Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — Zimbabwe

Employment in agriculture in Zimbabwe in 2025 — 54.3%. Ranked 18 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 6.6 pp.

2025 54.3% −0.9 pp vs 2024
World rank 18of 182
Period maximum 66.1%2008
Period minimum 46.7%1998

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — Zimbabwe, 1991–202545505560657019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 47.7%1992: 48.4%1993: 48.8%1994: 47.8%1995: 47.7%1996: 47%1997: 46.9%1998: 46.7%1999: 47.3%2000: 49.7%2001: 51.8%2002: 55.3%2003: 58.9%2004: 61.4%2005: 62.1%2006: 63.7%2007: 64.2%2008: 66.1%2009: 64.4%2010: 62.2%2011: 62%2012: 62%2013: 63.2%2014: 64%2015: 63.7%2016: 63.7%2017: 63%2018: 62.4%2019: 62.4%2020: 58.6%2021: 53.6%2022: 53.3%2023: 55.4%2024: 55.2%2025: 54.3%
Change over the period: +6.6 pp Annual average: 0.2 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Zimbabwe 54.3%
World 25.8%
Eastern Africa computed 60.4%
Employment in agriculture — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 54.3 −0.9 pp
2024 55.2 −0.3 pp
2023 55.4 +2.1 pp
2022 53.3 −0.3 pp
2021 53.6 −5 pp
2020 58.6 −3.8 pp
2019 62.4 −0 pp
2018 62.4 −0.6 pp
2017 63 −0.7 pp
2016 63.7 −0 pp
2015 63.7 −0.2 pp
2014 64 +0.8 pp
2013 63.2 +1.2 pp
2012 62 −0.1 pp
2011 62 −0.2 pp
2010 62.2 −2.3 pp
2009 64.4 −1.7 pp
2008 66.1 +1.9 pp
2007 64.2 +0.6 pp
2006 63.7 +1.6 pp
2005 62.1 +0.6 pp
2004 61.4 +2.6 pp
2003 58.9 +3.6 pp
2002 55.3 +3.5 pp
2001 51.8 +2.1 pp
2000 49.7 +2.4 pp
1999 47.3 +0.7 pp
1998 46.7 −0.2 pp
1997 46.9 −0.1 pp
1996 47 −0.7 pp
1995 47.7 −0.1 pp
1994 47.8 −0.9 pp
1993 48.8 +0.4 pp
1992 48.4 +0.7 pp
1991 47.7

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.