Share of the labor force employed in agriculture
Agriculture includes the cultivation of crops and livestock production, as well as forestry, hunting, and fishing. Employment includes anyone engaged in anyactivity to produce goods or services for pay or profit.
Share of the labor force employed in agriculture percent
Country/area | 1700 | 2019 | Absolute Change | Relative Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 43% | |||
| Albania | 36% | |||
| Algeria | 10% | |||
| Angola | 51% | |||
| Argentina | 0% | |||
| Armenia | 24% | |||
| Australia | 3% | |||
| Austria | 4% | |||
| Azerbaijan | 36% | |||
| Bahamas | 2% | |||
| Bahrain | 1% | |||
| Bangladesh | 38% | |||
| Barbados | 3% | |||
| Belarus | 11% | |||
| Belgium | 1% | |||
| Belize | 17% | |||
| Benin | 38% | |||
| Bhutan | 56% | |||
| Bolivia | 31% | |||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18% | |||
| Botswana | 20% | |||
| Brazil | 9% | |||
| Brunei | 2% | |||
| Bulgaria | 7% | |||
| Burkina Faso | 26% | |||
| Burundi | 86% | |||
| Cambodia | 35% | |||
| Cameroon | 43% | |||
| Canada | 2% | |||
| Cape Verde | 11% | |||
| Central African Republic | 70% | |||
| Chad | 75% | |||
| Chile | 9% | |||
| China | 25% | |||
| Colombia | 16% | |||
| Comoros | 34% | |||
| Congo | 34% | |||
| Costa Rica | 12% | |||
| Cote d'Ivoire | 40% | |||
| Croatia | 6% | |||
| Cuba | 17% | |||
| Cyprus | 2% | |||
| Czechia | 3% | |||
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 64% | |||
| Denmark | 2% | |||
| Djibouti | 25% | |||
| Dominican Republic | 9% | |||
| East Timor | 39% | |||
| Ecuador | 30% | |||
| Egypt | 21% | |||
| El Salvador | 16% | |||
| Equatorial Guinea | 40% | |||
| Eritrea | 63% | |||
| Estonia | 3% | |||
| Eswatini | 12% | |||
| Ethiopia | 67% | |||
| Fiji | 18% | |||
| Finland | 4% | |||
| France | 63% | 3% | -61 pp | -96% |
| French Polynesia | 7% | |||
| Gabon | 30% | |||
| Gambia | 27% | |||
| Georgia | 38% | |||
| Germany | 1% | |||
| Ghana | 30% | |||
| Greece | 12% | |||
| Guam | 0% | |||
| Guatemala | 31% | |||
| Guinea | 61% | |||
| Guinea-Bissau | 60% | |||
| Guyana | 15% | |||
| Haiti | 29% | |||
| Honduras | 29% | |||
| Hong Kong | 0% | |||
| Hungary | 5% | |||
| Iceland | 4% | |||
| India | 43% | |||
| Indonesia | 29% | |||
| Iran | 17% | |||
| Iraq | 18% | |||
| Ireland | 4% | |||
| Israel | 1% | |||
| Italy | 59% | 4% | -55 pp | -93% |
| Jamaica | 15% | |||
| Japan | 3% | |||
| Jordan | 2% | |||
| Kazakhstan | 15% | |||
| Kenya | 54% | |||
| Kuwait | 2% | |||
| Kyrgyzstan | 19% | |||
| Laos | 61% | |||
| Latvia | 7% | |||
| Lebanon | 11% | |||
| Lesotho | 44% | |||
| Liberia | 43% | |||
| Libya | 16% | |||
| Lithuania | 6% | |||
| Luxembourg | 1% | |||
| Macao | 0% | |||
| Madagascar | 64% | |||
| Malawi | 76% | |||
| Malaysia | 10% | |||
| Maldives | 8% | |||
| Mali | 62% | |||
| Malta | 1% | |||
| Mauritania | 31% | |||
| Mauritius | 6% | |||
| Mexico | 12% | |||
| Moldova | 21% | |||
| Mongolia | 25% | |||
| Montenegro | 7% | |||
| Morocco | 33% | |||
| Mozambique | 70% | |||
| Myanmar | 49% | |||
| Namibia | 22% | |||
| Nepal | 64% | |||
| Netherlands | 42% | 2% | -40 pp | -95% |
| New Caledonia | 2% | |||
| New Zealand | 6% | |||
| Nicaragua | 31% | |||
| Niger | 73% | |||
| Nigeria | 35% | |||
| North Korea | 44% | |||
| North Macedonia | 14% | |||
| Norway | 2% | |||
| Oman | 4% | |||
| Pakistan | 37% | |||
| Palestine | 6% | |||
| Panama | 14% | |||
| Papua New Guinea | 56% | |||
| Paraguay | 19% | |||
| Peru | 27% | |||
| Philippines | 23% | |||
| Poland | 63% | 9% | -54 pp | -86% |
| Portugal | 6% | |||
| Puerto Rico | 1% | |||
| Qatar | 1% | |||
| Romania | 21% | |||
| Russia | 6% | |||
| Rwanda | 62% | |||
| Saint Lucia | 10% | |||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10% | |||
| Samoa | 30% | |||
| Sao Tome and Principe | 19% | |||
| Saudi Arabia | 2% | |||
| Senegal | 30% | |||
| Serbia | 16% | |||
| Sierra Leone | 54% | |||
| Singapore | 0% | |||
| Slovakia | 3% | |||
| Slovenia | 4% | |||
| Solomon Islands | 37% | |||
| Somalia | 80% | |||
| South Africa | 5% | |||
| South Korea | 5% | |||
| South Sudan | 60% | |||
| Spain | 4% | |||
| Sri Lanka | 25% | |||
| Sudan | 38% | |||
| Suriname | 8% | |||
| Sweden | 2% | |||
| Switzerland | 3% | |||
| Syria | 10% | |||
| Tajikistan | 45% | |||
| Tanzania | 65% | |||
| Thailand | 31% | |||
| Togo | 32% | |||
| Tonga | 19% | |||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3% | |||
| Tunisia | 14% | |||
| Turkey | 18% | |||
| Turkmenistan | 21% | |||
| Uganda | 72% | |||
| Ukraine | 14% | |||
| United Arab Emirates | 1% | |||
| United Kingdom | 39% | 1% | -38 pp | -97% |
| United States | 1% | |||
| United States Virgin Islands | 2% | |||
| Uruguay | 8% | |||
| Uzbekistan | 26% | |||
| Vanuatu | 57% | |||
| Venezuela | 8% | |||
| Vietnam | 37% | |||
| Yemen | 28% | |||
| Zambia | 50% | |||
| Zimbabwe | 66% | |||
| Other | ||||
| Africa Eastern and Southern | 59% | |||
| Africa Western and Central | 42% | |||
| Arab World | 19% | |||
| Caribbean Small States | 11% | |||
| Central Europe and the Baltics | 9% | |||
| Channel Islands | 3% | |||
| Early-demographic dividend | 35% | |||
| East Asia & Pacific | 25% | |||
| East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD) | 27% | |||
| East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | 27% | |||
| Euro area | 3% | |||
| Europe & Central Asia | 8% | |||
| Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD) | 14% | |||
| Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) | 14% | |||
| European Union | 4% | |||
| Fragile and conflict affected situations | 49% | |||
| Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) | 57% | |||
| High income | 3% | |||
| IBRD only | 27% | |||
| IDA & IBRD total | 32% | |||
| IDA blend | 39% | |||
| IDA only | 53% | |||
| IDA total | 49% | |||
| Late-demographic dividend | 23% | |||
| Latin America & Caribbean | 14% | |||
| Latin America & Caribbean (IDA & IBRD) | 14% | |||
| Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | 14% | |||
| Least developed countries: UN classification | 55% | |||
| Low & middle income | 32% | |||
| Low income | 60% | |||
| Lower middle income | 38% | |||
| Middle East & North Africa | 15% | |||
| Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD) | 19% | |||
| Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income) | 19% | |||
| Middle income | 29% | |||
| North America | 1% | |||
| OECD members | 5% | |||
| Other small states | 19% | |||
| Pacific island small states | 31% | |||
| Post-demographic dividend | 3% | |||
| Pre-demographic dividend | 53% | |||
| Small states | 18% | |||
| South Asia | 42% | |||
| South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | 42% | |||
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 53% | |||
| Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD) | 53% | |||
| Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | 53% | |||
| Upper middle income | 21% | |||
| World | 27% |
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