Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — Cabo Verde

Employment in agriculture in Cabo Verde in 2025 — 9.2%. Ranked 109 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 18.3 pp.

2025 9.2% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 109of 182
Period maximum 27.5%1991
Period minimum 9.2%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — Cabo Verde, 1991–2025010203019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 27.5%1992: 26.5%1993: 25.9%1994: 24.8%1995: 23.8%1996: 23%1997: 22.1%1998: 21.2%1999: 20.7%2000: 19.8%2001: 19.4%2002: 18.9%2003: 18.4%2004: 17.7%2005: 17.2%2006: 16.6%2007: 15.8%2008: 15.3%2009: 15.3%2010: 15.1%2011: 14.8%2012: 14.7%2013: 14.6%2014: 14.4%2015: 14.2%2016: 13.9%2017: 13.5%2018: 11.8%2019: 10.6%2020: 11.2%2021: 11.1%2022: 10.3%2023: 9.9%2024: 9.6%2025: 9.2%
Change over the period: −18.3 pp Annual average: -0.54 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Cabo Verde

Cabo Verde 9.2%
World 25.8%
Western Africa computed 39.7%
Employment in agriculture — Cabo Verde, by year Cabo Verde All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 9.2 −0.3 pp
2024 9.6 −0.3 pp
2023 9.9 −0.4 pp
2022 10.3 −0.8 pp
2021 11.1 −0.1 pp
2020 11.2 +0.6 pp
2019 10.6 −1.2 pp
2018 11.8 −1.7 pp
2017 13.5 −0.4 pp
2016 13.9 −0.3 pp
2015 14.2 −0.2 pp
2014 14.4 −0.2 pp
2013 14.6 −0.1 pp
2012 14.7 −0.1 pp
2011 14.8 −0.3 pp
2010 15.1 −0.2 pp
2009 15.3 −0 pp
2008 15.3 −0.5 pp
2007 15.8 −0.8 pp
2006 16.6 −0.6 pp
2005 17.2 −0.6 pp
2004 17.7 −0.7 pp
2003 18.4 −0.4 pp
2002 18.9 −0.5 pp
2001 19.4 −0.4 pp
2000 19.8 −0.9 pp
1999 20.7 −0.5 pp
1998 21.2 −0.9 pp
1997 22.1 −0.9 pp
1996 23 −0.9 pp
1995 23.8 −1 pp
1994 24.8 −1.1 pp
1993 25.9 −0.6 pp
1992 26.5 −1 pp
1991 27.5

About the indicator

The share of total employment in agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing. Set against the share of agriculture in GDP it shows the productivity of the sector: if farming employs 50% of workers and produces 20% of GDP, labor productivity there is three times below the average for the economy.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.