Guinea: Employment in agriculture

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 Guinea

Employment in agriculture, % of total employment

 Latest value 47.36
 Year 2025
 Measure percent
 Data availability 1991 - 2025
 Average 61.21
 Min - Max 47.36 - 72.90
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2025 is 47.36 percent, a decline from 48.24 percent in 2024. In comparison, the world average is 22.17 percent, based on data from 176 countries. Historically, the average for Guinea from 1991 to 2025 is 61.21 percent. The minimum value, 47.36 percent, was reached in 2025 while the maximum of 72.9 percent was recorded in 1991. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Guinea: Employment in agriculture
 2025 47.36
 2024 48.24
 2023 49.02
 2022 49.66
 2021 49.97
 2020 49.78
 2019 48.27
 2018 48.59




Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B (ISIC 3) or category A (ISIC 4).

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 Forest area, percent 20.0 2024 percent
 Percent agricultural land 73.23 2023 percent
 Employment in agriculture 47.36 2025 percent
 GDP share of agriculture 31.29 2025 percent
 Agriculture value added 8.87 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Agricultural land 179,939 2023 sq. km.
 Crop production index 161.1 2024 index points
 Precipitation 1,651 2022 mm per year
 Arable land, percent of land area 24.4 2023 percent
 Cereal crop yield by hectar 1,351 2024 kg per hectar
 Food production index 156.9 2024 index points
 Fertilizer use 2.9 2023 kg per hectare of arable land
 Livestock production index 115.0 2024 index points
 Forest area, sq.km 48,573.1 2025 sq. km
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