Employment in agriculture (modelled ILO estimate) in Oceania

11 countries in Oceania, 2025. Unit: % of employment. World ranking →

First in the ranking
44.5 %
Median country
23.6 %
half above, half below
World
25.8 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
1.6 to 44.5
Guam - Vanuatu

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Across 11 countries in Oceania, the highest value is in Vanuatu (44.5 %) and the lowest in Guam (1.6 %).

The median country is at 23.6 %: 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

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Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1Vanuatu44.5
2Solomon Islands42.5
3Papua New Guinea36.9
4Fiji35.6
5Samoa26.9
6Tonga23.6
7New Zealand5.4
8Australia2.2
9French Polynesia1.9
10New Caledonia1.8
11Guam1.6
World Bank, WDI · SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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