What share of Indians work in agriculture?
Employment in agriculture as a share of total employment.
Source: World Bank Indicators API · indicator SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS Fetched 3/6/2026
At a glance
41.6%
latest value, 2025
63.1%
first value, 1991
35
annual observations in this artifact
annual
source frequency
The explanation Draft prose wraps locked source numbers; no numbers are generated at request time
A large agriculture workforce beside a small agriculture GDP share is the productivity problem in one chart.
A large agriculture workforce beside a small agriculture GDP share is the productivity problem in one chart.
Employment in agriculture as a share of total employment.
Read this as one piece of evidence, not the whole story. The useful question is what changes over time, what stays stuck, and what the indicator leaves out.
Keep pulling the thread
How urban is India? -> How many Indians are in the labour force? -> How many Indian women are in the labour force? ->Methodology
MeasureEmployment in agriculture
GeographyIndia
Unit% of total employment
TransformValues displayed as percent of total employment.
CaveatThis does not show underemployment or seasonal work.