Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban in Argentina

Argentina: Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban was 0.4% in 2021. ▼ Falling

Latest (2021)
0.4%
Change on year
down 5.4%
World rank
49th
of 86 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 2016
All-time low
0.4%
in 2015
Years of data
9
2012–2021

Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban in Argentina, 2012–2021

00.10.20.30.40.52012201620212012: 0.453 % of urban workers in the agricultural sector2014: 0.43 % of urban workers in the agricultural sector2015: 0.405 % of urban workers in the agricultural sector2016: 0.468 % of urban workers in the agricultural sector2017: 0.432 % of urban workers in the agricultural sector2018: 0.422 % of urban workers in the agricultural sector2019: 0.436 % of urban workers in the agricultural sector2020: 0.433 % of urban workers in the agricultural sector2021: 0.409 % of urban workers in the agricultural sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of urban workers in the agricultural sector.

Analysis

Argentina recorded 0.4% for wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban in 2021.

The figure is down 5.4% on the previous year and down 9.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban in Argentina peaked at 0.5% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2015.

Argentina ranks 49th of 86 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban in Argentina, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban workers in the agricultural sector) in Argentina, 2012 to 2021.
Year % of urban workers in the agricultural sector Change
2012 0.5%
2014 0.4% -5.0%
2015 0.4% -5.9%
2016 0.5% +15.6%
2017 0.4% -7.7%
2018 0.4% -2.3%
2019 0.4% +3.5%
2020 0.4% -0.9%
2021 0.4% -5.4%

Argentina compared with similar countries

  • Argentina's 0.4% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.5%, 89% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
  • Argentina's 0.4% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5%, 83% of the median. (20 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 7
2020s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 2

Countries ranked near Argentina

  1. 46 Denmark 0.4% compare
  2. 47 Cyprus 0.4% compare
  3. 48 Poland 0.4% compare
  4. 50 Sweden 0.4% compare
  5. 51 Peru 0.4% compare
  6. 52 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.4%

See the full ranking of 86 places →

More reference data data for Argentina

All data for Argentina →

Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban in Argentina?
Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban in Argentina was 0.4% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Argentina?
The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2016.
What is the lowest wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Argentina?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2015.
How does Argentina rank for wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban?
Argentina ranks 49th out of 86 countries with data for 2021.
Is wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban rising or falling in Argentina?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Argentina data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban workers in the agricultural sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 9 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban in Argentina. Statizoid. Retrieved 13 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-employment-in-agriculture-aged-15-64-urban-percent-of-urban-workers-in-the/argentina/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-employment-in-agriculture-aged-15-64-urban-percent-of-urban-workers-in-the/argentina/">Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban in Argentina</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban workers in the agricultural sector)
Unit
% of urban workers in the agricultural sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
86 places, 1,158 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed