Employment in Agriculture, 2018

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Employment in Agriculture, 2018: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Positionderived	Country	Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
1	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	85.727
2	NigerNERWestern Africa	74.486
3	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	72.005
4	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	71.853
5	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	70.385
6	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	69.864
7	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	66.760
8	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	65.144
9	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	64.507
10	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	64.362
11	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	63.936
12	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	63.366
13	MaliMLIWestern Africa	63.003
14	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	62.435
15	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	62.058
16	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	59.773
17	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	59.677
18	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	59.154
19	EritreaERIEastern Africa	56.073
20	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	55.400
21	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	54.000
22	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	53.309
23	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	53.129
24	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	53.036
25	KenyaKENEastern Africa	50.395

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 16.028. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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