New Zealand - Agriculture Employment 2021
6.07%
+0.06% from 2020
New Zealand's agriculture employment was 6.07% in 2021, increased +0.06% from 6.01% in 2020. This was the 58th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2021▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singapore | 0.11% | -0.4% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.20% | -1.4% |
| 3rd | Macao SAR, China | 0.39% | -1.3% |
| 4th | Israel | 0.80% | -13.0% |
| 5th | Malta | 0.88% | -21.9% |
| 6th | United Kingdom | 0.90% | -8.7% |
| 7th | Bahamas, The | 0.92% | -1.4% |
| 8th | Bahrain | 0.94% | -1.7% |
| 9th | Belgium | 1.09% | 8.3% |
| 10th | Luxembourg | 1.20% | 57.5% |
| 11th | Germany | 1.21% | 8.8% |
| 12th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.30% | -1.5% |
| 13th | Qatar | 1.31% | -2.1% |
| 14th | Djibouti | 1.31% | -0.1% |
| 15th | Canada | 1.36% | -12.0% |
| 16th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.41% | 5.2% |
| 17th | United Arab Emirates | 1.65% | -19.9% |
| 18th | United States | 1.66% | -4.8% |
| 19th | Guam | 1.77% | -1.5% |
| 20th | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.77% | -1.1% |
| 21st | New Caledonia | 1.88% | -1.3% |
| 22nd | Sweden | 1.98% | 14.7% |
| 23rd | Kuwait | 1.99% | -1.2% |
| 24th | Denmark | 2.04% | -3.0% |
| 25th | Netherlands | 2.15% | 4.7% |
| 26th | French Polynesia | 2.23% | -1.3% |
| 27th | Channel Islands | 2.27% | -1.3% |
| 28th | Switzerland | 2.33% | -6.7% |
| 29th | Norway | 2.42% | 19.2% |
| 30th | Australia | 2.50% | -9.7% |
| 31st | France | 2.51% | 7.0% |
| 32nd | Czechia | 2.55% | -2.4% |
| 33rd | Saudi Arabia | 2.67% | -15.9% |
| 34th | Estonia | 2.68% | -12.9% |
| 35th | Portugal | 2.83% | -1.4% |
| 36th | Cyprus | 2.85% | 4.5% |
| 37th | Barbados | 2.93% | -1.3% |
| 38th | Japan | 3.17% | -2.8% |
| 39th | Slovak Republic | 3.21% | -1.3% |
| 40th | Jordan | 3.28% | -0.8% |
| 41st | Lebanon | 3.58% | -1.3% |
| 42nd | Austria | 3.73% | -3.3% |
| 43rd | European Union | 3.88% | 0.3% |
| 44th | Finland | 3.95% | 6.3% |
| 45th | Italy | 4.05% | 1.0% |
| 46th | Slovenia | 4.05% | -1.4% |
| 47th | Spain | 4.08% | 4.4% |
| 48th | Iceland | 4.09% | 1.3% |
| 49th | Hungary | 4.38% | -7.6% |
| 50th | Ireland | 4.81% | 7.4% |
| 51st | Lithuania | 5.31% | -6.6% |
| 52nd | Mauritius | 5.34% | 0.4% |
| 53rd | Korea | 5.35% | -0.5% |
| 54th | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.37% | -4.0% |
| 55th | Latvia | 5.64% | -23.8% |
| 56th | South Africa | 5.69% | 4.2% |
| 57th | Russian Federation | 5.92% | -2.4% |
| 58th | New Zealand | 6.07% | 0.9% |
| 59th | Oman | 6.17% | 17.6% |
| 60th | Montenegro | 6.38% | -14.9% |
| 61st | Bulgaria | 6.42% | -2.5% |
| 62nd | Chile | 6.55% | -8.9% |
| 63rd | Croatia | 6.72% | 7.6% |
| 64th | West Bank and Gaza | 6.80% | 5.4% |
| 65th | Suriname | 7.38% | -2.3% |
| 66th | Argentina | 7.75% | -0.2% |
| 67th | Dominican Republic | 8.01% | -10.5% |
| 68th | Iraq | 8.62% | -1.6% |
| 69th | Uruguay | 8.99% | -1.1% |
| 70th | Poland | 9.10% | -5.1% |
| 71st | Brazil | 9.50% | 1.9% |
| 72nd | Algeria | 10.28% | -1.7% |
| 73rd | Malaysia | 10.29% | -1.7% |
| 74th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 10.32% | -2.4% |
| 75th | Libya | 10.82% | -1.4% |
| 76th | Belarus | 10.91% | 0.1% |
| 77th | North Macedonia | 11.08% | -3.9% |
| 78th | St. Lucia | 11.08% | 18.9% |
| 79th | Cabo Verde | 11.11% | -0.5% |
| 80th | Greece | 11.36% | 10.4% |
| 81st | Romania | 11.75% | -4.1% |
| 82nd | São Tomé and Principe | 12.68% | 0.6% |
| 83rd | Kazakhstan | 12.83% | -4.7% |
| 84th | Tunisia | 12.88% | -5.3% |
| 85th | Maldives | 13.03% | -2.2% |
| 86th | Mexico | 13.31% | 1.5% |
| 87th | Eswatini | 13.40% | -0.3% |
| 88th | Ukraine | 14.12% | 0.0% |
| 89th | El Salvador | 14.87% | -5.8% |
| 90th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 14.93% | -7.3% |
| 91st | Guyana | 15.08% | -3.5% |
| 92nd | Colombia | 15.11% | -4.4% |
| 93rd | Costa Rica | 15.20% | -8.1% |
| 94th | Panama | 15.67% | -3.1% |
| 95th | Jamaica | 15.74% | -1.2% |
| 96th | Cuba | 16.69% | -2.0% |
| 97th | Kyrgyz Republic | 16.81% | -4.9% |
| 98th | Syrian Arab Republic | 17.06% | 0.9% |
| 99th | Türkiye | 17.17% | -3.1% |
| 100th | Belize | 17.53% | -1.3% |
| 101st | Botswana | 17.59% | -9.5% |
| 102nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18.55% | 44.7% |
| 103rd | Serbia | 19.15% | -2.5% |
| 104th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 19.29% | -5.3% |
| 105th | Paraguay | 19.71% | -7.3% |
| 106th | Honduras | 22.80% | -3.3% |
| 107th | China | 22.87% | -3.1% |
| 108th | Turkmenistan | 23.38% | -2.0% |
| 109th | Namibia | 23.49% | -0.4% |
| 110th | Philippines | 24.33% | -0.7% |
| 111th | Nepal | 24.99% | 0.2% |
| 112th | Peru | 25.93% | -17.9% |
| 113th | Tonga | 26.72% | -6.8% |
| 114th | Uzbekistan | 26.99% | -0.7% |
| 115th | Sri Lanka | 27.28% | 0.6% |
| 116th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 27.65% | -0.8% |
| 117th | Armenia | 28.34% | -3.5% |
| 118th | Indonesia | 28.99% | -1.1% |
| 119th | Viet Nam | 29.03% | -11.0% |
| 120th | Guatemala | 29.17% | -4.6% |
| 121st | Senegal | 29.40% | 10.8% |
| 122nd | Mongolia | 29.65% | 0.4% |
| 123rd | Gabon | 29.65% | -2.0% |
| 124th | Gambia, The | 30.07% | 1.0% |
| 125th | Samoa | 30.07% | 0.1% |
| 126th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 30.96% | 3.0% |
| 127th | Morocco | 31.23% | -2.4% |
| 128th | Nicaragua | 31.66% | -0.1% |
| 129th | Thailand | 31.90% | 1.6% |
| 130th | Lesotho | 32.03% | 1.7% |
| 131st | Ecuador | 32.19% | 1.2% |
| 132nd | Yemen, Republic of | 32.46% | 1.2% |
| 133rd | Albania | 33.80% | -5.7% |
| 134th | Comoros | 35.21% | -1.4% |
| 135th | Mauritania | 35.27% | 0.1% |
| 136th | Azerbaijan | 35.87% | -0.2% |
| 137th | Ghana | 35.97% | -3.9% |
| 138th | Pakistan | 37.10% | -3.2% |
| 139th | Cambodia | 37.13% | 0.6% |
| 140th | Nigeria | 37.27% | -4.0% |
| 141st | Congo, Republic of | 37.51% | 0.2% |
| 142nd | Papua New Guinea | 37.65% | 4.5% |
| 143rd | Timor-Leste | 37.84% | -3.9% |
| 144th | Fiji | 39.04% | -0.6% |
| 145th | Georgia | 39.75% | -3.2% |
| 146th | Sudan | 40.16% | 1.2% |
| 147th | Togo | 41.71% | -2.4% |
| 148th | Benin | 43.44% | 0.3% |
| 149th | Bangladesh | 43.47% | 2.2% |
| 150th | Solomon Islands | 43.68% | 1.5% |
| 151st | Liberia | 43.78% | 1.3% |
| 152nd | Cameroon | 43.83% | -0.4% |
| 153rd | India | 44.08% | -1.3% |
| 154th | Vanuatu | 45.10% | 0.9% |
| 155th | Myanmar | 46.59% | 0.3% |
| 156th | Tajikistan | 46.78% | 0.2% |
| 157th | Haiti | 46.83% | 0.6% |
| 158th | Sierra Leone | 47.25% | 0.4% |
| 159th | Côte d'Ivoire | 48.22% | 1.1% |
| 160th | Bhutan | 49.86% | -0.1% |
| 161st | Guinea | 49.97% | 0.4% |
| 162nd | Afghanistan | 50.23% | 9.2% |
| 163rd | Kenya | 51.24% | 0.0% |
| 164th | Burkina Faso | 53.40% | 0.9% |
| 165th | Zimbabwe | 53.62% | -8.5% |
| 166th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 55.10% | 1.2% |
| 167th | Equatorial Guinea | 55.52% | -1.2% |
| 168th | Rwanda | 56.21% | 12.1% |
| 169th | Moldova | 56.60% | 1.2% |
| 170th | Angola | 56.71% | 2.1% |
| 171st | Eritrea | 57.41% | 0.7% |
| 172nd | Zambia | 57.81% | -2.2% |
| 173rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 61.41% | 0.8% |
| 174th | South Sudan | 64.08% | 1.2% |
| 175th | Guinea-Bissau | 64.29% | -1.3% |
| 176th | Malawi | 65.25% | 0.5% |
| 177th | Tanzania | 65.92% | 0.2% |
| 178th | Central African Republic | 66.12% | 1.1% |
| 179th | Mali | 66.63% | -2.1% |
| 180th | Uganda | 66.66% | 2.9% |
| 181st | Lao PDR | 69.86% | -0.1% |
| 182nd | Madagascar | 71.06% | -0.5% |
| 183rd | Chad | 72.11% | 0.6% |
| 184th | Mozambique | 73.51% | 0.5% |
| 185th | Niger | 74.95% | -0.5% |
| 186th | Burundi | 85.66% | 0.4% |
FAQ
What was New Zealand's agriculture employment in 2021?▾
New Zealand's agriculture employment in 2021 was 6.07%. This ranked 58th globally.
How did New Zealand's agriculture employment change in 2021?▾
New Zealand's agriculture employment increased by 0.9% in 2021 compared to 2020.
Which country had the highest agriculture employment in 2021?▾
Burundi had the highest agriculture employment in 2021 at 85.66%.
What is the agriculture employment of New Zealand in 2021?▾
The agriculture employment of New Zealand in 2021 was 6.07%. This ranked 58th globally.
How does 2021 compare to 2020 for New Zealand's agriculture employment?▾
New Zealand's agriculture employment went from 6.01% in 2020 to 6.07% in 2021, a 0.9% increase.
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