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Employment in agriculture — Papua New Guinea

Employment in agriculture in Papua New Guinea in 2025 — 36.9%. Ranked 41 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 8.4 pp.

2025 36.9% −0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 41of 182
Period maximum 38.7%2022
Period minimum 25.8%2010

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — Papua New Guinea, 1991–20252530354019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 28.4%1992: 27.7%1993: 27%1994: 26.9%1995: 27.3%1996: 26.7%1997: 27.2%1998: 27.4%1999: 27.6%2000: 28.2%2001: 28.2%2002: 28.4%2003: 28.3%2004: 28%2005: 27.6%2006: 27.2%2007: 26.5%2008: 26.6%2009: 26.1%2010: 25.8%2011: 26.8%2012: 27.6%2013: 28.4%2014: 28.6%2015: 29.3%2016: 30.2%2017: 31.2%2018: 32.6%2019: 33.4%2020: 36%2021: 37.6%2022: 38.7%2023: 38.1%2024: 37.5%2025: 36.9%
Change over the period: +8.4 pp Annual average: 0.25 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 36.9%
World 25.8%
East Asia & Pacific 21.7%
Melanesia computed 36.5%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 37.8%
Employment in agriculture — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 36.9 −0.6 pp
2024 37.5 −0.6 pp
2023 38.1 −0.6 pp
2022 38.7 +1 pp
2021 37.6 +1.6 pp
2020 36 +2.6 pp
2019 33.4 +0.9 pp
2018 32.6 +1.3 pp
2017 31.2 +1.1 pp
2016 30.2 +0.8 pp
2015 29.3 +0.7 pp
2014 28.6 +0.2 pp
2013 28.4 +0.9 pp
2012 27.6 +0.8 pp
2011 26.8 +1 pp
2010 25.8 −0.3 pp
2009 26.1 −0.5 pp
2008 26.6 +0.1 pp
2007 26.5 −0.7 pp
2006 27.2 −0.4 pp
2005 27.6 −0.4 pp
2004 28 −0.3 pp
2003 28.3 −0.1 pp
2002 28.4 +0.2 pp
2001 28.2 −0 pp
2000 28.2 +0.6 pp
1999 27.6 +0.2 pp
1998 27.4 +0.3 pp
1997 27.2 +0.4 pp
1996 26.7 −0.6 pp
1995 27.3 +0.4 pp
1994 26.9 −0 pp
1993 27 −0.7 pp
1992 27.7 −0.7 pp
1991 28.4 —

Melanesia, 2025

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

VU Vanuatu 44.5 SB Solomon Islands 42.5 PG Papua New Guinea 36.9 FJ Fiji 35.6 NC New Caledonia 1.8
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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.

Other indicators for Papua New Guinea

Economy Agriculture share of GDP

The contribution of agriculture, forestry and fishing to a country's economy.

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The share of workers employed in mining, manufacturing, utilities and construction.

Papua New Guinea by year Labor Employment in services

The share of workers employed in trade, transport, finance, IT and the public sector.

Papua New Guinea by year Demography Rural population share

The part of residents living outside cities — the other side of urbanization.

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