Employment in agriculture (modelled ILO estimate) in South America

12 countries in South America, 2025. Unit: % of employment. World ranking →

First in the ranking
32.5 %
Median country
10.5 %
half above, half below
World
25.8 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
6.1 to 32.5
Chile - Ecuador

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Across 12 countries in South America, the highest value is in Ecuador (32.5 %) and the lowest in Chile (6.1 %).

The median country is at 10.5 %: 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
1Ecuador32.5
2Bolivia24.7
3Peru23.1
4Paraguay16.0
5Colombia14.2
6Guyana12.2
7Venezuela8.9
8Uruguay8.1
9Brazil7.6
10Argentina7.0
11Suriname7.0
12Chile6.1
World Bank, WDI · SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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