Employment in Agriculture, 2023

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Employment in Agriculture, 2023: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Positionderived	Country	Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
1	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	85.588
2	NigerNERWestern Africa	74.191
3	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	73.051
4	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	71.928
5	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	69.892
6	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	69.388
7	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	65.893
8	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	65.870
9	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	65.299
10	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	65.162
11	MaliMLIWestern Africa	63.846
12	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	63.761
13	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	62.211
14	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	62.175
15	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	59.524
16	EritreaERIEastern Africa	56.355
17	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	55.969
18	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	55.449
19	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	55.436
20	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	54.493
21	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	52.697
22	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	52.407
23	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	51.869
24	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	51.291
25	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	51.123

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 14.675. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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