# Employment in agriculture in Maldives

Employment in agriculture in Maldives was 11.3% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `employment_agriculture_share`
- Place id: `mv`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People employed in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing (ISIC Rev. 4 section A), as a percentage of total employment. ILO modelled estimates, ages 15 and over.
- Note: ILO modelled estimates: model outputs that fill years without a survey, not survey results. The latest year is a nowcast and is revised as surveys arrive. Sectors follow ISIC; where a country counts the armed forces, they are in services.
- Source: World Bank, Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employment-in-agriculture/maldives
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employment_agriculture_share&place=mv

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 11.3 |
| 2024 | 11.6 |
| 2023 | 12 |
| 2022 | 12.4 |
| 2021 | 13 |
| 2020 | 13.3 |
| 2019 | 13.3 |
| 2018 | 11.8 |
| 2017 | 10.5 |
| 2016 | 9.2 |
| 2015 | 9.8 |
| 2014 | 10.4 |
| 2013 | 11.2 |
| 2012 | 11.9 |
| 2011 | 12.4 |
| 2010 | 13.3 |
| 2009 | 14 |
| 2008 | 14.6 |
| 2007 | 15.4 |
| 2006 | 16 |
| 2005 | 17.2 |
| 2004 | 17.1 |
| 2003 | 17.8 |
| 2002 | 18.3 |
| 2001 | 18.8 |
| 2000 | 18.8 |
| 1999 | 20.1 |
| 1998 | 21.4 |
| 1997 | 22.8 |
| 1996 | 24.3 |
| 1995 | 25.6 |
| 1994 | 26.4 |
| 1993 | 26.8 |
| 1992 | 27.1 |
| 1991 | 27.5 |