Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — Syria

Employment in agriculture in Syria in 2025 — 16.3%. Ranked 85 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 12 pp.

2025 16.3% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 85of 182
Period maximum 32.9%2000
Period minimum 13.2%2011

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — Syria, 1991–202510152025303519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 28.3%1992: 29.8%1993: 31.1%1994: 23.4%1995: 28.4%1996: 28.1%1997: 27.9%1998: 28%1999: 27.8%2000: 32.9%2001: 31.1%2002: 29%2003: 27%2004: 24.7%2005: 22.5%2006: 21%2007: 19.1%2008: 14.4%2009: 14.9%2010: 13.9%2011: 13.2%2012: 14.2%2013: 15%2014: 15.3%2015: 15.7%2016: 15.8%2017: 16.1%2018: 15.7%2019: 15.6%2020: 16.9%2021: 17.1%2022: 17.1%2023: 16.6%2024: 16.4%2025: 16.3%
Change over the period: −12 pp Annual average: -0.35 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Syria 16.3%
World 25.8%
Western Asia computed 11.8%
Low-income countries computed 58.5%
Employment in agriculture — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 16.3 −0.1 pp
2024 16.4 −0.1 pp
2023 16.6 −0.5 pp
2022 17.1 +0 pp
2021 17.1 +0.2 pp
2020 16.9 +1.3 pp
2019 15.6 −0.1 pp
2018 15.7 −0.4 pp
2017 16.1 +0.3 pp
2016 15.8 +0.1 pp
2015 15.7 +0.4 pp
2014 15.3 +0.3 pp
2013 15 +0.8 pp
2012 14.2 +0.9 pp
2011 13.2 −0.7 pp
2010 13.9 −1 pp
2009 14.9 +0.5 pp
2008 14.4 −4.7 pp
2007 19.1 −1.9 pp
2006 21 −1.5 pp
2005 22.5 −2.2 pp
2004 24.7 −2.3 pp
2003 27 −2 pp
2002 29 −2.1 pp
2001 31.1 −1.8 pp
2000 32.9 +5.1 pp
1999 27.8 −0.2 pp
1998 28 +0.1 pp
1997 27.9 −0.2 pp
1996 28.1 −0.3 pp
1995 28.4 +5 pp
1994 23.4 −7.7 pp
1993 31.1 +1.3 pp
1992 29.8 +1.5 pp
1991 28.3

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.