Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — Togo

Employment in agriculture in Togo in 2025 — 37.6%. Ranked 40 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 18.3 pp.

2025 37.6% −0.7 pp vs 2024
World rank 40of 182
Period maximum 58%1993
Period minimum 33.8%2017

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — Togo, 1991–20253040506019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 55.8%1992: 56.5%1993: 58%1994: 56.4%1995: 56%1996: 55.4%1997: 54.2%1998: 54.3%1999: 54.3%2000: 54.4%2001: 54.4%2002: 54.1%2003: 53.2%2004: 53.5%2005: 54.3%2006: 53.6%2007: 50.7%2008: 47.7%2009: 43.2%2010: 39.8%2011: 37%2012: 36.4%2013: 35.7%2014: 35.2%2015: 34.6%2016: 34.3%2017: 33.8%2018: 38.4%2019: 42.6%2020: 42.7%2021: 41.7%2022: 39.7%2023: 38.8%2024: 38.3%2025: 37.6%
Change over the period: −18.3 pp Annual average: -0.54 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Togo 37.6%
World 25.8%
Western Africa computed 39.7%
Low-income countries computed 58.5%
Employment in agriculture — Togo, by year Togo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 37.6 −0.7 pp
2024 38.3 −0.5 pp
2023 38.8 −0.9 pp
2022 39.7 −2 pp
2021 41.7 −1 pp
2020 42.7 +0.1 pp
2019 42.6 +4.2 pp
2018 38.4 +4.6 pp
2017 33.8 −0.5 pp
2016 34.3 −0.3 pp
2015 34.6 −0.6 pp
2014 35.2 −0.5 pp
2013 35.7 −0.7 pp
2012 36.4 −0.6 pp
2011 37 −2.8 pp
2010 39.8 −3.4 pp
2009 43.2 −4.5 pp
2008 47.7 −3 pp
2007 50.7 −2.9 pp
2006 53.6 −0.7 pp
2005 54.3 +0.8 pp
2004 53.5 +0.3 pp
2003 53.2 −0.9 pp
2002 54.1 −0.3 pp
2001 54.4 +0 pp
2000 54.4 +0.1 pp
1999 54.3 −0.1 pp
1998 54.3 +0.1 pp
1997 54.2 −1.2 pp
1996 55.4 −0.6 pp
1995 56 −0.4 pp
1994 56.4 −1.7 pp
1993 58 +1.5 pp
1992 56.5 +0.7 pp
1991 55.8

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.