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Labor Statistics > Employment in agriculture > % of total employment (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1 Rwanda
90.1 %
1989 ...
#2 Laos
85.4 %
1995 ...
#3 Tanzania
82.1 %
2001 ...
#4 Nepal
78.5 %
1995 ...
#5 Madagascar
78 %
2002 ...
#6 Ethiopia
77.9 %
1999 ...
#7 Papua New Guinea
72.3 %
2000 ...
#8 Zambia
70 %
1998 ...
#9 Uganda
69.1 %
2003 ...
#10 India
66.7 %
1995 ...
#11 Burma
62.7 %
1998 ...
#12 Cameroon
60.6 %
1990 ...
#13 Cambodia
60.3 %
2004 ...
#14 Albania
58.4 %
2005 ...
#15 Vietnam
57.9 %
2004 ...
#16 Lesotho
56.5 %
1997 ...
#17 Ghana
55 %
2000 ...
#18 Georgia
54.3 %
2005 ...
#19 Yemen
54.1 %
1999 ...
#20 Kyrgyzstan
52.7 %
2002 ...
#21 Bangladesh
51.7 %
2003 ...
#22 Haiti
50.6 %
1999 ...
#23 Morocco
47 %
2005 ...
#24 Armenia
46 %
2003 ...
#25 China
44.1 %
2002 ...
#26 Indonesia
44 %
2005 ...
#27 Thailand
42.6 %
2005 ...
#28 Pakistan
42.1 %
2002 ...
#29 Moldova
40.6 %
2005 ...
#30 Mongolia
40.2 %
2004 ...
#31 Azerbaijan
39.3 %
2005 ...
#32 Honduras
39.2 %
2005 ...
#33 Guatemala
38.7 %
2002 ...
#34 Uzbekistan
38.5 %
1999 ...
#35 Philippines
37 %
2005 ...
#36 Sri Lanka
34.3 %
2003 ...
#37 Kazakhstan
33.5 %
2004 ...
#38 Romania
32.1 %
2005 ...
#39 Paraguay
31.5 %
2003 ...
#40 Namibia
31.1 %
2000 ...
#41 Nicaragua
30.5 %
2003 ...
#42 Syria
30.3 %
2002 ...
#43 Egypt
29.9 %
2003 ...
#44 Turkey
29.5 %
2005 ...
#45 Guyana
27.8 %
1997 ...
#46 Belize
27.5 %
1999 ...
#47 Iran
24.9 %
2005 ...
#48 Dominica
23.7 %
1997 ...
#49 Botswana
22.6 %
2004 ...
#50 Colombia
22.4 %
2005 ...
#51 Belarus
21.2 %
1994 ...
#52 Cuba
21.2 %
2004 ...
#53 Brazil
21 %
2004 ...
#54 Algeria
20.7 %
2004 ...
#55 Macedonia, Republic of
19.5 %
2005 ...
#56 Ukraine
19.4 %
2005 ...
#57 El Salvador
19.1 %
2004 ...
#58 Kenya
18.6 %
1999 ...
#59 Jamaica
18 %
2005 ...
#60 Poland
17.4 %
2005 ...
#61 Croatia
17.3 %
2005 ...
#62 Dominican Republic
15.9 %
2002 ...
#63 Panama
15.7 %
2005 ...
#64 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
15.4 %
2001 ...
#65 Costa Rica
15.2 %
2005 ...
#66 Mexico
15.1 %
2005 ...
#67 Malaysia
14.8 %
2004 ...
#68 Lithuania
14 %
2005 ...
#69 Grenada
13.8 %
1998 ...
#70 Maldives
13.7 %
2000 ...
#71 Chile
13.2 %
2005 ...
#72 Portugal
12.5 %
2003 ...
#73 Greece
12.4 %
2005 ...
#74 Latvia
12.1 %
2005 ...
#75 Saint Lucia
11.4 %
2003 ...
#76 Venezuela
10.7 %
2003 ...
#77 South Africa
10.3 %
2003 ...
#78 Russia
10.2 %
2005 ...
#79 Mauritius
10 %
2005 ...
#80 Bulgaria
8.9 %
2005 ...
#81 Slovenia
8.8 %
2005 ...
#82 Ecuador
8.3 %
2005 ...
#83 United Arab Emirates
7.9 %
2000 ...
#84 Korea, South
7.9 %
2005 ...
#85 Iceland
7.2 %
2002 ...
#86 New Caledonia
7.2 %
1996 ...
#87 New Zealand
7.1 %
2005 ...
#88 Trinidad and Tobago
6.9 %
2002 ...
#89 Oman
6.4 %
2000 ...
#90 Suriname
6.1 %
1999 ...
#91 Ireland
5.9 %
2005 ...
#92 Austria
5.5 %
2005 ...
#93 Spain
5.3 %
2005 ...
#94 Estonia
5.3 %
2005 ...
#95 Hungary
5 %
2005 ...
#96 Bolivia
4.9 %
2000 ...
#97 Finland
4.8 %
2005 ...
#98 Cyprus
4.8 %
2004 ...
#99 Slovakia
4.7 %
2005 ...
#100 Saudi Arabia
4.7 %
2002 ...
#101 Uruguay
4.6 %
2005 ...
#102 Japan
4.4 %
2005 ...
#103 Italy
4.2 %
2005 ...
#104 Antigua and Barbuda
4 %
1991 ...
#105 France
4 %
2004 ...
#106 Czech Republic
4 %
2005 ...
#107 Eritrea
3.9 %
1984 ...
#108 Switzerland
3.9 %
2004 ...
#109 Australia
3.6 %
2005 ...
#110 Jordan
3.6 %
2003 ...
#111 Bahamas, The
3.5 %
2005 ...
#112 Barbados
3.3 %
2004 ...
#113 Norway
3.3 %
2005 ...
#114 Netherlands
3 %
2005 ...
#115 Nigeria
2.9 %
1995 ...
#116 Denmark
2.9 %
2005 ...
#117 Canada
2.7 %
2005 ...
#118 Qatar
2.7 %
2004 ...
#119 Germany
2.4 %
2005 ...
#120 Djibouti
2.3 %
1991 ...
#121 Malta
2.1 %
2004 ...
#122 Puerto Rico
2.1 %
2005 ...
#123 Sweden
2 %
2005 ...
#124 Israel
2 %
2005 ...
#125 Belgium
2 %
2004 ...
#126 United States
1.6 %
2005 ...
#127 United Kingdom
1.4 %
2005 ...
#128 Brunei
1.4 %
2001 ...
#129 Bermuda
1.4 %
1996 ...
#130 Man, Isle of
1.4 %
2001 ...
#131 Luxembourg
1.2 %
2005 ...
#132 Netherlands Antilles
1.1 %
2000 ...
#133 Argentina
1.1 %
2005 ...
#134 Peru
0.7 %
2005 ...
#135 Aruba
0.5 %
1997 ...
#136 San Marino
0.4 %
2004 ...
#137 Hong Kong
0.3 %
2005 ...
#138 Singapore
0.3 %
2004 ...
#139 Macau
0.1 %
2005 ...
Weighted average:
22.2 %
DEFINITION: Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Agriculture corresponds to division 1 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories A and B (ISIC revision 3) and includes hunting, forestry, and fishing.
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