Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — North Macedonia

Employment in agriculture in North Macedonia in 2025 — 8.5%. Ranked 113 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 15.9 pp.

2025 8.5% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 113of 182
Period maximum 24.4%1991
Period minimum 7.8%2023

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — North Macedonia, 1991–2025010203019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 24.4%1992: 24.3%1993: 24.3%1994: 24.3%1995: 24.1%1996: 24.1%1997: 24%1998: 23.8%1999: 23.7%2000: 23.4%2001: 23.2%2002: 22.8%2003: 21.1%2004: 17.2%2005: 19.5%2006: 19%2007: 17.9%2008: 19.3%2009: 18%2010: 18.1%2011: 18.2%2012: 17.3%2013: 18.7%2014: 18.5%2015: 17.8%2016: 16.4%2017: 15.7%2018: 14.8%2019: 13.4%2020: 11.5%2021: 11.1%2022: 9.5%2023: 7.8%2024: 8.8%2025: 8.5%
Change over the period: −15.9 pp Annual average: -0.47 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

North Macedonia 8.5%
World 25.8%
Southern Europe computed 5.3%
Employment in agriculture — North Macedonia, by year North Macedonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 8.5 −0.3 pp
2024 8.8 +1 pp
2023 7.8 −1.7 pp
2022 9.5 −1.6 pp
2021 11.1 −0.5 pp
2020 11.5 −1.9 pp
2019 13.4 −1.4 pp
2018 14.8 −0.9 pp
2017 15.7 −0.7 pp
2016 16.4 −1.4 pp
2015 17.8 −0.6 pp
2014 18.5 −0.3 pp
2013 18.7 +1.5 pp
2012 17.3 −0.9 pp
2011 18.2 +0.1 pp
2010 18.1 +0.2 pp
2009 18 −1.3 pp
2008 19.3 +1.4 pp
2007 17.9 −1.2 pp
2006 19 −0.5 pp
2005 19.5 +2.3 pp
2004 17.2 −3.9 pp
2003 21.1 −1.7 pp
2002 22.8 −0.3 pp
2001 23.2 −0.3 pp
2000 23.4 −0.3 pp
1999 23.7 −0.2 pp
1998 23.8 −0.1 pp
1997 24 −0.1 pp
1996 24.1 −0.1 pp
1995 24.1 −0.2 pp
1994 24.3 +0 pp
1993 24.3 +0 pp
1992 24.3 −0.1 pp
1991 24.4 —

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.