Japan - Agriculture Employment 2018
3.51%
−0.08% from 2017
Japan's agriculture employment was 3.51% in 2018, decreased +0.08% from 3.60% in 2017. This was the 40th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2018▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singapore | 0.12% | -1.7% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.21% | -2.6% |
| 3rd | Macao SAR, China | 0.40% | 0.0% |
| 4th | Belgium | 0.86% | -26.8% |
| 5th | Israel | 0.92% | -8.1% |
| 6th | Bahrain | 0.99% | -2.6% |
| 7th | Malta | 1.00% | 2.5% |
| 8th | New Caledonia | 1.06% | -20.1% |
| 9th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.06% | -21.9% |
| 10th | United Kingdom | 1.07% | -7.9% |
| 11th | Luxembourg | 1.08% | 0.4% |
| 12th | Bahamas, The | 1.09% | -16.9% |
| 13th | Germany | 1.27% | -0.7% |
| 14th | Djibouti | 1.29% | -2.4% |
| 15th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.31% | -1.1% |
| 16th | Qatar | 1.34% | 7.2% |
| 17th | Canada | 1.52% | 0.2% |
| 18th | Sweden | 1.73% | -5.4% |
| 19th | United States | 1.82% | -3.4% |
| 20th | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.87% | -3.3% |
| 21st | Guam | 1.87% | -2.4% |
| 22nd | Norway | 2.05% | -5.6% |
| 23rd | Netherlands | 2.06% | -7.6% |
| 24th | Kuwait | 2.09% | -0.7% |
| 25th | Cyprus | 2.17% | -14.3% |
| 26th | Denmark | 2.19% | 3.8% |
| 27th | French Polynesia | 2.33% | -3.0% |
| 28th | Channel Islands | 2.45% | -2.1% |
| 29th | France | 2.50% | -4.2% |
| 30th | Australia | 2.62% | 0.8% |
| 31st | United Arab Emirates | 2.63% | -1.7% |
| 32nd | Czechia | 2.80% | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Slovak Republic | 2.90% | -14.9% |
| 34th | Switzerland | 3.01% | -4.0% |
| 35th | Saudi Arabia | 3.05% | -21.9% |
| 36th | Barbados | 3.10% | -0.3% |
| 37th | Portugal | 3.14% | -6.2% |
| 38th | Estonia | 3.43% | -5.3% |
| 39th | Finland | 3.47% | -7.4% |
| 40th | Japan | 3.51% | -2.4% |
| 41st | Lebanon | 3.54% | -1.6% |
| 42nd | Austria | 3.69% | -6.0% |
| 43rd | Italy | 3.74% | -1.2% |
| 44th | Jordan | 3.74% | 10.9% |
| 45th | European Union | 4.02% | -4.2% |
| 46th | Iceland | 4.03% | 7.3% |
| 47th | Spain | 4.07% | -5.6% |
| 48th | Oman | 4.36% | -6.5% |
| 49th | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.41% | -2.4% |
| 50th | Ireland | 4.76% | -5.6% |
| 51st | Hungary | 4.91% | -2.6% |
| 52nd | Korea | 5.00% | 4.4% |
| 53rd | South Africa | 5.12% | -2.2% |
| 54th | Slovenia | 5.50% | -1.5% |
| 55th | Mauritius | 5.85% | -10.9% |
| 56th | New Zealand | 5.89% | -6.7% |
| 57th | Russian Federation | 5.94% | -0.2% |
| 58th | Croatia | 6.15% | -12.2% |
| 59th | West Bank and Gaza | 6.44% | -5.6% |
| 60th | Bulgaria | 6.71% | -6.6% |
| 61st | Latvia | 6.90% | 3.2% |
| 62nd | Lithuania | 7.18% | -7.7% |
| 63rd | Chile | 7.26% | -2.1% |
| 64th | Suriname | 7.48% | -2.6% |
| 65th | Argentina | 7.72% | -0.6% |
| 66th | Montenegro | 8.02% | 1.0% |
| 67th | Iraq | 8.89% | -1.5% |
| 68th | Brazil | 9.06% | -1.5% |
| 69th | Uruguay | 9.13% | -4.4% |
| 70th | Dominican Republic | 9.44% | -2.6% |
| 71st | Poland | 9.62% | -5.9% |
| 72nd | Algeria | 10.11% | -0.5% |
| 73rd | Libya | 10.45% | -3.1% |
| 74th | Malaysia | 10.63% | -5.9% |
| 75th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 10.66% | -2.5% |
| 76th | Belarus | 11.31% | 5.8% |
| 77th | St. Lucia | 11.35% | 9.7% |
| 78th | Maldives | 11.80% | 12.4% |
| 79th | Cabo Verde | 11.84% | -12.5% |
| 80th | Greece | 11.85% | 1.5% |
| 81st | São Tomé and Principe | 12.18% | -2.7% |
| 82nd | Eswatini | 13.10% | 0.2% |
| 83rd | Mexico | 13.20% | -2.1% |
| 84th | Romania | 13.55% | -2.5% |
| 85th | Tunisia | 14.29% | -3.5% |
| 86th | Kazakhstan | 14.32% | -6.8% |
| 87th | North Macedonia | 14.77% | -6.0% |
| 88th | Ukraine | 14.91% | -0.7% |
| 89th | Botswana | 15.27% | -2.1% |
| 90th | Syrian Arab Republic | 15.73% | -2.5% |
| 91st | Costa Rica | 15.78% | 2.7% |
| 92nd | Panama | 15.86% | -1.9% |
| 93rd | Guyana | 15.91% | -2.6% |
| 94th | Colombia | 16.03% | 0.3% |
| 95th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 16.03% | -0.3% |
| 96th | Jamaica | 16.26% | -3.0% |
| 97th | El Salvador | 16.71% | -10.0% |
| 98th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.73% | -16.3% |
| 99th | Cuba | 17.37% | -2.1% |
| 100th | Belize | 17.42% | 0.0% |
| 101st | Türkiye | 18.59% | -4.8% |
| 102nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 20.00% | -1.7% |
| 103rd | Paraguay | 20.08% | -2.3% |
| 104th | Serbia | 21.28% | -6.8% |
| 105th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 21.68% | -13.5% |
| 106th | Namibia | 22.59% | 5.6% |
| 107th | Honduras | 23.54% | -1.7% |
| 108th | Philippines | 24.03% | -4.6% |
| 109th | Turkmenistan | 24.20% | -2.3% |
| 110th | Peru | 24.24% | -0.3% |
| 111th | Nepal | 24.51% | -3.7% |
| 112th | Sri Lanka | 25.50% | -2.2% |
| 113th | China | 25.75% | -3.5% |
| 114th | Uzbekistan | 26.65% | -1.9% |
| 115th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 26.84% | 0.6% |
| 116th | Senegal | 27.25% | -14.1% |
| 117th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 28.76% | 1.7% |
| 118th | Gambia, The | 29.16% | -3.0% |
| 119th | Indonesia | 29.45% | -3.5% |
| 120th | Samoa | 29.68% | -0.8% |
| 121st | Ecuador | 29.96% | 4.0% |
| 122nd | Lesotho | 30.29% | 0.3% |
| 123rd | Nicaragua | 30.43% | 0.7% |
| 124th | Gabon | 30.48% | -1.3% |
| 125th | Yemen, Republic of | 30.69% | -1.0% |
| 126th | Tonga | 31.10% | -1.3% |
| 127th | Thailand | 32.20% | 2.1% |
| 128th | Papua New Guinea | 32.55% | 4.2% |
| 129th | Morocco | 32.77% | -3.0% |
| 130th | Armenia | 32.79% | 4.6% |
| 131st | Mongolia | 32.83% | -6.4% |
| 132nd | Guatemala | 32.92% | 3.6% |
| 133rd | Mauritania | 34.75% | -1.7% |
| 134th | Comoros | 35.24% | -2.6% |
| 135th | Azerbaijan | 36.26% | -0.2% |
| 136th | Congo, Republic of | 36.38% | 1.2% |
| 137th | Albania | 37.06% | -2.0% |
| 138th | Pakistan | 37.42% | -6.2% |
| 139th | Viet Nam | 37.72% | -6.1% |
| 140th | Sudan | 37.83% | -1.4% |
| 141st | Togo | 38.41% | 13.7% |
| 142nd | Fiji | 38.54% | -1.7% |
| 143rd | Cambodia | 39.00% | 2.1% |
| 144th | Nigeria | 39.41% | -0.8% |
| 145th | Ghana | 39.90% | -5.0% |
| 146th | Liberia | 40.56% | -0.2% |
| 147th | Bangladesh | 40.77% | 0.4% |
| 148th | Solomon Islands | 40.97% | -0.3% |
| 149th | India | 41.29% | -2.3% |
| 150th | Georgia | 41.87% | -9.0% |
| 151st | Benin | 42.32% | -1.5% |
| 152nd | Timor-Leste | 43.07% | -1.6% |
| 153rd | Afghanistan | 43.61% | 1.4% |
| 154th | Cameroon | 43.89% | -2.1% |
| 155th | Vanuatu | 44.61% | -3.5% |
| 156th | Haiti | 45.26% | -0.7% |
| 157th | Tajikistan | 45.76% | -1.8% |
| 158th | Sierra Leone | 46.19% | -6.0% |
| 159th | Côte d'Ivoire | 48.40% | -4.2% |
| 160th | Guinea | 48.59% | -1.4% |
| 161st | Myanmar | 48.94% | -4.7% |
| 162nd | Rwanda | 50.10% | -5.6% |
| 163rd | Kenya | 50.40% | -1.7% |
| 164th | Burkina Faso | 53.04% | -2.8% |
| 165th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 53.13% | 0.8% |
| 166th | Angola | 53.31% | 0.6% |
| 167th | Bhutan | 54.00% | -2.6% |
| 168th | Equatorial Guinea | 55.40% | -2.1% |
| 169th | Eritrea | 56.07% | -3.3% |
| 170th | Moldova | 59.15% | -0.4% |
| 171st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 59.68% | -0.9% |
| 172nd | Zambia | 59.77% | -1.8% |
| 173rd | South Sudan | 62.06% | -0.1% |
| 174th | Zimbabwe | 62.43% | -0.9% |
| 175th | Mali | 63.00% | -0.2% |
| 176th | Central African Republic | 63.94% | -0.3% |
| 177th | Malawi | 64.36% | -0.7% |
| 178th | Guinea-Bissau | 64.51% | -0.5% |
| 179th | Tanzania | 65.14% | -0.7% |
| 180th | Uganda | 66.76% | -6.6% |
| 181st | Lao PDR | 69.86% | -0.9% |
| 182nd | Chad | 70.39% | -1.0% |
| 183rd | Mozambique | 71.85% | -0.1% |
| 184th | Madagascar | 72.00% | -1.2% |
| 185th | Niger | 74.49% | -0.2% |
| 186th | Burundi | 85.73% | -0.7% |
FAQ
What was Japan's agriculture employment in 2018?▾
Japan's agriculture employment in 2018 was 3.51%. This ranked 40th globally.
How did Japan's agriculture employment change in 2018?▾
Japan's agriculture employment decreased by 2.4% in 2018 compared to 2017.
Which country had the highest agriculture employment in 2018?▾
Burundi had the highest agriculture employment in 2018 at 85.73%.
What is the agriculture employment of Japan in 2018?▾
The agriculture employment of Japan in 2018 was 3.51%. This ranked 40th globally.
How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Japan's agriculture employment?▾
Japan's agriculture employment went from 3.60% in 2017 to 3.51% in 2018, a 2.4% decrease.
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