COMCEC Agriculture Outlook 2018
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Annex 11: Share of Agriculture in Total Employment, Percent
Area Name 2000 2005 2010 2015 2016
African Group 62.96 60.59 51.56 52.10 52.04
Benin 48.27 47.47 45.33 41.82 41.32
Burkina Faso 85.72 81.99 60.88 29.44 28.92
Cameroon 66.76 64.93 64.89 62.35 62.04
Chad 86.94 87.25 86.78 85.94 87.25
Côte d'Ivoire 50.15 50.55 49.54 50.01 48.89
Gabon 43.21 43.31 43.09 41.23 41.30
Gambia 33.17 34.23 32.84 28.44 27.24
Guinea 70.89 70.14 70.25 67.96 67.75
Guinea-Bissau 84.66 84.63 84.47 83.70 83.60
Mali 45.67 44.78 57.45 62.27 61.64
Mozambique 81.50 79.28 77.25 73.56 73.34
Niger 77.05 77.59 77.75 76.09 75.80
Nigeria 57.30 51.15 30.57 36.38 36.30
Senegal 44.39 40.63 53.33 54.00 53.60
Sierra Leone 66.41 65.89 63.72 60.87 60.58
Togo 41.00 42.52 38.36 39.43 38.96
Uganda 70.16 75.30 71.12 71.01 70.40
Arab Group 31.78 29.52 25.55 25.19 25.12
Algeria 21.93 19.96 16.53 13.08 12.74
Bahrain 1.66 1.29 1.09 0.94 0.97
Comoros 55.87 55.84 55.86 55.35 55.23
Djibouti 36.66 36.06 33.20 30.69 30.55
Egypt 29.63 30.94 29.06 25.82 25.57
Iraq 17.31 23.00 23.06 20.30 18.40
Jordan 4.37 3.89 3.72 3.67 3.64
Kuwait 2.94 2.70 3.14 3.35 3.48
Lebanon 3.28 3.41 2.46 3.22 3.20
Libya 9.96 8.67 7.32 16.63 16.81
Mauritania 79.49 77.87 77.28 75.90 76.14
Morocco 43.92 45.48 40.24 38.59 37.74
Oman 6.39 6.78 5.16 5.96 6.27
Palestine 13.70 14.58 12.75 8.65 8.32
Qatar 2.57 3.08 1.50 1.23 1.22
Saudi Arabia 6.12 4.03 4.28 6.10 6.03
Somalia 86.84 86.70 86.41 86.14 86.24
Sudan 58.51 55.26 50.74 55.92 56.35
Syrian Arab Republic 31.91 21.23 15.16 20.78 22.83
Tunisia 23.10 20.82 17.73 13.20 13.67
United Arab Emirates 5.96 4.94 0.76 0.20 0.17
Yemen 49.06 30.07 24.11 34.67 35.96
Asian Group 46.36 40.55 37.63 33.31 32.73
Afghanistan 79.16 71.76 64.50 61.13 61.35
Albania 61.51 53.96 43.90 41.37 40.66
Azerbaijan 41.41 40.52 38.23 36.36 36.34
Bangladesh 64.81 48.08 47.31 42.66 41.14
Brunei Darussalam 1.43 1.00 0.71 0.57 0.58
Indonesia 45.31 44.02 39.15 33.04 31.82
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 24.09 24.75 19.22 18.03 17.98
Kazakhstan 36.12 32.41 28.28 18.01 17.89
Kyrgyzstan 49.72 38.50 29.90 29.31 26.79
Malaysia 18.36 14.64 14.22 12.47 11.37
Maldives 16.51 14.41 15.04 7.97 7.64
Pakistan 48.42 43.07 43.39 41.01 42.27
Tajikistan 60.21 56.68 53.13 51.79 50.74
Turkey 36.00 25.68 23.70 20.41 19.50
Turkmenistan 26.20 19.13 12.64 8.88 8.44
Uzbekistan 39.81 34.69 27.19 22.85 21.95
Guyana 24.21 23.48 17.00 15.22 14.33
Suriname 7.25 6.98 4.23 2.44 2.59
OIC 47.33 42.86 38.32 35.99 35.60
World 39.02 35.24 30.80 27.22 26.73
Source: ILO Estimates