Data for 2013

Employment in Agriculture, 2013

Name: Employment in Agriculture, 2013
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2013, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Agriculture, 2013 covers 187 countries. Burundi is highest, at 86.714; Singapore is lowest, at 0.127. The middle country reads 18.221. Against 2012, 187 values changed (46 up, 141 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Agriculture · Data for 2013

HighestBurundi

86.714

LowestSingapore

0.127

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

187countries
1measure
2013the 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	86.714
2	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	75.431
3	Niger`NER`Western Africa	74.548
4	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	74.039
5	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	73.663
6	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	71.215
7	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	71.034
8	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	70.686
9	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	67.467
10	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	67.205
11	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	66.058
12	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	65.868
13	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	65.631
14	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	63.407
15	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	63.189
16	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	62.622
17	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	61.819
18	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	59.841
19	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	59.152
20	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	57.754
21	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	56.750
22	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	56.345
23	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	56.344
24	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	54.908
25	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	53.907
26	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	53.895
27	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	53.124
28	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	52.880
29	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	52.157
30	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	50.625
31	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	50.088
32	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	49.971
33	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	49.523
34	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	49.479
35	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	47.969
36	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	47.081
37	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	46.813
38	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	46.578
39	India`IND`Southern Asia	46.242
40	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	45.310
41	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	45.099
42	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	44.340
43	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	43.962
44	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	43.320
45	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	42.237
46	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	41.628
47	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	41.593
48	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	41.555
49	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	41.148
50	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	39.817
51	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	39.301
52	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	39.122
53	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	38.271
54	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	37.556
55	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	37.101
56	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	36.104
57	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	35.963
58	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	35.712
59	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	35.070
60	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	35.043
61	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	34.690
62	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	33.185
63	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	32.404
64	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	32.149
65	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	32.084
66	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	31.840
67	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	31.769
68	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	31.400
69	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	31.392
70	Bolivia`BOL`South America	31.105
71	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	30.596
72	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	30.390
73	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	29.718
74	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	29.627
75	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	29.264
76	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	28.441
77	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	28.103
78	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	27.968
79	Ecuador`ECU`South America	27.767
80	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	27.549
81	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	27.299
82	Honduras`HND`Central America	26.231
83	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	26.184
84	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	24.194
85	Peru`PER`South America	24.147
86	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	23.171
87	Paraguay`PRY`South America	22.823
88	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	21.730
89	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	20.004
90	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	19.586
91	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	18.922
92	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	18.736
93	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	18.614
94	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	18.221
95	Panama`PAN`Central America	18.174
96	Belize`BLZ`Central America	17.896
97	Guyana`GUY`South America	17.532
98	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	16.933
99	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	16.639
100	Colombia`COL`South America	16.048
101	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	15.435
102	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	15.006
103	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	14.600
104	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	14.199
105	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	14.082
106	Mexico`MEX`Central America	14.016
107	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	13.748
108	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	13.153
109	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	13.135
110	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12.693
111	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	12.623
112	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	12.065
113	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	11.526
114	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	11.365
115	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	11.157
116	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	10.682
117	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10.499
118	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	10.384
119	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.147
120	Brazil`BRA`South America	10.026
121	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	9.930
122	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	9.918
123	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	9.787
124	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	8.519
125	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	8.423
126	Argentina`ARG`South America	8.228
127	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8.056
128	Chile`CHL`South America	7.712
129	Venezuela`VEN`South America	7.446
130	Suriname`SUR`South America	7.415
131	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	7.078
132	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	6.752
133	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.491
134	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	6.428
135	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.777
136	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5.603
137	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5.497
138	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5.347
139	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	4.939
140	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4.936
141	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	4.777
142	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.576
143	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	4.513
144	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4.472
145	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	4.445
146	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.334
147	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	4.262
148	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.152
149	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4.094
150	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3.887
151	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3.776
152	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3.601
153	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.529
154	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3.374
155	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.105
156	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.075
157	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.033
158	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.030
159	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.938
160	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.865
161	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	2.709
162	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	2.689
163	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2.676
164	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.594
165	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.314
166	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.311
167	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	2.187
168	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	2.157
169	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	2.142
170	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.033
171	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1.846
172	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.803
173	United States`USA`Northern America	1.730
174	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.540
175	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1.527
176	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.460
177	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.459
178	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1.440
179	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.380
180	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.360
181	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.264
182	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.243
183	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.082
184	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.061
185	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.400
186	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.236
187	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.127

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Burundi86.714
2Laos75.431
3Niger74.548
4Mozambique74.039
5Chad73.663

Lowest

187Singapore0.127
186Hong Kong0.236
185Macau0.400
184United Kingdom1.061
183Bahrain1.082

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 18.221. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
46 · 141rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Uganda64.993 → 70.686+5.693
Namibia27.368 → 31.392+4.024
Central African Republic62.651 → 65.631+2.981
Madagascar68.873 → 71.215+2.342
Angola48.584 → 50.625+2.041

Fell most

Cambodia53.199 → 49.523−3.677
Paraguay26.141 → 22.823−3.317
Thailand42.143 → 39.301−2.842
Sierra Leone61.615 → 59.152−2.463
Honduras28.514 → 26.231−2.282

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 2013.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2013). Employment in Agriculture, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agriculture-employment/2013

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