Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — Melanesia

Employment in agriculture in Melanesia in 2025 — 36.5%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 6.1 pp.

2025 36.5% −0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 38.1%2022
Period minimum 28.2%2010

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — Melanesia, 1991–202527.53032.53537.54019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 30.4%1992: 29.7%1993: 29.1%1994: 28.8%1995: 28.9%1996: 28.4%1997: 28.9%1998: 28.4%1999: 28.5%2000: 29.1%2001: 29.2%2002: 29.4%2003: 29.4%2004: 29.1%2005: 28.7%2006: 28.5%2007: 28.2%2008: 28.4%2009: 28.2%2010: 28.2%2011: 29%2012: 29.7%2013: 30.4%2014: 30.6%2015: 31.1%2016: 31.6%2017: 32.3%2018: 33.2%2019: 33.8%2020: 36.1%2021: 37.5%2022: 38.1%2023: 37.6%2024: 37%2025: 36.5%
Change over the period: +6.1 pp Annual average: 0.18 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Melanesia 36.5%
World 25.8%
Employment in agriculture — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 36.5 −0.5 pp
2024 37 −0.5 pp
2023 37.6 −0.5 pp
2022 38.1 +0.6 pp
2021 37.5 +1.3 pp
2020 36.1 +2.3 pp
2019 33.8 +0.6 pp
2018 33.2 +0.9 pp
2017 32.3 +0.7 pp
2016 31.6 +0.5 pp
2015 31.1 +0.4 pp
2014 30.6 +0.2 pp
2013 30.4 +0.7 pp
2012 29.7 +0.7 pp
2011 29 +0.8 pp
2010 28.2 −0 pp
2009 28.2 −0.2 pp
2008 28.4 +0.2 pp
2007 28.2 −0.3 pp
2006 28.5 −0.2 pp
2005 28.7 −0.4 pp
2004 29.1 −0.3 pp
2003 29.4 −0.1 pp
2002 29.4 +0.3 pp
2001 29.2 +0.1 pp
2000 29.1 +0.6 pp
1999 28.5 +0 pp
1998 28.4 −0.5 pp
1997 28.9 +0.5 pp
1996 28.4 −0.5 pp
1995 28.9 +0.1 pp
1994 28.8 −0.3 pp
1993 29.1 −0.6 pp
1992 29.7 −0.7 pp
1991 30.4

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.