Employment in Agriculture, 2024

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Employment in Agriculture, 2024: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Positionderived	Country	Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
1	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	85.394
2	NigerNERWestern Africa	73.461
3	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	73.073
4	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	71.871
5	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	69.518
6	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	68.912
7	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	66.053
8	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	65.411
9	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	65.239
10	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	65.090
11	MaliMLIWestern Africa	63.536
12	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	61.701
13	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	61.008
14	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	58.899
15	EritreaERIEastern Africa	55.992
16	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	55.324
17	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	55.170
18	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	55.107
19	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	54.295
20	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	52.234
21	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	52.155
22	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	51.454
23	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	50.839
24	GuineaGINWestern Africa	48.240
25	HaitiHTICaribbean	46.713

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 14.730. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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