Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — Central Asia

Employment in agriculture in Central Asia in 2025 — 21.3%. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 17.1 pp.

2025 21.3% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 40.5%1995
Period minimum 21.3%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — Central Asia, 1991–202520253035404519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 38.4%1992: 38.9%1993: 39.2%1994: 39.9%1995: 40.5%1996: 40.3%1997: 40.3%1998: 40%1999: 39.8%2000: 39.4%2001: 38.6%2002: 37.8%2003: 36.8%2004: 35.2%2005: 34.2%2006: 33.2%2007: 32.2%2008: 31.1%2009: 30.1%2010: 29.3%2011: 28.7%2012: 28%2013: 27.7%2014: 27.1%2015: 25.5%2016: 24.7%2017: 24.1%2018: 23.4%2019: 22.6%2020: 23.2%2021: 22.8%2022: 22.5%2023: 22.1%2024: 21.6%2025: 21.3%
Change over the period: −17.1 pp Annual average: -0.5 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Central Asia 21.3%
World 25.8%
Employment in agriculture — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 21.3 −0.3 pp
2024 21.6 −0.5 pp
2023 22.1 −0.4 pp
2022 22.5 −0.4 pp
2021 22.8 −0.4 pp
2020 23.2 +0.6 pp
2019 22.6 −0.8 pp
2018 23.4 −0.7 pp
2017 24.1 −0.6 pp
2016 24.7 −0.9 pp
2015 25.5 −1.5 pp
2014 27.1 −0.6 pp
2013 27.7 −0.3 pp
2012 28 −0.7 pp
2011 28.7 −0.6 pp
2010 29.3 −0.8 pp
2009 30.1 −1.1 pp
2008 31.1 −1.1 pp
2007 32.2 −0.9 pp
2006 33.2 −1.1 pp
2005 34.2 −1 pp
2004 35.2 −1.6 pp
2003 36.8 −1 pp
2002 37.8 −0.8 pp
2001 38.6 −0.8 pp
2000 39.4 −0.4 pp
1999 39.8 −0.2 pp
1998 40 −0.3 pp
1997 40.3 −0 pp
1996 40.3 −0.1 pp
1995 40.5 +0.6 pp
1994 39.9 +0.7 pp
1993 39.2 +0.3 pp
1992 38.9 +0.5 pp
1991 38.4

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.