| Both sexes: Agriculture sector - Total labour force - UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics - Country Comparison (2006) |
Rank | Country | Absolute Value in thousands |
| 1 | China | 507,878 |
| 2 | India | 289,573 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 51,556 |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 41,238 |
| 5 | Vietnam | 30,097 |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 28,810 |
| 7 | Pakistan | 28,626 |
| 8 | Thailand | 20,081 |
| 9 | Burma | 19,107 |
| 10 | Nigeria | 16,227 |
| 11 | Tanzania | 15,688 |
| 12 | Turkey | 15,153 |
| 13 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 15,099 |
| 14 | Kenya | 13,512 |
| 15 | Philippines | 13,222 |
| 16 | Nepal | 12,348 |
| 17 | Brazil | 11,745 |
| 18 | Uganda | 11,161 |
| 19 | Mozambique | 8,640 |
| 20 | Egypt | 8,539 |
| 21 | Sudan | 8,291 |
| 22 | Mexico | 8,240 |
| 23 | Russia | 7,093 |
| 24 | Iran | 6,821 |
| 25 | Madagascar | 6,646 |
| 26 | Afghanistan | 6,527 |
| 27 | Ghana | 6,522 |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 6,374 |
| 29 | Niger | 5,590 |
| 30 | Angola | 5,413 |
| 31 | Cambodia | 5,204 |
| 32 | Malawi | 5,147 |
| 33 | Rwanda | 4,556 |
| 34 | Mali | 4,347 |
| 35 | Morocco | 4,134 |
| 36 | Cameroon | 4,013 |
| 37 | Burundi | 3,902 |
| 38 | Senegal | 3,872 |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 3,847 |
| 40 | Poland | 3,796 |
| 41 | Zimbabwe | 3,793 |
| 42 | Guinea | 3,699 |
| 43 | Colombia | 3,611 |
| 44 | Chad | 3,335 |
| 45 | Ivory Coast | 3,303 |
| 46 | Zambia | 3,302 |
| 47 | Yemen | 3,174 |
| 48 | South Korea | 3,169 |
| 49 | North Korea | 3,169 |
| 50 | Peru | 3,036 |
| 51 | Algeria | 2,995 |
| 52 | Uzbekistan | 2,971 |
| 53 | Ukraine | 2,925 |
| 54 | United States | 2,766 |
| 55 | Somalia | 2,620 |
| 56 | Haiti | 2,488 |
| 57 | Laos | 2,287 |
| 58 | Papua New Guinea | 2,113 |
| 59 | Guatemala | 1,987 |
| 60 | Benin | 1,958 |
| 61 | Japan | 1,950 |
| 62 | Eritrea | 1,743 |
| 63 | Malaysia | 1,728 |
| 64 | Syria | 1,725 |
| 65 | Bolivia | 1,679 |
| 66 | South Africa | 1,592 |
| 67 | Togo | 1,544 |
| 68 | Argentina | 1,430 |
| 69 | Central African Republic | 1,345 |
| 70 | Sierra Leone | 1,288 |
| 71 | Kazakhstan | 1,190 |
| 72 | Ecuador | 1,177 |
| 73 | Romania | 1,176 |
| 74 | Spain | 1,095 |
| 75 | Italy | 1,036 |
| 76 | Chile | 1,026 |
| 77 | Tunisia | 997 |
| 78 | Azerbaijan | 987 |
| 79 | Liberia | 862 |
| 80 | Tajikistan | 813 |
| 81 | Germany | 781 |
| 82 | El Salvador | 777 |
| 83 | Paraguay | 764 |
| 84 | Venezuela | 752 |
| 85 | Mauritania | 730 |
| 86 | Turkmenistan | 728 |
| 87 | Honduras | 724 |
| 88 | France | 723 |
| 89 | Serbia | 714.62 |
| 90 | Cuba | 699 |
| 91 | Albania | 695 |
| 92 | Greece | 692 |
| 93 | Gambia | 642 |
| 94 | Iraq | 611 |
| 95 | Saudi Arabia | 599 |
| 96 | Republic of the Congo | 579 |
| 97 | Guinea-Bissau | 568 |
| 98 | Portugal | 566 |
| 99 | Belarus | 563 |
| 100 | Kyrgyzstan | 549 |
| 101 | Dominican Republic | 546 |
| 102 | United Kingdom | 490 |
| 103 | Australia | 438 |
| 104 | Timor-Leste | 423 |
| 105 | Hungary | 418 |
| 106 | Czech Republic | 390 |
| 107 | Botswana | 389 |
| 108 | Georgia | 385 |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 381 |
| 110 | Moldova | 355 |
| 111 | Canada | 344 |
| 112 | Bhutan | 334 |
| 113 | Djibouti | 333 |
| 114 | Costa Rica | 327 |
| 115 | Namibia | 321 |
| 116 | Oman | 309 |
| 117 | Lesotho | 302 |
| 118 | Mongolia | 296 |
| 119 | Comoros | 277 |
| 120 | Jamaica | 248 |
| 121 | Panama | 246 |
| 122 | Slovakia | 234 |
| 123 | Netherlands | 209 |
| 124 | Jordan | 194 |
| 125 | Gabon | 193 |
| 126 | Bulgaria | 190 |
| 127 | Uruguay | 181 |
| 128 | Solomon Islands | 181 |
| 129 | New Zealand | 175 |
| 130 | Lithuania | 173 |
| 131 | Armenia | 159 |
| 132 | Austria | 155 |
| 133 | Ireland | 155 |
| 134 | Swaziland | 144 |
| 135 | Switzerland | 144 |
| 136 | Equatorial Guinea | 141 |
| 137 | Latvia | 131 |
| 138 | Fiji | 129 |
| 139 | Sweden | 128 |
| 140 | Croatia | 124 |
| 141 | Occupied Palestinian territory | 111 |
| 142 | Finland | 109 |
| 143 | United Arab Emirates | 94 |
| 144 | Norway | 93 |
| 145 | Libya | 91 |
| 146 | Macedonia | 90 |
| 147 | Denmark | 87 |
| 148 | Estonia | 73 |
| 149 | Montenegro | 66.39 |
| 150 | Western Sahara | 65 |
| 151 | Belgium | 63 |
| 152 | Israel | 63 |
| 153 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 57 |
| 154 | Mauritius | 53 |
| 155 | Guyana | 52 |
| 156 | Trinidad and Tobago | 47 |
| 157 | Sao Tome and Principe | 43 |
| 158 | New Caledonia | 42 |
| 159 | Cape Verde | 41 |
| 160 | Lebanon | 38 |
| 161 | French Polynesia | 34 |
| 162 | Vanuatu | 33 |
| 163 | Suriname | 32 |
| 164 | Seychelles | 32 |
| 165 | Belize | 29 |
| 166 | Cyprus | 28 |
| 167 | Maldives | 26 |
| 168 | Guam | 21 |
| 169 | Samoa | 20 |
| 170 | St. Lucia | 17 |
| 171 | Kuwait | 16 |
| 172 | Iceland | 12 |
| 173 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 12 |
| 174 | Tonga | 11 |
| 175 | Aruba | 11 |
| 176 | Slovenia | 11 |
| 177 | Micronesia | 11 |
| 178 | Grenada | 10 |
| 179 | Kiribati | 10 |
| 180 | Northern Mariana Islands | 9 |
| 181 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8 |
| 182 | American Samoa | 8 |
| 183 | Marshall Islands | 7 |
| 184 | Dominica | 7 |
| 185 | Cayman Islands | 5 |
| 186 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 5 |
| 187 | Bahamas | 5 |
| 188 | Barbados | 5 |
| 189 | Qatar | 4 |
| 190 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3 |
| 191 | Bahrain | 3 |
| 192 | Luxembourg | 3 |
| 193 | Malta | 2 |
| 194 | Cook Islands | 2 |
| 195 | British Virgin Islands | 2 |
| 196 | Palau | 2 |
| 197 | Andorra | 2 |
| 198 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 2 |
| 199 | Singapore | 2 |
| 200 | Saint Helena | 1 |
| 201 | Brunei Darussalam | 1 |
| 202 | Greenland | 1 |
| 203 | Bermuda | 1 |
| 204 | Tuvalu | 1 |
| 205 | Faroe Islands | 1 |
| 206 | Nauru | 1 |
| 207 | Anguilla | 1 |
| 208 | Montserrat | 1 |
| 209 | San Marino | 1 |
| 210 | Gibraltar | 1 |
| 211 | Niue | 0 |
| 212 | Netherlands Antilles | 0 |
| 213 | Tokelau | 0 |
| 214 | Holy See | 0 |
| 215 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 |
| 216 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0 |
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