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United States - Agriculture Employment 1997

Name: United States Agriculture Employment 1997
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Employment in agriculture · World Bank

2.78% −0.10% from 1996 Global rank: 13th

United States's agriculture employment was 2.78% in 1997, decreased +0.10% from 2.88% in 1996. This was the 13th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1997▾

Agriculture Employment by Country - 1997
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	0.19%	-2.8%
2nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.39%	-18.0%
3rd	Macao SAR, China	0.40%	0.0%
4th	Bahrain	1.85%	-3.9%
5th	Israel	1.95%	-5.8%
6th	United Kingdom	2.06%	-4.8%
7th	Brunei Darussalam	2.11%	-3.4%
8th	Djibouti	2.12%	0.9%
9th	Kuwait	2.18%	2.2%
10th	Malta	2.19%	-3.6%
11th	Luxembourg	2.34%	-11.4%
12th	Belgium	2.66%	-3.1%
13th	United States	2.78%	-3.4%
14th	Germany	2.94%	0.3%
15th	Canada	3.01%	-3.4%
16th	Puerto Rico (US)	3.13%	4.6%
17th	Virgin Islands (US)	3.23%	-3.4%
18th	Sweden	3.24%	-0.5%
19th	French Polynesia	3.30%	15.5%
20th	Guam	3.46%	-3.4%
21st	Qatar	3.67%	-4.1%
22nd	Netherlands	3.71%	-2.0%
23rd	Denmark	3.74%	-3.6%
24th	Bahamas, The	3.84%	-23.1%
25th	Channel Islands	3.87%	-2.9%
26th	Jordan	4.36%	-1.3%
27th	France	4.40%	-3.9%
28th	Barbados	4.66%	-3.0%
29th	Switzerland	4.82%	3.8%
30th	Cyprus	5.05%	-3.3%
31st	Norway	5.09%	-5.5%
32nd	Czechia	5.45%	-7.2%
33rd	Suriname	5.45%	-11.4%
34th	Australia	5.47%	1.3%
35th	Lebanon	5.68%	-1.3%
36th	Japan	5.75%	-2.7%
37th	United Arab Emirates	5.77%	-0.7%
38th	Italy	5.88%	-4.1%
39th	Austria	6.38%	-7.4%
40th	New Caledonia	6.71%	-7.0%
41st	Saudi Arabia	6.92%	-2.0%
42nd	Oman	7.03%	-3.6%
43rd	Portugal	7.35%	10.0%
44th	Hungary	7.54%	-5.0%
45th	Finland	7.78%	-1.5%
46th	Spain	8.04%	-3.8%
47th	European Union	8.57%	-2.2%
48th	New Zealand	8.64%	-8.2%
49th	South Africa	9.04%	-1.5%
50th	Iceland	9.08%	-8.9%
51st	Estonia	9.69%	-5.5%
52nd	Montenegro	10.07%	-1.0%
53rd	Korea	10.24%	-3.3%
54th	Slovak Republic	10.37%	2.8%
55th	Ireland	10.91%	-2.9%
56th	Slovenia	11.14%	19.2%
57th	Uruguay	11.84%	-4.4%
58th	Russian Federation	11.91%	-20.5%
59th	Argentina	11.98%	-3.2%
60th	Chile	12.59%	-6.3%
61st	Trinidad and Tobago	12.60%	-0.5%
62nd	Botswana	13.10%	17.4%
63rd	Bulgaria	13.17%	5.4%
64th	West Bank and Gaza	13.35%	-4.5%
65th	Libya	14.15%	-3.0%
66th	Malaysia	14.31%	-11.4%
67th	Brazil	14.55%	-1.0%
68th	Iraq	15.64%	-4.4%
69th	Eswatini	15.88%	-1.0%
70th	Dominican Republic	16.61%	0.6%
71st	Mauritius	16.65%	-3.6%
72nd	Costa Rica	17.13%	-1.9%
73rd	Ukraine	17.58%	2.4%
74th	Croatia	17.77%	-10.2%
75th	Colombia	18.88%	-0.9%
76th	St. Lucia	19.02%	-19.5%
77th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.11%	-4.9%
78th	Greece	19.48%	-1.4%
79th	Panama	20.56%	-7.1%
80th	Lithuania	20.60%	-4.0%
81st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	21.00%	-0.5%
82nd	Belarus	21.09%	-4.3%
83rd	Poland	21.56%	-6.3%
84th	Latvia	21.58%	23.5%
85th	Tunisia	21.67%	-1.5%
86th	Cabo Verde	22.06%	-3.9%
87th	São Tomé and Principe	22.09%	-1.2%
88th	Algeria	22.34%	0.4%
89th	Jamaica	22.51%	-6.0%
90th	Maldives	22.79%	-6.1%
91st	Cuba	22.95%	0.0%
92nd	Mexico	23.47%	6.8%
93rd	North Macedonia	23.97%	-0.4%
94th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25.61%	-0.9%
95th	El Salvador	25.78%	-6.1%
96th	Papua New Guinea	27.15%	1.5%
97th	Honduras	27.44%	-4.1%
98th	Syrian Arab Republic	27.86%	-0.9%
99th	Ecuador	27.90%	2.4%
100th	Paraguay	28.27%	-0.3%
101st	Romania	29.31%	-0.6%
102nd	Belize	29.91%	4.3%
103rd	Angola	30.32%	-0.6%
104th	Peru	30.86%	-1.6%
105th	Guyana	30.98%	-4.1%
106th	Tonga	31.15%	0.0%
107th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	32.25%	0.2%
108th	Solomon Islands	32.42%	1.6%
109th	Gambia, The	32.47%	-0.5%
110th	Sri Lanka	34.45%	7.3%
111th	Guatemala	35.29%	-0.4%
112th	Nepal	35.48%	0.9%
113th	Namibia	35.50%	-7.3%
114th	Fiji	35.56%	5.0%
115th	Nicaragua	35.57%	2.1%
116th	Lesotho	35.74%	-0.5%
117th	Kyrgyz Republic	37.01%	3.4%
118th	Pakistan	37.38%	-6.8%
119th	Samoa	37.60%	0.4%
120th	Kazakhstan	37.98%	-1.1%
121st	Serbia	38.19%	-0.5%
122nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	38.90%	3.3%
123rd	Uzbekistan	38.95%	-0.5%
124th	Philippines	39.04%	-3.4%
125th	Gabon	39.61%	-2.3%
126th	Türkiye	40.17%	-4.7%
127th	Moldova	41.56%	-3.0%
128th	Turkmenistan	41.64%	1.4%
129th	Indonesia	42.61%	-1.2%
130th	Congo, Republic of	43.38%	0.3%
131st	Azerbaijan	43.86%	-1.2%
132nd	Albania	44.34%	-3.1%
133rd	Morocco	45.55%	-10.1%
134th	Benin	45.57%	-0.6%
135th	Thailand	45.67%	0.6%
136th	Mauritania	46.41%	0.5%
137th	Zimbabwe	46.87%	-0.3%
138th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	47.74%	1.0%
139th	Georgia	47.91%	-1.0%
140th	Côte d'Ivoire	48.29%	-1.2%
141st	Armenia	48.38%	-0.1%
142nd	Sudan	48.56%	-1.7%
143rd	China	49.90%	-1.2%
144th	Senegal	50.57%	-0.4%
145th	Haiti	52.10%	-0.7%
146th	Nigeria	53.37%	-0.4%
147th	Eritrea	54.14%	-2.2%
148th	Togo	54.23%	-2.1%
149th	Mongolia	54.31%	4.2%
150th	Vanuatu	54.98%	-0.6%
151st	Liberia	55.62%	-8.6%
152nd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	56.30%	1.4%
153rd	Timor-Leste	56.63%	-0.2%
154th	Comoros	57.55%	-0.5%
155th	Tajikistan	59.26%	0.8%
156th	Mali	59.50%	-0.3%
157th	Kenya	60.74%	-0.1%
158th	Uganda	60.76%	-0.2%
159th	Yemen, Republic of	61.13%	0.8%
160th	India	61.16%	-0.6%
161st	Myanmar	63.35%	-2.8%
162nd	Afghanistan	64.09%	-0.6%
163rd	Viet Nam	64.25%	-6.6%
164th	Cameroon	65.01%	-0.4%
165th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	65.24%	2.0%
166th	South Sudan	65.27%	-0.6%
167th	Bhutan	65.29%	-0.4%
168th	Central African Republic	65.46%	-0.3%
169th	Equatorial Guinea	66.67%	-3.0%
170th	Ghana	66.68%	-1.6%
171st	Sierra Leone	66.90%	1.1%
172nd	Guinea-Bissau	67.20%	-1.1%
173rd	Bangladesh	67.30%	0.5%
174th	Malawi	71.25%	-0.5%
175th	Cambodia	71.79%	-7.1%
176th	Guinea	72.00%	-0.4%
177th	Tanzania	73.83%	-0.1%
178th	Zambia	74.64%	0.0%
179th	Niger	75.82%	0.1%
180th	Burkina Faso	78.76%	-1.3%
181st	Madagascar	78.77%	-0.1%
182nd	Rwanda	80.90%	0.1%
183rd	Chad	81.94%	-0.5%
184th	Mozambique	83.51%	-0.5%
185th	Lao PDR	88.55%	-0.3%
186th	Burundi	92.42%	0.1%

FAQ

What was United States's agriculture employment in 1997?▾

United States's agriculture employment in 1997 was 2.78%. This ranked 13th globally.

How did United States's agriculture employment change in 1997?▾

United States's agriculture employment decreased by 3.4% in 1997 compared to 1996.

Which country had the highest agriculture employment in 1997?▾

Burundi had the highest agriculture employment in 1997 at 92.42%.

What is the agriculture employment of United States in 1997?▾

The agriculture employment of United States in 1997 was 2.78%. This ranked 13th globally.

How does 1997 compare to 1996 for United States's agriculture employment?▾

United States's agriculture employment went from 2.88% in 1996 to 2.78% in 1997, a 3.4% decrease.

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