Employment in Agriculture (%) by Country
As of 2025, Burundi leads globally in employment in agriculture (%) at 85.3%, followed by Mozambique, Niger, Chad. At the lower end, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macao rank among the lowest. The global median is 14.2% (Türkiye). This indicator falls under the "Labor" category and is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators. Data is available for 188 countries.
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| # | Country | Employment in Agriculture (%) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Burundi | 85.3% | 2025 |
| 2 |  Mozambique | 73.0% | 2025 |
| 3 |  Niger | 73.0% | 2025 |
| 4 |  Chad | 71.7% | 2025 |
| 5 |  Madagascar | 69.2% | 2025 |
| 6 |  Laos | 68.6% | 2025 |
| 7 |  Central African Republic | 66.1% | 2025 |
| 8 |  Malawi | 65.0% | 2025 |
| 9 |  Uganda | 64.9% | 2025 |
| 10 |  Tanzania | 64.6% | 2025 |
| 11 |  South Sudan | 63.8% | 2023 |
| 12 |  Mali | 63.0% | 2025 |
| 13 |  Guinea-Bissau | 61.1% | 2025 |
| 14 |  Ethiopia | 60.1% | 2025 |
| 15 |  DR Congo | 58.5% | 2025 |
| 16 |  Eritrea | 55.5% | 2025 |
| 17 |  Equatorial Guinea | 55.3% | 2025 |
| 18 |  Zambia | 54.5% | 2025 |
| 19 |  Zimbabwe | 54.3% | 2025 |
| 20 |  North Korea | 54.1% | 2025 |
| 21 |  Angola | 51.9% | 2025 |
| 22 |  Burkina Faso | 51.8% | 2025 |
| 23 |  Afghanistan | 51.6% | 2025 |
| 24 |  Moldova | 50.5% | 2025 |
| 25 |  Guinea | 47.4% | 2025 |
| 26 |  Haiti | 46.6% | 2025 |
| 27 |  Timor-Leste | 46.0% | 2025 |
| 28 |  Kenya | 45.8% | 2025 |
| 29 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 45.4% | 2025 |
| 30 |  Myanmar | 45.0% | 2025 |
| 31 |  Vanuatu | 44.5% | 2025 |
| 32 |  Sierra Leone | 44.5% | 2025 |
| 33 |  Bangladesh | 44.3% | 2025 |
| 34 |  Tajikistan | 43.3% | 2025 |
| 35 |  Solomon Islands | 42.5% | 2025 |
| 36 |  Bhutan | 42.4% | 2025 |
| 37 |  Cameroon | 41.9% | 2025 |
| 38 |  India | 41.6% | 2025 |
| 39 |  Liberia | 41.1% | 2025 |
| 40 |  Benin | 40.2% | 2025 |
| 41 |  Sudan | 39.8% | 2022 |
| 42 |  Togo | 37.6% | 2025 |
| 43 |  Papua New Guinea | 36.9% | 2025 |
| 44 |  Republic of the Congo | 36.4% | 2025 |
| 45 |  Pakistan | 36.2% | 2025 |
| 46 |  Fiji | 35.6% | 2025 |
| 47 |  Rwanda | 35.1% | 2025 |
| 48 |  Ghana | 34.6% | 2025 |
| 49 |  Azerbaijan | 34.2% | 2025 |
| 50 |  Georgia | 34.0% | 2025 |
| 51 |  Comoros | 33.6% | 2025 |
| 52 |  Nigeria | 33.5% | 2025 |
| 53 |  Cambodia | 33.4% | 2025 |
| 54 |  Ecuador | 32.5% | 2025 |
| 55 |  Mauritania | 32.1% | 2025 |
| 56 |  Yemen | 31.6% | 2025 |
| 57 |  Lesotho | 30.9% | 2025 |
| 58 |  Albania | 30.8% | 2025 |
| 59 |  Nicaragua | 30.5% | 2025 |
| 60 |  Somalia | 30.0% | 2025 |
| 61 |  Senegal | 29.6% | 2025 |
| 62 |  Guatemala | 29.1% | 2025 |
| 63 |  Gabon | 28.9% | 2025 |
| 64 |  Thailand | 28.6% | 2025 |
| 65 |  Morocco | 27.9% | 2025 |
| 66 |  The Gambia | 27.6% | 2025 |
| 67 |  Indonesia | 27.3% | 2025 |
| 68 |  Mongolia | 27.0% | 2025 |
| 69 |  Armenia | 27.0% | 2025 |
| 70 |  Samoa | 26.9% | 2025 |
| 71 |  Sri Lanka | 25.9% | 2025 |
| 72 | World | 25.8% | 2025 |
| 73 |  Uzbekistan | 25.2% | 2025 |
| 74 |  Vietnam | 25.0% | 2025 |
| 75 |  Bolivia | 24.7% | 2025 |
| 76 |  Tonga | 23.6% | 2025 |
| 77 |  Peru | 23.1% | 2025 |
| 78 |  Nepal | 22.9% | 2025 |
| 79 |  Honduras | 22.4% | 2025 |
| 80 |  Namibia | 22.3% | 2025 |
| 81 |  Turkmenistan | 21.9% | 2025 |
| 82 |  China | 21.7% | 2025 |
| 83 |  Philippines | 20.5% | 2025 |
| 84 |  Botswana | 18.0% | 2025 |
| 85 |  Serbia | 18.0% | 2025 |
| 86 |  Egypt | 17.5% | 2025 |
| 87 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.7% | 2025 |
| 88 |  Syria | 16.3% | 2025 |
| 89 |  Belize | 16.1% | 2025 |
| 90 |  Panama | 16.0% | 2025 |
| 91 |  Paraguay | 16.0% | 2025 |
| 92 |  Cuba | 15.5% | 2025 |
| 93 |  Kyrgyzstan | 15.4% | 2025 |
| 94 |  Eswatini | 14.5% | 2025 |
| 95 |  Türkiye | 14.2% | 2025 |
| 96 |  Colombia | 14.2% | 2025 |
| 97 |  Ukraine | 14.1% | 2021 |
| 98 |  Jamaica | 13.9% | 2025 |
| 99 |  El Salvador | 13.9% | 2025 |
| 100 |  Iran | 13.6% | 2025 |
| 101 |  Tunisia | 12.5% | 2025 |
| 102 |  Guyana | 12.2% | 2025 |
| 103 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 12.1% | 2025 |
| 104 |  Costa Rica | 11.5% | 2025 |
| 105 |  Mexico | 11.4% | 2025 |
| 106 |  Kazakhstan | 11.3% | 2025 |
| 107 |  Maldives | 11.3% | 2025 |
| 108 |  Romania | 10.9% | 2025 |
| 109 |  Greece | 10.7% | 2025 |
| 110 |  Libya | 10.0% | 2025 |
| 111 |  Algeria | 9.5% | 2025 |
| 112 |  Belarus | 9.5% | 2025 |
| 113 |  Cabo Verde | 9.2% | 2025 |
| 114 |  Malaysia | 9.2% | 2025 |
| 115 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.1% | 2025 |
| 116 |  Venezuela | 8.9% | 2025 |
| 117 |  North Macedonia | 8.5% | 2025 |
| 118 |  Iraq | 8.2% | 2025 |
| 119 |  Uruguay | 8.1% | 2025 |
| 120 |  Brazil | 7.6% | 2025 |
| 121 |  St. Lucia | 7.5% | 2025 |
| 122 |  Dominican Republic | 7.0% | 2025 |
| 123 |  Argentina | 7.0% | 2025 |
| 124 |  Suriname | 7.0% | 2025 |
| 125 |  Latvia | 6.7% | 2025 |
| 126 |  West Bank and Gaza | 6.3% | 2022 |
| 127 |  Poland | 6.2% | 2025 |
| 128 |  Chile | 6.1% | 2025 |
| 129 |  Oman | 5.9% | 2025 |
| 130 |  New Zealand | 5.4% | 2025 |
| 131 |  South Africa | 5.4% | 2025 |
| 132 |  Russia | 5.1% | 2025 |
| 133 |  South Korea | 5.1% | 2025 |
| 134 |  Mauritius | 4.7% | 2025 |
| 135 |  Bulgaria | 4.7% | 2025 |
| 136 |  Lithuania | 4.7% | 2025 |
| 137 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 4.5% | 2025 |
| 138 |  Croatia | 4.3% | 2025 |
| 139 |  Montenegro | 4.2% | 2025 |
| 140 |  Hungary | 4.1% | 2025 |
| 141 |  Ireland | 3.9% | 2025 |
| 142 |  Slovenia | 3.7% | 2025 |
| 143 |  Iceland | 3.6% | 2025 |
| 144 |  Lebanon | 3.5% | 2023 |
| 145 |  Finland | 3.5% | 2025 |
| 146 |  Spain | 3.4% | 2025 |
| 147 |  Italy | 3.3% | 2025 |
| 148 |  Jordan | 3.1% | 2025 |
| 149 |  Estonia | 3.0% | 2025 |
| 150 |  Japan | 2.8% | 2025 |
| 151 |  Portugal | 2.8% | 2025 |
| 152 |  Austria | 2.8% | 2025 |
| 153 |  Czechia | 2.7% | 2025 |
| 154 |  Norway | 2.5% | 2025 |
| 155 |  Saudi Arabia | 2.5% | 2025 |
| 156 |  France | 2.3% | 2025 |
| 157 |  Switzerland | 2.2% | 2025 |
| 158 |  Australia | 2.2% | 2025 |
| 159 |  Slovakia | 2.2% | 2025 |
| 160 |  Cyprus | 2.2% | 2025 |
| 161 | Channel Islands | 2.1% | 2025 |
| 162 |  French Polynesia | 1.9% | 2025 |
| 163 |  Kuwait | 1.9% | 2025 |
| 164 |  New Caledonia | 1.8% | 2025 |
| 165 |  Sweden | 1.8% | 2025 |
| 166 |  Netherlands | 1.7% | 2025 |
| 167 |  Denmark | 1.6% | 2025 |
| 168 |  Qatar | 1.6% | 2025 |
| 169 |  U.S. Virgin Islands | 1.6% | 2025 |
| 170 |  Guam | 1.6% | 2025 |
| 171 |  United States | 1.5% | 2025 |
| 172 |  United Arab Emirates | 1.4% | 2025 |
| 173 |  Barbados | 1.2% | 2025 |
| 174 |  Brunei | 1.2% | 2025 |
| 175 |  Djibouti | 1.2% | 2025 |
| 176 |  Puerto Rico | 1.1% | 2025 |
| 177 |  Canada | 1.1% | 2025 |
| 178 |  Germany | 1.1% | 2025 |
| 179 |  Belgium | 1.0% | 2025 |
| 180 |  Luxembourg | 0.9% | 2025 |
| 181 |  Malta | 0.9% | 2025 |
| 182 |  United Kingdom | 0.9% | 2025 |
| 183 |  Bahrain | 0.8% | 2025 |
| 184 |  Bahamas | 0.8% | 2025 |
| 185 |  Israel | 0.8% | 2025 |
| 186 |  Macao | 0.4% | 2025 |
| 187 |  Hong Kong | 0.2% | 2025 |
| 188 |  Singapore | 0.1% | 2025 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which country has the highest employment in agriculture (%) in 2025?
Burundi ranks #1 with employment in agriculture (%) of 85.3% as of 2025, based on data from the World Bank World Development Indicators.
Which country has the lowest employment in agriculture (%)?
Singapore ranks last (#188) with 0.1% as of 2025.
What is the global median for employment in agriculture (%)?
The median value is 14.2% (Türkiye, ranked #95 out of 188 countries).
How many countries report data for employment in agriculture (%)?
188 countries have available data for employment in agriculture (%). Data is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators and updated regularly.
What category does employment in agriculture (%) belong to?
Employment in Agriculture (%) is classified under the "Labor" category. Statistics of the World tracks 337 indicators across 27 categories.