Employment in agriculture vs. urban population by country
The share of people employed in agriculture includes working-age people with a job in farming, forestry, fishing, and related activities, including those temporarily absent.
Countries reporting
183
Highest
85.1%
Burundi
Lowest
0.1%
Singapore
Median
15.0%
Years covered
33
1991–2023
Data points
6,134
What the numbers show
Employment in agriculture vs. urban population is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 85.1% in Burundi; the lowest is 0.1% in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 15.0%, and the mean is 22.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 932.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 165 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela (up 42.8%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 72.2%).
Employment in agriculture vs. urban population: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 85.1% | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 2 | Niger | 70.6% | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 70.5% | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 4 | Laos | 69.6% | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 5 | Mozambique | 69.5% | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 6 | Madagascar | 69.4% | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 7 | Chad | 69.1% | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 8 | Mali | 67.8% | 2023 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 9 | Uganda | 65.9% | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 10 | Tanzania | 65.4% | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 62.4% | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 12 | Malawi | 61.7% | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 13 | Nepal | 61.2% | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 14 | Eritrea | 60.9% | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 15 | South Sudan | 59.2% | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 16 | Guinea | 58.2% | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 17 | Angola | 56.2% | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 18 | Equatorial Guinea | 55.9% | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 19 | Zambia | 55.4% | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 20 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 55.1% | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 21 | Rwanda | 54.8% | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 22 | Zimbabwe | 52.5% | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 23 | Armenia | 52.3% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 24 | Moldova | 51.1% | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 25 | Guinea-Bissau | 50.0% | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 26 | North Korea | 46.8% | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 27 | Afghanistan | 45.5% | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 28 | Cote d'Ivoire | 45.2% | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 29 | Myanmar | 45.2% | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 30 | Haiti | 44.7% | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 31 | Bhutan | 43.8% | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 32 | Vanuatu | 43.6% | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 33 | India | 43.5% | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 34 | Cameroon | 43.4% | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 43.0% | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 36 | Tajikistan | 42.7% | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 37 | Georgia | 39.9% | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 38 | Sudan | 39.8% | 2022 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 39 | Liberia | 38.9% | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 40 | Papua New Guinea | 38.7% | 2023 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 41 | Solomon Islands | 37.6% | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 42 | East Timor | 36.8% | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 43 | Pakistan | 36.1% | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 44 | Cambodia | 36.0% | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 45 | Azerbaijan | 35.5% | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 46 | Ghana | 35.4% | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 47 | Bangladesh | 35.3% | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 48 | Albania | 34.9% | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 49 | Comoros | 34.4% | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 50 | Nigeria | 34.3% | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 51 | Vietnam | 33.0% | 2023 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 52 | Mauritania | 32.7% | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 53 | Kenya | 32.3% | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 54 | Burkina Faso | 31.4% | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 55 | Togo | 30.3% | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 56 | Samoa | 30.2% | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 57 | Congo | 30.2% | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 58 | Thailand | 30.1% | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 59 | Ecuador | 30.0% | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 60 | Morocco | 29.6% | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 61 | Lesotho | 29.2% | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 62 | Gabon | 29.2% | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 63 | Gambia | 29.1% | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 64 | Indonesia | 28.8% | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 65 | Yemen | 28.6% | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 66 | Fiji | 28.1% | 2023 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 67 | Benin | 28.0% | 2023 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 68 | Nicaragua | 27.7% | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 69 | Guatemala | 26.7% | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 70 | Tonga | 26.3% | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 71 | Sri Lanka | 26.3% | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 72 | Mongolia | 26.1% | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 73 | Somalia | 26.0% | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 74 | Bolivia | 24.4% | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 75 | Peru | 24.0% | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 76 | Kyrgyzstan | 23.9% | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 77 | Honduras | 22.6% | 2023 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 78 | Philippines | 22.4% | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 79 | China | 22.3% | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 80 | Turkmenistan | 22.2% | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 81 | Senegal | 21.6% | 2023 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 82 | Namibia | 21.5% | 2023 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 83 | Serbia | 19.2% | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 84 | South Africa | 18.8% | 2023 | up 22.4% | falling |
| 85 | Egypt | 18.7% | 2023 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 86 | Botswana | 18.0% | 2023 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 87 | Romania | 17.9% | 2023 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 88 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17.6% | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 89 | Paraguay | 17.2% | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 90 | Cuba | 17.1% | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 91 | Belize | 15.6% | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 92 | Syria | 15.0% | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 93 | El Salvador | 14.8% | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 94 | Panama | 14.7% | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 95 | Turkey | 14.6% | 2023 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 96 | Jamaica | 14.6% | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 97 | Colombia | 14.4% | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 98 | Iran | 14.3% | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 99 | Ukraine | 14.1% | 2021 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 100 | Uzbekistan | 13.9% | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 101 | Eswatini | 13.8% | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 102 | Costa Rica | 13.4% | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 103 | Tunisia | 12.8% | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 104 | Kazakhstan | 12.1% | 2023 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 105 | Mexico | 12.0% | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 106 | Greece | 11.5% | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 107 | Guyana | 11.3% | 2023 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 108 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.1% | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 109 | Venezuela | 10.6% | 2023 | up 42.8% | falling |
| 110 | Saint Lucia | 10.4% | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 111 | Belarus | 10.0% | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 112 | Cape Verde | 9.9% | 2023 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 113 | Malaysia | 9.8% | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 114 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.6% | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 115 | Algeria | 9.3% | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 116 | North Macedonia | 9.3% | 2023 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 117 | Uruguay | 8.7% | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 118 | Libya | 8.7% | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 119 | Iraq | 8.2% | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 120 | Brazil | 8.2% | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 121 | Maldives | 7.7% | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 122 | Poland | 7.6% | 2023 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 123 | Dominican Republic | 7.4% | 2023 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 124 | Suriname | 7.4% | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 125 | Latvia | 6.8% | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 126 | Palestine | 6.2% | 2022 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 127 | Chile | 6.2% | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 128 | Oman | 6.1% | 2023 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 129 | Montenegro | 6.0% | 2023 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 130 | Russia | 5.7% | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 131 | Bulgaria | 5.7% | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 132 | New Zealand | 5.6% | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 133 | South Korea | 5.3% | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 134 | Mauritius | 5.3% | 2023 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 135 | Lithuania | 5.1% | 2023 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 136 | Croatia | 4.7% | 2023 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 137 | Hungary | 4.4% | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 138 | Slovenia | 4.0% | 2023 | down 51.9% | falling |
| 140 | Iceland | 3.7% | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 141 | Spain | 3.6% | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 142 | Finland | 3.6% | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 143 | Italy | 3.6% | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 144 | Lebanon | 3.4% | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 145 | Jordan | 3.2% | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 146 | Austria | 3.1% | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 147 | Japan | 3.0% | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 148 | Portugal | 2.9% | 2023 | down 71.1% | falling |
| 149 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.9% | 2023 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Bahamas | 2.9% | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 151 | Saudi Arabia | 2.8% | 2023 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 152 | Czechia | 2.7% | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 153 | Barbados | 2.6% | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 154 | Estonia | 2.6% | 2023 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 155 | France | 2.5% | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 156 | Norway | 2.5% | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 157 | Slovakia | 2.4% | 2023 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Cyprus | 2.4% | 2023 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Australia | 2.1% | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 160 | French Polynesia | 2.1% | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 161 | Denmark | 2.0% | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 162 | Kuwait | 1.9% | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 163 | Netherlands | 1.9% | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 164 | Switzerland | 1.9% | 2023 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 165 | New Caledonia | 1.8% | 2023 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Sweden | 1.8% | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 167 | Qatar | 1.7% | 2023 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 168 | United States | 1.6% | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 169 | Brunei | 1.5% | 2023 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 170 | United Arab Emirates | 1.3% | 2023 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 171 | United States Virgin Islands | 1.3% | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 172 | Canada | 1.3% | 2023 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 173 | Germany | 1.2% | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 174 | Puerto Rico | 1.2% | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 175 | Djibouti | 1.1% | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 177 | Belgium | 1.1% | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 178 | United Kingdom | 1.0% | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 179 | Bahrain | 0.9% | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 181 | Israel | 0.8% | 2023 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 182 | Argentina | 0.6% | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 183 | Macao | 0.5% | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 184 | Guam | 0.2% | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 185 | Hong Kong | 0.2% | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 186 | Singapore | 0.1% | 2023 | down 72.2% | volatile |
About this data
The share of people employed in agriculture includes working-age people with a job in farming, forestry, fishing, and related activities, including those temporarily absent.