Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — Paraguay

Employment in agriculture in Paraguay in 2025 — 16%. Ranked 88 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 12.5 pp.

2025 16% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 88of 182
Period maximum 33.8%2002
Period minimum 16%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — Paraguay, 1991–2025152025303519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 28.5%1992: 28.7%1993: 28.6%1994: 28.4%1995: 28.1%1996: 28.3%1997: 28.3%1998: 28.8%1999: 29.6%2000: 32.5%2001: 33.2%2002: 33.8%2003: 31.3%2004: 32.8%2005: 32%2006: 30.3%2007: 28.7%2008: 25.3%2009: 28%2010: 25.6%2011: 25.5%2012: 26.1%2013: 22.8%2014: 22.1%2015: 19.7%2016: 21.3%2017: 20.6%2018: 20.1%2019: 18.7%2020: 21.3%2021: 19.7%2022: 17.4%2023: 17.2%2024: 16.2%2025: 16%
Change over the period: −12.5 pp Annual average: -0.37 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Paraguay 16%
World 25.8%
South America computed 11.4%
Employment in agriculture — Paraguay, by year Paraguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 16 −0.3 pp
2024 16.2 −1 pp
2023 17.2 −0.2 pp
2022 17.4 −2.3 pp
2021 19.7 −1.6 pp
2020 21.3 +2.6 pp
2019 18.7 −1.4 pp
2018 20.1 −0.5 pp
2017 20.6 −0.8 pp
2016 21.3 +1.6 pp
2015 19.7 −2.4 pp
2014 22.1 −0.7 pp
2013 22.8 −3.3 pp
2012 26.1 +0.6 pp
2011 25.5 −0.1 pp
2010 25.6 −2.3 pp
2009 28 +2.7 pp
2008 25.3 −3.4 pp
2007 28.7 −1.6 pp
2006 30.3 −1.7 pp
2005 32 −0.7 pp
2004 32.8 +1.4 pp
2003 31.3 −2.5 pp
2002 33.8 +0.7 pp
2001 33.2 +0.7 pp
2000 32.5 +2.9 pp
1999 29.6 +0.8 pp
1998 28.8 +0.6 pp
1997 28.3 −0.1 pp
1996 28.3 +0.3 pp
1995 28.1 −0.4 pp
1994 28.4 −0.2 pp
1993 28.6 −0.1 pp
1992 28.7 +0.3 pp
1991 28.5

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.