The latest World Bank modelled estimate for 2023 shows Sierra Leone’s agricultural workforce share (43.0%) is effectively identical to India’s (43.5%), differing by less than half a percentage point closer than any other country reporting recent data.
G20 Countries Ranked by Agricultural Employment Percentage
Based on recent data, here’s a sorted list of G20 countries by the proportion of their workforce in agriculture:
India: 43.51%
Indonesia: 28.77%
China: 22.33%
Turkey: 14.64%
Mexico: 12.64%
Brazil: 8.20%
Argentina: 7.21%
Russia: 5.66%
South Africa: ~5.50%
South Korea: 5.43%
Italy: 3.79%
Japan: 3.01%
Saudi Arabia: 2.88%
France: 2.59%
Australia: 2.20%
Canada: ~2.00%
United States: 1.57%
Germany: 1.20%
United Kingdom: 0.99%
Observation: Despite the stereotype of being populated entirely by doctors and engineers, India is the least urbanized and least industrialized nation in G20. Expecting India to be the factory of the world is like expecting Sierra Leone to be the factory of the world. Probably possible in a hundred years. For now the best bet IMO is Indonesia.
The latest World Bank modelled estimate for 2023 shows Sierra Leone’s agricultural workforce share (43.0%) is effectively identical to India’s (43.5%), differing by less than half a percentage point closer than any other country reporting recent data.
G20 Countries Ranked by Agricultural Employment Percentage
Based on recent data, here’s a sorted list of G20 countries by the proportion of their workforce in agriculture:
India: 43.51%
Indonesia: 28.77%
China: 22.33%
Turkey: 14.64%
Mexico: 12.64%
Brazil: 8.20%
Argentina: 7.21%
Russia: 5.66%
South Africa: ~5.50%
South Korea: 5.43%
Italy: 3.79%
Japan: 3.01%
Saudi Arabia: 2.88%
France: 2.59%
Australia: 2.20%
Canada: ~2.00%
United States: 1.57%
Germany: 1.20%
United Kingdom: 0.99%
Observation: Despite the stereotype of being populated entirely by doctors and engineers, India is the least urbanized and least industrialized nation in G20. Expecting India to be the factory of the world is like expecting Sierra Leone to be the factory of the world. Probably possible in a hundred years. For now the best bet IMO is Indonesia.