Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — North Macedonia

Employment in agriculture in North Macedonia in 2025 — 8.5%. Ranked 113 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 15.9 pp.

2025 8.5% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 113of 182
Period maximum 24.4%1991
Period minimum 7.8%2023

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — North Macedonia, 1991–2025010203019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 24.4%1992: 24.3%1993: 24.3%1994: 24.3%1995: 24.1%1996: 24.1%1997: 24%1998: 23.8%1999: 23.7%2000: 23.4%2001: 23.2%2002: 22.8%2003: 21.1%2004: 17.2%2005: 19.5%2006: 19%2007: 17.9%2008: 19.3%2009: 18%2010: 18.1%2011: 18.2%2012: 17.3%2013: 18.7%2014: 18.5%2015: 17.8%2016: 16.4%2017: 15.7%2018: 14.8%2019: 13.4%2020: 11.5%2021: 11.1%2022: 9.5%2023: 7.8%2024: 8.8%2025: 8.5%
Change over the period: −15.9 pp Annual average: -0.47 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

North Macedonia 8.5%
World 25.8%
Southern Europe computed 5.3%
Employment in agriculture — North Macedonia, by year North Macedonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 8.5 −0.3 pp
2024 8.8 +1 pp
2023 7.8 −1.7 pp
2022 9.5 −1.6 pp
2021 11.1 −0.5 pp
2020 11.5 −1.9 pp
2019 13.4 −1.4 pp
2018 14.8 −0.9 pp
2017 15.7 −0.7 pp
2016 16.4 −1.4 pp
2015 17.8 −0.6 pp
2014 18.5 −0.3 pp
2013 18.7 +1.5 pp
2012 17.3 −0.9 pp
2011 18.2 +0.1 pp
2010 18.1 +0.2 pp
2009 18 −1.3 pp
2008 19.3 +1.4 pp
2007 17.9 −1.2 pp
2006 19 −0.5 pp
2005 19.5 +2.3 pp
2004 17.2 −3.9 pp
2003 21.1 −1.7 pp
2002 22.8 −0.3 pp
2001 23.2 −0.3 pp
2000 23.4 −0.3 pp
1999 23.7 −0.2 pp
1998 23.8 −0.1 pp
1997 24 −0.1 pp
1996 24.1 −0.1 pp
1995 24.1 −0.2 pp
1994 24.3 +0 pp
1993 24.3 +0 pp
1992 24.3 −0.1 pp
1991 24.4

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.