Agriculture & Rural in Western Asia 244 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Western Asia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in 14.37 % 2025 down 31.7% 19th ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in 11.46 % 2025 down 21.2% 21st ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO 3,939 1000 No 2025 down 9.6% 19th ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO 8,543 1000 No 2025 up 3.4% 21st ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO 12,481 1000 No 2025 down 1.1% 20th ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in 10.48 % 2025 down 16.2% 23rd Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,842 kcal/cap/d 2025 up 1.0% 19th Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 2,385 kcal/cap/d 2025 up 1.1% 18th Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 46 kcal/cap/d 2025 down 23.3% 1st Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 31.6 % 2024 up 6.4% 6th Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 6.2 % 2024 down 27.1% 23rd Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 18 % 2024 down 4.3% 24th Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 35,812 Int$/cap 2024 up 26.4% 12th Total Credit — Value US$ 2.97 million million USD 2024 up 49.9% 11th Total Credit — Value US$, 2015 prices 2.43 million million USD 2024 up 45.0% 12th Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services 94 % 2024 up 4.4% 10th Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 65.5 million No 2024 up 32.3% 19th Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 2,977 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 1.1% 22nd Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services 71 % 2024 up 18.3% 11th Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) 28.7 % 2023 up 3.2% 22nd Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 2,971 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 0.9% 22nd Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) 120 % 2023 down 0.8% 23rd Number of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) affected by anemia 21.7 million No 2023 up 23.3% 24th FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Male — Value 20.37 % 2023 down 16.2% 22nd FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Female 27.97 % 2023 down 26.6% 21st FAO Model — Total employment in agrifood systems (AFS) — Female 6,857 1000 No 2023 down 0.5% 24th FAO Model — Total employment in agrifood systems (AFS) — Male — Value 16,132 1000 No 2023 up 4.7% 22nd FAO Model — Share of females in total AFS employment — Female — Value 29.02 % 2023 up 2.6% 32nd SDG 2.a.1: highest government level — SDG 2.a.1: Agriculture 0.32 2024 down 11.1% 19th SDG 2.a.1: highest government level — SDG 2.a.1: Agriculture share of 1.05 % 2024 down 18.0% 28th SDG 2.a.1: highest government level — SDG 2.a.1: Agriculture value 3.26 % 2024 down 8.7% 25th FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 52.05 % 2023 down 3.0% 20th FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 56.87 % 2023 down 12.2% 16th FAO Model — Total employment in agrifood systems (AFS) — Value 23,630 1000 No 2023 down 3.0% 22nd FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value 22.78 % 2023 down 23.9% 21st FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 52.03 % 2023 down 0.4% 18th FAO Model — Total non-agricultural AFS employment — Value 11,335 1000 No 2023 down 2.6% 23rd FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total AFS 47.97 % 2023 up 0.4% 16th FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total 10.93 % 2023 down 23.5% 20th Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) 7 % 2022 up 16.7% 23rd FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total AFS 47.95 % 2023 up 3.5% 14th FAO Model — Share of females in non-agricultural AFS employment 26.09 % 2023 up 25.1% 31st FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total 12.07 % 2023 down 10.1% 21st FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total 9.77 % 2023 down 13.3% 20th FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total AFS 43.13 % 2023 up 22.4% 18th FAO Model — Total non-agricultural AFS employment — Female — Value 2,958 1000 No 2023 up 21.8% 25th FAO Model — Total non-agricultural AFS employment — Male — Value 7,736 1000 No 2023 up 8.4% 23rd Average supply of protein of animal origin (g/cap/day) (3-year) 35.4 g/cap/d 2021 up 11.3% 21st Average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — Value 92 g/cap/d 2021 up 2.8% 22nd Share of dietary energy supply derived from cereals, roots and tubers 47 % 2021 down 2.1% 21st Average fat supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — Value 100 g/cap/d 2021 up 3.0% 15th Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value 58.3 % 2021 up 19.2% 5th Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value 12.5 % 2023 up 47.1% 13th Number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) 5.1 million No 2024 down 3.8% 21st Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value 12.2 % 2020 unchanged 22nd Cigarettes — Residuals -231,566 t 2023 down 332.9% 27th Unmanufactured tobacco — Residuals 0 t 2023 — 1st Cotton lint, ginned — Residuals -27 t 2023 — 19th Cigarettes — Import quantity 146,111 t 2023 down 23.3% 6th Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes -18,395 t 2023 down 613,067.0% 19th Page 1 of 5 Next →