Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — CIS

Employment in agriculture in the CIS in 2025 — 11.6%. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 8.8 pp.

2025 11.6% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 22.6%1994
Period minimum 11.6%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — CIS, 1991–20251015202519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 20.5%1992: 21.6%1993: 21.9%1994: 22.6%1995: 22.6%1996: 22.3%1997: 20.2%1998: 19.9%1999: 21.9%2000: 21.4%2001: 19.7%2002: 19%2003: 18.4%2004: 17.4%2005: 17.3%2006: 16.8%2007: 15.9%2008: 15.4%2009: 15.1%2010: 14.8%2011: 14.7%2012: 14.3%2013: 14.1%2014: 13.8%2015: 13.5%2016: 13.4%2017: 12.7%2018: 12.6%2019: 12.4%2020: 12.7%2021: 12.5%2022: 12.4%2023: 12%2024: 11.8%2025: 11.6%
Change over the period: −8.8 pp Annual average: -0.26 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

CIS 11.6%
World 25.8%
Employment in agriculture — CIS, by year CIS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 11.6 −0.2 pp
2024 11.8 −0.2 pp
2023 12 −0.4 pp
2022 12.4 −0.1 pp
2021 12.5 −0.2 pp
2020 12.7 +0.3 pp
2019 12.4 −0.2 pp
2018 12.6 −0.1 pp
2017 12.7 −0.6 pp
2016 13.4 −0.2 pp
2015 13.5 −0.3 pp
2014 13.8 −0.2 pp
2013 14.1 −0.3 pp
2012 14.3 −0.4 pp
2011 14.7 −0.1 pp
2010 14.8 −0.2 pp
2009 15.1 −0.4 pp
2008 15.4 −0.4 pp
2007 15.9 −1 pp
2006 16.8 −0.4 pp
2005 17.3 −0.2 pp
2004 17.4 −0.9 pp
2003 18.4 −0.6 pp
2002 19 −0.7 pp
2001 19.7 −1.7 pp
2000 21.4 −0.5 pp
1999 21.9 +2 pp
1998 19.9 −0.3 pp
1997 20.2 −2.1 pp
1996 22.3 −0.3 pp
1995 22.6 −0.1 pp
1994 22.6 +0.7 pp
1993 21.9 +0.3 pp
1992 21.6 +1.2 pp
1991 20.5

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.