Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in Caribbean Small States
Caribbean Small States: Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) was 6.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in Caribbean Small States, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Caribbean Small States recorded 6.7% for employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and down 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in Caribbean Small States peaked at 18.6% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 6.7%, in 2025.
That places Caribbean Small States 40th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in Caribbean Small States, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 18.6% | — |
| 1992 | 18.3% | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 17.8% | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 18.0% | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 16.7% | -7.7% |
| 1996 | 15.8% | -5.1% |
| 1997 | 15.1% | -4.7% |
| 1998 | 13.9% | -7.8% |
| 1999 | 13.7% | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 12.9% | -6.0% |
| 2001 | 12.7% | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 11.8% | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 11.1% | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 10.5% | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 10.0% | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 9.8% | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 9.2% | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 9.1% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 9.1% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 8.9% | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 8.7% | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 8.5% | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 8.2% | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 8.1% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 8.1% | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 7.9% | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 7.7% | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 7.7% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 7.4% | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 7.9% | +6.1% |
| 2021 | 7.9% | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 7.3% | -7.2% |
| 2023 | 7.0% | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 6.8% | -3.4% |
| 2025 | 6.7% | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.4% | 13.7% | 18.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 10.6% | 9.1% | 12.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.1% | 7.4% | 8.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.2% | 6.7% | 7.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean Small States
More agriculture & rural data for Caribbean Small States
- Rural population, per capita 0.499 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.08 billion current US$ (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.4% (2024)
- Rural population 2.27 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 49.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0341 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in Caribbean Small States?
- Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in Caribbean Small States was 6.7% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employment in agriculture (% of total employment) recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The highest recorded value was 18.6% in 1991.
- What is the lowest employment in agriculture (% of total employment) recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.7% in 2025.
- How does Caribbean Small States rank for employment in agriculture (% of total employment)?
- Caribbean Small States ranks 40th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is employment in agriculture (% of total employment) rising or falling in Caribbean Small States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean Small States data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B (ISIC 3) or category A (ISIC 4).