Employment in agriculture (modelled ILO estimate) in Europe

38 countries in Europe, 2025. Unit: % of employment. World ranking →

First in the ranking
50.5 %
Moldova
Median country
3.6 %
half above, half below
World total
25.8 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
0.9 to 50.5
United Kingdom - Moldova

How to read it

Across 38 countries in Europe, the highest value is in Moldova (50.5 %) and the lowest in United Kingdom (0.9 %).

The median country is at 3.6 %: 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

%

Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1Moldova50.5
2Albania30.8
3Serbia18.0
4Bosnia and Herzegovina16.7
5Romania10.9
6Greece10.7
7Belarus9.5
8North Macedonia8.5
9Latvia6.7
10Poland6.2
11Russia5.1
12Bulgaria4.7
13Lithuania4.7
14Croatia4.3
15Montenegro4.2
16Hungary4.1
17Ireland3.9
18Slovenia3.7
19Iceland3.6
20Finland3.5
21Spain3.4
22Italy3.3
23Estonia3.0
24Portugal2.8
25Austria2.8
26Czechia2.7
27Norway2.5
28France2.3
29Switzerland2.2
30Slovakia2.2
31Sweden1.8
32Netherlands1.7
33Denmark1.6
34Germany1.1
35Belgium1.0
36Luxembourg0.9
37Malta0.9
38United Kingdom0.9
World Bank, WDI · SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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