Data for 2005

Employment in Agriculture, 2005

Name: Employment in Agriculture, 2005
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2005, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Agriculture, 2005 covers 187 countries. Burundi is highest, at 90.61; Singapore is lowest, at 0.16. The middle country reads 20.17. Against 2004, 187 values changed (39 up, 148 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Agriculture · Data for 2005

HighestBurundi

90.61

LowestSingapore

0.16

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

187countries
1measure
2005the 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	90.61
2	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	83.52
3	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	81.96
4	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	79.49
5	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	78.31
6	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	78.12
7	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	76.98
8	Niger`NER`Western Africa	75.89
9	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	72.62
10	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	71.38
11	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	70.66
12	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	69.59
13	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	68.28
14	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	66.92
15	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	66.78
16	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	66.14
17	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	65.69
18	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	63.95
19	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	62.30
20	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	62.13
21	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	62.05
22	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	61.57
23	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	61.31
24	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	60.83
25	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	60.79
26	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	60.22
27	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	58.11
28	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	56.98
29	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	55.89
30	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	55.25
31	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	55.23
32	India`IND`Southern Asia	55.02
33	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	54.34
34	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	54.24
35	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	54.19
36	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	54.16
37	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	54.03
38	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	53.70
39	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	53.46
40	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	51.36
41	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	50.94
42	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	50.06
43	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	49.54
44	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	49.15
45	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	49.12
46	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	48.04
47	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	46.34
48	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	45.16
49	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	44.80
50	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	44.63
51	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	44.36
52	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	44.11
53	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	42.55
54	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	42.45
55	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	42.15
56	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	41.64
57	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	41.09
58	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	40.42
59	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	39.97
60	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	39.32
61	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	39.26
62	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	38.41
63	Bolivia`BOL`South America	36.15
64	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	35.85
65	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	35.24
66	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	34.83
67	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	34.62
68	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	34.44
69	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	34.38
70	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	33.77
71	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	33.24
72	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	33.18
73	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	33.10
74	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	32.99
75	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	32.41
76	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	32.39
77	Paraguay`PRY`South America	32.02
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	31.99
79	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	31.86
80	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	31.38
81	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	30.10
82	Peru`PER`South America	29.22
83	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	28.25
84	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	27.77
85	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	27.63
86	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	27.49
87	Honduras`HND`Central America	25.43
88	Guyana`GUY`South America	24.45
89	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	24.40
90	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	22.50
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	22.20
92	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	21.49
93	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	20.25
94	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	20.17
95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	20.09
96	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	19.65
97	Belize`BLZ`Central America	19.55
98	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	19.50
99	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	19.43
100	Colombia`COL`South America	19.40
101	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	18.85
102	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	18.65
103	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	18.39
104	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	18.17
105	Panama`PAN`Central America	17.41
106	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	17.30
107	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	17.20
108	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	17.17
109	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	16.13
110	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	15.79
111	Mexico`MEX`Central America	15.26
112	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	15.11
113	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	15.08
114	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	15.05
115	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	14.64
116	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	14.45
117	Brazil`BRA`South America	14.33
118	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	14.27
119	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	12.81
120	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	12.69
121	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	12.59
122	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.32
123	Uruguay`URY`South America	12.15
124	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	12.05
125	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	11.29
126	Chile`CHL`South America	10.95
127	Venezuela`VEN`South America	10.29
128	Argentina`ARG`South America	10.27
129	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	9.94
130	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	9.47
131	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8.94
132	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	8.63
133	Suriname`SUR`South America	8.37
134	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	8.28
135	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7.98
136	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	7.48
137	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	7.16
138	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	6.56
139	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	6.53
140	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	6.04
141	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6.03
142	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.89
143	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.87
144	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5.78
145	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	5.30
146	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.27
147	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	5.19
148	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4.92
149	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4.78
150	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.77
151	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	4.74
152	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	4.70
153	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4.20
154	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	4.00
155	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3.97
156	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.96
157	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.72
158	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	3.71
159	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.70
160	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.68
161	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.58
162	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	3.54
163	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	3.49
164	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.30
165	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3.18
166	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	3.12
167	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2.87
168	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.76
169	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.70
170	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	2.68
171	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	2.54
172	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.33
173	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2.30
174	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.28
175	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.14
176	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.12
177	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	2.04
178	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1.97
179	United States`USA`Northern America	1.80
180	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.74
181	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.70
182	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.62
183	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.38
184	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.35
185	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.40
186	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.30
187	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.16

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Burundi90.61
2Laos83.52
3Madagascar81.96
4Mozambique79.49
5Chad78.31

Lowest

187Singapore0.16
186Hong Kong0.30
185Macau0.40
184Bahrain1.35
183United Kingdom1.38

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.17. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
39 · 148rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Bolivia32.73 → 36.15+3.42
North Macedonia17.24 → 19.50+2.26
Angola30.89 → 33.10+2.21
Botswana18.02 → 20.17+2.15
Uganda60.45 → 61.57+1.12

Fell most

Türkiye27.76 → 24.40−3.35
Vietnam56.81 → 53.70−3.11
Saint Lucia15.24 → 12.81−2.43
Cambodia64.30 → 62.13−2.17
Syria24.67 → 22.50−2.17

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 2005.
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Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2005). Employment in Agriculture, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agriculture-employment/2005

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