Which country in Oceania has the most jobs in agriculture?

Vanuatu has the most jobs in agriculture in Oceania: 44.5% of jobs (2025). Next come the Solomon Islands (42.5% of jobs) and Papua New Guinea (36.9% of jobs).

Which country in Oceania has the fewest jobs in agriculture?

Australia, with 2.2% of jobs (2025).

What is the typical jobs in agriculture of a country in Oceania?

The median of the 8 countries in Oceania is 31.3% 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 Oceania by jobs in agriculture

The share of people in work who work in farming, forestry and fishing. 8 countries in Oceania, highest first. World Bank, 2025

See it on the map

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Highest

44.5%

Vanuatu

Median country

31.3%

half above, half below

Lowest

2.2%

Australia

Countries in Oceania by jobs in agriculture, World Bank, 2025
#	Country	% of jobs	Region
1	Vanuatu	44.5%	Melanesia
2	Solomon Islands	42.5%	Melanesia
3	Papua New Guinea	36.9%	Melanesia
4	Fiji	35.6%	Melanesia
5	Samoa	26.9%	Polynesia
6	Tonga	23.6%	Polynesia
7	New Zealand	5.4%	Australia and New Zealand
8	Australia	2.2%	Australia and New Zealand

No World Bank figure for 5 countries: Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau.

Territories and other places

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

Place	% of jobs	Status
French Polynesia	1.9%	Territory of France
New Caledonia	1.8%	Territory of France
Guam	1.6%	Territory of United States of America

Questions

Which country in Oceania has the most jobs in agriculture?: Vanuatu has the most jobs in agriculture in Oceania: 44.5% of jobs (2025). Next come the Solomon Islands (42.5% of jobs) and Papua New Guinea (36.9% of jobs).
Which country in Oceania has the fewest jobs in agriculture?: Australia, with 2.2% of jobs (2025).
What is the typical jobs in agriculture of a country in Oceania?: The median of the 8 countries in Oceania is 31.3% 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.