Employment in Agriculture, 2000

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Employment in Agriculture, 2000: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Positionderived	Country	Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
1	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	91.938
2	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	86.850
3	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	82.288
4	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	80.764
5	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	79.052
6	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	78.759
7	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	76.598
8	NigerNERWestern Africa	76.020
9	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	76.010
10	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	75.759
11	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	73.476
12	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	73.367
13	GuineaGINWestern Africa	71.289
14	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	71.130
15	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	67.596
16	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	67.477
17	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	67.005
18	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	66.937
19	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	65.594
20	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	64.704
21	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	64.264
22	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	64.207
23	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	64.071
24	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	64.003
25	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	63.674

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 23.423. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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