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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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Rank
Countries
Amount
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
= 51
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
= 83
Korea, South :
7.9 %
2005
= 85
Iceland :
7.2 %
2002
= 85
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
= 93
Estonia :
5.3 %
2005
# 95
Hungary :
5 %
2005
# 96
Bolivia :
4.9 %
2000
= 97
Finland :
4.8 %
2005
= 97
Cyprus :
4.8 %
2004
= 99
Slovakia :
4.7 %
2005
= 99
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
= 104
France :
4 %
2004
= 104
Czech Republic :
4 %
2005
= 107
Eritrea :
3.9 %
1984
= 107
Switzerland :
3.9 %
2004
= 109
Australia :
3.6 %
2005
= 109
Jordan :
3.6 %
2003
# 111
Bahamas, The :
3.5 %
2005
= 112
Barbados :
3.3 %
2004
= 112
Norway :
3.3 %
2005
# 114
Netherlands :
3 %
2005
= 115
Nigeria :
2.9 %
1995
= 115
Denmark :
2.9 %
2005
= 117
Canada :
2.7 %
2005
= 117
Qatar :
2.7 %
2004
# 119
Germany :
2.4 %
2005
# 120
Djibouti :
2.3 %
1991
= 121
Malta :
2.1 %
2004
= 121
Puerto Rico :
2.1 %
2005
= 123
Sweden :
2 %
2005
= 123
Israel :
2 %
2005
= 123
Belgium :
2 %
2004
# 126
United States :
1.6 %
2005
= 127
United Kingdom :
1.4 %
2005
= 127
Brunei :
1.4 %
2001
= 127
Bermuda :
1.4 %
1996
= 127
Man, Isle of :
1.4 %
2001
# 131
Luxembourg :
1.2 %
2005
= 132
Netherlands Antilles :
1.1 %
2000
= 132
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
= 137
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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