Countries Where Most People Work in Farming 2025

Source: World Bank

Countries Where Most People Work in Farming 2025

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Key Findings

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Burundi leads in Employment in Agriculture (% of Jobs) with 85.34 in 2025.

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Average Employment in Agriculture (% of Jobs) in 2025: 63.49 · median: 63.79.

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Gap in 2025: Burundi is 1.6× larger than Angola.

About This Dataset

Countries Where Most People Work in Farming 2025

Countries ranked by employment in agriculture (% of jobs) in 2025, using World Bank figures for the 182 countries that reported that year. Burundi leads on 85.34, ahead of Mozambique (73.01) and Niger (72.99). The share of employment in agriculture, forestry and fishing, modelled by the ILO. Subsistence farming counts as employment, which is why the ranking is led by low-income countries rather than by big agricultural exporters.

Analysis

Burundi (85.34), Mozambique (73.01) and Niger (72.99) take the top three. Across the twenty shown, values run from 85.34 down to 51.95, a spread of 33.39. Burundi is 1.17 times Mozambique, the country in second place. The chart shows the twenty highest of 182 reporting countries, so it describes the top of the distribution rather than the world average.

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Data Points

20 categories · 1 year

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Top Value

85.34

Burundi

Employment in Agriculture (% of Jobs) · 2025

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Employment in Agriculture (% of Jobs)

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2025

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Methodology & source

Data source: World Bank
Coverage: 20 entities · 2025 · 20 observations
Measure: Employment in Agriculture (% of Jobs)
Last updated: 6 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2025.

Rankings & Full Data

20 records · Employment in Agriculture (% of Jobs) · ranked by 2025

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#	Category	2025
🥇	Burundi	85.34
🥈	Mozambique	73.01
🥉	Niger	72.99
4	Chad	71.74
5	Madagascar	69.21
6	Laos	68.60
7	Central African Republic	66.06
8	Malawi	64.98
9	Uganda	64.85
10	Tanzania	64.57
11	Mali	63.01
12	Guinea-Bissau	61.07
13	Ethiopia	60.14
14	DR Congo	58.52
15	Eritrea	55.48
16	Equatorial Guinea	55.32
17	Zambia	54.53
18	Zimbabwe	54.31
19	North Korea	54.08
20	Angola	51.95

Data Sources & References

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1 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS Visit ↗

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