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Employment in agriculture (modelled ILO estimate) in Africa

51 countries in Africa, 2025. Unit: % of employment. World ranking →

First in the ranking

85.3 %

Burundi

Median country

40.2 %

half above, half below

World

25.8 %

World Bank aggregate

Range

1.2 to 85.3

Djibouti - Burundi

How to read it

Across 51 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Burundi (85.3 %) and the lowest in Djibouti (1.2 %).

The median country is at 40.2 %: half are above, half below.

Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B…

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Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external… · via World Bank WDI (SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS) · licence

Jobs in agriculture over time

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Ranking of countries

2025

In chart
Burundi in chart	1	Burundi	85.3
Mozambique in chart	2	Mozambique	73.0
Niger in chart	3	Niger	73.0
Chad in chart	4	Chad	71.7
Madagascar in chart	5	Madagascar	69.2
Central African Republic in chart	6	Central African Republic	66.1
Malawi in chart	7	Malawi	65.0
Uganda in chart	8	Uganda	64.9
Tanzania in chart	9	Tanzania	64.6
Mali in chart	10	Mali	63.0
Guinea-Bissau in chart	11	Guinea-Bissau	61.1
Ethiopia in chart	12	Ethiopia	60.1
Democratic Republic of the Congo in chart	13	Democratic Republic of the Congo	58.5
Eritrea in chart	14	Eritrea	55.5
Equatorial Guinea in chart	15	Equatorial Guinea	55.3
Zambia in chart	16	Zambia	54.5
Zimbabwe in chart	17	Zimbabwe	54.3
Angola in chart	18	Angola	51.9
Burkina Faso in chart	19	Burkina Faso	51.8
Guinea in chart	20	Guinea	47.4
Kenya in chart	21	Kenya	45.8
Côte d'Ivoire in chart	22	Côte d'Ivoire	45.4
Sierra Leone in chart	23	Sierra Leone	44.5
Cameroon in chart	24	Cameroon	41.9
Liberia in chart	25	Liberia	41.1
Benin in chart	26	Benin	40.2
Togo in chart	27	Togo	37.6
Republic of the Congo in chart	28	Republic of the Congo	36.4
Rwanda in chart	29	Rwanda	35.1
Ghana in chart	30	Ghana	34.6
Comoros in chart	31	Comoros	33.6
Nigeria in chart	32	Nigeria	33.5
Mauritania in chart	33	Mauritania	32.1
Lesotho in chart	34	Lesotho	30.9
Somalia in chart	35	Somalia	30.0
Senegal in chart	36	Senegal	29.6
Gabon in chart	37	Gabon	28.9
Morocco in chart	38	Morocco	27.9
The Gambia in chart	39	The Gambia	27.6
Namibia in chart	40	Namibia	22.3
Botswana in chart	41	Botswana	18.0
Egypt in chart	42	Egypt	17.5
Eswatini in chart	43	Eswatini	14.5
Tunisia in chart	44	Tunisia	12.5
São Tomé and Principe in chart	45	São Tomé and Principe	12.1
Libya in chart	46	Libya	10.0
Algeria in chart	47	Algeria	9.5
Cabo Verde in chart	48	Cabo Verde	9.2
South Africa in chart	49	South Africa	5.4
Mauritius in chart	50	Mauritius	4.7
Djibouti in chart	51	Djibouti	1.2

World Bank, WDI · SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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