East Asia & Pacific
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Within the “East Asia & Pacific” group, Lao PDR leads Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025 at 68.60%, while Singapore sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 0.10%. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.017.134.351.468.6Lao PDRLao PDR: 68.60%68.6Korea, Dem. People's Rep.Korea, Dem. People's Rep.: 54.08%54.1Timor-LesteTimor-Leste: 46.02%46.0MyanmarMyanmar: 44.95%45.0VanuatuVanuatu: 44.53%44.5Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands: 42.47%42.5Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea: 36.86%36.9FijiFiji: 35.64%35.6CambodiaCambodia: 33.40%33.4ThailandThailand: 28.56%28.6IndonesiaIndonesia: 27.30%27.3MongoliaMongolia: 27.00%27.0

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Lao PDR 68.60%
2 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 54.08%
3 Timor-Leste 46.02%
4 Myanmar 44.95%
5 Vanuatu 44.53%
6 Solomon Islands 42.47%
7 Papua New Guinea 36.86%
8 Fiji 35.64%
9 Cambodia 33.40%
10 Thailand 28.56%
11 Indonesia 27.30%
12 Mongolia 27.00%
13 Samoa 26.88%
14 Viet Nam 25.04%
15 Tonga 23.61%
16 China 21.68%
17 Philippines 20.49%
18 Malaysia 9.18%
19 New Zealand 5.42%
20 Korea, Rep. 5.10%
21 Japan 2.81%
22 Australia 2.18%
23 French Polynesia 1.92%
24 New Caledonia 1.78%
25 Guam 1.56%
26 Brunei Darussalam 1.20%
27 Macao SAR, China 0.37%
28 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.18%
29 Singapore 0.10%

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the East Asia & Pacific group for Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025, Lao PDR leads with a gap of 14.52% to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 29 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Singapore at 0.10%.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.