Employment in agriculture (share of jobs) over time (1991–2025)

Follow employment in agriculture (share of jobs) for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1991 to 2025.

• The country ranked first is Burundi in both 1991 and 2025.
• Japan’s employment in agriculture (share of jobs) went from 7.2% in 1991 to 2.8% in 2025 (down 4.4 points).
• Japan ranked #150 of 178 countries in 1991 and #144 of 174 in 2025. The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

Japan and countries at the top, middle and bottom

Key years for Japan and countries at the top, middle and bottom of the 2025 ranking

Country	1991	2000	2010	2020	2025
Burundi	91.2%	91.9%	88.4%	85.3%	85.3%
Fiji	36.2%	30.3%	35.4%	39.3%	35.6%
Paraguay	28.5%	32.5%	25.6%	21.3%	16.0%
Lithuania	23.3%	19.2%	8.8%	5.7%	4.7%
Japan	7.2%	5.5%	4.4%	3.3%	2.8%
Singapore	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Countries with data	178	178	178	178	174

Biggest changes, 1991–2025

Compared among the countries that have data in both 1991 and 2025. Countries with a very small starting value are left out, because their ratios look exaggerated.

Biggest increases

Country	1991	2025	Change	Rank
Angola	29.1%	51.9%	up 22.8 points	#89 → #20
Moldova	37.8%	50.5%	up 12.7 points	#75 → #23
Papua New Guinea	28.4%	36.9%	up 8.4 points	#93 → #41
Solomon Islands	35.1%	42.5%	up 7.3 points	#80 → #34
Zimbabwe	47.7%	54.3%	up 6.6 points	#50 → #18

Biggest decreases

Country	1991	2025	Change	Rank
Vietnam	74.0%	25.0%	down 49 points	#12 → #71
Rwanda	79.4%	35.1%	down 44.4 points	#6 → #45
Cambodia	75.3%	33.4%	down 41.9 points	#9 → #51
China	59.6%	21.7%	down 38 points	#33 → #79
Ghana	71.8%	34.6%	down 37.2 points	#16 → #46

The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

All countries in key years

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Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2025

Country	1991	2000	2010	2020	2025
Burundi	91.2%	91.9%	88.4%	85.3%	85.3%
Mozambique	84.3%	82.3%	76.5%	73.2%	73.0%
Niger	75.1%	76.0%	75.1%	75.3%	73.0%
Chad	83.6%	80.8%	75.7%	71.7%	71.7%
Madagascar	78.5%	78.8%	73.3%	71.4%	69.2%
Laos	90.1%	86.9%	78.9%	70.0%	68.6%
Central African Republic	63.7%	65.6%	63.7%	65.4%	66.1%
Malawi	72.9%	71.1%	67.1%	64.9%	65.0%
Uganda	62.4%	60.3%	62.0%	64.7%	64.9%
Tanzania	73.7%	73.4%	69.1%	65.8%	64.6%
Mali	59.9%	59.3%	66.7%	68.1%	63.0%
Guinea-Bissau	68.5%	67.5%	66.2%	65.2%	61.1%
Ethiopia	77.2%	76.6%	73.8%	63.6%	60.1%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	58.6%	67.0%	63.7%	60.9%	58.5%
Eritrea	59.5%	54.6%	57.4%	57.0%	55.5%
Equatorial Guinea	70.9%	63.7%	55.4%	56.2%	55.3%
Zambia	74.6%	76.0%	70.2%	59.1%	54.5%
Zimbabwe	47.7%	49.7%	62.2%	58.6%	54.3%
North Korea	52.5%	55.8%	53.7%	54.5%	54.1%
Angola	29.1%	30.9%	44.1%	55.6%	51.9%
Burkina Faso	81.9%	75.8%	63.8%	52.9%	51.8%
Afghanistan	65.3%	63.5%	51.9%	46.0%	51.6%
Moldova	37.8%	50.9%	54.6%	55.9%	50.5%
Guinea	72.9%	71.3%	59.8%	49.8%	47.4%
Haiti	53.2%	51.3%	48.5%	46.6%	46.6%
Timor-Leste	59.7%	54.5%	50.8%	39.4%	46.0%
Kenya	61.3%	60.4%	55.6%	51.2%	45.8%
Côte d’Ivoire	49.9%	47.9%	46.6%	47.7%	45.4%
Myanmar	70.3%	60.7%	51.9%	46.5%	45.0%
Vanuatu	55.8%	54.4%	56.5%	44.7%	44.5%
Sierra Leone	64.3%	66.9%	64.9%	47.1%	44.5%
Bangladesh	69.9%	67.6%	47.6%	42.5%	44.3%
Tajikistan	51.5%	59.3%	52.4%	46.7%	43.3%
Solomon Islands	35.1%	35.6%	40.0%	43.1%	42.5%
Bhutan	67.7%	64.3%	59.6%	49.9%	42.4%
Cameroon	65.0%	64.1%	55.1%	44.0%	41.9%
India	63.1%	59.6%	51.1%	44.7%	41.6%
Liberia	51.5%	48.4%	45.8%	43.2%	41.1%
Benin	46.6%	44.9%	43.7%	43.3%	40.2%
Togo	55.8%	54.4%	39.8%	42.7%	37.6%
Papua New Guinea	28.4%	28.2%	25.8%	36.0%	36.9%
Republic of the Congo	43.3%	42.3%	36.5%	37.4%	36.4%
Pakistan	40.7%	41.7%	42.7%	38.3%	36.2%
Fiji	36.2%	30.3%	35.4%	39.3%	35.6%
Rwanda	79.4%	79.1%	62.0%	50.1%	35.1%
Ghana	71.8%	64.0%	48.8%	37.4%	34.6%
Azerbaijan	44.9%	41.0%	38.2%	35.9%	34.2%
Georgia	47.6%	51.1%	50.8%	41.1%	34.0%
Comoros	58.0%	56.5%	45.5%	35.7%	33.6%
Nigeria	53.8%	52.3%	45.0%	38.8%	33.5%
Cambodia	75.3%	73.5%	54.8%	36.9%	33.4%
Ecuador	29.1%	31.6%	29.8%	31.8%	32.5%
Mauritania	47.5%	46.0%	39.5%	35.2%	32.1%
Yemen	59.8%	54.8%	29.2%	32.1%	31.6%
Lesotho	38.6%	36.0%	31.9%	31.5%	30.9%
Albania	40.8%	46.5%	42.9%	35.9%	30.8%
Nicaragua	32.8%	36.9%	32.6%	31.7%	30.5%
Somalia	44.4%	45.6%	36.4%	30.1%	30.0%
Senegal	50.9%	48.9%	38.2%	26.5%	29.6%
Guatemala	36.1%	37.3%	33.1%	30.6%	29.1%
Gabon	43.6%	39.7%	36.3%	30.3%	28.9%
Thailand	55.8%	44.4%	38.2%	31.4%	28.6%
Morocco	52.0%	45.1%	40.5%	32.0%	27.9%
Gambia	32.5%	31.7%	29.9%	29.8%	27.6%
Indonesia	47.7%	45.3%	38.7%	29.3%	27.3%
Mongolia	48.1%	54.6%	39.9%	29.5%	27.0%
Armenia	46.1%	48.0%	38.2%	29.4%	27.0%
Samoa	39.4%	35.9%	32.3%	30.0%	26.9%
Sri Lanka	39.0%	37.7%	31.5%	27.1%	25.9%
Uzbekistan	38.8%	36.8%	27.0%	27.2%	25.2%
Vietnam	74.0%	64.2%	48.7%	32.6%	25.0%
Bolivia	35.2%	36.6%	29.8%	27.9%	24.7%
Tonga	33.8%	29.9%	32.6%	28.7%	23.6%
Peru	33.2%	31.2%	24.9%	31.6%	23.1%
Nepal	39.7%	35.3%	29.8%	25.0%	22.9%
Honduras	28.5%	26.7%	28.0%	23.6%	22.4%
Namibia	45.3%	28.4%	28.7%	23.6%	22.3%
Turkmenistan	40.0%	39.1%	30.7%	23.9%	21.9%
China	59.6%	50.0%	36.7%	23.6%	21.7%
Philippines	44.1%	35.8%	31.5%	24.5%	20.5%
Botswana	12.6%	14.8%	18.4%	19.4%	18.0%
Serbia	39.3%	37.1%	28.1%	19.6%	18.0%
Egypt	39.7%	30.5%	28.4%	20.4%	17.5%
Bosnia & Herzegovina	26.9%	24.3%	20.9%	12.8%	16.7%
Syria	28.3%	32.9%	13.9%	16.9%	16.3%
Belize	29.2%	26.0%	18.6%	17.8%	16.1%
Panama	29.4%	18.8%	19.3%	16.2%	16.0%
Paraguay	28.5%	32.5%	25.6%	21.3%	16.0%
Cuba	22.9%	22.1%	18.6%	17.0%	15.5%
Kyrgyzstan	24.8%	42.3%	23.2%	17.7%	15.4%
Eswatini	17.2%	15.9%	14.3%	13.4%	14.5%
Türkiye	46.1%	34.6%	22.5%	17.7%	14.2%
Colombia	19.9%	19.9%	17.5%	15.8%	14.2%
Jamaica	29.0%	22.3%	20.3%	15.9%	13.9%
El Salvador	35.6%	21.7%	20.8%	15.8%	13.9%
Iran	22.0%	20.3%	16.3%	16.1%	13.6%
Tunisia	23.8%	20.5%	18.0%	13.6%	12.5%
Guyana	38.8%	27.5%	19.9%	15.6%	12.2%
São Tomé & Príncipe	23.5%	21.1%	15.3%	12.6%	12.1%
Costa Rica	21.3%	16.9%	14.6%	16.5%	11.5%
Mexico	26.0%	17.5%	14.5%	13.1%	11.4%
Kazakhstan	38.0%	36.6%	28.3%	13.5%	11.3%
Maldives	27.5%	18.8%	13.3%	13.3%	11.3%
Romania	30.6%	33.6%	20.4%	12.3%	10.9%
Greece	19.7%	16.7%	11.9%	10.3%	10.7%
Libya	15.0%	13.8%	11.5%	11.0%	10.0%
Algeria	22.3%	22.0%	12.0%	10.5%	9.5%
Belarus	22.4%	19.0%	11.7%	10.9%	9.5%
Cape Verde	27.5%	19.8%	15.1%	11.2%	9.2%
Malaysia	18.9%	15.3%	13.3%	10.5%	9.2%
St. Vincent & Grenadines	24.7%	16.8%	12.9%	10.6%	9.1%
Venezuela	12.9%	10.9%	8.5%	9.8%	8.9%
North Macedonia	24.4%	23.4%	18.1%	11.5%	8.5%
Iraq	17.9%	13.4%	10.9%	8.8%	8.2%
Uruguay	12.8%	10.9%	12.6%	9.1%	8.1%
Brazil	16.1%	14.2%	10.5%	9.3%	7.6%
St. Lucia	23.3%	19.7%	12.1%	9.3%	7.5%
Dominican Republic	18.2%	14.1%	11.1%	9.0%	7.0%
Argentina	14.3%	11.4%	8.7%	7.8%	7.0%
Suriname	4.4%	6.9%	7.8%	7.6%	7.0%
Latvia	19.9%	14.9%	8.6%	7.4%	6.7%
Poland	26.3%	19.6%	13.7%	9.6%	6.2%
Chile	16.7%	12.6%	9.2%	7.2%	6.1%
Oman	9.8%	6.4%	5.2%	5.2%	5.9%
New Zealand	10.8%	8.7%	6.9%	6.0%	5.4%
South Africa	9.4%	8.5%	4.8%	5.5%	5.4%
Russia	14.0%	14.2%	7.8%	6.1%	5.1%
South Korea	15.5%	10.4%	6.2%	5.4%	5.1%
Mauritius	19.6%	14.4%	8.2%	5.3%	4.7%
Bulgaria	9.5%	13.2%	6.7%	6.6%	4.7%
Lithuania	23.3%	19.2%	8.8%	5.7%	4.7%
Trinidad & Tobago	15.2%	9.8%	5.3%	5.6%	4.5%
Croatia	22.0%	16.5%	14.3%	6.2%	4.3%
Montenegro	10.6%	9.7%	5.6%	7.5%	4.2%
Hungary	11.1%	6.2%	4.5%	4.7%	4.1%
Ireland	13.9%	8.0%	5.8%	4.5%	3.9%
Slovenia	10.5%	8.7%	8.9%	4.1%	3.7%
Iceland	10.2%	8.7%	5.6%	4.0%	3.6%
Finland	8.9%	6.2%	4.6%	3.7%	3.5%
Spain	10.6%	6.7%	4.1%	3.9%	3.4%
Italy	8.4%	5.2%	3.8%	4.0%	3.3%
Jordan	4.7%	4.1%	3.5%	3.3%	3.1%
Estonia	20.1%	6.4%	4.2%	3.1%	3.0%
Japan	7.2%	5.5%	4.4%	3.3%	2.8%
Portugal	6.6%	7.0%	6.1%	2.9%	2.8%
Austria	7.3%	5.6%	5.4%	3.9%	2.8%
Czechia	7.7%	4.7%	3.1%	2.6%	2.7%
Norway	5.8%	4.3%	2.5%	2.0%	2.5%
Saudi Arabia	7.8%	6.5%	4.9%	3.2%	2.5%
France	5.4%	3.9%	2.9%	2.4%	2.3%
Switzerland	4.5%	4.6%	3.6%	2.5%	2.2%
Australia	5.9%	5.4%	3.5%	2.8%	2.2%
Slovakia	12.1%	8.1%	4.1%	3.3%	2.2%
Cyprus	6.4%	5.4%	3.8%	2.7%	2.2%
Kuwait	2.4%	2.4%	2.4%	2.0%	1.9%
Sweden	3.5%	2.9%	2.1%	1.7%	1.8%
Netherlands	4.3%	3.3%	2.8%	2.1%	1.7%
Denmark	5.4%	3.7%	2.5%	2.1%	1.6%
Qatar	4.3%	2.6%	1.5%	1.3%	1.6%
United States	2.9%	2.4%	1.9%	1.7%	1.5%
United Arab Emirates	6.3%	5.8%	3.1%	2.1%	1.4%
Barbados	4.8%	3.3%	3.3%	3.0%	1.2%
Brunei	2.6%	1.9%	1.5%	1.3%	1.2%
Djibouti	1.9%	2.1%	1.7%	1.3%	1.2%
Canada	3.5%	2.5%	1.8%	1.6%	1.1%
Germany	3.6%	2.6%	1.6%	1.1%	1.1%
Belgium	2.8%	1.9%	1.4%	1.0%	1.0%
Luxembourg	3.4%	2.4%	1.2%	0.8%	0.9%
Malta	2.7%	1.9%	1.3%	1.1%	0.9%
United Kingdom	2.4%	1.7%	1.2%	1.0%	0.9%
Bahrain	2.4%	1.6%	1.1%	1.0%	0.8%
Bahamas	5.3%	4.1%	3.3%	0.9%	0.8%
Israel	2.6%	1.7%	1.3%	0.9%	0.8%
Singapore	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Lebanon	7.3%	5.4%	3.9%	3.6%	–
Sudan	52.0%	46.8%	42.4%	39.7%	–
South Sudan	66.7%	64.7%	63.6%	63.3%	–
Ukraine	15.4%	18.3%	14.4%	14.1%	–
Countries with data	178	178	178	178	174