Ranked: The Countries Most Dependent on Agricultural Exports

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Ranked: The Countries Most Dependent on Agricultural Exports

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Between 2019 and 2021, agricultural products accounted for more than one-third of the total value of global commodity exports. This graphic ranks the most agriculturally-export-dependent countries in the world, using data from UN Trade & Development (UNCTAD).

For this graphic we have only included countries where agricultural products represent more than 75% of its total exports. Resource dependency can make a country vulnerable to economic shocks via price fluctuations.

Ranked: Countries that Rely Heavily on Agricultural Exports

In Micronesia, a staggering 98% of all its exports are agricultural, of which 89% are fish in various forms. In fact, five of the top 10 countries are small island nations in the Pacific. Four of them also have fish as their top agricultural export.

Below is a more extensive list showing countries whose agricultural products make up more than 60% of their total exports. Also listed: their most-valued agriculture export in 2022, sourced from the Observatory of Economic Complexity.

RankCountry% of Merchandise
Exports From
AgricultureTop Agricultural
Export (2022) 1🇫🇲 Micronesia98%🐟 Fish 2🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau94%🌰 Cashew Nuts 3🇲🇼 Malawi93%🚬 Raw Tobacco 4🇸🇧 Solomon Islands89%🌲 Rough Wood 5🇲🇻 Maldives88%🐟 Fish 6🇻🇺 Vanuatu86%🐟 Fish 7🇰🇮 Kiribati84%🐟 Fish 8🇹🇴 Tonga82%🐟 Fish 9🇺🇾 Uruguay79%🐄 Bovine Meat 10🇪🇹 Ethiopia77%☕ Coffee 11🇳🇿 New Zealand77%🥛 Milk 12🇦🇷 Argentina76%🌱 Soybean Meal 13🇬🇲 Gambia75%🥜 Groundnuts 14🇧🇿 Belize75%🍬 Sugar 15🇼🇸 Samoa69%🥥 Coconut Oil 16🇵🇾 Paraguay68%🌱 Soybeans 17🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire67%🍫 Cocoa Beans 18🇸🇴 Somalia67%🐑 Sheep & Goats 19🇦🇫 Afghanistan65%☁️ Raw Cotton 20🇸🇾 Syria63%🫒 Pure Olive Oil 21🇸🇩 Sudan62%🌿 Sesame Seeds 22🇧🇯 Benin61%☁️ Raw Cotton 23🇨🇫 Central African Republic60%🌲 Rough Wood

Maldives, in the Indian ocean, is also within the top 10. Its top agricultural export is also fish. Interestingly, the Observatory of Economic

Which Countries Have the Most and Least Women in the Workforce?

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June 6, 2024 Graphics/Design:

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Countries With the Most and Least Women in the Workforce

This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources.

This map shows the top and bottom 10 countries by the percentage of their women population (aged 15+) in the labor force. This is also called the female workforce participation rate.

Data for this graphic is sourced from the World Bank, which aggregates International Labour Organization estimates from 2023.

ℹ️ A country’s labor force includes people aged 15+ who are working or actively looking for work in exchange for pay, profit, or shared production. Unpaid workers, family caretakers, students, and military personnel (depending on the country) may be excluded from this count.
Ranked: Countries By Rate of Women in the Workforce

Madagascar, Burundi, and Mozambique have some of the highest women workforce participation rates in the world (near 80%).

Here’s a full ranking of countries by their female workforce participation rate.

RankCountryFemale Labor
Force Participation
Rate (2023) 1🇲🇬 Madagascar83% 2🇸🇧 Solomon Islands83% 3🇧🇮 Burundi79% 4🇲🇿 Mozambique78% 5🇹🇿 Tanzania77% 6🇪🇹 Ethiopia75% 7🇦🇴 Angola73% 8🇱🇷 Liberia72% 9🇰🇪 Kenya72% 10🇲🇩 Moldova72% 11🇪🇷 Eritrea71% 12🇸🇸 South Sudan70% 13🇮🇸 Iceland70% 14🇰🇵 North Korea70% 15🇰🇭 Cambodia70% 16🇻🇳 Viet Nam69% 17🇳🇿 New Zealand68% 18🇺🇬 Uganda68% 19🇦🇿 Azerbaijan67% 20🇨🇲 Cameroon67% 21🇨🇩 Congo67% 22🇵🇪 Peru66% 23🇧🇸 Bahamas65% 24🇬🇭 Ghana65% 25🇧🇹 Bhutan65% 26🇶🇦 Qatar64% 27🇲🇼 Malawi64% 28🇨🇫 Central African Republic63% 29🇸🇪 Sweden63% 30🇰🇿 Kazakhstan63% 31🇲🇴 Macao63% 32🇨🇩 DRC63% 33🇱🇨 St. Lucia63% 34🇳🇪 Niger62% 35🇳🇴 Norway62% 36🇳🇱 Netherlands62% 37🇸🇬 Singapore62% 38🇦🇺 Australia62% 39🇯🇲 Jamaica61% 40🇨🇭 Switzerland61% 41🇨🇦 Canada61% 42🇪🇪 Estonia61% 43🇹🇱 Timor-Leste61% 44🇭🇹 Haiti61% 45🇮🇱 Israel61%