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

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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