| Economically active population in agriculture (FAO, numbers) - Labor, migration and population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2006) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 | Africa | 225,723,000 |
| 2 | Sub-Saharan Africa | 208,967,000 |
| 3 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa | 207,375,000 |
| 4 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | 191,148,000 |
| 5 |  Ethiopia | 28,810,000 |
| 6 | North Africa | 16,756,000 |
| 7 | Nigeria | 16,227,000 |
| 8 | Tanzania | 15,688,000 |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 15,099,000 |
| 10 | Kenya | 13,512,000 |
| 11 | Uganda | 11,161,000 |
| 12 | Mozambique | 8,640,000 |
| 13 | Egypt | 8,539,000 |
| 14 | Sudan | 8,291,000 |
| 15 | Madagascar | 6,646,000 |
| 16 | Ghana | 6,522,000 |
| 17 | Burkina Faso | 6,374,000 |
| 18 | Niger | 5,590,000 |
| 19 | Angola | 5,413,000 |
| 20 | Malawi | 5,147,000 |
| 21 | Rwanda | 4,556,000 |
| 22 | Mali | 4,347,000 |
| 23 | Morocco | 4,134,000 |
| 24 | Cameroon | 4,013,000 |
| 25 | Burundi | 3,902,000 |
| 26 | Senegal | 3,872,000 |
| 27 | Zimbabwe | 3,793,000 |
| 28 | Guinea | 3,699,000 |
| 29 | Chad | 3,335,000 |
| 30 | Ivory Coast | 3,303,000 |
| 31 | Zambia | 3,302,000 |
| 32 | Algeria | 2,995,000 |
| 33 | Somalia | 2,620,000 |
| 34 | Benin | 1,958,000 |
| 35 | Eritrea | 1,743,000 |
| 36 | South Africa | 1,592,000 |
| 37 | Togo | 1,544,000 |
| 38 | Central African Republic | 1,345,000 |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 1,288,000 |
| 40 | Tunisia | 997,000 |
| 41 | Liberia | 862,000 |
| 42 | Mauritania | 730,000 |
| 43 | Gambia | 642,000 |
| 44 | Republic of the Congo | 579,000 |
| 45 | Guinea-Bissau | 568,000 |
| 46 | Botswana | 389,000 |
| 47 | Djibouti | 333,000 |
| 48 | Namibia | 321,000 |
| 49 | Lesotho | 302,000 |
| 50 | Comoros | 277,000 |
| 51 | Gabon | 193,000 |
| 52 | Equatorial Guinea | 141,000 |
| 53 | Swaziland | 129,000 |
| 54 | Libya | 91,000 |
| 55 | Mauritius | 53,000 |
| 56 | Sao Tome and Principe | 43,000 |
| 57 | Cape Verde | 41,000 |
| 58 | Seychelles | 32,000 |
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