistan	25.2%	-8.7%	▲ 6
71	Vietnam	25%	-43.2%	▼ 33
72	Bolivia	24.7%	-11.8%	▲ 2
73	Tonga	23.6%	-26.2%	▼ 11
74	Peru	23.1%	-8.0%	▲ 8
75	Nepal	22.9%	-12.9%	▲ 3
76	Honduras	22.4%	+6.7%	▲ 9
77	Namibia	22.3%	-8.6%	▲ 6
78	Turkmenistan	21.9%	-15.8%	▲ 2
79	China	21.7%	-23.3%	▼ 6
80	Philippines	20.5%	-26.5%	▼ 5
81	Botswana	18%	+9.1%	▲ 16
82	Republic of Serbia	18%	-28.9%	▼ 1
83	Egypt	17.5%	-32.7%	▼ 4
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina	16.7%	-12.1%	▲ 4
85	Syria	16.3%	+3.8%	▲ 16
86	Belize	16.1%	-11.0%	▲ 4
87	Panama	16%	-2.4%	▲ 11
88	Paraguay	16%	-18.8%	▼ 1
89	Cuba	15.5%	-16.2%	=
90	Kyrgyzstan	15.4%	-31.6%	▼ 6
91	Eswatini	14.5%	+7.4%	▲ 16
92	Colombia	14.2%	-7.8%	▲ 10
93	Turkey	14.2%	-31.1%	▼ 7
94	Jamaica	13.9%	-21.5%	=
95	El Salvador	13.9%	-23.2%	▼ 4
96	Iran	13.6%	-18.1%	=
97	Tunisia	12.5%	-15.5%	▲ 7
98	Guyana	12.2%	-29.5%	▼ 3
99	São Tomé and Principe	12.1%	-9.7%	▲ 9
100	Costa Rica	11.5%	-27.2%	=
101	Mexico	11.4%	-17.4%	▲ 5
102	Kazakhstan	11.3%	-37.2%	▼ 10
103	Maldives	11.3%	+15.3%	▲ 13
104	Romania	10.9%	-31.9%	▼ 5
105	Greece	10.7%	-14.4%	▲ 4
106	Libya	10%	-13.8%	▲ 5
107	Belarus	9.5%	-2.1%	▲ 10
108	Algeria	9.5%	+6.7%	▲ 15
109	Cabo Verde	9.2%	-35.2%	▼ 4
110	Malaysia	9.2%	-26.4%	=
111	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	9.1%	-20.9%	▲ 2
112	Venezuela	8.9%	+39.1%	▲ 22
113	North Macedonia	8.5%	-52.2%	▼ 20
114	Iraq	8.2%	-13.7%	▲ 5
115	Uruguay	8.1%	-15.6%	▲ 3
116	Brazil	7.6%	-18.3%	▲ 4
117	Saint Lucia	7.5%	-31.2%	▼ 3
118	Argentina	7%	-12.5%	▲ 7
119	Dominican Republic	7%	-28.6%	▼ 4
120	Suriname	7%	-9.1%	▲ 8
121	Latvia	6.7%	-15.2%	▲ 5
122	Poland	6.2%	-46.1%	▼ 10
123	Chile	6.1%	-18.7%	▲ 6
124	Oman	5.9%	+11.3%	▲ 14
125	New Zealand	5.4%	-11.5%	▲ 10
126	South Africa	5.4%	-3.6%	▲ 10
127	South Korea	5.1%	+0.0%	▲ 12
128	Russia	5.1%	-25.0%	▲ 5
129	Bulgaria	4.7%	-30.9%	▲ 3
130	Lithuania	4.7%	-48.4%	▼ 8
131	Mauritius	4.7%	-33.8%	▼ 1
132	Trinidad and Tobago	4.5%	-6.2%	▲ 9
133	Croatia	4.3%	-53.3%	▼ 12
134	Montenegro	4.2%	-45.5%	▼ 7
135	Hungary	4.1%	-16.3%	▲ 5
136	Ireland	3.9%	-26.4%	▲ 1
137	Slovenia	3.7%	-47.9%	▼ 6
138	Iceland	3.6%	-14.3%	▲ 6
139	Finland	3.5%	-18.6%	▲ 4
140	Spain	3.4%	-15.0%	▲ 7
141	Italy	3.3%	-13.2%	▲ 10
142	Jordan	3.1%	-8.8%	▲ 13
143	Estonia	3%	-25.0%	▲ 5
144	Austria	2.8%	-37.8%	▼ 2
145	Japan	2.8%	-26.3%	▲ 7
146	Portugal	2.8%	-30.0%	▲ 3
147	Czechia	2.7%	-6.9%	▲ 10
148	Norway	2.5%	+19.0%	▲ 17
149	Saudi Arabia	2.5%	-39.0%	▼ 4
150	France	2.3%	-14.8%	▲ 9
151	Australia	2.2%	-15.4%	▲ 9
152	Switzerland	2.2%	-35.3%	▲ 2
153	Cyprus	2.2%	-45.0%	▼ 7
154	Slovakia	2.2%	-43.6%	▼ 4
155	Kuwait	1.9%	-13.6%	▲ 8
156	French Polynesia	1.9%	-26.9%	▲ 5
157	New Caledonia	1.8%	+12.5%	▲ 15
158	Sweden	1.8%	-10.0%	▲ 10
159	Netherlands	1.7%	-22.7%	▲ 5
160	Denmark	1.6%	-36.0%	▲ 2
161	Guam	1.6%	-20.0%	▲ 6
162	Qatar	1.6%	+33.3%	▲ 17
163	United States Virgin Islands	1.6%	-23.8%	▲ 3
164	United States	1.5%	-21.1%	▲ 6
165	United Arab Emirates	1.4%	-50.0%	▼ 7
166	Barbados	1.2%	-58.6%	▼ 10
167	Brunei	1.2%	-14.3%	▲ 6
168	Djibouti	1.2%	-14.3%	▲ 7
169	Canada	1.1%	-31.3%	▲ 2
170	Germany	1.1%	-21.4%	▲ 4
171	Puerto Rico	1.1%	-21.4%	▲ 6
172	Belgium	1%	-16.7%	▲ 6
173	United Kingdom	0.9%	-18.2%	▲ 8
174	Luxembourg	0.9%	-18.2%	▲ 8
175	Malta	0.9%	-35.7%	▲ 1
176	Bahrain	0.8%	-27.3%	▲ 4
177	The Bahamas	0.8%	-57.9%	▼ 8
178	Israel	0.8%	-20.0%	▲ 5
179	Macao S.A.R	0.4%	+0.0%	▲ 5
180	Hong Kong S.A.R.	0.2%	+0.0%	▲ 5
181	Singapore	0.1%	+0.0%	▲ 5

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Countries by jobs in agriculture

Share of employment in agriculture, forestry and fishing (ILO model). 181 countries ranked for 2025 (%).

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1Burundi85.3%

2Mozambique73%

3Niger73%

		Value
1	Burundi	85.3%	-1.3%	=
2	Mozambique	73%	+1.2%	▲ 4
3	Niger	73%	-2.0%	=
4	Chad	71.7%	-1.0%	▲ 1
5	Madagascar	69.2%	-7.2%	▼ 3
6	Laos	68.6%	-6.0%	▼ 2
7	Central African Republic	66.1%	+1.8%	▲ 5
8	Malawi	65%	-0.5%	▲ 3
9	Uganda	64.9%	-9.6%	▼ 2
10	United Republic of Tanzania	64.6%	-2.7%	▼ 1
11	Mali	63%	+1.1%	▲ 4
12	Guinea-Bissau	61.1%	-6.9%	▼ 2
13	Ethiopia	60.1%	-11.6%	▼ 5
14	Democratic Republic of the Congo	58.5%	-2.8%	▲ 3
15	Eritrea	55.5%	-3.3%	▲ 6
16	Equatorial Guinea	55.3%	-0.2%	▲ 7
17	Zambia	54.5%	-11.1%	▼ 1
18	Zimbabwe	54.3%	-14.8%	▼ 5
19	North Korea	54.1%	+2.3%	▲ 6
20	Angola	51.9%	-1.5%	▲ 6
21	Burkina Faso	51.8%	-10.1%	▼ 1
22	Afghanistan	51.6%	+18.3%	▲ 17
23	Moldova	50.5%	-15.3%	▼ 5
24	Guinea	47.4%	-8.3%	▲ 4
25	Haiti	46.6%	+0.6%	▲ 10
26	Timor-Leste	46%	+1.3%	▲ 10
27	Kenya	45.8%	-12.8%	=
28	Ivory Coast	45.4%	-10.1%	▲ 2
29	Myanmar	45%	-13.0%	=
30	Sierra Leone	44.5%	-21.8%	▼ 8
31	Vanuatu	44.5%	-11.5%	=
32	Bangladesh	44.3%	+1.8%	▲ 8
33	Tajikistan	43.3%	-10.5%	▼ 1
34	Solomon Islands	42.5%	+1.9%	▲ 10
35	Bhutan	42.4%	-26.9%	▼ 16
36	Cameroon	41.9%	-10.3%	▼ 2
37	India	41.6%	-6.1%	=
38	Liberia	41.1%	+0.0%	▲ 8
39	Benin	40.2%	-6.9%	▲ 3
40	Togo	37.6%	+8.7%	▲ 17
41	Papua New Guinea	36.9%	+25.9%	▲ 30
42	Republic of the Congo	36.4%	+6.4%	▲ 16
43	Pakistan	36.2%	-11.7%	▲ 4
44	Fiji	35.6%	-11.2%	▲ 5
45	Rwanda	35.1%	-35.8%	▼ 21
46	Ghana	34.6%	-20.3%	▼ 5
47	Azerbaijan	34.2%	-6.0%	▲ 5
48	Georgia	34%	-27.5%	▼ 15
49	Comoros	33.6%	-11.1%	▲ 2
50	Nigeria	33.5%	-16.5%	=
51	Cambodia	33.4%	-21.4%	▼ 8
52	Ecuador	32.5%	+19.0%	▲ 25
53	Mauritania	32.1%	-11.6%	=
54	Yemen	31.6%	+3.6%	▲ 14
55	Lesotho	30.9%	+3.3%	▲ 14
56	Albania	30.8%	-25.1%	▼ 11
57	Nicaragua	30.5%	-1.6%	▲ 9
58	Somalia	30%	+1.7%	▲ 12
59	Senegal	29.6%	-11.1%	=
60	Guatemala	29.1%	-8.8%	▲ 3
61	Gabon	28.9%	-8.8%	▲ 3
62	Thailand	28.6%	-11.5%	▼ 1
63	Morocco	27.9%	-22.7%	▼ 9
64	Gambia	27.6%	-9.8%	▲ 3
65	Indonesia	27.3%	-16.8%	▼ 5
66	Armenia	27%	-23.5%	▼ 11
67	Mongolia	27%	-22.4%	▼ 11
68	Samoa	26.9%	-13.8%	▼ 3
69	Sri Lanka	25.9%	-9.8%	▲ 3
70	Uzbekistan	25.2%	-8.7%	▲ 6
71	Vietnam	25%	-43.2%	▼ 33
72	Bolivia	24.7%	-11.8%	▲ 2
73	Tonga	23.6%	-26.2%	▼ 11
74	Peru	23.1%	-8.0%	▲ 8
75	Nepal	22.9%	-12.9%	▲ 3
76	Honduras	22.4%	+6.7%	▲ 9
77	Namibia	22.3%	-8.6%	▲ 6
78	Turkmenistan	21.9%	-15.8%	▲ 2
79	China	21.7%	-23.3%	▼ 6
80	Philippines	20.5%	-26.5%	▼ 5
81	Botswana	18%	+9.1%	▲ 16
82	Republic of Serbia	18%	-28.9%	▼ 1
83	Egypt	17.5%	-32.7%	▼ 4
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina	16.7%	-12.1%	▲ 4
85	Syria	16.3%	+3.8%	▲ 16
86	Belize	16.1%	-11.0%	▲ 4
87	Panama	16%	-2.4%	▲ 11
88	Paraguay	16%	-18.8%	▼ 1
89	Cuba	15.5%	-16.2%	=
90	Kyrgyzstan	15.4%	-31.6%	▼ 6
91	Eswatini	14.5%	+7.4%	▲ 16
92	Colombia	14.2%	-7.8%	▲ 10
93	Turkey	14.2%	-31.1%	▼ 7
94	Jamaica	13.9%	-21.5%	=
95	El Salvador	13.9%	-23.2%	▼ 4
96	Iran	13.6%	-18.1%	=
97	Tunisia	12.5%	-15.5%	▲ 7
98	Guyana	12.2%	-29.5%	▼ 3
99	São Tomé and Principe	12.1%	-9.7%	▲ 9
100	Costa Rica	11.5%	-27.2%	=
101	Mexico	11.4%	-17.4%	▲ 5
102	Kazakhstan	11.3%	-37.2%	▼ 10
103	Maldives	11.3%	+15.3%	▲ 13
104	Romania	10.9%	-31.9%	▼ 5
105	Greece	10.7%	-14.4%	▲ 4
106	Libya	10%	-13.8%	▲ 5
107	Belarus	9.5%	-2.1%	▲ 10
108	Algeria	9.5%	+6.7%	▲ 15
109	Cabo Verde	9.2%	-35.2%	▼ 4
110	Malaysia	9.2%	-26.4%	=
111	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	9.1%	-20.9%	▲ 2
112	Venezuela	8.9%	+39.1%	▲ 22
113	North Macedonia	8.5%	-52.2%	▼ 20
114	Iraq	8.2%	-13.7%	▲ 5
115	Uruguay	8.1%	-15.6%	▲ 3
116	Brazil	7.6%	-18.3%	▲ 4
117	Saint Lucia	7.5%	-31.2%	▼ 3
118	Argentina	7%	-12.5%	▲ 7
119	Dominican Republic	7%	-28.6%	▼ 4
120	Suriname	7%	-9.1%	▲ 8
121	Latvia	6.7%	-15.2%	▲ 5
122	Poland	6.2%	-46.1%	▼ 10
123	Chile	6.1%	-18.7%	▲ 6
124	Oman	5.9%	+11.3%	▲ 14
125	New Zealand	5.4%	-11.5%	▲ 10
126	South Africa	5.4%	-3.6%	▲ 10
127	South Korea	5.1%	+0.0%	▲ 12
128	Russia	5.1%	-25.0%	▲ 5
129	Bulgaria	4.7%	-30.9%	▲ 3
130	Lithuania	4.7%	-48.4%	▼ 8
131	Mauritius	4.7%	-33.8%	▼ 1
132	Trinidad and Tobago	4.5%	-6.2%	▲ 9
133	Croatia	4.3%	-53.3%	▼ 12
134	Montenegro	4.2%	-45.5%	▼ 7
135	Hungary	4.1%	-16.3%	▲ 5
136	Ireland	3.9%	-26.4%	▲ 1
137	Slovenia	3.7%	-47.9%	▼ 6
138	Iceland	3.6%	-14.3%	▲ 6
139	Finland	3.5%	-18.6%	▲ 4
140	Spain	3.4%	-15.0%	▲ 7
141	Italy	3.3%	-13.2%	▲ 10
142	Jordan	3.1%	-8.8%	▲ 13
143	Estonia	3%	-25.0%	▲ 5
144	Austria	2.8%	-37.8%	▼ 2
145	Japan	2.8%	-26.3%	▲ 7
146	Portugal	2.8%	-30.0%	▲ 3
147	Czechia	2.7%	-6.9%	▲ 10
148	Norway	2.5%	+19.0%	▲ 17
149	Saudi Arabia	2.5%	-39.0%	▼ 4
150	France	2.3%	-14.8%	▲ 9
151	Australia	2.2%	-15.4%	▲ 9
152	Switzerland	2.2%	-35.3%	▲ 2
153	Cyprus	2.2%	-45.0%	▼ 7
154	Slovakia	2.2%	-43.6%	▼ 4
155	Kuwait	1.9%	-13.6%	▲ 8
156	French Polynesia	1.9%	-26.9%	▲ 5
157	New Caledonia	1.8%	+12.5%	▲ 15
158	Sweden	1.8%	-10.0%	▲ 10
159	Netherlands	1.7%	-22.7%	▲ 5
160	Denmark	1.6%	-36.0%	▲ 2
161	Guam	1.6%	-20.0%	▲ 6
162	Qatar	1.6%	+33.3%	▲ 17
163	United States Virgin Islands	1.6%	-23.8%	▲ 3
164	United States	1.5%	-21.1%	▲ 6
165	United Arab Emirates	1.4%	-50.0%	▼ 7
166	Barbados	1.2%	-58.6%	▼ 10
167	Brunei	1.2%	-14.3%	▲ 6
168	Djibouti	1.2%	-14.3%	▲ 7
169	Canada	1.1%	-31.3%	▲ 2
170	Germany	1.1%	-21.4%	▲ 4
171	Puerto Rico	1.1%	-21.4%	▲ 6
172	Belgium	1%	-16.7%	▲ 6
173	United Kingdom	0.9%	-18.2%	▲ 8
174	Luxembourg	0.9%	-18.2%	▲ 8
175	Malta	0.9%	-35.7%	▲ 1
176	Bahrain	0.8%	-27.3%	▲ 4
177	The Bahamas	0.8%	-57.9%	▼ 8
178	Israel	0.8%	-20.0%	▲ 5
179	Macao S.A.R	0.4%	+0.0%	▲ 5
180	Hong Kong S.A.R.	0.2%	+0.0%	▲ 5
181	Singapore	0.1%	+0.0%	▲ 5

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