Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — Moldova

Employment in agriculture in Moldova in 2025 — 50.5%. Ranked 23 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 12.7 pp.

2025 50.5% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 23of 182
Period maximum 60.4%2016
Period minimum 36.2%1992

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — Moldova, 1991–2025304050607019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 37.8%1992: 36.2%1993: 39.3%1994: 41.4%1995: 42.1%1996: 42.8%1997: 41.6%1998: 45.7%1999: 48.9%2000: 50.9%2001: 51%2002: 49.6%2003: 49.4%2004: 49.5%2005: 49.1%2006: 48.8%2007: 50%2008: 49.7%2009: 51.1%2010: 54.6%2011: 54.4%2012: 55.4%2013: 56.3%2014: 58.8%2015: 59.6%2016: 60.4%2017: 59.4%2018: 59.2%2019: 57.3%2020: 55.9%2021: 56.6%2022: 55.4%2023: 51.1%2024: 50.8%2025: 50.5%
Change over the period: +12.7 pp Annual average: 0.37 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Moldova 50.5%
World 25.8%
Eastern Europe computed 6.1%
Employment in agriculture — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 50.5 −0.3 pp
2024 50.8 −0.3 pp
2023 51.1 −4.3 pp
2022 55.4 −1.2 pp
2021 56.6 +0.7 pp
2020 55.9 −1.4 pp
2019 57.3 −1.9 pp
2018 59.2 −0.2 pp
2017 59.4 −1 pp
2016 60.4 +0.8 pp
2015 59.6 +0.8 pp
2014 58.8 +2.4 pp
2013 56.3 +1 pp
2012 55.4 +1 pp
2011 54.4 −0.2 pp
2010 54.6 +3.5 pp
2009 51.1 +1.4 pp
2008 49.7 −0.3 pp
2007 50 +1.2 pp
2006 48.8 −0.3 pp
2005 49.1 −0.4 pp
2004 49.5 +0 pp
2003 49.4 −0.2 pp
2002 49.6 −1.4 pp
2001 51 +0.2 pp
2000 50.9 +2 pp
1999 48.9 +3.2 pp
1998 45.7 +4.1 pp
1997 41.6 −1.3 pp
1996 42.8 +0.7 pp
1995 42.1 +0.7 pp
1994 41.4 +2.1 pp
1993 39.3 +3.2 pp
1992 36.2 −1.7 pp
1991 37.8

Eastern Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.