Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — Madagascar

Employment in agriculture in Madagascar in 2025 — 69.2%. Ranked 5 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 9.2 pp.

2025 69.2% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 5of 182
Period maximum 82%2005
Period minimum 68.9%2012

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — Madagascar, 1991–2025657075808519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 78.5%1992: 78.5%1993: 78.6%1994: 78.8%1995: 78.8%1996: 78.8%1997: 78.8%1998: 78.8%1999: 78.8%2000: 78.8%2001: 78.8%2002: 81.3%2003: 81.7%2004: 81.9%2005: 82%2006: 80.2%2007: 78.2%2008: 76%2009: 75.1%2010: 73.3%2011: 71.3%2012: 68.9%2013: 71.2%2014: 73.1%2015: 74.6%2016: 73.8%2017: 72.9%2018: 72%2019: 70.9%2020: 71.4%2021: 71.1%2022: 70.1%2023: 69.9%2024: 69.5%2025: 69.2%
Change over the period: −9.2 pp Annual average: -0.27 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Madagascar 69.2%
World 25.8%
Eastern Africa computed 60.4%
Low-income countries computed 58.5%
Employment in agriculture — Madagascar, by year Madagascar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 69.2 −0.3 pp
2024 69.5 −0.4 pp
2023 69.9 −0.2 pp
2022 70.1 −1 pp
2021 71.1 −0.4 pp
2020 71.4 +0.6 pp
2019 70.9 −1.1 pp
2018 72 −0.8 pp
2017 72.9 −1 pp
2016 73.8 −0.8 pp
2015 74.6 +1.6 pp
2014 73.1 +1.9 pp
2013 71.2 +2.3 pp
2012 68.9 −2.4 pp
2011 71.3 −2 pp
2010 73.3 −1.8 pp
2009 75.1 −0.9 pp
2008 76 −2.2 pp
2007 78.2 −2 pp
2006 80.2 −1.8 pp
2005 82 +0.1 pp
2004 81.9 +0.2 pp
2003 81.7 +0.4 pp
2002 81.3 +2.5 pp
2001 78.8 +0 pp
2000 78.8 −0 pp
1999 78.8 +0 pp
1998 78.8 −0 pp
1997 78.8 −0 pp
1996 78.8 +0.1 pp
1995 78.8 −0 pp
1994 78.8 +0.2 pp
1993 78.6 +0.1 pp
1992 78.5 +0.1 pp
1991 78.5 —

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.