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Countries in Asia by jobs in agriculture

The share of people in work who work in farming, forestry and fishing. 47 countries in Asia, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2025

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Map: Jobs in agriculture — Asia
Highest
68.6%
Laos
Median country
21.7%
half above, half below
Lowest
0.1%
Singapore
#Country% of jobsYearRegion
1Laos68.6%2025South-Eastern Asia
2North Korea54.1%2025Eastern Asia
3Afghanistan51.6%2025Southern Asia
4Timor-Leste46.0%2025South-Eastern Asia
5Myanmar45.0%2025South-Eastern Asia
6Bangladesh44.3%2025Southern Asia
7Tajikistan43.3%2025Central Asia
8Bhutan42.4%2025Southern Asia
9India41.6%2025Southern Asia
10Pakistan36.2%2025Southern Asia
11Azerbaijan34.2%2025Western Asia
12Georgia34.0%2025Western Asia
13Cambodia33.4%2025South-Eastern Asia
14Yemen31.6%2025Western Asia
15Thailand28.6%2025South-Eastern Asia
16Indonesia27.3%2025South-Eastern Asia
=17Armenia27.0%2025Western Asia
=17Mongolia27.0%2025Eastern Asia
19Sri Lanka25.9%2025Southern Asia
20Uzbekistan25.2%2025Central Asia
21Vietnam25.0%2025South-Eastern Asia
22Nepal22.9%2025Southern Asia
23Turkmenistan21.9%2025Central Asia
24China21.7%2025Eastern Asia
25Philippines20.5%2025South-Eastern Asia
26Syria16.3%2025Western Asia
27Kyrgyzstan15.4%2025Central Asia
28Turkey14.2%2025Western Asia
29Iran13.6%2025Southern Asia
=30Kazakhstan11.3%2025Central Asia
=30Maldives11.3%2025Southern Asia
32Malaysia9.2%2025South-Eastern Asia
33Iraq8.2%2025Western Asia
34Oman5.9%2025Western Asia
35South Korea5.1%2025Eastern Asia
36Lebanon3.5%2023Western Asia
37Jordan3.1%2025Western Asia
38Japan2.8%2025Eastern Asia
39Saudi Arabia2.5%2025Western Asia
40Cyprus2.2%2025Western Asia
41Kuwait1.9%2025Western Asia
42Qatar1.6%2025Western Asia
43United Arab Emirates1.4%2025Western Asia
44Brunei1.2%2025South-Eastern Asia
=45Bahrain0.8%2025Western Asia
=45Israel0.8%2025Western Asia
47Singapore0.1%2025South-Eastern Asia

No World Bank figure for Taiwan.

Territories and other places

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

Place% of jobsStatus
Palestine6.3%Status disputed
Macao0.4%Territory of China
Hong Kong0.2%Territory of China

Questions

Which country in Asia has the most jobs in agriculture?
Laos has the most jobs in agriculture in Asia: 68.6% of jobs (2025). Next come North Korea (54.1% of jobs) and Afghanistan (51.6% of jobs).
Which country in Asia has the fewest jobs in agriculture?
Singapore, with 0.1% of jobs (2025).
What is the typical jobs in agriculture of a country in Asia?
The median of the 47 countries in Asia is 21.7% 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. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

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.