Macro Indicators · SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) data
Unweighted average of the 51 countries reporting in 2024
40.8% of total employment
-7.9% on 2014. Country values run from 1.2 to 85.4 % of total employment. An average of country values, not a regional total.
- Countries covered
- 53
- Years
- 2000–2024
- Observations
- 1,322
- Source
- World Bank WDI
Countries
3/6 selected. Select up to 6 to compare.
Years
2000 – 2024 · 25 years
Annual values by country, 2000 to 2024
World Bank WDI · % of total employment · hover or use the arrow keys to read a year
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
3 countries · 25 years · 1,322 values in the snapshot
Data tablevalues in % of total employment
| Country | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria DZ | 22 | 21.7 | 21.8 | 21.7 | 21.3 | 19.7 | 18 | 16.4 | 14.9 | 13.3 | 12 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 9.9 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 9.8 | 9.7 |
| Angola AO | 30.9 | 30.7 | 30.6 | 30.7 | 30.9 | 33.1 | 35.2 | 37.3 | 39.4 | 41.6 | 44.1 | 46.5 | 48.6 | 50.6 | 52.8 | 52.7 | 52.9 | 53 | 53.3 | 53.4 | 55.6 | 56.7 | 52.5 | 52.4 | 52.2 |
| Benin BJ | 44.9 | 44.7 | 44.5 | 44.4 | 44.3 | 44.4 | 44.2 | 43.8 | 43.5 | 43.6 | 43.7 | 43.6 | 43.7 | 43.3 | 42.9 | 43.2 | 43.3 | 42.9 | 42.3 | 42 | 43.3 | 43.4 | 42.7 | 41.9 | 41.1 |
Source and notes
- Indicator code
- SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS
- Unit
- % of total employment
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- CC BY 4.0
- Collection
- Macro Indicators
Values as published by World Bank WDI: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Coverage is the countries and years held in this snapshot, not the full extent of the series at source. Check at data.worldbank.org.
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