Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — OPEC

Employment in agriculture in OPEC in 2025 — 22%. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 14.6 pp.

2025 22% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 36.8%1994
Period minimum 22%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — OPEC, 1991–2025202530354019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 36.6%1992: 36.3%1993: 36.5%1994: 36.8%1995: 36.8%1996: 36.5%1997: 36%1998: 35.6%1999: 35.3%2000: 34.8%2001: 34.3%2002: 34%2003: 33.4%2004: 32.6%2005: 31.8%2006: 31%2007: 30.5%2008: 29.9%2009: 29.2%2010: 28.2%2011: 27.5%2012: 26.9%2013: 26%2014: 25.4%2015: 25%2016: 24.7%2017: 25%2018: 25.1%2019: 25.1%2020: 25.3%2021: 24.5%2022: 23.2%2023: 22.8%2024: 22.4%2025: 22%
Change over the period: −14.6 pp Annual average: -0.43 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

OPEC 22%
World 25.8%
Employment in agriculture — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 22 −0.3 pp
2024 22.4 −0.4 pp
2023 22.8 −0.4 pp
2022 23.2 −1.3 pp
2021 24.5 −0.9 pp
2020 25.3 +0.2 pp
2019 25.1 +0 pp
2018 25.1 +0 pp
2017 25 +0.3 pp
2016 24.7 −0.2 pp
2015 25 −0.4 pp
2014 25.4 −0.6 pp
2013 26 −0.8 pp
2012 26.9 −0.6 pp
2011 27.5 −0.7 pp
2010 28.2 −1 pp
2009 29.2 −0.7 pp
2008 29.9 −0.6 pp
2007 30.5 −0.6 pp
2006 31 −0.8 pp
2005 31.8 −0.8 pp
2004 32.6 −0.9 pp
2003 33.4 −0.5 pp
2002 34 −0.3 pp
2001 34.3 −0.5 pp
2000 34.8 −0.5 pp
1999 35.3 −0.2 pp
1998 35.6 −0.5 pp
1997 36 −0.5 pp
1996 36.5 −0.3 pp
1995 36.8 −0 pp
1994 36.8 +0.4 pp
1993 36.5 +0.1 pp
1992 36.3 −0.3 pp
1991 36.6

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.