Employment in agriculture (modelled ILO estimate) in North America

21 countries in North America, 2025. Unit: % of employment. World ranking →

First in the ranking
46.6 %
Haiti
Median country
11.4 %
half above, half below
World
25.8 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
0.8 to 46.6
Bahamas - Haiti

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Across 21 countries in North America, the highest value is in Haiti (46.6 %) and the lowest in Bahamas (0.8 %).

The median country is at 11.4 %: 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 Share of the highest value
1Haiti46.6
2Nicaragua30.5
3Guatemala29.1
4Honduras22.4
5Belize16.1
6Panama16.0
7Cuba15.5
8Jamaica13.9
9El Salvador13.9
10Costa Rica11.5
11Mexico11.4
12Saint Vincent and the Grenadines9.1
13Saint Lucia7.5
14Dominican Republic7.0
15Trinidad and Tobago4.5
16United States Virgin Islands1.6
17United States1.5
18Barbados1.2
19Puerto Rico1.1
20Canada1.1
21Bahamas0.8
World Bank, WDI · SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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