Sub-Saharan Africa
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Burundi leads Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025 at 85.34%, while Mauritius sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 4.71%. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.021.342.764.085.3BurundiBurundi: 85.34%85.3MozambiqueMozambique: 73.01%73.0NigerNiger: 72.99%73.0ChadChad: 71.74%71.7MadagascarMadagascar: 69.21%69.2Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 66.06%66.1MalawiMalawi: 64.98%65.0UgandaUganda: 64.85%64.9TanzaniaTanzania: 64.57%64.6MaliMali: 63.01%63.0Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau: 61.07%61.1EthiopiaEthiopia: 60.14%60.1

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Burundi 85.34%
2 Mozambique 73.01%
3 Niger 72.99%
4 Chad 71.74%
5 Madagascar 69.21%
6 Central African Republic 66.06%
7 Malawi 64.98%
8 Uganda 64.85%
9 Tanzania 64.57%
10 Mali 63.01%
11 Guinea-Bissau 61.07%
12 Ethiopia 60.14%
13 Congo, Dem. Rep. 58.52%
14 Eritrea 55.48%
15 Equatorial Guinea 55.32%
16 Zambia 54.53%
17 Zimbabwe 54.31%
18 Angola 51.95%
19 Burkina Faso 51.78%
20 Guinea 47.36%
21 Kenya 45.79%
22 Cote d'Ivoire 45.37%
23 Sierra Leone 44.49%
24 Cameroon 41.85%
25 Liberia 41.12%
26 Benin 40.24%
27 Togo 37.59%
28 Congo, Rep. 36.35%
29 Rwanda 35.05%
30 Ghana 34.57%
31 Comoros 33.56%
32 Nigeria 33.53%
33 Mauritania 32.12%
34 Lesotho 30.88%
35 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 30.03%
36 Senegal 29.58%
37 Gabon 28.87%
38 Gambia, The 27.55%
39 Namibia 22.34%
40 Botswana 18.03%
41 Eswatini 14.55%
42 Sao Tome and Principe 12.06%
43 Cabo Verde 9.25%
44 South Africa 5.41%
45 Mauritius 4.71%

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Sub-Saharan Africa group for Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025, Burundi leads with a gap of 12.33% to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 45 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Mauritius at 4.71%.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.