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Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

LabourWB WDIwb_wdi:SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS% of total employment1991 → 2024187 countries
Source: World Bank (WB WDI)
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High-level context for this country series.
LabourWB WDI
Coverage
187
Frequency
yearly
Range
1991 \u2192 2024
Latest
2024
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) infographic

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) by country

Latest available value per country (as of 2024)
Low \u2192 High
Unit: %
≤ 2.06%
2.06% – 4.85%
4.85% – 11.19%
11.19% – 22.22%
22.22% – 32.77%
32.77% – 46.41%
> 46.41%
No data
Generated by MacroVedia.comSource: World Bank (WB WDI)

Highest 15 countries

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
50 countries with data
Generated by MacroVedia.comSource: World Bank (WB WDI)

Distribution across countries

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Countries
50
 
Median
47.5%
 
Mean
51.5%
 
25th pctl
42.4%
 
75th pctl
61.7%
 
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Compare trends

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
BurundiNigerMozambique
Generated by MacroVedia.comSource: World Bank (WB WDI)
CountryLatestDateTrend
BurundiBDI85.39%2024
NigerNER73.46%2024
MozambiqueMOZ73.07%2024
ChadTCD71.87%2024
MadagascarMDG69.52%2024
Lao PDRLAO68.91%2024
Central African RepublicCAF66.05%2024
UgandaUGA65.41%2024
MalawiMWI65.24%2024
TanzaniaTZA65.09%2024
South SudanSSD63.76%2023
MaliMLI63.54%2024
Guinea-BissauGNB61.7%2024
EthiopiaETH61.01%2024
Congo, Dem. Rep.COD58.9%2024
EritreaERI55.99%2024
ZambiaZMB55.32%2024
ZimbabweZWE55.17%2024
Equatorial GuineaGNQ55.11%2024
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.PRK54.3%2024
Burkina FasoBFA52.23%2024
AngolaAGO52.15%2024
AfghanistanAFG51.45%2024
MoldovaMDA50.84%2024
GuineaGIN48.24%2024
HaitiHTI46.71%2024
KenyaKEN46.5%2024
Timor-LesteTLS46.35%2024
Cote d'IvoireCIV46.26%2024
MyanmarMMR45.36%2024
Sierra LeoneSLE45.09%2024
BangladeshBGD44.74%2024
VanuatuVUT44.63%2024
TajikistanTJK44.12%2024
BhutanBTN43.2%2024
Solomon IslandsSLB42.75%2024
CameroonCMR42.37%2024
IndiaIND42.35%2024
LiberiaLBR41.87%2024
BeninBEN41.05%2024
SudanSDN39.77%2022
TogoTGO38.28%2024
Papua New GuineaPNG37.46%2024
Congo, Rep.COG36.76%2024
PakistanPAK36.54%2024
RwandaRWA36.5%2024
FijiFJI36.11%2024
GhanaGHA35.19%2024
GeorgiaGEO34.77%2024
AzerbaijanAZE34.69%2024
Source: World Bank (WB WDI)