Agriculture has long been the foundation of human civilization, supporting billions of people worldwide with food and a means of subsistence.
Agriculture employed a projected 27% of the world's workers as of 2021, although contributing only 4% of the world economy's gross domestic product (GDP).
The World Bank's 2019 employment and population statistics are used in the figure above to rank the distribution of agricultural employees in the world's most populous nations.
Asia and Africa Have the Most Agricultural Workers
Asia and Africa Have the Most Agricultural Workers
India and China, the two most populated nations, are at the top of the list with 272 million and 229 million agricultural workers, respectively:
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