Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — Mali

Employment in agriculture in Mali in 2025 — 63%. Ranked 11 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 3.2 pp.

2025 63% −0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 11of 182
Period maximum 68.1%2020
Period minimum 57.4%2019

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — Mali, 1991–20255560657019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 59.9%1992: 60%1993: 60.1%1994: 59.9%1995: 60%1996: 59.7%1997: 59.5%1998: 59.2%1999: 59.1%2000: 59.3%2001: 58.8%2002: 59%2003: 58.7%2004: 59.3%2005: 60.2%2006: 61.1%2007: 63.4%2008: 65.4%2009: 67.1%2010: 66.7%2011: 66.6%2012: 67.2%2013: 67.2%2014: 66.7%2015: 62.3%2016: 64.9%2017: 63.1%2018: 63%2019: 57.4%2020: 68.1%2021: 66.6%2022: 64.2%2023: 63.8%2024: 63.5%2025: 63%
Change over the period: +3.2 pp Annual average: 0.09 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mali 63%
World 25.8%
Western Africa computed 39.7%
Low-income countries computed 58.5%
Employment in agriculture — Mali, by year Mali All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 63 −0.5 pp
2024 63.5 −0.3 pp
2023 63.8 −0.4 pp
2022 64.2 −2.4 pp
2021 66.6 −1.4 pp
2020 68.1 +10.7 pp
2019 57.4 −5.6 pp
2018 63 −0.1 pp
2017 63.1 −1.8 pp
2016 64.9 +2.6 pp
2015 62.3 −4.4 pp
2014 66.7 −0.5 pp
2013 67.2 −0 pp
2012 67.2 +0.6 pp
2011 66.6 −0.2 pp
2010 66.7 −0.4 pp
2009 67.1 +1.7 pp
2008 65.4 +2 pp
2007 63.4 +2.3 pp
2006 61.1 +0.9 pp
2005 60.2 +0.9 pp
2004 59.3 +0.6 pp
2003 58.7 −0.3 pp
2002 59 +0.2 pp
2001 58.8 −0.6 pp
2000 59.3 +0.3 pp
1999 59.1 −0.1 pp
1998 59.2 −0.3 pp
1997 59.5 −0.2 pp
1996 59.7 −0.3 pp
1995 60 +0.1 pp
1994 59.9 −0.2 pp
1993 60.1 +0 pp
1992 60 +0.2 pp
1991 59.9

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.