COMCEC Agriculture Outlook 2017
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Annex 10: Share of Agriculture in Total Employment (Percent)
AreaName 2000 2005 2010 2014 2015
African Group 59.1 59.3 53.5 51.4 51.3
Benin 45.3 46.1 45.3 43.7 43.6
Burkina Faso 85.4 84.7 80.8 80.5 80.3
Cameroon 64.5 64.1 63.7 62.7 62.4
Chad 78.1 76.7 78.0 76.5 76.5
Côte d'Ivoire 60.4 60.9 60.3 58.0 57.2
Gabon 31.2 26.7 17.9 16.5 16.6
Gambia 44.0 40.3 34.4 30.6 30.2
Guinea 74.6 74.5 74.3 69.6 69.6
Guinea-Bissau 63.3 63.6 62.4 61.5 60.9
Mali 43.0 51.2 58.9 57.7 57.3
Mozambique 77.1 76.4 75.5 75.6 75.3
Niger 63.1 64.2 64.0 62.5 62.4
Nigeria 48.8 47.0 30.6 27.3 27.2
Senegal 49.5 41.0 55.5 52.6 52.6
Sierra Leone 67.9 68.4 68.7 66.2 68.4
Togo 63.8 64.7 63.1 63.7 63.1
Uganda 66.0 73.7 73.7 72.9 72.7
Arab Group 27.8 25.9 22.0 21.1 20.9
Algeria 21.9 17.2 12.5 11.4 11.4
Bahrain 1.7 1.4 1.1 1.0 1.0
Comoros 61.1 61.8 62.2 61.9 62.0
Djibouti 25.6 27.0 25.5 25.9 26.6
Egypt 29.7 30.9 28.8 27.5 25.8
Iraq 15.9 22.6 22.4 20.2 20.3
Jordan 4.9 3.4 2.0 2.0 2.0
Kuwait 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.7
Lebanon 8.6 8.5 8.0 8.0 8.2
Libya 13.8 14.9 14.2 19.4 20.2
Mauritania 48.8 48.4 44.1 41.4 40.6
Morocco 40.2 40.3 36.3 33.7 33.5
Oman 6.4 9.5 5.1 4.8 5.0
Palestine 13.7 14.6 11.7 9.5 8.6
Qatar 2.3 2.8 1.5 1.3 1.2
Saudi Arabia 6.1 4.1 4.3 5.3 6.1
Somalia 73.2 72.6 72.4 72.3 72.1
Sudan 40.9 38.3 34.3 33.7 33.3
Syrian Arab Republic 31.0 21.6 14.3 16.6 17.4
Tunisia 17.7 16.4 15.1 12.0 11.9
United Arab Emirates 6.5 4.9 3.8 3.6 3.6
Yemen 46.3 33.1 24.1 25.7 27.8
Asian Group 45.7 40.8 38.1 34.5 34.3
Afghanistan 69.4 65.3 64.2 62.1 61.6
Albania 53.7 49.3 42.6 42.9 42.3
Azerbaijan 41.0 39.3 38.2 36.8 36.4
Bangladesh 59.5 48.1 47.3 44.0 42.9
Brunei Darussalam 1.3 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.6
Indonesia 45.3 43.3 38.7 32.4 32.9
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 24.3 24.7 19.2 17.9 18.0
Kazakhstan 34.0 32.4 28.3 20.4 18.0
Kyrgyzstan 45.3 38.5 29.1 31.6 29.3
Malaysia 18.2 14.6 14.2 12.3 12.5
Maldives 14.4 13.3 15.0 8.1 8.1
Pakistan 48.1 43.4 45.0 43.8 43.4
Tajikistan 58.1 57.0 53.8 57.7 57.7
Turkey 36.0 29.3 23.7 21.1 20.5
Turkmenistan 28.8 22.2 19.4 18.6 18.5
Uzbekistan 42.2 39.3 32.6 30.6 30.1
Guyana 27.9 22.5 20.7 19.2 19.0
Suriname 6.9 7.3 4.3 3.3 3.3
OIC Member Countries Total 45.5 42.1 38.5 36.0 35.8
World 39.6 36.0 32.4 29.8 29.5
Source: World Development Indicator