Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — Channel Islands

Employment in agriculture in the Channel Islands in 2025 — 2.1%. Ranked 155 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 2.5 pp.

2025 2.1% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 155of 182
Period maximum 4.6%1991
Period minimum 2.1%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — Channel Islands, 1991–2025234519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 4.6%1992: 4.4%1993: 4.3%1994: 4.2%1995: 4.1%1996: 4%1997: 3.9%1998: 3.8%1999: 3.6%2000: 3.5%2001: 3.4%2002: 3.4%2003: 3.3%2004: 3.2%2005: 3.1%2006: 3%2007: 3%2008: 2.9%2009: 2.9%2010: 2.8%2011: 2.8%2012: 2.8%2013: 2.7%2014: 2.7%2015: 2.6%2016: 2.6%2017: 2.5%2018: 2.5%2019: 2.4%2020: 2.3%2021: 2.3%2022: 2.2%2023: 2.2%2024: 2.1%2025: 2.1%
Change over the period: −2.5 pp Annual average: -0.07 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Channel Islands

Channel Islands 2.1%
World 25.8%
Northern Europe computed 1.6%
High-income countries computed 2.8%
Employment in agriculture — Channel Islands, by year Channel Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 2.1 −0 pp
2024 2.1 −0.1 pp
2023 2.2 −0.1 pp
2022 2.2 −0.1 pp
2021 2.3 −0 pp
2020 2.3 −0.1 pp
2019 2.4 −0.1 pp
2018 2.5 −0.1 pp
2017 2.5 −0.1 pp
2016 2.6 −0.1 pp
2015 2.6 −0 pp
2014 2.7 −0 pp
2013 2.7 −0 pp
2012 2.8 −0 pp
2011 2.8 −0 pp
2010 2.8 −0 pp
2009 2.9 −0.1 pp
2008 2.9 −0.1 pp
2007 3 −0.1 pp
2006 3 −0.1 pp
2005 3.1 −0.1 pp
2004 3.2 −0.1 pp
2003 3.3 −0.1 pp
2002 3.4 −0.1 pp
2001 3.4 −0.1 pp
2000 3.5 −0.1 pp
1999 3.6 −0.1 pp
1998 3.8 −0.1 pp
1997 3.9 −0.1 pp
1996 4 −0.1 pp
1995 4.1 −0.1 pp
1994 4.2 −0.1 pp
1993 4.3 −0.1 pp
1992 4.4 −0.1 pp
1991 4.6

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.