Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) - Economic activity - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators

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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.
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) - Economic activity - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Rwanda (1989)90.1
2Burkina Faso (1994)88.8
3Laos (1995)85.4
4Chad (1993)83
5Madagascar (2005)82
6Equatorial Guinea (1983)76.3
7Guinea (1994)76
8Tanzania (2006)74.6
9Lesotho (1999)72.3
10Papua New Guinea (2000)72.3
11Zambia (2000)71.6
12Uganda (2003)68.7
13Sierra Leone (2004)68.5
14Nepal (2001)65.7
15Gambia (1993)64.7
16Burma (1998)62.7
17Cameroon (2001)60.6
18Zimbabwe (1999)60
19Albania (2006)58
20Vietnam (2004)57.9
21Tajikistan (2004)55.5
22Ghana (1999)55
23Yemen (1999)54.1
24Georgia (2007)53.4
25Haiti (1999)50.5
26Bangladesh (2005)48.1
27Nigeria (1986)46.9
28Armenia (2006)46.2
29East Asia & Pacific (2002)44.42
30China (2002)44.1
31Pakistan (2007)43.6
32Bhutan (2005)43.6
33Morocco (2006)43.3
34Thailand (2007)41.7
35Gabon (1993)41.6
36Mali (2004)41.5
37Indonesia (2007)41.2
38Mongolia (2008)40.6
39Cambodia (2004)39.8
40Bolivia (2002)39.6
41Honduras (2005)39.2
42Azerbaijan (2007)38.7
43Uzbekistan (1999)38.5
44Middle income (2001)36.99
45Kyrgyzstan (2006)36.3
46Philippines (2007)36.1
47Senegal (2006)33.7
48Kazakhstan (2004)33.5
49Guatemala (2006)33.2
50Moldova (2007)32.8
51Tonga (2003)31.8
52Sri Lanka (2007)31.3
53Egypt (2006)31.2
54Botswana (2005)29.9
55Namibia (2004)29.9
56St. Kitts and Nevis (1984)29.6
57Paraguay (2007)29.5
58Nicaragua (2006)29.1
59Romania (2008)28.7
60Sao Tome and Principe (2000)27.9
61Syria (2003)27
62Turkey (2008)26.2
63Tunisia (1989)25.8
64Serbia (2008)25.12
65Iran (2007)22.8
66Guyana (2002)21.4
67Dominica (2001)21
68Marshall Islands (1999)20.8
69Algeria (2004)20.7
70Libya (1986)19.7
71Belize (2005)19.5
72Brazil (2006)19.3
73El Salvador (2006)18.9
74Cuba (2007)18.7
75Colombia (2007)18.4
76Jamaica (2006)18.2
77Macedonia (2007)18.2
78Iraq (2004)17
79Ukraine (2007)16.7
80Europe & Central Asia (2007)16.04
81Latin America & Caribbean (2006)15.79
82West Bank and Gaza (2007)15.6
83St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2001)15.4
84Upper middle income (2006)15.19
85St. Lucia (2004)14.8
86Malaysia (2007)14.8
87Poland (2007)14.7
88Panama (2007)14.7
89Dominican Republic (2007)14.5
90Grenada (1998)13.8
91Mexico (2007)13.5
92Costa Rica (2007)13.2
93Croatia (2007)12.8
94Chile (2007)12.3
95Maldives (2006)11.5
96Portugal (2008)11.5
97Faroe Islands (2005)11.1
98Uruguay (2007)11
99Slovenia (2007)10.2
100French Polynesia (2002)9.4
101Peru (2007)9.3
102Mauritius (2007)9.1
103Russia (2007)9
104South Africa (2007)8.8
105Venezuela (2007)8.7
106Montenegro (2005)8.6
107Ethiopia (2006)8.6
108Greece (2008)8.5
109Ecuador (2006)8.3
110Suriname (2004)8
111Lithuania (2008)7.7
112Latvia (2008)7.7
113Bulgaria (2007)7.5
114South Korea (2007)7.4
115North Korea (2007)7.4
116New Zealand (2007)7.2
117New Caledonia (1996)7.2
118Oman (2000)6.4
119Iceland (2007)5.9
120Austria (2008)5.6
121Ireland (2008)5.6
122Angola (1992)5.1
123United Arab Emirates (2005)4.9
124Saudi Arabia (2007)4.7
125Finland (2008)4.5
126Hungary (2008)4.5
127Spain (2008)4.3
128Trinidad and Tobago (2005)4.3
129Cyprus (2008)4.3
130Japan (2007)4.2
131Slovakia (2008)4
132Switzerland (2007)3.9
133Italy (2008)3.8
134Estonia (2008)3.7
135Euro area (2008)3.7
136Jordan (2003)3.6
137Australia (2007)3.4
138Barbados (2004)3.3
139Czech Republic (2008)3.3
140High income (2007)3.13
141High income: OECD (2007)3.1
142France (2008)3
143Qatar (2006)3
144Norway (2008)2.8
145Kiribati (2000)2.8
146Denmark (2008)2.7
147Netherlands (2008)2.7
148Antigua and Barbuda (2001)2.6
149Canada (2007)2.5
150Bahamas (2007)2.3
151Germany (2008)2.2
152Sweden (2007)2.2
153American Samoa (1990)2.2
154Isle of Man (2006)1.9
155Cayman Islands (2007)1.8
156Luxembourg (2008)1.8
157Belgium (2008)1.8
158Malta (2008)1.7
159Israel (2007)1.6
160Bahrain (2001)1.5
161Brunei Darussalam (2001)1.4
162United States (2007)1.4
163United Kingdom (2008)1.4
164Bermuda (2000)1.4
165Netherlands Antilles (2007)1.3
166Northern Mariana Islands (1995)1.2
167Singapore (2007)1.1
168Puerto Rico (2007)1.1
169Argentina (2006)0.8
170Aruba (1997)0.5
171San Marino (2007)0.4
172Hong Kong (2007)0.2
173Macau (2007)0.1
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