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India - Agriculture Employment 2016

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Employment in agriculture · World Bank

43.20% −1.07% from 2015 Global rank: 149th

India's agriculture employment was 43.20% in 2016, decreased +1.07% from 44.28% in 2015. This was the 149th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2016▾

Agriculture Employment by Country - 2016
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	0.12%	-2.0%
2nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.22%	-2.5%
3rd	Macao SAR, China	0.40%	0.0%
4th	Israel	1.02%	-0.3%
5th	Bahrain	1.04%	-2.8%
6th	United Kingdom	1.14%	-0.6%
7th	Malta	1.14%	-19.6%
8th	Qatar	1.22%	-1.4%
9th	Belgium	1.25%	6.4%
10th	Germany	1.31%	-6.6%
11th	Puerto Rico (US)	1.34%	-1.3%
12th	Djibouti	1.35%	-4.0%
13th	Brunei Darussalam	1.38%	-1.6%
14th	Luxembourg	1.43%	32.3%
15th	New Caledonia	1.44%	-7.6%
16th	Bahamas, The	1.59%	-15.7%
17th	Sweden	1.89%	-7.4%
18th	United States	1.90%	0.0%
19th	Canada	1.95%	18.5%
20th	Guam	1.97%	-2.5%
21st	Virgin Islands (US)	1.99%	-3.0%
22nd	Norway	2.06%	-0.1%
23rd	Kuwait	2.15%	-2.2%
24th	Netherlands	2.19%	-2.0%
25th	Denmark	2.33%	-6.3%
26th	French Polynesia	2.49%	-2.8%
27th	Channel Islands	2.56%	-2.0%
28th	Australia	2.62%	-0.6%
29th	United Arab Emirates	2.72%	-2.2%
30th	Barbados	2.86%	-1.0%
31st	France	2.87%	4.6%
32nd	Czechia	2.90%	-0.8%
33rd	Switzerland	3.27%	-3.4%
34th	Jordan	3.43%	-0.3%
35th	Slovak Republic	3.47%	-11.0%
36th	Portugal	3.62%	-8.5%
37th	Cyprus	3.64%	-8.8%
38th	Japan	3.66%	-3.2%
39th	Lebanon	3.70%	-3.0%
40th	Italy	3.88%	3.5%
41st	Iceland	3.90%	-8.1%
42nd	Estonia	3.90%	-3.3%
43rd	Finland	3.90%	-9.8%
44th	Saudi Arabia	4.02%	-3.0%
45th	Spain	4.18%	4.8%
46th	European Union	4.31%	-4.5%
47th	Austria	4.35%	-4.0%
48th	Trinidad and Tobago	4.55%	-5.0%
49th	Korea	4.82%	-5.7%
50th	Oman	4.92%	-6.8%
51st	Hungary	5.04%	2.8%
52nd	Slovenia	5.05%	-28.9%
53rd	Ireland	5.28%	-0.8%
54th	South Africa	5.52%	-0.9%
55th	New Zealand	6.60%	7.8%
56th	Russian Federation	6.77%	-0.3%
57th	Mauritius	6.81%	-4.4%
58th	Bulgaria	6.90%	1.4%
59th	West Bank and Gaza	7.47%	-14.8%
60th	Croatia	7.48%	-18.4%
61st	Chile	7.51%	0.8%
62nd	Suriname	7.68%	-0.5%
63rd	Latvia	7.69%	-3.1%
64th	Montenegro	7.74%	0.3%
65th	Argentina	7.94%	-0.5%
66th	Lithuania	7.98%	-12.1%
67th	Algeria	8.54%	-3.6%
68th	Iraq	8.95%	-5.5%
69th	Uruguay	8.99%	-6.7%
70th	Dominican Republic	9.02%	-8.1%
71st	Maldives	9.24%	-6.1%
72nd	Belarus	9.74%	0.0%
73rd	Brazil	9.80%	5.0%
74th	Poland	10.58%	-8.2%
75th	St. Lucia	10.59%	-2.4%
76th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	11.20%	-2.5%
77th	Malaysia	11.37%	-8.8%
78th	Libya	11.50%	-0.8%
79th	Greece	11.93%	-4.6%
80th	São Tomé and Principe	12.96%	-3.6%
81st	Eswatini	13.20%	-1.9%
82nd	Mexico	13.44%	-2.4%
83rd	Cabo Verde	13.92%	-2.3%
84th	Romania	14.14%	-11.7%
85th	Tunisia	14.77%	0.1%
86th	Ukraine	15.19%	2.3%
87th	Colombia	15.38%	0.0%
88th	Costa Rica	15.72%	-0.5%
89th	Syrian Arab Republic	15.83%	0.8%
90th	Botswana	15.98%	-3.4%
91st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	16.17%	-2.7%
92nd	Kazakhstan	16.33%	-9.4%
93rd	North Macedonia	16.39%	-8.0%
94th	Jamaica	16.72%	-5.8%
95th	Guyana	16.75%	-3.0%
96th	Panama	17.09%	4.5%
97th	Cuba	18.13%	-1.9%
98th	Belize	18.56%	2.7%
99th	El Salvador	18.68%	3.1%
100th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	19.05%	0.4%
101st	Türkiye	19.65%	-4.4%
102nd	Honduras	19.88%	-5.5%
103rd	Namibia	20.07%	-17.8%
104th	Kyrgyz Republic	20.70%	-8.0%
105th	Paraguay	21.32%	8.2%
106th	Serbia	24.46%	-3.4%
107th	Peru	25.12%	0.2%
108th	Turkmenistan	25.39%	-2.3%
109th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	25.57%	-1.6%
110th	Nepal	26.10%	-0.9%
111th	Philippines	26.72%	-4.0%
112th	Sri Lanka	27.10%	-5.4%
113th	Uzbekistan	27.42%	-0.6%
114th	China	27.42%	-3.1%
115th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	27.52%	-1.7%
116th	Ecuador	28.06%	2.7%
117th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	28.77%	-2.5%
118th	Guatemala	29.38%	-7.8%
119th	Lesotho	29.75%	-0.5%
120th	Papua New Guinea	30.16%	2.9%
121st	Samoa	30.37%	-2.8%
122nd	Nicaragua	30.53%	-1.5%
123rd	Gambia, The	30.64%	0.2%
124th	Yemen, Republic of	30.84%	1.3%
125th	Thailand	31.23%	-3.4%
126th	Gabon	31.26%	-1.5%
127th	Indonesia	31.56%	-3.7%
128th	Tonga	32.16%	0.4%
129th	Armenia	33.60%	-4.9%
130th	Togo	34.29%	-0.9%
131st	Morocco	34.82%	-3.4%
132nd	Congo, Republic of	35.06%	2.4%
133rd	Mauritania	36.10%	-0.5%
134th	Azerbaijan	36.34%	-0.1%
135th	Senegal	36.37%	9.1%
136th	Mongolia	36.74%	5.5%
137th	Comoros	37.12%	-1.8%
138th	Cambodia	37.54%	-11.6%
139th	Sudan	38.89%	-3.5%
140th	Albania	39.68%	-3.4%
141st	Nigeria	39.98%	-0.2%
142nd	Fiji	39.99%	-0.4%
143rd	Solomon Islands	41.31%	-0.9%
144th	Liberia	41.32%	0.6%
145th	Viet Nam	41.86%	-4.9%
146th	Pakistan	42.27%	3.1%
147th	Bangladesh	42.66%	-2.0%
148th	Ghana	42.86%	-1.3%
149th	India	43.20%	-2.4%
150th	Benin	43.33%	0.3%
151st	Afghanistan	43.41%	-0.5%
152nd	Timor-Leste	44.11%	-2.8%
153rd	Cameroon	45.70%	-2.0%
154th	Haiti	45.93%	-0.7%
155th	Georgia	46.70%	-0.4%
156th	Tajikistan	47.50%	-1.9%
157th	Vanuatu	48.30%	-3.9%
158th	Guinea	50.31%	-2.7%
159th	Myanmar	51.54%	-0.3%
160th	Kenya	51.87%	-1.2%
161st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	52.39%	-1.0%
162nd	Sierra Leone	52.87%	-7.1%
163rd	Angola	52.92%	0.4%
164th	Côte d'Ivoire	52.92%	4.7%
165th	Rwanda	53.93%	-1.4%
166th	Equatorial Guinea	56.01%	1.1%
167th	Burkina Faso	56.16%	-2.5%
168th	Eritrea	56.20%	-2.0%
169th	Bhutan	56.57%	-2.4%
170th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	60.31%	0.2%
171st	Moldova	60.39%	1.4%
172nd	Zambia	61.09%	-0.4%
173rd	South Sudan	62.46%	0.1%
174th	Zimbabwe	63.72%	0.0%
175th	Central African Republic	64.54%	-0.6%
176th	Mali	64.90%	4.2%
177th	Guinea-Bissau	65.11%	-0.7%
178th	Malawi	65.17%	-0.3%
179th	Tanzania	65.98%	-0.7%
180th	Uganda	71.62%	-0.2%
181st	Mozambique	71.82%	-0.4%
182nd	Lao PDR	71.85%	-1.5%
183rd	Chad	71.85%	-0.7%
184th	Madagascar	73.82%	-1.1%
185th	Niger	74.57%	0.1%
186th	Burundi	86.32%	-0.1%

FAQ

What was India's agriculture employment in 2016?▾

India's agriculture employment in 2016 was 43.20%. This ranked 149th globally.

How did India's agriculture employment change in 2016?▾

India's agriculture employment decreased by 2.4% in 2016 compared to 2015.

Which country had the highest agriculture employment in 2016?▾

Burundi had the highest agriculture employment in 2016 at 86.32%.

What is the agriculture employment of India in 2016?▾

The agriculture employment of India in 2016 was 43.20%. This ranked 149th globally.

How does 2016 compare to 2015 for India's agriculture employment?▾

India's agriculture employment went from 44.28% in 2015 to 43.20% in 2016, a 2.4% decrease.

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