Nepal - Agriculture Employment 2024
23.48%
−0.47% from 2023
Nepal's agriculture employment was 23.48% in 2024, decreased +0.47% from 23.95% in 2023. This was the 109th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2024▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singapore | 0.10% | 23.1% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.19% | -2.7% |
| 3rd | Macao SAR, China | 0.38% | -2.0% |
| 4th | Israel | 0.78% | -3.5% |
| 5th | Bahamas, The | 0.80% | -3.6% |
| 6th | Bahrain | 0.86% | -2.8% |
| 7th | United Kingdom | 0.87% | -0.4% |
| 8th | Luxembourg | 0.90% | -5.2% |
| 9th | Malta | 0.91% | -18.3% |
| 10th | Belgium | 1.01% | -7.1% |
| 11th | Germany | 1.09% | -9.8% |
| 12th | Canada | 1.13% | -11.2% |
| 13th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.17% | -2.8% |
| 14th | Djibouti | 1.19% | -3.9% |
| 15th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.24% | -2.7% |
| 16th | Barbados | 1.30% | -4.9% |
| 17th | United Arab Emirates | 1.48% | -2.5% |
| 18th | United States | 1.57% | 0.0% |
| 19th | Guam | 1.61% | -3.2% |
| 20th | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.63% | -2.7% |
| 21st | Qatar | 1.66% | -1.7% |
| 22nd | Denmark | 1.67% | -17.5% |
| 23rd | Netherlands | 1.75% | -3.7% |
| 24th | New Caledonia | 1.80% | -0.5% |
| 25th | Sweden | 1.81% | 2.5% |
| 26th | Kuwait | 1.93% | -1.2% |
| 27th | French Polynesia | 1.99% | -3.6% |
| 28th | Channel Islands | 2.11% | -2.4% |
| 29th | Cyprus | 2.20% | -10.7% |
| 30th | Australia | 2.23% | 3.8% |
| 31st | Slovak Republic | 2.24% | -28.2% |
| 32nd | Switzerland | 2.30% | 2.4% |
| 33rd | France | 2.39% | -4.6% |
| 34th | Norway | 2.56% | 7.0% |
| 35th | Saudi Arabia | 2.57% | -6.2% |
| 36th | Czechia | 2.82% | -3.2% |
| 37th | Austria | 2.83% | -9.3% |
| 38th | Portugal | 2.86% | -8.1% |
| 39th | Japan | 2.88% | -4.1% |
| 40th | Estonia | 3.07% | 18.3% |
| 41st | Jordan | 3.20% | -2.3% |
| 42nd | European Union | 3.33% | -9.2% |
| 43rd | Italy | 3.43% | -4.7% |
| 44th | Spain | 3.47% | -0.7% |
| 45th | Finland | 3.57% | -1.3% |
| 46th | Iceland | 3.70% | -2.0% |
| 47th | Slovenia | 3.77% | -6.2% |
| 48th | Ireland | 3.95% | -14.6% |
| 49th | Hungary | 4.24% | -4.1% |
| 50th | Montenegro | 4.35% | -2.5% |
| 51st | Croatia | 4.49% | -3.7% |
| 52nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.65% | 0.7% |
| 53rd | Bulgaria | 4.84% | -22.4% |
| 54th | Lithuania | 4.85% | -4.2% |
| 55th | Mauritius | 4.89% | -3.5% |
| 56th | Korea | 5.20% | -2.4% |
| 57th | Russian Federation | 5.24% | -4.1% |
| 58th | South Africa | 5.44% | -1.1% |
| 59th | New Zealand | 5.53% | -1.4% |
| 60th | Oman | 6.05% | -1.4% |
| 61st | Chile | 6.23% | 0.3% |
| 62nd | Poland | 6.50% | -23.4% |
| 63rd | Latvia | 6.92% | 18.7% |
| 64th | Suriname | 7.09% | -1.6% |
| 65th | Dominican Republic | 7.19% | -2.7% |
| 66th | Argentina | 7.25% | -1.6% |
| 67th | St. Lucia | 7.67% | -22.7% |
| 68th | Brazil | 7.72% | -5.9% |
| 69th | Iraq | 8.18% | -2.2% |
| 70th | Uruguay | 8.31% | -3.0% |
| 71st | North Macedonia | 8.76% | 12.8% |
| 72nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.34% | -3.0% |
| 73rd | Malaysia | 9.44% | -3.2% |
| 74th | Cabo Verde | 9.57% | -3.4% |
| 75th | Algeria | 9.66% | -1.9% |
| 76th | Belarus | 9.75% | -3.6% |
| 77th | Libya | 10.52% | -0.7% |
| 78th | Greece | 10.99% | -4.2% |
| 79th | Romania | 11.26% | -5.5% |
| 80th | Mexico | 11.61% | -3.0% |
| 81st | Maldives | 11.63% | -3.2% |
| 82nd | Kazakhstan | 11.65% | -3.1% |
| 83rd | Costa Rica | 11.77% | -12.2% |
| 84th | São Tomé and Principe | 12.32% | -1.3% |
| 85th | Guyana | 12.56% | -4.6% |
| 86th | Tunisia | 12.71% | -1.1% |
| 87th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 13.77% | -2.2% |
| 88th | El Salvador | 14.07% | -1.1% |
| 89th | Jamaica | 14.25% | -2.1% |
| 90th | Colombia | 14.25% | -1.0% |
| 91st | Türkiye | 14.55% | -0.6% |
| 92nd | Eswatini | 14.91% | -2.2% |
| 93rd | Cuba | 15.84% | -1.8% |
| 94th | Kyrgyz Republic | 16.01% | -4.6% |
| 95th | Paraguay | 16.22% | -5.6% |
| 96th | Panama | 16.36% | 11.2% |
| 97th | Belize | 16.39% | -2.7% |
| 98th | Syrian Arab Republic | 16.44% | -0.8% |
| 99th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17.12% | -2.6% |
| 100th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 17.98% | -1.7% |
| 101st | Botswana | 18.11% | 0.6% |
| 102nd | Serbia | 18.57% | 0.6% |
| 103rd | Philippines | 21.19% | -3.9% |
| 104th | China | 22.22% | -2.6% |
| 105th | Turkmenistan | 22.22% | -0.2% |
| 106th | Honduras | 22.63% | -1.5% |
| 107th | Namibia | 22.64% | -1.3% |
| 108th | Peru | 23.42% | -2.3% |
| 109th | Nepal | 23.48% | -1.9% |
| 110th | Tonga | 24.24% | -2.2% |
| 111th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 24.92% | -0.6% |
| 112th | Uzbekistan | 25.65% | -1.8% |
| 113th | Viet Nam | 25.87% | -4.1% |
| 114th | Sri Lanka | 26.32% | -0.5% |
| 115th | Mongolia | 27.26% | -4.0% |
| 116th | Armenia | 27.48% | -2.1% |
| 117th | Samoa | 27.74% | -5.0% |
| 118th | Indonesia | 27.96% | -2.8% |
| 119th | Morocco | 28.27% | -2.8% |
| 120th | Gambia, The | 28.30% | -2.6% |
| 121st | Thailand | 28.99% | -4.1% |
| 122nd | Gabon | 29.08% | -0.8% |
| 123rd | Guatemala | 29.45% | -1.2% |
| 124th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 30.29% | -0.8% |
| 125th | Senegal | 30.65% | -2.6% |
| 126th | Nicaragua | 30.67% | -1.1% |
| 127th | Lesotho | 31.12% | -1.3% |
| 128th | Albania | 31.43% | -1.9% |
| 129th | Yemen, Republic of | 31.81% | -0.5% |
| 130th | Ecuador | 32.59% | 8.6% |
| 131st | Mauritania | 32.80% | -1.8% |
| 132nd | Comoros | 34.07% | -1.6% |
| 133rd | Nigeria | 34.10% | -1.7% |
| 134th | Cambodia | 34.16% | -3.2% |
| 135th | Azerbaijan | 34.69% | -1.3% |
| 136th | Georgia | 34.77% | -2.4% |
| 137th | Ghana | 35.19% | -2.3% |
| 138th | Fiji | 36.11% | -1.8% |
| 139th | Rwanda | 36.50% | -29.6% |
| 140th | Pakistan | 36.54% | -0.6% |
| 141st | Congo, Republic of | 36.76% | -0.9% |
| 142nd | Papua New Guinea | 37.46% | -1.6% |
| 143rd | Togo | 38.28% | -1.3% |
| 144th | Benin | 41.05% | -1.9% |
| 145th | Liberia | 41.87% | -1.7% |
| 146th | India | 42.35% | -2.7% |
| 147th | Cameroon | 42.37% | -1.2% |
| 148th | Solomon Islands | 42.75% | -0.7% |
| 149th | Bhutan | 43.20% | -1.4% |
| 150th | Tajikistan | 44.12% | -2.1% |
| 151st | Vanuatu | 44.63% | 0.0% |
| 152nd | Bangladesh | 44.74% | -1.4% |
| 153rd | Sierra Leone | 45.09% | -1.0% |
| 154th | Myanmar | 45.36% | 0.2% |
| 155th | Côte d'Ivoire | 46.26% | -1.7% |
| 156th | Timor-Leste | 46.35% | -4.2% |
| 157th | Kenya | 46.50% | -1.4% |
| 158th | Haiti | 46.71% | 0.1% |
| 159th | Guinea | 48.24% | -1.6% |
| 160th | Moldova | 50.84% | -0.6% |
| 161st | Afghanistan | 51.45% | 0.3% |
| 162nd | Angola | 52.15% | -0.5% |
| 163rd | Burkina Faso | 52.23% | -0.9% |
| 164th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 54.30% | -0.4% |
| 165th | Equatorial Guinea | 55.11% | -0.6% |
| 166th | Zimbabwe | 55.17% | -0.5% |
| 167th | Zambia | 55.32% | -1.2% |
| 168th | Eritrea | 55.99% | -0.6% |
| 169th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 58.90% | -1.0% |
| 170th | Guinea-Bissau | 61.70% | -0.8% |
| 171st | Mali | 63.54% | -0.5% |
| 172nd | Tanzania | 65.09% | -0.1% |
| 173rd | Malawi | 65.24% | -0.1% |
| 174th | Uganda | 65.41% | -0.7% |
| 175th | Central African Republic | 66.05% | 0.3% |
| 176th | Lao PDR | 68.91% | -0.7% |
| 177th | Madagascar | 69.52% | -0.5% |
| 178th | Chad | 71.87% | -0.1% |
| 179th | Mozambique | 73.07% | 0.0% |
| 180th | Niger | 73.46% | -1.0% |
| 181st | Burundi | 85.39% | -0.2% |
FAQ
What was Nepal's agriculture employment in 2024?▾
Nepal's agriculture employment in 2024 was 23.48%. This ranked 109th globally.
How did Nepal's agriculture employment change in 2024?▾
Nepal's agriculture employment decreased by 1.9% in 2024 compared to 2023.
Which country had the highest agriculture employment in 2024?▾
Burundi had the highest agriculture employment in 2024 at 85.39%.
What is the agriculture employment of Nepal in 2024?▾
The agriculture employment of Nepal in 2024 was 23.48%. This ranked 109th globally.
How does 2024 compare to 2023 for Nepal's agriculture employment?▾
Nepal's agriculture employment went from 23.95% in 2023 to 23.48% in 2024, a 1.9% decrease.
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