Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — Uganda

Employment in agriculture in Uganda in 2025 — 64.9%. Ranked 9 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 2.5 pp.

2025 64.9% −0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 9of 182
Period maximum 71.9%2014
Period minimum 59.4%2003

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — Uganda, 1991–2025556065707519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 62.4%1992: 62.4%1993: 62.1%1994: 62%1995: 61.4%1996: 60.9%1997: 60.8%1998: 60.6%1999: 60.2%2000: 60.3%2001: 60.1%2002: 59.5%2003: 59.4%2004: 60.5%2005: 61.6%2006: 62.1%2007: 62.9%2008: 63.7%2009: 64.6%2010: 62%2011: 65.3%2012: 65%2013: 70.7%2014: 71.9%2015: 71.8%2016: 71.6%2017: 71.5%2018: 66.8%2019: 61.4%2020: 64.7%2021: 66.7%2022: 66.4%2023: 65.9%2024: 65.4%2025: 64.9%
Change over the period: +2.5 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Uganda 64.9%
World 25.8%
Eastern Africa computed 60.4%
Low-income countries computed 58.5%
Employment in agriculture — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 64.9 −0.6 pp
2024 65.4 −0.5 pp
2023 65.9 −0.5 pp
2022 66.4 −0.3 pp
2021 66.7 +1.9 pp
2020 64.7 +3.4 pp
2019 61.4 −5.4 pp
2018 66.8 −4.7 pp
2017 71.5 −0.1 pp
2016 71.6 −0.1 pp
2015 71.8 −0.2 pp
2014 71.9 +1.3 pp
2013 70.7 +5.7 pp
2012 65 −0.3 pp
2011 65.3 +3.3 pp
2010 62 −2.7 pp
2009 64.6 +0.9 pp
2008 63.7 +0.9 pp
2007 62.9 +0.8 pp
2006 62.1 +0.5 pp
2005 61.6 +1.1 pp
2004 60.5 +1 pp
2003 59.4 −0.1 pp
2002 59.5 −0.5 pp
2001 60.1 −0.2 pp
2000 60.3 +0 pp
1999 60.2 −0.4 pp
1998 60.6 −0.1 pp
1997 60.8 −0.1 pp
1996 60.9 −0.5 pp
1995 61.4 −0.6 pp
1994 62 −0.1 pp
1993 62.1 −0.4 pp
1992 62.4 +0.1 pp
1991 62.4

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.