Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — Mauritania

Employment in agriculture in Mauritania in 2025 — 32.1%. Ranked 53 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 15.4 pp.

2025 32.1% −0.7 pp vs 2024
World rank 53of 182
Period maximum 47.5%1994
Period minimum 32.1%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — Mauritania, 1991–2025303540455019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 47.5%1992: 47.5%1993: 47.1%1994: 47.5%1995: 46.7%1996: 46.2%1997: 46.4%1998: 46.1%1999: 45.8%2000: 46%2001: 46%2002: 45.5%2003: 44.6%2004: 43.8%2005: 42.5%2006: 40.8%2007: 40.8%2008: 40.5%2009: 40.2%2010: 39.5%2011: 38.8%2012: 38.2%2013: 37.6%2014: 36.9%2015: 36.3%2016: 36.1%2017: 35.4%2018: 34.7%2019: 34%2020: 35.2%2021: 35.3%2022: 34.5%2023: 33.4%2024: 32.8%2025: 32.1%
Change over the period: −15.4 pp Annual average: -0.45 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mauritania 32.1%
World 25.8%
Western Africa computed 39.7%
Employment in agriculture — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 32.1 −0.7 pp
2024 32.8 −0.6 pp
2023 33.4 −1.1 pp
2022 34.5 −0.8 pp
2021 35.3 +0 pp
2020 35.2 +1.2 pp
2019 34 −0.7 pp
2018 34.7 −0.6 pp
2017 35.4 −0.7 pp
2016 36.1 −0.2 pp
2015 36.3 −0.6 pp
2014 36.9 −0.6 pp
2013 37.6 −0.6 pp
2012 38.2 −0.6 pp
2011 38.8 −0.8 pp
2010 39.5 −0.7 pp
2009 40.2 −0.3 pp
2008 40.5 −0.3 pp
2007 40.8 −0 pp
2006 40.8 −1.8 pp
2005 42.5 −1.2 pp
2004 43.8 −0.8 pp
2003 44.6 −0.9 pp
2002 45.5 −0.4 pp
2001 46 −0.1 pp
2000 46 +0.2 pp
1999 45.8 −0.3 pp
1998 46.1 −0.3 pp
1997 46.4 +0.2 pp
1996 46.2 −0.6 pp
1995 46.7 −0.8 pp
1994 47.5 +0.4 pp
1993 47.1 −0.3 pp
1992 47.5 −0.1 pp
1991 47.5

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.