Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — Saint Lucia

Employment in agriculture in Saint Lucia in 2025 — 7.5%. Ranked 117 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 15.8 pp.

2025 7.5% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 117of 182
Period maximum 25.7%1994
Period minimum 7.5%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — Saint Lucia, 1991–2025010203019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 23.3%1992: 22.9%1993: 22.6%1994: 25.7%1995: 24.7%1996: 23.6%1997: 19%1998: 21.6%1999: 20.2%2000: 19.7%2001: 16.3%2002: 13.3%2003: 13.5%2004: 15.2%2005: 12.8%2006: 13.1%2007: 12.9%2008: 12.6%2009: 12.4%2010: 12.1%2011: 11.8%2012: 11.5%2013: 11.4%2014: 11.1%2015: 10.9%2016: 10.6%2017: 10.3%2018: 11.3%2019: 10%2020: 9.3%2021: 11.1%2022: 10.6%2023: 9.9%2024: 7.7%2025: 7.5%
Change over the period: −15.8 pp Annual average: -0.46 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Saint Lucia 7.5%
World 25.8%
Employment in agriculture — Saint Lucia, by year Saint Lucia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 7.5 −0.2 pp
2024 7.7 −2.3 pp
2023 9.9 −0.7 pp
2022 10.6 −0.5 pp
2021 11.1 +1.8 pp
2020 9.3 −0.6 pp
2019 10 −1.4 pp
2018 11.3 +1 pp
2017 10.3 −0.2 pp
2016 10.6 −0.3 pp
2015 10.9 −0.2 pp
2014 11.1 −0.3 pp
2013 11.4 −0.2 pp
2012 11.5 −0.2 pp
2011 11.8 −0.3 pp
2010 12.1 −0.3 pp
2009 12.4 −0.2 pp
2008 12.6 −0.3 pp
2007 12.9 −0.2 pp
2006 13.1 +0.3 pp
2005 12.8 −2.4 pp
2004 15.2 +1.8 pp
2003 13.5 +0.2 pp
2002 13.3 −3 pp
2001 16.3 −3.4 pp
2000 19.7 −0.6 pp
1999 20.2 −1.3 pp
1998 21.6 +2.5 pp
1997 19 −4.6 pp
1996 23.6 −1.1 pp
1995 24.7 −1 pp
1994 25.7 +3.1 pp
1993 22.6 −0.3 pp
1992 22.9 −0.4 pp
1991 23.3

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.