Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — Madagascar

Employment in agriculture in Madagascar in 2025 — 69.2%. Ranked 5 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 9.2 pp.

2025 69.2% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 5of 182
Period maximum 82%2005
Period minimum 68.9%2012

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — Madagascar, 1991–2025657075808519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 78.5%1992: 78.5%1993: 78.6%1994: 78.8%1995: 78.8%1996: 78.8%1997: 78.8%1998: 78.8%1999: 78.8%2000: 78.8%2001: 78.8%2002: 81.3%2003: 81.7%2004: 81.9%2005: 82%2006: 80.2%2007: 78.2%2008: 76%2009: 75.1%2010: 73.3%2011: 71.3%2012: 68.9%2013: 71.2%2014: 73.1%2015: 74.6%2016: 73.8%2017: 72.9%2018: 72%2019: 70.9%2020: 71.4%2021: 71.1%2022: 70.1%2023: 69.9%2024: 69.5%2025: 69.2%
Change over the period: −9.2 pp Annual average: -0.27 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Madagascar 69.2%
World 25.8%
Eastern Africa computed 60.4%
Low-income countries computed 58.5%
Employment in agriculture — Madagascar, by year Madagascar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 69.2 −0.3 pp
2024 69.5 −0.4 pp
2023 69.9 −0.2 pp
2022 70.1 −1 pp
2021 71.1 −0.4 pp
2020 71.4 +0.6 pp
2019 70.9 −1.1 pp
2018 72 −0.8 pp
2017 72.9 −1 pp
2016 73.8 −0.8 pp
2015 74.6 +1.6 pp
2014 73.1 +1.9 pp
2013 71.2 +2.3 pp
2012 68.9 −2.4 pp
2011 71.3 −2 pp
2010 73.3 −1.8 pp
2009 75.1 −0.9 pp
2008 76 −2.2 pp
2007 78.2 −2 pp
2006 80.2 −1.8 pp
2005 82 +0.1 pp
2004 81.9 +0.2 pp
2003 81.7 +0.4 pp
2002 81.3 +2.5 pp
2001 78.8 +0 pp
2000 78.8 −0 pp
1999 78.8 +0 pp
1998 78.8 −0 pp
1997 78.8 −0 pp
1996 78.8 +0.1 pp
1995 78.8 −0 pp
1994 78.8 +0.2 pp
1993 78.6 +0.1 pp
1992 78.5 +0.1 pp
1991 78.5

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.