Working in agriculture
% of employment · no best or worst — largest to smallest
186 of 216 countries report a figure for working in agriculture
World average: 22.0%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Burundi | 85.3% | 2025 | |
| #2 | Mozambique | 73.0% | 2025 | |
| #3 | Niger | 73.0% | 2025 | |
| #4 | Chad | 71.7% | 2025 | |
| #5 | Madagascar | 69.2% | 2025 | |
| #6 | Laos | 68.6% | 2025 | |
| #7 | Central African Republic | 66.1% | 2025 | |
| #8 | Malawi | 65.0% | 2025 | |
| #9 | Uganda | 64.9% | 2025 | |
| #10 | Tanzania | 64.6% | 2025 | |
| #11 | South Sudan | 63.8% | 2023 | |
| #12 | Mali | 63.0% | 2025 | |
| #13 | Guinea-Bissau | 61.1% | 2025 | |
| #14 | Ethiopia | 60.1% | 2025 | |
| #15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 58.5% | 2025 | |
| #16 | Eritrea | 55.5% | 2025 | |
| #17 | Equatorial Guinea | 55.3% | 2025 | |
| #18 | Zambia | 54.5% | 2025 | |
| #19 | Zimbabwe | 54.3% | 2025 | |
| #20 | North Korea | 54.1% | 2025 | |
| #21 | Angola | 51.9% | 2025 | |
| #22 | Burkina Faso | 51.8% | 2025 | |
| #23 | Afghanistan | 51.6% | 2025 | |
| #24 | Moldova | 50.5% | 2025 | |
| #25 | Guinea | 47.4% | 2025 | |
| #26 | Haiti | 46.6% | 2025 | |
| #27 | Timor-Leste | 46.0% | 2025 | |
| #28 | Kenya | 45.8% | 2025 | |
| #29 | Ivory Coast | 45.4% | 2025 | |
| #30 | Myanmar | 45.0% | 2025 | |
| #31 | Vanuatu | 44.5% | 2025 | |
| #32 | Sierra Leone | 44.5% | 2025 | |
| #33 | Bangladesh | 44.3% | 2025 | |
| #34 | Tajikistan | 43.3% | 2025 | |
| #35 | Solomon Islands | 42.5% | 2025 | |
| #36 | Bhutan | 42.4% | 2025 | |
| #37 | Cameroon | 41.9% | 2025 | |
| #38 | India | 41.6% | 2025 | |
| #39 | Liberia | 41.1% | 2025 | |
| #40 | Benin | 40.2% | 2025 | |
| #41 | Sudan | 39.8% | 2022 | |
| #42 | Togo | 37.6% | 2025 | |
| #43 | Papua New Guinea | 36.9% | 2025 | |
| #44 | Republic of the Congo | 36.4% | 2025 | |
| #45 | Pakistan | 36.2% | 2025 | |
| #46 | Fiji | 35.6% | 2025 | |
| #47 | Rwanda | 35.1% | 2025 | |
| #48 | Ghana | 34.6% | 2025 | |
| #49 | Azerbaijan | 34.2% | 2025 | |
| #50 | Georgia | 34.0% | 2025 | |
| #51 | Comoros | 33.6% | 2025 | |
| #52 | Nigeria | 33.5% | 2025 | |
| #53 | Cambodia | 33.4% | 2025 | |
| #54 | Ecuador | 32.5% | 2025 | |
| #55 | Mauritania | 32.1% | 2025 | |
| #56 | Yemen | 31.6% | 2025 | |
| #57 | Lesotho | 30.9% | 2025 | |
| #58 | Albania | 30.8% | 2025 | |
| #59 | Nicaragua | 30.5% | 2025 | |
| #60 | Somalia | 30.0% | 2025 | |
| #61 | Senegal | 29.6% | 2025 | |
| #62 | Guatemala | 29.1% | 2025 | |
| #63 | Gabon | 28.9% | 2025 | |
| #64 | Thailand | 28.6% | 2025 | |
| #65 | Morocco | 27.9% | 2025 | |
| #66 | The Gambia | 27.6% | 2025 | |
| #67 | Indonesia | 27.3% | 2025 | |
| #68 | Mongolia | 27.0% | 2025 | |
| #69 | Armenia | 27.0% | 2025 | |
| #70 | Samoa | 26.9% | 2025 | |
| #71 | Sri Lanka | 25.9% | 2025 | |
| #72 | Uzbekistan | 25.2% | 2025 | |
| #73 | Vietnam | 25.0% | 2025 | |
| #74 | Bolivia | 24.7% | 2025 | |
| #75 | Tonga | 23.6% | 2025 | |
| #76 | Peru | 23.1% | 2025 | |
| #77 | Nepal | 22.9% | 2025 | |
| #78 | Honduras | 22.4% | 2025 | |
| #79 | Namibia | 22.3% | 2025 | |
| #80 | Turkmenistan | 21.9% | 2025 | |
| #81 | People's Republic of China | 21.7% | 2025 | |
| #82 | Philippines | 20.5% | 2025 | |
| #83 | Botswana | 18.0% | 2025 | |
| #84 | Serbia | 18.0% | 2025 | |
| #85 | Egypt | 17.5% | 2025 | |
| #86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.7% | 2025 | |
| #87 | Syria | 16.3% | 2025 | |
| #88 | Belize | 16.1% | 2025 | |
| #89 | Panama | 16.0% | 2025 | |
| #90 | Paraguay | 16.0% | 2025 | |
| #91 | Cuba | 15.5% | 2025 | |
| #92 | Kyrgyzstan | 15.4% | 2025 | |
| #93 | Eswatini | 14.5% | 2025 | |
| #94 | Turkey | 14.2% | 2025 | |
| #95 | Colombia | 14.2% | 2025 | |
| #96 | Ukraine | 14.1% | 2021 | |
| #97 | Jamaica | 13.9% | 2025 | |
| #98 | El Salvador | 13.9% | 2025 | |
| #99 | Iran | 13.6% | 2025 | |
| #100 | Tunisia | 12.5% | 2025 | |
| #101 | Guyana | 12.2% | 2025 | |
| #102 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 12.1% | 2025 | |
| #103 | Costa Rica | 11.5% | 2025 | |
| #104 | Mexico | 11.4% | 2025 | |
| #105 | Kazakhstan | 11.3% | 2025 | |
| #106 | Maldives | 11.3% | 2025 | |
| #107 | Romania | 10.9% | 2025 | |
| #108 | Greece | 10.7% | 2025 | |
| #109 | Libya | 10.0% | 2025 | |
| #110 | Algeria | 9.5% | 2025 | |
| #111 | Belarus | 9.5% | 2025 | |
| #112 | Cape Verde | 9.2% | 2025 | |
| #113 | Malaysia | 9.2% | 2025 | |
| #114 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.1% | 2025 | |
| #115 | Venezuela | 8.9% | 2025 | |
| #116 | North Macedonia | 8.5% | 2025 | |
| #117 | Iraq | 8.2% | 2025 | |
| #118 | Uruguay | 8.1% | 2025 | |
| #119 | Brazil | 7.6% | 2025 | |
| #120 | Saint Lucia | 7.5% | 2025 | |
| #121 | Dominican Republic | 7.0% | 2025 | |
| #122 | Argentina | 7.0% | 2025 | |
| #123 | Suriname | 7.0% | 2025 | |
| #124 | Latvia | 6.7% | 2025 | |
| #125 | Palestine | 6.3% | 2022 | |
| #126 | Poland | 6.2% | 2025 | |
| #127 | Chile | 6.1% | 2025 | |
| #128 | Oman | 5.9% | 2025 | |
| #129 | New Zealand | 5.4% | 2025 | |
| #130 | South Africa | 5.4% | 2025 | |
| #131 | Russia | 5.1% | 2025 | |
| #132 | South Korea | 5.1% | 2025 | |
| #133 | Mauritius | 4.7% | 2025 | |
| #134 | Bulgaria | 4.7% | 2025 | |
| #135 | Lithuania | 4.7% | 2025 | |
| #136 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.5% | 2025 | |
| #137 | Croatia | 4.3% | 2025 | |
| #138 | Montenegro | 4.2% | 2025 | |
| #139 | Hungary | 4.1% | 2025 | |
| #140 | Ireland | 3.9% | 2025 | |
| #141 | Slovenia | 3.7% | 2025 | |
| #142 | Iceland | 3.6% | 2025 | |
| #143 | Lebanon | 3.5% | 2023 | |
| #144 | Finland | 3.5% | 2025 | |
| #145 | Spain | 3.4% | 2025 | |
| #146 | Italy | 3.3% | 2025 | |
| #147 | Jordan | 3.1% | 2025 | |
| #148 | Estonia | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| #149 | Japan | 2.8% | 2025 | |
| #150 | Portugal | 2.8% | 2025 | |
| #151 | Austria | 2.8% | 2025 | |
| #152 | Czech Republic | 2.7% | 2025 | |
| #153 | Norway | 2.5% | 2025 | |
| #154 | Saudi Arabia | 2.5% | 2025 | |
| #155 | France | 2.3% | 2025 | |
| #156 | Switzerland | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| #157 | Australia | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| #158 | Slovakia | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| #159 | Cyprus | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| #160 | French Polynesia | 1.9% | 2025 | |
| #161 | Kuwait | 1.9% | 2025 | |
| #162 | New Caledonia | 1.8% | 2025 | |
| #163 | Sweden | 1.8% | 2025 | |
| #164 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 1.7% | 2025 | |
| #165 | Denmark | 1.6% | 2025 | |
| #166 | Qatar | 1.6% | 2025 | |
| #167 | United States Virgin Islands | 1.6% | 2025 | |
| #168 | Guam | 1.6% | 2025 | |
| #169 | United States | 1.5% | 2025 | |
| #170 | United Arab Emirates | 1.4% | 2025 | |
| #171 | Barbados | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| #172 | Brunei | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| #173 | Djibouti | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| #174 | Puerto Rico | 1.1% | 2025 | |
| #175 | Canada | 1.1% | 2025 | |
| #176 | Germany | 1.1% | 2025 | |
| #177 | Belgium | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| #178 | Luxembourg | 0.9% | 2025 | |
| #179 | Malta | 0.9% | 2025 | |
| #180 | United Kingdom | 0.9% | 2025 | |
| #181 | Bahrain | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| #182 | The Bahamas | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| #183 | Israel | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| #184 | Macau | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| #185 | Hong Kong | 0.2% | 2025 | |
| #186 | Singapore | 0.1% | 2025 | |
| — | American Samoa | — | — | |
| — | Andorra | — | — | |
| — | Antigua and Barbuda | — | — | |
| — | Aruba | — | — | |
| — | Bermuda | — | — | |
| — | British Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Cayman Islands | — | — | |
| — | Curaçao | — | — | |
| — | Dominica | — | — | |
| — | Faroe Islands | — | — | |
| — | Gibraltar | — | — | |
| — | Greenland | — | — | |
| — | Grenada | — | — | |
| — | Isle of Man | — | — | |
| — | Kiribati | — | — | |
| — | Kosovo | — | — | |
| — | Liechtenstein | — | — | |
| — | Marshall Islands | — | — | |
| — | Federated States of Micronesia | — | — | |
| — | Monaco | — | — | |
| — | Nauru | — | — | |
| — | Northern Mariana Islands | — | — | |
| — | Palau | — | — | |
| — | San Marino | — | — | |
| — | Seychelles | — | — | |
| — | Sint Maarten | — | — | |
| — | Saint Kitts and Nevis | — | — | |
| — | Saint-Martin | — | — | |
| — | Turks and Caicos Islands | — | — | |
| — | Tuvalu | — | — |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)