Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — Middle Africa

Employment in agriculture in Middle Africa in 2025 — 55%. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 1.3 pp.

2025 55% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 60.5%2001
Period minimum 55%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — Middle Africa, 1991–2025545658606219911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 56.3%1992: 57.6%1993: 58.7%1994: 59.5%1995: 59.6%1996: 59.2%1997: 59.7%1998: 59.7%1999: 60.2%2000: 60.3%2001: 60.5%2002: 60.1%2003: 59.7%2004: 59.2%2005: 59%2006: 58.9%2007: 58.8%2008: 58.6%2009: 58.5%2010: 58.2%2011: 58%2012: 57.7%2013: 57.4%2014: 57%2015: 56.4%2016: 56.4%2017: 56.2%2018: 55.8%2019: 55.5%2020: 57.2%2021: 57.7%2022: 56.2%2023: 55.7%2024: 55.3%2025: 55%
Change over the period: −1.3 pp Annual average: -0.04 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Middle Africa 55%
World 25.8%
Employment in agriculture — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 55 −0.3 pp
2024 55.3 −0.4 pp
2023 55.7 −0.5 pp
2022 56.2 −1.5 pp
2021 57.7 +0.5 pp
2020 57.2 +1.6 pp
2019 55.5 −0.3 pp
2018 55.8 −0.4 pp
2017 56.2 −0.2 pp
2016 56.4 −0.1 pp
2015 56.4 −0.6 pp
2014 57 −0.4 pp
2013 57.4 −0.3 pp
2012 57.7 −0.3 pp
2011 58 −0.2 pp
2010 58.2 −0.3 pp
2009 58.5 −0 pp
2008 58.6 −0.2 pp
2007 58.8 −0.1 pp
2006 58.9 −0.1 pp
2005 59 −0.2 pp
2004 59.2 −0.5 pp
2003 59.7 −0.4 pp
2002 60.1 −0.4 pp
2001 60.5 +0.2 pp
2000 60.3 +0 pp
1999 60.2 +0.5 pp
1998 59.7 +0 pp
1997 59.7 +0.4 pp
1996 59.2 −0.4 pp
1995 59.6 +0.1 pp
1994 59.5 +0.8 pp
1993 58.7 +1.1 pp
1992 57.6 +1.2 pp
1991 56.3

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.