Data for 1993

Employment in Agriculture, 1993

Name: Employment in Agriculture, 1993
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1993, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Agriculture, 1993 covers 187 countries. Burundi is highest, at 91.36; Singapore is lowest, at 0.24. The middle country reads 26.82. Against 1992, 187 values changed (52 up, 135 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Agriculture · Data for 1993

HighestBurundi

91.36

LowestSingapore

0.24

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

187countries
1measure
1993the year it describes
187distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Employment in Agriculture, 1993, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Employment in Agriculture, 1993: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	91.36
2	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	89.87
3	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	84.17
4	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	83.35
5	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	81.89
6	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	80.03
7	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	78.58
8	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	77.35
9	Niger`NER`Western Africa	75.32
10	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	75.26
11	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	75.07
12	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	73.91
13	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	73.26
14	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	72.51
15	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	72.07
16	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	70.30
17	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	70.26
18	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	69.40
19	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	68.90
20	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	68.80
21	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	66.71
22	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	66.17
23	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	65.70
24	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	65.37
25	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	65.34
26	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	65.32
27	India`IND`Southern Asia	62.66
28	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	62.62
29	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	62.07
30	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	61.49
31	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	60.05
32	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	59.57
33	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	58.41
34	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	58.39
35	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	58.25
36	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	58.05
37	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	57.19
38	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	56.40
39	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	55.89
40	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	54.44
41	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	54.04
42	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	53.66
43	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	53.60
44	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	52.34
45	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	50.94
46	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	50.49
47	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	50.24
48	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	49.80
49	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	49.75
50	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	49.19
51	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	48.77
52	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	48.22
53	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	47.15
54	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	46.38
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	46.08
56	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	45.31
57	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	44.82
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	44.60
59	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	44.22
60	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	43.47
61	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	43.17
62	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	40.98
63	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	40.93
64	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	40.87
65	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	40.52
66	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	39.33
67	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	39.08
68	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	38.91
69	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	38.88
70	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	38.41
71	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	38.16
72	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	37.72
73	Guyana`GUY`South America	36.24
74	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	36.21
75	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	36.17
76	Bolivia`BOL`South America	35.84
77	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	35.81
78	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	35.32
79	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	33.77
80	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	33.33
81	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	33.30
82	Peru`PER`South America	33.22
83	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	32.30
84	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	31.09
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	31.03
86	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	30.75
87	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	30.29
88	Ecuador`ECU`South America	28.88
89	Paraguay`PRY`South America	28.60
90	Belize`BLZ`Central America	28.18
91	Honduras`HND`Central America	28.02
92	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	27.78
93	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	26.98
94	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	26.82
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	25.99
96	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	25.92
97	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	25.91
98	Mexico`MEX`Central America	25.90
99	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	25.46
100	Panama`PAN`Central America	25.19
101	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	24.31
102	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	23.79
103	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	23.11
104	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	23.06
105	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	22.94
106	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	22.76
107	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	22.70
108	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	22.57
109	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	22.33
110	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	21.75
111	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	21.72
112	Colombia`COL`South America	19.58
113	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	19.25
114	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	19.18
115	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	18.77
116	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	18.58
117	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	17.75
118	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	17.47
119	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	17.46
120	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	16.78
121	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	16.44
122	Brazil`BRA`South America	16.22
123	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	15.79
124	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	15.27
125	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	15.09
126	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	14.81
127	Chile`CHL`South America	14.49
128	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	14.30
129	Argentina`ARG`South America	13.35
130	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13.10
131	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	12.82
132	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	12.11
133	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	11.86
134	Venezuela`VEN`South America	11.60
135	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.87
136	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	10.58
137	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	10.57
138	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	10.44
139	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9.99
140	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	9.78
141	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	9.50
142	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	9.39
143	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	9.19
144	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	8.91
145	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	8.82
146	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	7.57
147	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	7.49
148	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	7.24
149	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.08
150	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6.87
151	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.51
152	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	6.39
153	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	6.30
154	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	6.05
155	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5.98
156	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5.70
157	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.51
158	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	5.46
159	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.16
160	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.14
161	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.82
162	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	4.81
163	Suriname`SUR`South America	4.63
164	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4.55
165	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.33
166	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	4.18
167	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.07
168	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	3.95
169	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3.75
170	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	3.67
171	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.49
172	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.48
173	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.44
174	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.20
175	United States`USA`Northern America	2.75
176	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	2.64
177	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.63
178	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	2.53
179	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.52
180	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2.45
181	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.28
182	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.27
183	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.18
184	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2.01
185	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.75
186	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.40
187	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.24

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Burundi91.36
2Laos89.87
3Mozambique84.17
4Chad83.35
5Burkina Faso81.89

Lowest

187Singapore0.24
186Macau0.40
185Hong Kong0.75
184Djibouti2.01
183Bahrain2.18

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 26.82. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
52 · 135rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Liberia55.00 → 58.39+3.38
Moldova36.17 → 39.33+3.16
DR Congo60.65 → 62.62+1.98
Ecuador27.20 → 28.88+1.68
Togo56.53 → 58.05+1.51

Fell most

Thailand56.61 → 52.34−4.28
Sri Lanka40.48 → 36.21−4.27
El Salvador34.77 → 31.03−3.74
Egypt39.16 → 36.17−2.99
Jamaica28.66 → 25.91−2.75

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

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Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1993.
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Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1993). Employment in Agriculture, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agriculture-employment/1993

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