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Cameroon - Agriculture Employment 2017

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Employment in agriculture · World Bank

44.81% −0.89% from 2016 Global rank: 153rd

Cameroon's agriculture employment was 44.81% in 2017, decreased +0.89% from 45.70% in 2016. This was the 153rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2017▾

Agriculture Employment by Country - 2017
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	0.12%	-1.6%
2nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.21%	-2.6%
3rd	Macao SAR, China	0.40%	0.0%
4th	Malta	0.97%	-14.5%
5th	Israel	1.00%	-1.3%
6th	Bahrain	1.02%	-2.4%
7th	Luxembourg	1.07%	-25.0%
8th	United Kingdom	1.16%	1.8%
9th	Belgium	1.18%	-5.8%
10th	Qatar	1.25%	2.5%
11th	Germany	1.28%	-2.3%
12th	Bahamas, The	1.31%	-17.2%
13th	Djibouti	1.32%	-2.2%
14th	New Caledonia	1.32%	-8.3%
15th	Puerto Rico (US)	1.33%	-1.0%
16th	Brunei Darussalam	1.36%	-1.6%
17th	Canada	1.52%	-22.2%
18th	Sweden	1.83%	-3.0%
19th	United States	1.88%	-0.7%
20th	Guam	1.92%	-2.6%
21st	Virgin Islands (US)	1.93%	-2.7%
22nd	Kuwait	2.11%	-1.9%
23rd	Denmark	2.11%	-9.6%
24th	Norway	2.18%	5.9%
25th	Netherlands	2.22%	1.5%
26th	French Polynesia	2.41%	-3.4%
27th	Channel Islands	2.51%	-2.1%
28th	Cyprus	2.53%	-30.6%
29th	Australia	2.60%	-0.9%
30th	France	2.61%	-9.3%
31st	United Arab Emirates	2.68%	-1.5%
32nd	Czechia	2.80%	-3.4%
33rd	Barbados	3.11%	8.5%
34th	Switzerland	3.14%	-4.2%
35th	Portugal	3.35%	-7.3%
36th	Jordan	3.38%	-1.6%
37th	Slovak Republic	3.41%	-1.7%
38th	Japan	3.60%	-1.7%
39th	Lebanon	3.60%	-2.6%
40th	Estonia	3.63%	-7.0%
41st	Finland	3.74%	-4.1%
42nd	Iceland	3.76%	-3.6%
43rd	Italy	3.78%	-2.6%
44th	Saudi Arabia	3.91%	-2.8%
45th	Austria	3.93%	-9.6%
46th	European Union	4.19%	-2.7%
47th	Spain	4.31%	3.1%
48th	Trinidad and Tobago	4.52%	-0.7%
49th	Oman	4.66%	-5.3%
50th	Korea	4.78%	-0.7%
51st	Hungary	5.04%	-0.1%
52nd	Ireland	5.05%	-4.4%
53rd	South Africa	5.24%	-5.2%
54th	Slovenia	5.59%	10.7%
55th	Russian Federation	5.96%	-12.0%
56th	New Zealand	6.31%	-4.3%
57th	Mauritius	6.57%	-3.5%
58th	Latvia	6.69%	-13.0%
59th	West Bank and Gaza	6.82%	-8.7%
60th	Croatia	7.01%	-6.3%
61st	Bulgaria	7.19%	4.2%
62nd	Chile	7.42%	-1.3%
63rd	Suriname	7.68%	-0.1%
64th	Argentina	7.77%	-2.2%
65th	Lithuania	7.78%	-2.4%
66th	Montenegro	7.94%	2.5%
67th	Iraq	9.03%	0.9%
68th	Brazil	9.19%	-6.2%
69th	Uruguay	9.55%	6.2%
70th	Dominican Republic	9.68%	7.3%
71st	Algeria	10.16%	19.0%
72nd	Poland	10.22%	-3.4%
73rd	St. Lucia	10.35%	-2.3%
74th	Maldives	10.50%	13.7%
75th	Belarus	10.70%	9.8%
76th	Libya	10.78%	-6.3%
77th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	10.93%	-2.4%
78th	Malaysia	11.29%	-0.6%
79th	Greece	11.67%	-2.1%
80th	São Tomé and Principe	12.52%	-3.4%
81st	Eswatini	13.07%	-1.0%
82nd	Mexico	13.49%	0.3%
83rd	Cabo Verde	13.52%	-2.8%
84th	Romania	13.90%	-1.7%
85th	Tunisia	14.81%	0.3%
86th	Ukraine	15.00%	-1.2%
87th	Costa Rica	15.36%	-2.3%
88th	Kazakhstan	15.36%	-5.9%
89th	Botswana	15.59%	-2.4%
90th	North Macedonia	15.71%	-4.1%
91st	Colombia	15.99%	3.9%
92nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	16.07%	-0.6%
93rd	Syrian Arab Republic	16.13%	1.9%
94th	Panama	16.16%	-5.4%
95th	Guyana	16.35%	-2.4%
96th	Jamaica	16.76%	0.2%
97th	Belize	17.42%	-6.2%
98th	Cuba	17.75%	-2.1%
99th	El Salvador	18.57%	-0.6%
100th	Türkiye	19.53%	-0.6%
101st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.00%	5.0%
102nd	Kyrgyz Republic	20.35%	-1.7%
103rd	Paraguay	20.55%	-3.6%
104th	Namibia	21.39%	6.6%
105th	Serbia	22.84%	-6.6%
106th	Honduras	23.94%	20.4%
107th	Peru	24.31%	-3.2%
108th	Turkmenistan	24.78%	-2.4%
109th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	25.06%	-2.0%
110th	Philippines	25.18%	-5.8%
111th	Nepal	25.44%	-2.5%
112th	Sri Lanka	26.07%	-3.8%
113th	China	26.68%	-2.7%
114th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	26.69%	-7.2%
115th	Uzbekistan	27.15%	-1.0%
116th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	28.27%	2.7%
117th	Ecuador	28.82%	2.7%
118th	Samoa	29.93%	-1.4%
119th	Gambia, The	30.07%	-1.8%
120th	Lesotho	30.20%	1.5%
121st	Nicaragua	30.20%	-1.1%
122nd	Indonesia	30.52%	-3.3%
123rd	Gabon	30.88%	-1.2%
124th	Yemen, Republic of	31.00%	0.5%
125th	Papua New Guinea	31.24%	3.6%
126th	Armenia	31.34%	-6.7%
127th	Tonga	31.50%	-2.0%
128th	Thailand	31.53%	1.0%
129th	Senegal	31.74%	-12.7%
130th	Guatemala	31.78%	8.2%
131st	Togo	33.79%	-1.5%
132nd	Morocco	33.79%	-2.9%
133rd	Mongolia	35.08%	-4.5%
134th	Mauritania	35.36%	-2.0%
135th	Congo, Republic of	35.93%	2.5%
136th	Comoros	36.18%	-2.5%
137th	Azerbaijan	36.35%	0.0%
138th	Albania	37.81%	-4.7%
139th	Cambodia	38.21%	1.8%
140th	Sudan	38.38%	-1.3%
141st	Fiji	39.23%	-1.9%
142nd	Nigeria	39.74%	-0.6%
143rd	Pakistan	39.87%	-5.7%
144th	Viet Nam	40.16%	-4.1%
145th	Bangladesh	40.60%	-4.8%
146th	Liberia	40.63%	-1.7%
147th	Solomon Islands	41.09%	-0.5%
148th	Ghana	42.02%	-2.0%
149th	India	42.27%	-2.2%
150th	Benin	42.94%	-0.9%
151st	Afghanistan	43.00%	-0.9%
152nd	Timor-Leste	43.76%	-0.8%
153rd	Cameroon	44.81%	-2.0%
154th	Haiti	45.60%	-0.7%
155th	Georgia	46.02%	-1.5%
156th	Vanuatu	46.23%	-4.3%
157th	Tajikistan	46.61%	-1.9%
158th	Sierra Leone	49.16%	-7.0%
159th	Guinea	49.26%	-2.1%
160th	Côte d'Ivoire	50.51%	-4.6%
161st	Kenya	51.29%	-1.1%
162nd	Myanmar	51.34%	-0.4%
163rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	52.73%	0.7%
164th	Angola	53.01%	0.2%
165th	Rwanda	53.08%	-1.6%
166th	Burkina Faso	54.58%	-2.8%
167th	Bhutan	55.45%	-2.0%
168th	Equatorial Guinea	56.58%	1.0%
169th	Eritrea	57.98%	3.2%
170th	Moldova	59.36%	-1.7%
171st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	60.24%	-0.1%
172nd	Zambia	60.87%	-0.4%
173rd	South Sudan	62.11%	-0.6%
174th	Zimbabwe	63.03%	-1.1%
175th	Mali	63.13%	-2.7%
176th	Central African Republic	64.15%	-0.6%
177th	Malawi	64.81%	-0.6%
178th	Guinea-Bissau	64.83%	-0.4%
179th	Tanzania	65.57%	-0.6%
180th	Lao PDR	70.53%	-1.8%
181st	Chad	71.13%	-1.0%
182nd	Uganda	71.49%	-0.2%
183rd	Mozambique	71.95%	0.2%
184th	Madagascar	72.85%	-1.3%
185th	Niger	74.63%	0.1%
186th	Burundi	86.31%	0.0%

FAQ

What was Cameroon's agriculture employment in 2017?▾

Cameroon's agriculture employment in 2017 was 44.81%. This ranked 153rd globally.

How did Cameroon's agriculture employment change in 2017?▾

Cameroon's agriculture employment decreased by 2.0% in 2017 compared to 2016.

Which country had the highest agriculture employment in 2017?▾

Burundi had the highest agriculture employment in 2017 at 86.31%.

What is the agriculture employment of Cameroon in 2017?▾

The agriculture employment of Cameroon in 2017 was 44.81%. This ranked 153rd globally.

How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Cameroon's agriculture employment?▾

Cameroon's agriculture employment went from 45.70% in 2016 to 44.81% in 2017, a 2.0% decrease.

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