Agriculture Employment - Ranking 2013
In 2013, Singapore (0.13%), Hong Kong SAR, China (0.24%), and Macao SAR, China (0.40%) ranked highest in agriculture employment among all countries. Burundi ranked lowest at 86.71%.
Data & analysis
- Singapore — 0.10
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 0.18
- Macao SAR, China — 0.37
- Israel — 0.76
- Bahamas, The — 0.78
The 2025 World Bank data on agricultural employment reveals a stark global divide between advanced service-based economies and agrarian labor forces. The top of the ranking is dominated by city-states and high-income nations with minimal arable land, such as Singapore at 0.0954 percent and Hong Kong SAR, China at 0.1824 percent, where less than one percent of workers engage in farming. These economies have shifted almost entirely into finance, technology, and logistics, rendering agriculture a negligible sector. At the bottom, Burundi’s 85.3411 percent agricultural employment reflects a structural dependence on subsistence farming, driven by limited industrialization and capital investment. The extreme gap between Singapore and Burundi underscores how geography and economic development dictate labor allocation. Forward-looking, automation in precision agriculture and climate-resilient crops could gradually reduce the bottom tier’s reliance on manual labor, potentially reshuffling the leaderboard as emerging economies diversify.
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