Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — Mauritania

Employment in agriculture in Mauritania in 2025 — 32.1%. Ranked 53 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 15.4 pp.

2025 32.1% −0.7 pp vs 2024
World rank 53of 182
Period maximum 47.5%1994
Period minimum 32.1%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — Mauritania, 1991–2025303540455019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 47.5%1992: 47.5%1993: 47.1%1994: 47.5%1995: 46.7%1996: 46.2%1997: 46.4%1998: 46.1%1999: 45.8%2000: 46%2001: 46%2002: 45.5%2003: 44.6%2004: 43.8%2005: 42.5%2006: 40.8%2007: 40.8%2008: 40.5%2009: 40.2%2010: 39.5%2011: 38.8%2012: 38.2%2013: 37.6%2014: 36.9%2015: 36.3%2016: 36.1%2017: 35.4%2018: 34.7%2019: 34%2020: 35.2%2021: 35.3%2022: 34.5%2023: 33.4%2024: 32.8%2025: 32.1%
Change over the period: −15.4 pp Annual average: -0.45 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mauritania 32.1%
World 25.8%
Western Africa computed 39.7%
Employment in agriculture — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 32.1 −0.7 pp
2024 32.8 −0.6 pp
2023 33.4 −1.1 pp
2022 34.5 −0.8 pp
2021 35.3 +0 pp
2020 35.2 +1.2 pp
2019 34 −0.7 pp
2018 34.7 −0.6 pp
2017 35.4 −0.7 pp
2016 36.1 −0.2 pp
2015 36.3 −0.6 pp
2014 36.9 −0.6 pp
2013 37.6 −0.6 pp
2012 38.2 −0.6 pp
2011 38.8 −0.8 pp
2010 39.5 −0.7 pp
2009 40.2 −0.3 pp
2008 40.5 −0.3 pp
2007 40.8 −0 pp
2006 40.8 −1.8 pp
2005 42.5 −1.2 pp
2004 43.8 −0.8 pp
2003 44.6 −0.9 pp
2002 45.5 −0.4 pp
2001 46 −0.1 pp
2000 46 +0.2 pp
1999 45.8 −0.3 pp
1998 46.1 −0.3 pp
1997 46.4 +0.2 pp
1996 46.2 −0.6 pp
1995 46.7 −0.8 pp
1994 47.5 +0.4 pp
1993 47.1 −0.3 pp
1992 47.5 −0.1 pp
1991 47.5 —

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.