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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.
Labor Statistics > Employment in agriculture > % of total employment (most recent) by country
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Countries
Amount
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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
Cuba :
21.2 %
2004 ...
#52
Belarus :
21.2 %
1994 ...
#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
Korea, South :
7.9 %
2005 ...
#84
United Arab Emirates :
7.9 %
2000 ...
#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
Estonia :
5.3 %
2005 ...
#94
Spain :
5.3 %
2005 ...
#95
Hungary :
5 %
2005 ...
#96
Bolivia :
4.9 %
2000 ...
#97
Finland :
4.8 %
2005 ...
#98
Cyprus :
4.8 %
2004 ...
#99
Saudi Arabia :
4.7 %
2002 ...
#100
Slovakia :
4.7 %
2005 ...
#101
Uruguay :
4.6 %
2005 ...
#102
Japan :
4.4 %
2005 ...
#103
Italy :
4.2 %
2005 ...
#104
Antigua and Barbuda :
4 %
1991 ...
#105
Czech Republic :
4 %
2005 ...
#106
France :
4 %
2004 ...
#107
Switzerland :
3.9 %
2004 ...
#108
Eritrea :
3.9 %
1984 ...
#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
Denmark :
2.9 %
2005 ...
#116
Nigeria :
2.9 %
1995 ...
#117
Qatar :
2.7 %
2004 ...
#118
Canada :
2.7 %
2005 ...
#119
Germany :
2.4 %
2005 ...
#120
Djibouti :
2.3 %
1991 ...
#121
Malta :
2.1 %
2004 ...
#122
Puerto Rico :
2.1 %
2005 ...
#123
Israel :
2 %
2005 ...
#124
Sweden :
2 %
2005 ...
#125
Belgium :
2 %
2004 ...
#126
United States :
1.6 %
2005 ...
#127
United Kingdom :
1.4 %
2005 ...
#128
Brunei :
1.4 %
2001 ...
#129
Man, Isle of :
1.4 %
2001 ...
#130
Bermuda :
1.4 %
1996 ...
#131
Luxembourg :
1.2 %
2005 ...
#132
Argentina :
1.1 %
2005 ...
#133
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