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South Africa - Agriculture Employment 2009

Name: South Africa Agriculture Employment 2009
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Employment in agriculture · World Bank

5.01% −0.51% from 2008 Global rank: 45th

South Africa's agriculture employment was 5.01% in 2009, decreased +0.51% from 5.51% in 2008. This was the 45th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2009▾

Agriculture Employment by Country - 2009
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	0.14%	-2.3%
2nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.27%	-1.6%
3rd	Macao SAR, China	0.40%	0.0%
4th	United Kingdom	1.11%	-23.0%
5th	Bahrain	1.14%	-3.5%
6th	Israel	1.37%	-2.0%
7th	Luxembourg	1.37%	-17.6%
8th	Malta	1.45%	-18.7%
9th	Belgium	1.49%	-4.2%
10th	Brunei Darussalam	1.57%	-2.6%
11th	Qatar	1.57%	0.3%
12th	Puerto Rico (US)	1.62%	-2.2%
13th	Germany	1.64%	1.1%
14th	United States	1.73%	0.8%
15th	Djibouti	1.79%	-1.8%
16th	Canada	1.90%	-0.7%
17th	Sweden	2.18%	2.6%
18th	Virgin Islands (US)	2.26%	-1.6%
19th	Guam	2.40%	-2.7%
20th	Kuwait	2.47%	-1.7%
21st	French Polynesia	2.61%	-23.0%
22nd	New Caledonia	2.62%	-8.1%
23rd	Denmark	2.76%	2.0%
24th	Norway	2.81%	6.0%
25th	Channel Islands	2.88%	-1.7%
26th	Bahamas, The	2.88%	-1.9%
27th	France	2.95%	6.9%
28th	Netherlands	3.00%	10.4%
29th	United Arab Emirates	3.08%	-1.3%
30th	Czechia	3.12%	-1.8%
31st	Barbados	3.33%	4.6%
32nd	Switzerland	3.34%	-17.9%
33rd	Australia	3.53%	-2.1%
34th	Jordan	3.55%	-2.8%
35th	Italy	3.69%	-0.2%
36th	Cyprus	3.93%	-7.1%
37th	Spain	4.04%	3.4%
38th	Estonia	4.05%	3.9%
39th	Lebanon	4.06%	-5.2%
40th	Slovak Republic	4.50%	-9.2%
41st	Japan	4.57%	-0.2%
42nd	Finland	4.58%	4.3%
43rd	Hungary	4.61%	6.8%
44th	Iceland	4.83%	5.0%
45th	South Africa	5.01%	-9.2%
46th	European Union	5.11%	-0.1%
47th	Saudi Arabia	5.13%	-3.4%
48th	Trinidad and Tobago	5.45%	1.5%
49th	Austria	5.57%	2.1%
50th	Ireland	5.59%	5.8%
51st	Portugal	6.20%	0.1%
52nd	Montenegro	6.50%	-12.9%
53rd	Korea	6.59%	-1.9%
54th	New Zealand	6.64%	-5.0%
55th	Oman	6.76%	-21.6%
56th	Bulgaria	6.89%	-9.7%
57th	Suriname	7.91%	-1.2%
58th	Russian Federation	8.10%	-3.1%
59th	Mauritius	8.54%	-1.2%
60th	Latvia	8.75%	10.0%
61st	Lithuania	8.98%	11.4%
62nd	Argentina	9.04%	-1.4%
63rd	Slovenia	9.17%	5.9%
64th	Chile	9.53%	-2.1%
65th	Greece	11.09%	4.4%
66th	Iraq	11.19%	-3.5%
67th	Brazil	11.28%	-3.4%
68th	Libya	11.78%	-0.9%
69th	Dominican Republic	11.81%	3.7%
70th	West Bank and Gaza	11.86%	-11.2%
71st	Uruguay	11.92%	3.4%
72nd	Belarus	12.29%	-2.5%
73rd	St. Lucia	12.39%	-1.6%
74th	Costa Rica	12.94%	-1.8%
75th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	13.13%	-1.7%
76th	Croatia	13.32%	4.0%
77th	Algeria	13.34%	-10.6%
78th	Malaysia	13.50%	-3.3%
79th	Poland	13.94%	-5.0%
80th	Maldives	14.02%	-3.9%
81st	Ukraine	14.30%	-2.4%
82nd	Mexico	14.32%	0.6%
83rd	Eswatini	14.41%	-1.2%
84th	Syrian Arab Republic	14.93%	3.4%
85th	Cabo Verde	15.33%	-0.1%
86th	São Tomé and Principe	15.63%	-2.3%
87th	Colombia	17.85%	3.8%
88th	North Macedonia	17.98%	-6.9%
89th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	18.33%	0.4%
90th	Tunisia	18.55%	2.5%
91st	Cuba	18.73%	0.8%
92nd	Belize	18.75%	-0.8%
93rd	Romania	18.79%	1.7%
94th	Botswana	19.12%	-4.1%
95th	Panama	19.95%	0.7%
96th	Jamaica	20.25%	8.4%
97th	Guyana	20.74%	-3.8%
98th	El Salvador	21.02%	12.1%
99th	Türkiye	21.79%	-2.9%
100th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	22.43%	3.1%
101st	Kyrgyz Republic	23.46%	-1.5%
102nd	Peru	25.82%	-2.5%
103rd	Papua New Guinea	26.09%	-2.0%
104th	Honduras	27.16%	4.5%
105th	Uzbekistan	27.86%	-3.7%
106th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	27.91%	-3.6%
107th	Paraguay	27.96%	10.5%
108th	Namibia	28.43%	2.2%
109th	Kazakhstan	29.02%	-3.8%
110th	Serbia	29.75%	-4.0%
111th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	30.12%	-5.4%
112th	Gambia, The	30.31%	-1.5%
113th	Yemen, Republic of	30.39%	-2.9%
114th	Ecuador	30.48%	2.0%
115th	Nepal	30.54%	-2.6%
116th	Turkmenistan	31.65%	-2.3%
117th	Tonga	32.20%	4.2%
118th	Sri Lanka	32.22%	-1.3%
119th	Philippines	32.38%	0.0%
120th	Lesotho	32.62%	0.3%
121st	Nicaragua	32.75%	1.5%
122nd	Guatemala	33.27%	0.2%
123rd	Samoa	33.39%	1.4%
124th	Fiji	34.13%	4.8%
125th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	37.30%	-2.5%
126th	Congo, Republic of	37.44%	-3.1%
127th	Gabon	37.59%	-0.4%
128th	China	38.10%	-3.8%
129th	Azerbaijan	38.12%	-3.7%
130th	Armenia	38.32%	0.8%
131st	Thailand	38.76%	-0.6%
132nd	Senegal	38.82%	-0.9%
133rd	Indonesia	40.06%	-1.6%
134th	Mauritania	40.19%	-0.8%
135th	Solomon Islands	40.24%	0.9%
136th	Morocco	41.07%	-1.0%
137th	Angola	41.58%	5.5%
138th	Pakistan	42.61%	-3.3%
139th	Sudan	42.67%	-1.7%
140th	Mongolia	42.71%	-5.0%
141st	Togo	43.22%	-9.4%
142nd	Benin	43.63%	0.3%
143rd	Albania	44.72%	0.2%
144th	Nigeria	46.10%	-1.8%
145th	Liberia	47.02%	-1.8%
146th	Côte d'Ivoire	47.03%	-0.8%
147th	Comoros	47.34%	-3.5%
148th	Viet Nam	47.55%	-2.0%
149th	Bangladesh	48.33%	-1.3%
150th	Haiti	48.39%	-1.2%
151st	Timor-Leste	51.11%	-2.9%
152nd	Moldova	51.14%	2.8%
153rd	India	51.94%	-1.8%
154th	Georgia	52.08%	-0.7%
155th	Ghana	52.11%	-5.3%
156th	Myanmar	52.14%	-1.2%
157th	Vanuatu	52.68%	-0.6%
158th	Tajikistan	53.13%	-1.1%
159th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	53.73%	0.0%
160th	Equatorial Guinea	54.20%	0.3%
161st	Afghanistan	54.88%	-5.5%
162nd	Kenya	56.38%	-0.4%
163rd	Cameroon	56.68%	-2.7%
164th	Eritrea	57.30%	-1.0%
165th	Cambodia	58.04%	3.8%
166th	Bhutan	60.45%	-1.1%
167th	Guinea	61.59%	-1.6%
168th	South Sudan	63.55%	-0.1%
169th	Rwanda	64.16%	-2.8%
170th	Central African Republic	64.42%	-1.8%
171st	Zimbabwe	64.45%	-2.6%
172nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	64.47%	0.1%
173rd	Uganda	64.62%	1.4%
174th	Burkina Faso	65.27%	-1.5%
175th	Sierra Leone	66.07%	-0.7%
176th	Guinea-Bissau	66.46%	-0.3%
177th	Mali	67.12%	2.7%
178th	Malawi	67.72%	-1.2%
179th	Tanzania	69.61%	-0.6%
180th	Zambia	73.52%	-3.8%
181st	Madagascar	75.11%	-1.2%
182nd	Niger	75.49%	0.1%
183rd	Chad	76.18%	-1.0%
184th	Mozambique	77.16%	-0.6%
185th	Lao PDR	79.85%	-1.2%
186th	Burundi	88.88%	-0.4%

FAQ

What was South Africa's agriculture employment in 2009?▾

South Africa's agriculture employment in 2009 was 5.01%. This ranked 45th globally.

How did South Africa's agriculture employment change in 2009?▾

South Africa's agriculture employment decreased by 9.2% in 2009 compared to 2008.

Which country had the highest agriculture employment in 2009?▾

Burundi had the highest agriculture employment in 2009 at 88.88%.

What is the agriculture employment of South Africa in 2009?▾

The agriculture employment of South Africa in 2009 was 5.01%. This ranked 45th globally.

How does 2009 compare to 2008 for South Africa's agriculture employment?▾

South Africa's agriculture employment went from 5.51% in 2008 to 5.01% in 2009, a 9.2% decrease.

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