Which country has the highest Employment in Agriculture?

Burundi has the highest Employment in Agriculture in 2025, at 85.3%, followed by Mozambique (73.0%) and Niger (73.0%).

Which country has the lowest Employment in Agriculture?

Singapore has the lowest Employment in Agriculture in 2025, at 0.1%.

What is the median Employment in Agriculture across countries?

The median is 14.6% across the 181 countries with data in 2025.

Where does this employment in agriculture by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) - World Bank.

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Employment in Agriculture by Country

Name: Employment in Agriculture by Country
Creator: Rankodex

Burundi has the highest Employment in Agriculture in 2025 (85.3%), followed by Mozambique (73.0%) and Niger (73.0%). Singapore has the lowest (0.1%).

Agriculture186 countries · 1 metricUpdated Jan 20, 2025Original page

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Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) - World Bank

ShowingEmployment in AgricultureBetter directionWhether a higher or a lower value is better. A green arrow means higher is better, a red arrow means lower is better, and no arrow means neither.More in the glossary →

Year

181 of 235 countries

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Employment in Agriculture, 2025

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Ranking

Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 181 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

14.6%

Middle half 3.85% – 34.6%

Average

21.9%

181 countries

Highest

85.3%

Burundi

Lowest

0.1%

Singapore

Over time · 1991–2025

The top 5 in 2025, against the median.

Median of all countries
Burundi
Mozambique
Niger
Chad
Madagascar

Data

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181 countries · # = rank by Employment in Agriculture

#
1	Burundi	85.3%
2	Mozambique	73.0%
3	Niger	73.0%
4	Chad	71.7%
5	Madagascar	69.2%
6	Laos	68.6%
7	Central African Republic	66.1%
8	Malawi	65.0%
9	Uganda	64.9%
10	Tanzania	64.6%
11	Mali	63.0%
12	Guinea-Bissau	61.1%
13	Ethiopia	60.1%
14	DR Congo	58.5%
15	Eritrea	55.5%
16	Equatorial Guinea	55.3%
17	Zambia	54.5%
18	Zimbabwe	54.3%
19	North Korea	54.1%
20	Angola	52.0%
21	Burkina Faso	51.8%
22	Afghanistan	51.6%
23	Moldova	50.5%
24	Guinea	47.4%
25	Haiti	46.6%
26	Timor-Leste	46.0%
27	Kenya	45.8%
28	Ivory Coast	45.4%
29	Myanmar	45.0%
30	Vanuatu	44.5%
31	Sierra Leone	44.5%
32	Bangladesh	44.3%
33	Tajikistan	43.3%
34	Solomon Islands	42.5%
35	Bhutan	42.4%
36	Cameroon	41.9%
37	India	41.6%
38	Liberia	41.1%
39	Benin	40.2%
40	Togo	37.6%
41	Papua New Guinea	36.9%
42	Republic of the Congo	36.4%
43	Pakistan	36.2%
44	Fiji	35.6%
45	Rwanda	35.1%
46	Ghana	34.6%
47	Azerbaijan	34.2%
48	Georgia	34.0%
49	Comoros	33.6%
50	Nigeria	33.5%
51	Cambodia	33.4%
52	Ecuador	32.5%
53	Mauritania	32.1%
54	Yemen	31.6%
55	Lesotho	30.9%
56	Albania	30.8%
57	Nicaragua	30.5%
58	Somalia	30.0%
59	Senegal	29.6%
60	Guatemala	29.1%
61	Gabon	28.9%
62	Thailand	28.6%
63	Morocco	27.9%
64	Gambia	27.6%
65	Indonesia	27.3%
66	Mongolia	27.0%
67	Armenia	27.0%
68	Samoa	26.9%
69	Sri Lanka	25.9%
70	Uzbekistan	25.2%
71	Vietnam	25.0%
72	Bolivia	24.7%
73	Tonga	23.6%
74	Peru	23.1%
75	Nepal	22.9%
76	Honduras	22.4%
77	Namibia	22.3%
78	Turkmenistan	21.9%
79	China	21.7%
80	Philippines	20.5%
81	Serbia	18.0%
81	Botswana	18.0%
83	Egypt	17.5%
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina	16.7%
85	Syria	16.3%
86	Belize	16.1%
87	Panama	16.0%
88	Paraguay	16.0%
89	Cuba	15.5%
90	Kyrgyzstan	15.5%
91	Eswatini	14.6%
92	Turkey	14.2%
93	Colombia	14.2%
94	Jamaica	13.9%
95	El Salvador	13.9%
96	Iran	13.6%
97	Tunisia	12.5%
98	Guyana	12.2%
99	Sao Tome and Principe	12.1%
100	Costa Rica	11.5%
101	Mexico	11.4%
102	Kazakhstan	11.3%
103	Maldives	11.3%
104	Romania	11.0%
105	Greece	10.7%
106	Libya	10.0%
107	Algeria	9.48%
107	Belarus	9.48%
109	Cape Verde	9.25%
110	Malaysia	9.18%
111	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	9.07%
112	Venezuela	8.87%
113	North Macedonia	8.5%
114	Iraq	8.17%
115	Uruguay	8.07%
116	Brazil	7.63%
117	Saint Lucia	7.47%
118	Dominican Republic	7.01%
119	Argentina	7%
120	Suriname	6.98%
121	Latvia	6.66%
122	Poland	6.22%
123	Chile	6.07%
124	Oman	5.95%
125	New Zealand	5.42%
126	South Africa	5.41%
127	Russia	5.11%
128	South Korea	5.1%
129	Mauritius	4.71%
130	Bulgaria	4.69%
131	Lithuania	4.66%
132	Trinidad and Tobago	4.49%
133	Croatia	4.33%
134	Montenegro	4.19%
135	Hungary	4.11%
136	Ireland	3.85%
137	Slovenia	3.66%
138	Iceland	3.61%
139	Finland	3.49%
140	Spain	3.37%
141	Italy	3.35%
142	Jordan	3.12%
143	Estonia	2.96%
144	Japan	2.81%
145	Portugal	2.78%
146	Austria	2.77%
147	Czechia	2.71%
148	Saudi Arabia	2.5%
148	Norway	2.5%
150	France	2.33%
151	Switzerland	2.24%
152	Australia	2.18%
153	Slovakia	2.16%
154	Cyprus	2.15%
155	French Polynesia	1.92%
156	Kuwait	1.89%
157	New Caledonia	1.78%
158	Sweden	1.77%
159	Netherlands	1.7%
160	Denmark	1.62%
160	Qatar	1.62%
162	United States Virgin Islands	1.59%
163	Guam	1.56%
164	United States	1.52%
165	United Arab Emirates	1.44%
166	Barbados	1.25%
167	Brunei	1.2%
168	Djibouti	1.15%
169	Puerto Rico	1.14%
170	Canada	1.1%
171	Germany	1.07%
172	Belgium	0.98%
173	Luxembourg	0.88%
173	Malta	0.88%
175	United Kingdom	0.85%
176	Bahrain	0.83%
177	Bahamas	0.77%
178	Israel	0.76%
179	Macau	0.37%
180	Hong Kong	0.18%
181	Singapore	0.1%

What correlates with Employment in Agriculture (2025)?

Pearson r against 1,430 other country metrics sharing at least 109 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.

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Places that have a higher Employment in Agriculture tend to score higher on these (or rank better)

% of Pop. Living on Less Than $10 USD/DayPoverty Rate by Country
r = +0.80 · very strong · n = 147
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Young ADRAge Dependency Ratio by Country
r = +0.80 · very strong · n = 181
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Crude Birth Rate (UN)Birth Rate by Country
r = +0.79 · very strong · n = 178
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Crude Birth Rate (CIA)Birth Rate by Country
r = +0.79 · very strong · n = 180
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% ChildrenChildren in the World by Country
r = +0.79 · very strong · n = 175
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Fertility Rate - Age 20-24Total Fertility Rate
r = +0.79 · very strong · n = 181
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Employment in Agriculture tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)

Energy Equity ScoreEnergy Trilemma Energy Performance Index
r = −0.88 · very strong · n = 125
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Internet Users (% of People)Development Indicators by Country (World Bank)
r = −0.86 · very strong · n = 166
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Internet PenetrationInternet Penetration by Country
r = −0.86 · very strong · n = 164
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% of Population with Access to Safely Managed WaterCountries Without Clean Water
r = −0.85 · very strong · n = 118
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% w/ Safe WaterAccess to Clean Water by Country
r = −0.85 · very strong · n = 116
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LP Living ConditionsLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the best
r = −0.84 · very strong · n = 161
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Employment in Agriculture?: Burundi has the highest Employment in Agriculture in 2025, at 85.3%, followed by Mozambique (73.0%) and Niger (73.0%).
Which country has the lowest Employment in Agriculture?: Singapore has the lowest Employment in Agriculture in 2025, at 0.1%.
What is the median Employment in Agriculture across countries?: The median is 14.6% across the 181 countries with data in 2025.
Where does this employment in agriculture by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) - World Bank.

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