Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — OECD

Employment in agriculture in the OECD in 2025 — 4.3%. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 5.5 pp.

2025 4.3% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 9.7%1991
Period minimum 4.3%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — OECD, 1991–20254681019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 9.7%1992: 9.4%1993: 9.1%1994: 9%1995: 8.8%1996: 8.5%1997: 8.4%1998: 8%1999: 7.9%2000: 7.3%2001: 7.2%2002: 6.9%2003: 6.7%2004: 6.3%2005: 6.1%2006: 5.8%2007: 5.6%2008: 5.5%2009: 5.5%2010: 5.6%2011: 5.6%2012: 5.5%2013: 5.4%2014: 5.3%2015: 5.3%2016: 5.1%2017: 5.1%2018: 5%2019: 4.9%2020: 4.8%2021: 4.8%2022: 4.6%2023: 4.5%2024: 4.3%2025: 4.3%
Change over the period: −5.5 pp Annual average: -0.16 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

OECD 4.3%
World 25.8%
Employment in agriculture — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 4.3 −0.1 pp
2024 4.3 −0.1 pp
2023 4.5 −0.2 pp
2022 4.6 −0.2 pp
2021 4.8 −0 pp
2020 4.8 −0.1 pp
2019 4.9 −0.1 pp
2018 5 −0.1 pp
2017 5.1 −0 pp
2016 5.1 −0.1 pp
2015 5.3 −0.1 pp
2014 5.3 −0.1 pp
2013 5.4 −0.1 pp
2012 5.5 −0.1 pp
2011 5.6 −0 pp
2010 5.6 +0.1 pp
2009 5.5 +0.1 pp
2008 5.5 −0.1 pp
2007 5.6 −0.2 pp
2006 5.8 −0.2 pp
2005 6.1 −0.2 pp
2004 6.3 −0.4 pp
2003 6.7 −0.2 pp
2002 6.9 −0.3 pp
2001 7.2 −0.1 pp
2000 7.3 −0.6 pp
1999 7.9 −0.2 pp
1998 8 −0.4 pp
1997 8.4 −0.1 pp
1996 8.5 −0.2 pp
1995 8.8 −0.3 pp
1994 9 −0.1 pp
1993 9.1 −0.4 pp
1992 9.4 −0.3 pp
1991 9.7

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.