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CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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.
Labor Statistics > Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) :
95%
1996
# 2
Burundi :
93.6%
2002
= 3
Burkina Faso :
90%
2000
= 3
Niger :
90%
1995
= 3
Malawi :
90%
2003
= 3
Rwanda :
90%
2000
= 7
Zambia :
85%
2004
= 7
Angola :
85%
2003
= 7
Papua New Guinea :
85%
2005
= 10
Uganda :
82%
1999
= 10
Guinea-Bissau :
82%
2000
# 12
Mozambique :
81%
1997
= 13
Laos :
80%
2005
= 13
Afghanistan :
80%
2004
= 13
Sudan :
80%
1998
= 13
Chad :
80%
2006
= 13
Comoros :
80%
1996
= 13
Mali :
80%
2005
= 13
Eritrea :
80%
2004
= 13
Wallis and Futuna :
80%
2001
= 13
Tanzania :
80%
2002
# 22
Senegal :
77.5%
2007
= 23
Guinea :
76%
2006
= 23
Nepal :
76%
2004
= 25
Solomon Islands :
75%
2000
= 25
Cambodia :
75%
2004
= 25
Kenya :
75%
2003
= 25
Gambia, The :
75%
1996
= 29
Nigeria :
70%
1999
= 29
Burma :
70%
2001
= 29
Cameroon :
70%
2001
= 29
Liberia :
70%
2000
= 29
Fiji :
70%
2001
# 34
Côte d'Ivoire :
68%
2007
# 35
Tajikistan :
67.2%
2000
= 36
Haiti :
66%
1995
= 36
Zimbabwe :
66%
1996
= 38
Vanuatu :
65%
2000
= 38
Tonga :
65%
1997
= 38
Togo :
65%
1998
# 41
Bhutan :
63%
2004
# 42
India :
60%
2003
# 43
Albania :
58%
2006
# 44
Ghana :
56%
2005
= 45
Georgia :
55.6%
2006
= 45
Vietnam :
55.6%
2005
= 47
Tunisia :
55%
1995
= 47
Kyrgyzstan :
55%
2000
= 49
Mauritania :
50%
2001
= 49
Guatemala :
50%
1999
= 49
Western Sahara :
50%
2005
# 52
Thailand :
49%
2000
# 53
Turkmenistan :
48.2%
2004
# 54
Namibia :
47%
1999
# 55
Armenia :
46.2%
2006
# 56
Uzbekistan :
44%
1995
# 57
Indonesia :
43.3%
2004
# 58
China :
43%
2006
# 59
Pakistan :
42%
2004
# 60
Azerbaijan :
41%
2001
# 61
Moldova :
40.7%
2005
= 62
Morocco :
40%
2003
= 62
Dominica :
40%
2000
= 62
Bolivia :
40%
2006
# 65
Mongolia :
39.9%
2006
# 66
Korea, North :
37%
2004
# 67
Philippines :
35%
2007
# 68
Sri Lanka :
34.3%
2006
# 69
Honduras :
34%
2003
# 70
Faroe Islands :
33%
2000
# 71
Kazakhstan :
32.2%
2005
# 72
Egypt :
32%
2001
# 73
Paraguay :
31%
2007
# 74
Serbia and Montenegro :
30%
2002
# 75
Romania :
29.7%
2006
= 76
Cook Islands :
29%
1995
= 76
Nicaragua :
29%
2006
# 78
Guam :
26%
2004
= 79
Iran :
25%
2007
= 79
Ukraine :
25%
1996
# 81
Grenada :
24%
1999
# 82
Colombia :
22.7%
2000
# 83
Belize :
22.5%
2005
# 84
Maldives :
22%
1995
# 85
Saint Lucia :
21.7%
2002
# 86
Marshall Islands :
21.4%
2000
= 87
Brazil :
20%
2003
= 87
Cuba :
20%
2005
= 87
New Caledonia :
20%
2002
# 90
Macedonia, Republic of :
19.6%
2007
# 91
Syria :
19.2%
2006
# 92
El Salvador :
19%
2006
= 93
West Bank :
18%
2006
= 93
Saint Pierre and Miquelon :
18%
1996
= 93
Mexico :
18%
2003
= 96
Dominican Republic :
17%
1998
= 96
Jamaica :
17%
2006
= 96
Libya :
17%
2004
# 99
Poland :
16.1%
2002
# 100
Lithuania :
15.8%
2004
= 101
Panama :
15%
2006
= 101
Guadeloupe :
15%
2002
= 103
Belarus :
14%
2003
= 103
Costa Rica :
14%
2006
# 105
Chile :
13.6%
2003
= 106
Venezuela :
13%
1997
= 106
French Polynesia :
13%
2002
= 106
Malaysia :
13%
2005
= 106
Latvia :
13%
2005
= 106
Réunion :
13%
2000
= 111
Greece :
12%
2004
= 111
Gaza Strip :
12%
2005
= 111
Saudi Arabia :
12%
1999
# 114
Estonia :
11%
1999
# 115
Russia :
10.8%
2007
= 116
Barbados :
10%
1996
= 116
Martinique :
10%
1997
= 116
Portugal :
10%
2007
= 119
Uruguay :
9%
2007
= 119
South Africa :
9%
2007
= 119
Peru :
9%
2001
# 122
Cyprus :
8.5%
2006
= 123
Ecuador :
8%
2001
= 123
Suriname :
8%
2004
# 125
Korea, South :
7.5%
2007
= 126
New Zealand :
7%
2006
= 126
United Arab Emirates :
7%
2000
# 128
Ireland :
6%
2006
# 129
Hungary :
5.5%
2003
= 130
Taiwan :
5.3%
2007
= 130
Spain :
5.3%
2004
# 132
Iceland :
5.1%
2005
= 133
Jordan :
5%
2001
= 133
Italy :
5%
2001
# 135
Japan :
4.6%
2004
= 137
Czech Republic :
4.1%
2003
= 137
France :
4.1%
1999
# 139
Norway :
4%
1995
# 140
Switzerland :
3.8%
2005
# 141
Australia :
3.6%
2004
= 142
Netherlands :
3%
2005
= 142
Denmark :
3%
2004
= 142
Austria :
3%
2005
= 142
Malta :
3%
2005
= 142
Seychelles :
3%
2006
= 142
Puerto Rico :
3%
2000
# 148
Brunei :
2.9%
2003
# 149
Germany :
2.8%
1999
= 150
Croatia :
2.7%
2004
= 150
Kiribati :
2.7%
2000
# 152
Slovenia :
2.5%
2007
# 153
Liechtenstein :
2.1%
2005
= 154
Sweden :
2%
2000
= 154
Belgium :
2%
2007
= 154
Montenegro :
2%
2004
= 157
United Kingdom :
1.4%
2006
= 157
Cayman Islands :
1.4%
1995
= 159
Luxembourg :
1%
2004
= 159
Virgin Islands :
1%
2003
= 159
Bahrain :
1%
1997
= 159
Argentina :
1%
2007
= 159
Netherlands Antilles :
1%
2005
# 164
British Virgin Islands :
0.6%
2005
# 165
Andorra :
0.3%
2005
# 166
San Marino :
0.2%
2006
Weighted average:
33.6%
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
4.4%
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: All
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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