Employment in Agriculture, 2017

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Employment in Agriculture, 2017: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Positionderived	Country	Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
1	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	86.310
2	NigerNERWestern Africa	74.634
3	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	72.850
4	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	71.947
5	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	71.491
6	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	71.128
7	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	70.529
8	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	65.574
9	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	64.835
10	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	64.808
11	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	64.720
12	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	64.150
13	MaliMLIWestern Africa	63.126
14	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	63.029
15	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	62.109
16	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	60.866
17	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	60.241
18	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	59.362
19	EritreaERIEastern Africa	57.978
20	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	56.581
21	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	55.453
22	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	54.583
23	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	53.078
24	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	53.009
25	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	52.731

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 16.162. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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