Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — Syria

Employment in agriculture in Syria in 2025 — 16.3%. Ranked 85 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 12 pp.

2025 16.3% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 85of 182
Period maximum 32.9%2000
Period minimum 13.2%2011

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — Syria, 1991–202510152025303519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 28.3%1992: 29.8%1993: 31.1%1994: 23.4%1995: 28.4%1996: 28.1%1997: 27.9%1998: 28%1999: 27.8%2000: 32.9%2001: 31.1%2002: 29%2003: 27%2004: 24.7%2005: 22.5%2006: 21%2007: 19.1%2008: 14.4%2009: 14.9%2010: 13.9%2011: 13.2%2012: 14.2%2013: 15%2014: 15.3%2015: 15.7%2016: 15.8%2017: 16.1%2018: 15.7%2019: 15.6%2020: 16.9%2021: 17.1%2022: 17.1%2023: 16.6%2024: 16.4%2025: 16.3%
Change over the period: −12 pp Annual average: -0.35 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Syria 16.3%
World 25.8%
Western Asia computed 11.8%
Low-income countries computed 58.5%
Employment in agriculture — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 16.3 −0.1 pp
2024 16.4 −0.1 pp
2023 16.6 −0.5 pp
2022 17.1 +0 pp
2021 17.1 +0.2 pp
2020 16.9 +1.3 pp
2019 15.6 −0.1 pp
2018 15.7 −0.4 pp
2017 16.1 +0.3 pp
2016 15.8 +0.1 pp
2015 15.7 +0.4 pp
2014 15.3 +0.3 pp
2013 15 +0.8 pp
2012 14.2 +0.9 pp
2011 13.2 −0.7 pp
2010 13.9 −1 pp
2009 14.9 +0.5 pp
2008 14.4 −4.7 pp
2007 19.1 −1.9 pp
2006 21 −1.5 pp
2005 22.5 −2.2 pp
2004 24.7 −2.3 pp
2003 27 −2 pp
2002 29 −2.1 pp
2001 31.1 −1.8 pp
2000 32.9 +5.1 pp
1999 27.8 −0.2 pp
1998 28 +0.1 pp
1997 27.9 −0.2 pp
1996 28.1 −0.3 pp
1995 28.4 +5 pp
1994 23.4 −7.7 pp
1993 31.1 +1.3 pp
1992 29.8 +1.5 pp
1991 28.3 —

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.