Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — Channel Islands

Employment in agriculture in the Channel Islands in 2025 — 2.1%. Ranked 155 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 2.5 pp.

2025 2.1% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 155of 182
Period maximum 4.6%1991
Period minimum 2.1%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — Channel Islands, 1991–2025234519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 4.6%1992: 4.4%1993: 4.3%1994: 4.2%1995: 4.1%1996: 4%1997: 3.9%1998: 3.8%1999: 3.6%2000: 3.5%2001: 3.4%2002: 3.4%2003: 3.3%2004: 3.2%2005: 3.1%2006: 3%2007: 3%2008: 2.9%2009: 2.9%2010: 2.8%2011: 2.8%2012: 2.8%2013: 2.7%2014: 2.7%2015: 2.6%2016: 2.6%2017: 2.5%2018: 2.5%2019: 2.4%2020: 2.3%2021: 2.3%2022: 2.2%2023: 2.2%2024: 2.1%2025: 2.1%
Change over the period: −2.5 pp Annual average: -0.07 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Channel Islands

Channel Islands 2.1%
World 25.8%
Northern Europe computed 1.6%
High-income countries computed 2.8%
Employment in agriculture — Channel Islands, by year Channel Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 2.1 −0 pp
2024 2.1 −0.1 pp
2023 2.2 −0.1 pp
2022 2.2 −0.1 pp
2021 2.3 −0 pp
2020 2.3 −0.1 pp
2019 2.4 −0.1 pp
2018 2.5 −0.1 pp
2017 2.5 −0.1 pp
2016 2.6 −0.1 pp
2015 2.6 −0 pp
2014 2.7 −0 pp
2013 2.7 −0 pp
2012 2.8 −0 pp
2011 2.8 −0 pp
2010 2.8 −0 pp
2009 2.9 −0.1 pp
2008 2.9 −0.1 pp
2007 3 −0.1 pp
2006 3 −0.1 pp
2005 3.1 −0.1 pp
2004 3.2 −0.1 pp
2003 3.3 −0.1 pp
2002 3.4 −0.1 pp
2001 3.4 −0.1 pp
2000 3.5 −0.1 pp
1999 3.6 −0.1 pp
1998 3.8 −0.1 pp
1997 3.9 −0.1 pp
1996 4 −0.1 pp
1995 4.1 −0.1 pp
1994 4.2 −0.1 pp
1993 4.3 −0.1 pp
1992 4.4 −0.1 pp
1991 4.6 —

About the indicator

The share of total employment in agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing. Set against the share of agriculture in GDP it shows the productivity of the sector: if farming employs 50% of workers and produces 20% of GDP, labor productivity there is three times below the average for the economy.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.