Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — EAEU

Employment in agriculture in the EAEU in 2025 — 6.7%. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 10.7 pp.

2025 6.7% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 19.2%1994
Period minimum 6.7%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — EAEU, 1991–20250510152019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 17.3%1992: 18.4%1993: 18.6%1994: 19.2%1995: 19.1%1996: 18.6%1997: 16.1%1998: 15.6%1999: 18.1%2000: 17.7%2001: 15.6%2002: 14.9%2003: 14.3%2004: 13.3%2005: 13.2%2006: 12.8%2007: 11.9%2008: 11.5%2009: 11.2%2010: 10.9%2011: 10.6%2012: 10.2%2013: 9.8%2014: 9.3%2015: 8.9%2016: 8.7%2017: 7.9%2018: 7.9%2019: 7.7%2020: 7.8%2021: 7.6%2022: 7.4%2023: 7.1%2024: 6.9%2025: 6.7%
Change over the period: −10.7 pp Annual average: -0.31 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

EAEU 6.7%
World 25.8%
Employment in agriculture — EAEU, by year EAEU All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 6.7 −0.2 pp
2024 6.9 −0.2 pp
2023 7.1 −0.3 pp
2022 7.4 −0.2 pp
2021 7.6 −0.2 pp
2020 7.8 +0.1 pp
2019 7.7 −0.2 pp
2018 7.9 −0 pp
2017 7.9 −0.7 pp
2016 8.7 −0.3 pp
2015 8.9 −0.4 pp
2014 9.3 −0.4 pp
2013 9.8 −0.4 pp
2012 10.2 −0.4 pp
2011 10.6 −0.2 pp
2010 10.9 −0.3 pp
2009 11.2 −0.3 pp
2008 11.5 −0.4 pp
2007 11.9 −1 pp
2006 12.8 −0.4 pp
2005 13.2 −0.1 pp
2004 13.3 −1 pp
2003 14.3 −0.6 pp
2002 14.9 −0.7 pp
2001 15.6 −2 pp
2000 17.7 −0.5 pp
1999 18.1 +2.5 pp
1998 15.6 −0.4 pp
1997 16.1 −2.5 pp
1996 18.6 −0.5 pp
1995 19.1 −0.2 pp
1994 19.2 +0.6 pp
1993 18.6 +0.2 pp
1992 18.4 +1.1 pp
1991 17.3

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.