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Countries by employment in agriculture

The share of people in work who work in farming, forestry and fishing. 178 countries, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2025

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Map: Jobs in agriculture — World
Highest
85.3%
Burundi
Median country
16.0%
half above, half below
Lowest
0.1%
Singapore
#Country% of jobsYearRegion
1Burundi85.3%2025Eastern Africa
=2Mozambique73.0%2025Eastern Africa
=2Niger73.0%2025Western Africa
4Chad71.7%2025Middle Africa
5Madagascar69.2%2025Eastern Africa
6Laos68.6%2025South-Eastern Asia
7Central African Republic66.1%2025Middle Africa
8Malawi65.0%2025Eastern Africa
9Uganda64.9%2025Eastern Africa
10Tanzania64.6%2025Eastern Africa
11South Sudan63.8%2023Eastern Africa
12Mali63.0%2025Western Africa
13Guinea-Bissau61.1%2025Western Africa
14Ethiopia60.1%2025Eastern Africa
15DR Congo58.5%2025Middle Africa
16Eritrea55.5%2025Eastern Africa
17Equatorial Guinea55.3%2025Middle Africa
18Zambia54.5%2025Eastern Africa
19Zimbabwe54.3%2025Eastern Africa
20North Korea54.1%2025Eastern Asia
21Angola51.9%2025Middle Africa
22Burkina Faso51.8%2025Western Africa
23Afghanistan51.6%2025Southern Asia
24Moldova50.5%2025Eastern Europe
25Guinea47.4%2025Western Africa
26Haiti46.6%2025Caribbean
27Timor-Leste46.0%2025South-Eastern Asia
28Kenya45.8%2025Eastern Africa
29Côte d'Ivoire45.4%2025Western Africa
30Myanmar45.0%2025South-Eastern Asia
=31Sierra Leone44.5%2025Western Africa
=31Vanuatu44.5%2025Melanesia
33Bangladesh44.3%2025Southern Asia
34Tajikistan43.3%2025Central Asia
35Solomon Islands42.5%2025Melanesia
36Bhutan42.4%2025Southern Asia
37Cameroon41.9%2025Middle Africa
38India41.6%2025Southern Asia
39Liberia41.1%2025Western Africa
40Benin40.2%2025Western Africa
41Sudan39.8%2022Northern Africa
42Togo37.6%2025Western Africa
43Papua New Guinea36.9%2025Melanesia
44Congo36.4%2025Middle Africa
45Pakistan36.2%2025Southern Asia
46Fiji35.6%2025Melanesia
47Rwanda35.1%2025Eastern Africa
48Ghana34.6%2025Western Africa
49Azerbaijan34.2%2025Western Asia
50Georgia34.0%2025Western Asia
51Comoros33.6%2025Eastern Africa
52Nigeria33.5%2025Western Africa
53Cambodia33.4%2025South-Eastern Asia
54Ecuador32.5%2025South America
55Mauritania32.1%2025Western Africa
56Yemen31.6%2025Western Asia
57Lesotho30.9%2025Southern Africa
58Albania30.8%2025Southern Europe
59Nicaragua30.5%2025Central America
60Somalia30.0%2025Eastern Africa
61Senegal29.6%2025Western Africa
62Guatemala29.1%2025Central America
63Gabon28.9%2025Middle Africa
64Thailand28.6%2025South-Eastern Asia
65Morocco27.9%2025Northern Africa
66Gambia27.6%2025Western Africa
67Indonesia27.3%2025South-Eastern Asia
=68Armenia27.0%2025Western Asia
=68Mongolia27.0%2025Eastern Asia
70Samoa26.9%2025Polynesia
71Sri Lanka25.9%2025Southern Asia
72Uzbekistan25.2%2025Central Asia
73Vietnam25.0%2025South-Eastern Asia
74Bolivia24.7%2025South America
75Tonga23.6%2025Polynesia
76Peru23.1%2025South America
77Nepal22.9%2025Southern Asia
78Honduras22.4%2025Central America
79Namibia22.3%2025Southern Africa
80Turkmenistan21.9%2025Central Asia
81China21.7%2025Eastern Asia
82Philippines20.5%2025South-Eastern Asia
=83Botswana18.0%2025Southern Africa
=83Serbia18.0%2025Southern Europe
85Egypt17.5%2025Northern Africa
86Bosnia and Herzegovina16.7%2025Southern Europe
87Syria16.3%2025Western Asia
88Belize16.1%2025Central America
=89Panama16.0%2025Central America
=89Paraguay16.0%2025South America
91Cuba15.5%2025Caribbean
92Kyrgyzstan15.4%2025Central Asia
93Eswatini14.5%2025Southern Africa
=94Colombia14.2%2025South America
=94Turkey14.2%2025Western Asia
96Ukraine14.1%2021Eastern Europe
=97El Salvador13.9%2025Central America
=97Jamaica13.9%2025Caribbean
99Iran13.6%2025Southern Asia
100Tunisia12.5%2025Northern Africa
101Guyana12.2%2025South America
102São Tomé and Principe12.1%2025Middle Africa
103Costa Rica11.5%2025Central America
104Mexico11.4%2025Central America
=105Kazakhstan11.3%2025Central Asia
=105Maldives11.3%2025Southern Asia
107Romania10.9%2025Eastern Europe
108Greece10.7%2025Southern Europe
109Libya10.0%2025Northern Africa
=110Algeria9.5%2025Northern Africa
=110Belarus9.5%2025Eastern Europe
=112Cabo Verde9.2%2025Western Africa
=112Malaysia9.2%2025South-Eastern Asia
114Saint Vincent and the Grenadines9.1%2025Caribbean
115Venezuela8.9%2025South America
116North Macedonia8.5%2025Southern Europe
117Iraq8.2%2025Western Asia
118Uruguay8.1%2025South America
119Brazil7.6%2025South America
120Saint Lucia7.5%2025Caribbean
=121Argentina7.0%2025South America
=121Dominican Republic7.0%2025Caribbean
=121Suriname7.0%2025South America
124Latvia6.7%2025Northern Europe
125Poland6.2%2025Eastern Europe
126Chile6.1%2025South America
127Oman5.9%2025Western Asia
=128New Zealand5.4%2025Australia and New Zealand
=128South Africa5.4%2025Southern Africa
=130Russia5.1%2025Eastern Europe
=130South Korea5.1%2025Eastern Asia
=132Bulgaria4.7%2025Eastern Europe
=132Lithuania4.7%2025Northern Europe
=132Mauritius4.7%2025Eastern Africa
135Trinidad and Tobago4.5%2025Caribbean
136Croatia4.3%2025Southern Europe
137Montenegro4.2%2025Southern Europe
138Hungary4.1%2025Eastern Europe
139Ireland3.9%2025Northern Europe
140Slovenia3.7%2025Southern Europe
141Iceland3.6%2025Northern Europe
=142Finland3.5%2025Northern Europe
=142Lebanon3.5%2023Western Asia
144Spain3.4%2025Southern Europe
145Italy3.3%2025Southern Europe
146Jordan3.1%2025Western Asia
147Estonia3.0%2025Northern Europe
=148Austria2.8%2025Western Europe
=148Japan2.8%2025Eastern Asia
=148Portugal2.8%2025Southern Europe
151Czechia2.7%2025Eastern Europe
=152Norway2.5%2025Northern Europe
=152Saudi Arabia2.5%2025Western Asia
154France2.3%2025Western Europe
=155Australia2.2%2025Australia and New Zealand
=155Cyprus2.2%2025Western Asia
=155Slovakia2.2%2025Eastern Europe
=155Switzerland2.2%2025Western Europe
159Kuwait1.9%2025Western Asia
160Sweden1.8%2025Northern Europe
161Netherlands1.7%2025Western Europe
=162Denmark1.6%2025Northern Europe
=162Qatar1.6%2025Western Asia
164United States1.5%2025Northern America
165United Arab Emirates1.4%2025Western Asia
=166Barbados1.2%2025Caribbean
=166Brunei1.2%2025South-Eastern Asia
=166Djibouti1.2%2025Eastern Africa
=169Canada1.1%2025Northern America
=169Germany1.1%2025Western Europe
171Belgium1.0%2025Western Europe
=172Luxembourg0.9%2025Western Europe
=172Malta0.9%2025Southern Europe
=172United Kingdom0.9%2025Northern Europe
=175Bahamas0.8%2025Caribbean
=175Bahrain0.8%2025Western Asia
=175Israel0.8%2025Western Asia
178Singapore0.1%2025South-Eastern Asia

No World Bank figure for 16 countries: Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Monaco, Nauru, Palau, Saint Kitts and Nevis, San Marino, Seychelles, Taiwan, Vatican City.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed, and Antarctica. Highest first.

Place% of jobsStatus
Palestine6.3%Status disputed
French Polynesia1.9%Territory of France
New Caledonia1.8%Territory of France
Guam1.6%Territory of United States of America
US Virgin Islands1.6%Territory of United States of America
Puerto Rico1.1%Territory of United States of America
Macao0.4%Territory of China
Hong Kong0.2%Territory of China

Questions

Which country has the most jobs in agriculture?
Burundi has the most jobs in agriculture: 85.3% of jobs (2025). Next come Mozambique (73.0% of jobs) and Niger (73.0% of jobs).
Which country has the fewest jobs in agriculture?
Singapore, with 0.1% of jobs (2025).
What is the typical jobs in agriculture of a country?
The median of the 178 countries is 16.0% of jobs: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?
The share of people in work who work in farming, forestry and fishing. Source: World Bank, mostly 2025. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.