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COMCEC Agriculture Outlook 2019
Annex 11: Share of Agriculture in Total Employment, Percent
Country Name
1995
[YR1995]
2000
[YR2000]
2005
[YR2005]
2010
[YR2010]
2015
[YR2015]
2016
[YR2016]
2017
[YR2017]
Benin 45.67499924 44.65100098 44.45000076 43.67200089 42.20199966 42.11299896 41.7820015
Burkina Faso 87.96199799 79.87999725 67.08200073 47.95700073 30.04899979 29.65200043 29.15500069
Cameroon 67.41000366 66.52200317 61.8730011 54.87799835 47.13000107 46.80799866 46.57500076
Chad 83.35099792 84.02600098 81.8690033 82.45400238 80.92199707 81.3259964 81.70600128
Cote d'Ivoire 48.54199982 47.79499817 46.98699951 46.11500168 48.45999908 48.88499832 48.42100143
Gabon 43.54000092 42.66500092 41.57099915 40.02799988 38.1230011 38.08399963 37.84700012
Gambia, The 30.68899918 30.3010006 31.45100021 30.90299988 29.94300079 29.99699974 29.94000053
Guinea 71.34300232 70.66000366 69.09899902 69.16600037 67.6760025 67.95800018 66.97000122
Guinea-Bissau 69.34600067 69.52400208 69.90899658 69.47299957 68.97599792 68.52300262 68.19000244
Mali 70.27300262 68.99900055 67.19999695 66.46299744 62.26599884 65.98000336 65.71600342
Mozambique 85.01000214 81.63700104 79.34300232 76.56600189 72.11599731 72.02700043 71.92099762
Niger 77.79299927 78.22100067 77.9980011 77.62400055 76.2009964 76.22000122 76.09700012
Nigeria 49.72700119 48.43600082 44.91199875 40.77799988 37.08000183 36.9109993 36.80799866
Senegal 49.87799835 48.77099991 44.6590004 39.90499878 33.33300018 32.9620018 32.49499893
Sierra Leone 65.71099854 71.48200226 68.14499664 64.25700378 59.73400116 59.53699875 59.24399948
Togo 37.93500137 36.12599945 37.82600021 37.68899918 35.60599899 35.29600143 34.91999817
Uganda 72.06400299 69.95999908 70.79599762 70.8010025 71.33699799 71.38500214 71.06999969
African Group 62.1322946 61.15623598 59.12764673 56.39582398 53.00905834 53.15670608 52.87394153
Algeria 22.78700066 22.04199982 18.65600014 11.83699989 8.656000137 8.343999863 9.38599968
Bahrain 2.025000095 1.649999976 1.348999977 1.083999991 1.075000048 1.057999969 1.047000051
Comoros 55.18500137 55.58800125 55.69499969 56.9070015 57.18399811 57.14500046 57.11500168
Djibouti 56.34400177 56.3429985 55.11999893 53.31100082 51.38999939 50.93000031 50.40599823
Egypt, Arab Rep. 33.99300003 29.62999916 30.94000053 28.27599907 25.81500053 25.5739994 25.04000092
Iraq 23.95299911 24.37000084 24.09499931 24.12800026 23.89900017 23.53199959 23.45800018
Jordan 4.321000099 4.035999775 4.052999973 3.792999983 3.592999935 3.549999952 3.50999999
Kuwait 2.072000027 2.413000107 2.707999945 2.45600009 2.286000013 2.309000015 2.288000107
Lebanon 15.80599976 14.96399975 14.02099991 13.07499981 12.56700039 12.375 12.24100018
Libya 9.699999809 9.279999733 9.06799984 8.43200016 8.281000137 8.206000328 8.036999702
Mauritania 62.82300186 61.73400116 59.88899994 58.30500031 55.43199921 55.95999908 55.7140007
Morocco 46.60800171 45.10400009 45.47700119 40.40200043 38.70199966 38.51900101 38.29299927
Oman 7.948999882 6.390999794 7.940999985 5.153999805 4.789999962 4.822999954 4.782999992
Palestine 12.43099976 14.06000042 15.03299999 11.8039999 8.651000023 7.355000019 6.678999901
Qatar 3.796000004 2.632999897 2.897000074 1.463000059 1.230000019 1.220000029 1.25
Saudi Arabia 7.044000149 6.123000145 4.151000023 4.178999901 6.099999905 4.96999979 4.925000191
Somalia 75.02500153 74.38400269 73.54199982 72.53700256 72.59700012 72.45200348 72.48300171
Sudan 50.81900024 49.16500092 47.43999863 44.45100021 43.67900085 43.43600082 43.2179985
Syrian Arab Republic 28.37999916 32.88999939 22.69799995 14.28199959 14.58399963 14.60099983 14.69400024
Tunisia 20.12299919 19.30400085 18.52499962 17.94599915 15.04199982 15.04199982 15.04199982
United Arab
Emirates 7.995999813 7.895999908 5.40500021 4.186999798 3.872999907 3.790999889 3.75
Yemen, Rep. 52.77000046 41.26100159 30.97900009 28.67000008 30.68099976 34.18399811 35.32400131
Arab Group 27.36136393 26.42095481 24.98554535 23.03086379 22.27759081 22.24436371 22.21286374
Afghanistan 63.20199966 69.09400177 61.48300171 48.83800125 38.6780014 38.81800079 38.77399826
Albania 47.11500168 46.22600174 45.27099991 42.08399963 41.36299896 39.78699875 38.20399857
Azerbaijan 43.16500092 41.00999832 39.31600189 38.22999954 36.36000061 36.34000015 36.34999847
Bangladesh 66.01300049 64.80699921 51.2859993 47.30599976 43.43500137 42.66400146 40.59700012
Brunei Darussalam 1.582000017 1.230999947 0.93599999 0.694999993 0.740999997 1.003000021 1.35800004
Guyana 29.07799911 24.61100006 21.57500076 20.26499939 19.08799934 18.88800049 18.68000031
Indonesia 43.98400116 45.27999878 43.99499893 39.12799835 33.04399872 31.81999969 30.79000092
Iran, Islamic Rep. 23.82099915 24.06800079 24.75 19.22200012 18.0340004 17.98399925 17.58399963
Kazakhstan 36.875 35.76699829 32.40999985 28.28300095 18.01199913 16.24799919 15.13099957
Kyrgyz Republic 47.18999863 53.07500076 38.5 32.16899872 29.30999947 26.79000092 26.64599991
Malaysia 19.96999931 18.36199951 14.64099979 14.21899986 12.47200012 11.36900043 11.23200035
Maldives 19.34000015 18.33600044 16.46699905 12.7510004 9.760000229 9.236000061 9.109000206
Pakistan 43.1969986 42.67599869 43.06700134 43.38899994 41.00999832 42.27399826 41.96900177
Suriname 7.287000179 6.631999969 8.328000069 7.778999805 7.272999763 7.217000008 7.131999969
Tajikistan 58.76800156 57.93600082 55.375 52.97499847 51.75 51.53900146 51.2820015
Turkey 43.39099884 38.79600143 26.51000023 23.70400047 20.40600014 19.50099945 19.38400078
Turkmenistan 26.72900009 25.89100075 25.05699921 24.15800095 23.27799988 23.11100006 22.94300079
Uzbekistan 38.56800079 36.71300125 36.1590004 34.96300125 33.88800049 33.68000031 33.51900101
Asian Group 36.62638891 36.13950014 32.50700014 29.45322216 26.55011102 26.01494449 25.59355568
OIC Mean 42.04001581 41.23889697 38.87339741 36.29330331 33.94558672 33.80533809 33.56012032
World Total 41.34583081 40.06973801 37.11606862 33.20994732 29.18098022 28.81488819 28.41228474
Source: ILO Estimates