Which country in North America has the most jobs in agriculture?

Haiti has the most jobs in agriculture in North America: 46.6% of jobs (2025). Next come Nicaragua (30.5% of jobs) and Guatemala (29.1% of jobs).

Which country in North America has the fewest jobs in agriculture?

The Bahamas, with 0.8% of jobs (2025).

What is the typical jobs in agriculture of a country in North America?

The median of the 19 countries in North America is 11.5% 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, 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.

Countries in North America by jobs in agriculture

The share of people in work who work in farming, forestry and fishing. 19 countries in North America, highest first. World Bank, 2025

See it on the map

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Highest

46.6%

Haiti

Median country

11.5%

half above, half below

Lowest

0.8%

Bahamas

Countries in North America by jobs in agriculture, World Bank, 2025
#	Country	% of jobs	Region
1	Haiti	46.6%	Caribbean
2	Nicaragua	30.5%	Central America
3	Guatemala	29.1%	Central America
4	Honduras	22.4%	Central America
5	Belize	16.1%	Central America
6	Panama	16.0%	Central America
7	Cuba	15.5%	Caribbean
=8	El Salvador	13.9%	Central America
=8	Jamaica	13.9%	Caribbean
10	Costa Rica	11.5%	Central America
11	Mexico	11.4%	Central America
12	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	9.1%	Caribbean
13	Saint Lucia	7.5%	Caribbean
14	Dominican Republic	7.0%	Caribbean
15	Trinidad and Tobago	4.5%	Caribbean
16	United States	1.5%	Northern America
17	Barbados	1.2%	Caribbean
18	Canada	1.1%	Northern America
19	Bahamas	0.8%	Caribbean

No World Bank figure for 4 countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Territories and other places

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

Place	% of jobs	Status
US Virgin Islands	1.6%	Territory of United States of America
Puerto Rico	1.1%	Territory of United States of America

Questions

Which country in North America has the most jobs in agriculture?: Haiti has the most jobs in agriculture in North America: 46.6% of jobs (2025). Next come Nicaragua (30.5% of jobs) and Guatemala (29.1% of jobs).
Which country in North America has the fewest jobs in agriculture?: The Bahamas, with 0.8% of jobs (2025).
What is the typical jobs in agriculture of a country in North America?: The median of the 19 countries in North America is 11.5% 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, 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.