# Employment in agriculture in Mauritania

Employment in agriculture in Mauritania was 32.1% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `employment_agriculture_share`
- Place id: `mr`
- 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- 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/mauritania
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employment_agriculture_share&place=mr

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 32.1 |
| 2024 | 32.8 |
| 2023 | 33.4 |
| 2022 | 34.5 |
| 2021 | 35.3 |
| 2020 | 35.2 |
| 2019 | 34 |
| 2018 | 34.7 |
| 2017 | 35.4 |
| 2016 | 36.1 |
| 2015 | 36.3 |
| 2014 | 36.9 |
| 2013 | 37.6 |
| 2012 | 38.2 |
| 2011 | 38.8 |
| 2010 | 39.5 |
| 2009 | 40.2 |
| 2008 | 40.5 |
| 2007 | 40.8 |
| 2006 | 40.8 |
| 2005 | 42.5 |
| 2004 | 43.8 |
| 2003 | 44.6 |
| 2002 | 45.5 |
| 2001 | 46 |
| 2000 | 46 |
| 1999 | 45.8 |
| 1998 | 46.1 |
| 1997 | 46.4 |
| 1996 | 46.2 |
| 1995 | 46.7 |
| 1994 | 47.5 |
| 1993 | 47.1 |
| 1992 | 47.5 |
| 1991 | 47.5 |