FACTOID # 9: Nauru, whose economy is derived almost entirely from phosphate in bird droppings, has the highest rate of unemployment in the world.
 
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Labor Statistics > Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 95 %  
#2   Burundi: 93.6 %  
#3   Burkina Faso: 90 %  
#4   Niger: 90 %  
#5   Malawi: 90 %  
#6   Rwanda: 90 %  
#7   Zambia: 85 %  
#8   Angola: 85 %  
#9   Papua New Guinea: 85 %  
#10   Guinea-Bissau: 82 %  
#11   Uganda: 82 %  
#12   Mozambique: 81 %  
#13   Laos: 80 %  
#14   Afghanistan: 80 %  
#15   Sudan: 80 %  
#16   Chad: 80 %  
#17   Ethiopia: 80 %  
#18   Comoros: 80 %  
#19   Mali: 80 %  
#20   Eritrea: 80 %  
#21   Wallis and Futuna: 80 %  
#22   Tanzania: 80 %  
#23   Senegal: 77 %  
#24   Guinea: 76 %  
#25   Nepal: 76 %  
#26   Solomon Islands: 75 %  
#27   Cambodia: 75 %  
#28   Kenya: 75 %  
#29   Gambia, The: 75 %  
#30   Somalia: 71 %  
#31   Fiji: 70 %  
#32   Burma: 70 %  
#33   Nigeria: 70 %  
#34   Liberia: 70 %  
#35   Cameroon: 70 %  
#36   Tajikistan: 67.2 %  
#37   Haiti: 66 %  
#38   Zimbabwe: 66 %  
#39   Togo: 65 %  
#40   Tonga: 65 %  
#41   Vanuatu: 65 %  
#42   Bhutan: 63 %  
#43   Bangladesh: 63 %  
#44   India: 60 %  
#45   Gabon: 60 %  
#46   Ghana: 60 %  
#47   Albania: 58 %  
#48   Vietnam: 56.8 %  
#49   Kyrgyzstan: 55 %  
#50   Tunisia: 55 %  
#51   Guatemala: 50 %  
#52   Mauritania: 50 %  
#53   Western Sahara: 50 %  
#54   Thailand: 49 %  
#55   Turkmenistan: 48.2 %  
#56   Namibia: 47 %  
#57   Armenia: 45 %  
#58   Paraguay: 45 %  
#59   China: 45 %  
#60   Uzbekistan: 44 %  
#61   Indonesia: 43.3 %  
#62   Pakistan: 42 %  
#63   Azerbaijan: 41 %  
#64   Moldova: 40.7 %  
#65   Georgia: 40 %  
#66   Morocco: 40 %  
#67   Dominica: 40 %  
#68   Mongolia: 39.9 %  
#69   Philippines: 36 %  
#70   Korea, North: 36 %  
#71   Turkey: 35.9 %  
#72   Sri Lanka: 34.3 %  
#73   American Samoa: 34 %  
#74   Honduras: 34 %  
#75   Faroe Islands: 33 %  
#76   Egypt: 32 %  
#77   Romania: 31.6 %  
#78   Iran: 30 %  
#79   Serbia and Montenegro: 30 %  
#80   South Africa: 30 %  
#81   Cook Islands: 29 %  
#82   Nicaragua: 29 %  
#83   Guam: 26 %  
#84   Syria: 26 %  
#85   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 26 %  
#86   Ukraine: 25 %  
#87   Grenada: 24 %  
#88   Colombia: 22.7 %  
#89   Belize: 22.5 %  
#90   Maldives: 22 %  
#91   Macedonia, Republic of: 21.7 %  
#92   Saint Lucia: 21.7 %  
#93   Marshall Islands: 21.4 %  
#94   Panama: 20.8 %  
#95   Kazakhstan: 20 %  
#96   Palau: 20 %  
#97   Cuba: 20 %  
#98   Costa Rica: 20 %  
#99   New Caledonia: 20 %  
#100   Brazil: 20 %  
#101   Jamaica: 18.1 %  
#102   Mexico: 18 %  
#103   Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 18 %  
#104   El Salvador: 17.1 %  
#105   Dominican Republic: 17 %  
#106   Libya: 17 %  
#107   Poland: 16.1 %  
#108   West Bank: 16 %  
#109   Lithuania: 15.8 %  
#110   Belarus: 14 %  
#111   Uruguay: 14 %  
#112   Chile: 13.6 %  
#113   Latvia: 13 %  
#114   French Polynesia: 13 %  
#115   Malaysia: 13 %  
#116   Venezuela: 13 %  
#117   Saudi Arabia: 12 %  
#118   Greece: 12 %  
#119   Gaza Strip: 12 %  
#120   Estonia: 11 %  
#121   Russia: 10.8 %  
#122   Portugal: 10 %  
#123   Norfolk Island: 10 %  
#124   Barbados: 10 %  
#125   New Zealand: 10 %  
#126   Seychelles: 10 %  
#127   Peru: 9 %  
#128   Bulgaria: 8.5 %  
#129   Ecuador: 8 %  
#130   Ireland: 8 %  
#131   Suriname: 8 %  
#132   United Arab Emirates: 7 %  
#133   Antigua and Barbuda: 7 %  
#134   Korea, South: 6.4 %  
#135   Saint Helena: 6 %  
#136   Hungary: 5.5 %  
#137   Taiwan: 5.5 %  
#138   Spain: 5.3 %  
#139   Iceland: 5.1 %  
#140   Italy: 5 %  
#141   Jordan: 5 %  
#142   Slovenia: 4.8 %  
#143   Switzerland: 4.6 %  
#144   Japan: 4.6 %  
#145   France: 4.1 %  
#146   Czech Republic: 4.1 %  
#147   Norway: 4 %  
#148   Australia: 3.6 %  
#149   Malta: 3 %  
#150   Austria: 3 %  
#151   Denmark: 3 %  
#152   Puerto Rico: 3 %  
#153   Brunei: 2.9 %  
#154   Germany: 2.8 %  
#155   Croatia: 2.7 %  
#156   Kiribati: 2.7 %  
#157   Liechtenstein: 2 %  
#158   Netherlands: 2 %  
#159   Sweden: 2 %  
#160   Cayman Islands: 1.4 %  
#161   United Kingdom: 1.4 %  
#162   Belgium: 1.3 %  
#163   Bahrain: 1 %  
#164   Virgin Islands: 1 %  
#165   Netherlands Antilles: 1 %  
#166   Luxembourg: 1 %  
#167   British Virgin Islands: 0.6 %  
#168   Andorra: 0.3 %  
#169   San Marino: 0.2 %  
Weighted average: 34.9 %   


DEFINITION: This entry lists the percentage distribution of the labor force by occupation. The distribution will total less than 100 percent if the data are incomplete.

SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007

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