Data for 2025

Employment in Agriculture, 2025

Name: Employment in Agriculture, 2025
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2025, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Agriculture, 2025 covers 182 countries. Burundi is highest, at 85.3411; Singapore is lowest, at 0.0954. The middle country reads 14.3834. Against 2024, 182 values changed (3 up, 179 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Agriculture · Data for 2025

HighestBurundi

85.3411

LowestSingapore

0.0954

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

182countries
1measure
2025the year it describes
182distinct values16 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, 2025, 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, 2025: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	85.3411
2	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	73.0061
3	Niger`NER`Western Africa	72.9925
4	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	71.7360
5	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	69.2089
6	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	68.5970
7	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	66.0601
8	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	64.9775
9	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	64.8536
10	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	64.5718
11	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	63.0137
12	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	61.0726
13	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	60.1432
14	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	58.5245
15	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	55.4760
16	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	55.3235
17	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	54.5286
18	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	54.3115
19	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	54.0793
20	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	51.9494
21	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	51.7754
22	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	51.6290
23	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	50.5020
24	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	47.3584
25	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	46.6145
26	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	46.0186
27	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	45.7884
28	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	45.3665
29	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	44.9546
30	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	44.5276
31	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	44.4935
32	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	44.2601
33	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	43.2727
34	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	42.4666
35	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	42.3700
36	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	41.8540
37	India`IND`Southern Asia	41.6251
38	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	41.1209
39	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	40.2410
40	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.5922
41	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	36.8625
42	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	36.3524
43	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	36.2295
44	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	35.6391
45	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	35.0514
46	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	34.5736
47	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	34.2268
48	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	33.9512
49	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	33.5567
50	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	33.5337
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	33.4047
52	Ecuador`ECU`South America	32.4812
53	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	32.1227
54	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	31.6169
55	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	30.8762
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	30.7723
57	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	30.4723
58	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	30.0286
59	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	29.5764
60	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	29.0528
61	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.8657
62	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	28.5567
63	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	27.8922
64	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	27.5541
65	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	27.2969
66	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	27.0039
67	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	26.9716
68	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	26.8774
69	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	25.8568
70	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	25.1979
71	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	25.0434
72	Bolivia`BOL`South America	24.7144
73	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	23.6094
74	Peru`PER`South America	23.1346
75	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	22.9120
76	Honduras`HND`Central America	22.4238
77	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	22.3382
78	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	21.9332
79	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	21.6769
80	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	20.4879
81	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	18.0285
82	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	18.0274
83	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	17.5246
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	16.7090
85	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	16.2968
86	Belize`BLZ`Central America	16.1329
87	Panama`PAN`Central America	16.0402
88	Paraguay`PRY`South America	15.9654
89	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	15.5280
90	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	15.4454
91	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	14.5468
92	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	14.2200
93	Colombia`COL`South America	14.1576
94	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	13.9408
95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	13.8526
96	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	13.6239
97	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	12.4585
98	Guyana`GUY`South America	12.2137
99	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	12.0607
100	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	11.4893
101	Mexico`MEX`Central America	11.4004
102	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	11.3196
103	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	11.3051
104	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	10.9455
105	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10.6778
106	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	9.9975
107	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	9.4846
108	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9.4784
109	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	9.2452
110	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	9.1823
111	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	9.0748
112	Venezuela`VEN`South America	8.8747
113	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	8.5027
114	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	8.1687
115	Uruguay`URY`South America	8.0708
116	Brazil`BRA`South America	7.6278
117	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	7.4735
118	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	7.0089
119	Argentina`ARG`South America	7.0009
120	Suriname`SUR`South America	6.9752
121	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	6.6637
122	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	6.2226
123	Chile`CHL`South America	6.0655
124	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5.9478
125	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5.4183
126	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	5.4071
127	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.1090
128	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5.1038
129	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4.7110
130	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4.6892
131	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4.6629
132	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	4.4948
133	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4.3277
134	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	4.1927
135	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	4.1137
136	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.8532
137	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	3.6572
138	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3.6066
139	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3.4934
140	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.3744
141	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3.3472
142	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3.1157
143	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2.9568
144	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.8137
145	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.7762
146	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.7665
147	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.7089
148	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.5006
149	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2.4987
150	France`FRA`Western Europe	2.3341
151	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	2.2418
152	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.1761
153	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.1630
154	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.1546
155	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	2.0610
156	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	1.9182
157	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.8913
158	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1.7817
159	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.7668
160	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.7042
161	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.6205
162	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.6204
163	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	1.5871
164	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	1.5612
165	United States`USA`Northern America	1.5249
166	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.4379
167	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.2453
168	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.2011
169	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1.1511
170	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1.1390
171	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.1047
172	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.0710
173	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.9847
174	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.8782
175	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.8765
176	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.8513
177	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.8344
178	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.7750
179	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.7597
180	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.3738
181	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.1824
182	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.0954

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Burundi85.3411
2Mozambique73.0061
3Niger72.9925
4Chad71.7360
5Madagascar69.2089

Lowest

182Singapore0.0954
181Hong Kong0.1824
180Macau0.3738
179Israel0.7597
178Bahamas0.7750

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 14.3834. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
182values changed, of 182 in both
3 · 179rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Equatorial Guinea55.1066 → 55.3235+0.2169
Afghanistan51.4544 → 51.6290+0.1746
Central African Republic66.0528 → 66.0601+0.0073

Fell most

Rwanda36.5025 → 35.0514−1.4512
Senegal30.6480 → 29.5764−1.0716
Côte d’Ivoire46.2588 → 45.3665−0.8923
Guinea48.2399 → 47.3584−0.8816
Ethiopia61.0084 → 60.1432−0.8652

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 2025.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 182 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2025). Employment in Agriculture, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agriculture-employment/2025

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