Jobs in farming by country

Share of workers who work in farming, fishing or forests. The map opens on 2025, with figures for 181 countries.

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Highest in 2025

  1. Burundi 85.3%
  2. Mozambique 73.0%
  3. Niger 73.0%
  4. Chad 71.7%
  5. Madagascar 69.2%

Lowest in 2025

  1. Singapore 0.1%
  2. Hong Kong 0.2%
  3. Macao 0.4%
  4. Israel 0.8%
  5. Bahamas 0.8%

About the data

Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B (ISIC 3) or category A (ISIC 4).

Unit
% of all jobs
Years
1991–2025
Data as of
2026-09-28
Source
World Bank
License
CC BY 4.0
Credit
World Bank, World Development Indicators (SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS), CC BY 4.0

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