Data for 2000

Employment in Agriculture, 2000

Name: Employment in Agriculture, 2000
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2000, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Agriculture, 2000 covers 187 countries. Burundi is highest, at 91.938; Singapore is lowest, at 0.177. The middle country reads 23.423. Against 1999, 187 values changed (47 up, 140 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Agriculture · Data for 2000

HighestBurundi

91.938

LowestSingapore

0.177

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

187countries
1measure
2000the year it describes
187distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Employment in Agriculture, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	91.938
2	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	86.850
3	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	82.288
4	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	80.764
5	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	79.052
6	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	78.759
7	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	76.598
8	Niger`NER`Western Africa	76.020
9	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	76.010
10	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	75.759
11	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	73.476
12	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	73.367
13	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	71.289
14	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	71.130
15	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	67.596
16	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	67.477
17	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	67.005
18	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	66.937
19	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	65.594
20	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	64.704
21	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	64.264
22	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	64.207
23	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	64.071
24	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	64.003
25	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	63.674
26	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	63.451
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	60.727
28	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	60.383
29	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	60.252
30	India`IND`Southern Asia	59.607
31	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	59.345
32	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	59.270
33	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	56.477
34	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	55.761
35	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	54.769
36	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	54.631
37	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	54.575
38	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	54.505
39	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	54.368
40	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	54.364
41	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	52.275
42	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	51.266
43	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	51.087
44	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	50.865
45	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	50.040
46	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	49.733
47	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	48.906
48	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	48.417
49	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	48.011
50	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	47.907
51	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	46.844
52	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	46.471
53	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	46.038
54	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	45.569
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	45.348
56	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	45.133
57	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	44.943
58	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	44.420
59	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	42.306
60	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	42.277
61	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	41.674
62	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	41.010
63	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	39.653
64	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	39.101
65	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	37.653
66	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	37.262
67	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	37.124
68	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	36.877
69	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	36.789
70	Bolivia`BOL`South America	36.610
71	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	36.588
72	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	36.008
73	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	35.927
74	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	35.781
75	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	35.620
76	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	35.342
77	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	34.563
78	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	33.605
79	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	32.893
80	Paraguay`PRY`South America	32.469
81	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	31.680
82	Ecuador`ECU`South America	31.587
83	Peru`PER`South America	31.207
84	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	30.909
85	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	30.533
86	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	30.300
87	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	29.938
88	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	28.392
89	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	28.205
90	Guyana`GUY`South America	27.505
91	Honduras`HND`Central America	26.680
92	Belize`BLZ`Central America	25.956
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	24.261
94	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	23.423
95	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	22.275
96	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	22.064
97	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	21.998
98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	21.699
99	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21.123
100	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	20.510
101	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	20.324
102	Colombia`COL`South America	19.855
103	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	19.833
104	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	19.659
105	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	19.607
106	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	19.241
107	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	19.005
108	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	18.815
109	Panama`PAN`Central America	18.790
110	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	18.322
111	Mexico`MEX`Central America	17.524
112	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	16.947
113	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	16.812
114	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	16.675
115	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	16.542
116	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	15.942
117	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	15.269
118	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	14.926
119	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	14.786
120	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	14.411
121	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	14.214
122	Brazil`BRA`South America	14.208
123	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	14.096
124	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	13.812
125	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	13.397
126	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	13.196
127	Chile`CHL`South America	12.608
128	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	12.482
129	Argentina`ARG`South America	11.448
130	Venezuela`VEN`South America	10.939
131	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.922
132	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	10.437
133	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	9.767
134	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	9.745
135	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	8.735
136	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	8.713
137	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.705
138	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	8.477
139	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	8.120
140	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	7.951
141	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	6.952
142	Suriname`SUR`South America	6.889
143	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6.688
144	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	6.526
145	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6.393
146	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	6.362
147	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	6.241
148	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	6.208
149	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.753
150	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.587
151	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	5.488
152	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5.451
153	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5.432
154	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5.412
155	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5.404
156	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5.232
157	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	4.662
158	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.641
159	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	4.402
160	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.290
161	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4.147
162	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	4.109
163	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.929
164	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3.668
165	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	3.542
166	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.283
167	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.256
168	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	3.137
169	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	2.942
170	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.906
171	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.638
172	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2.601
173	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.516
174	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.443
175	United States`USA`Northern America	2.397
176	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.366
177	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2.101
178	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2.100
179	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.913
180	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.908
181	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.901
182	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.748
183	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.710
184	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.639
185	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.400
186	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.335
187	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.177

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Burundi91.938
2Laos86.850
3Mozambique82.288
4Chad80.764
5Rwanda79.052

Lowest

187Singapore0.177
186Hong Kong0.335
185Macau0.400
184Bahrain1.639
183United Kingdom1.710

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 23.423. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
47 · 140rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Syria27.835 → 32.893+5.058
Solomon Islands32.664 → 35.620+2.957
Paraguay29.611 → 32.469+2.858
Ecuador29.164 → 31.587+2.423
Zimbabwe47.331 → 49.733+2.401

Fell most

Yemen58.984 → 54.769−4.215
Türkiye38.179 → 34.563−3.616
Mexico20.334 → 17.524−2.810
Liberia51.111 → 48.417−2.694
Latvia17.492 → 14.926−2.566

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.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2000.
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ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2000). Employment in Agriculture, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agriculture-employment/2000

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