Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in Low income
Low income: Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) was 59.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in Low income, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Low income recorded 59.4% for employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in Low income peaked at 67.7% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 58.2%, in 2019.
That places Low income 1st out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in Low income, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 66.7% | — |
| 1992 | 67.5% | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 67.6% | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 67.5% | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 67.7% | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 67.4% | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 67.5% | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 67.6% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 67.3% | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 67.3% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 67.2% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 67.0% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 66.9% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 66.4% | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 66.2% | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 65.6% | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 65.1% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 64.5% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 64.1% | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 63.1% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 62.7% | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 62.4% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 62.5% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 62.0% | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 61.5% | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 61.0% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 60.3% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 59.4% | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 58.2% | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 60.3% | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 60.9% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 60.4% | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 60.7% | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 59.8% | -1.5% |
| 2025 | 59.4% | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 67.4% | 66.7% | 67.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 66.0% | 64.1% | 67.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 61.3% | 58.2% | 63.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.2% | 59.4% | 60.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low income
More agriculture & rural data for Low income
- Rural population, per capita 0.6484 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 175.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 27.2% (2025)
- Rural population 497.63 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
- Rural population 64.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2019)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2723 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.04 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in Low income?
- Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) in Low income was 59.4% 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 Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 67.7% in 1995.
- What is the lowest employment in agriculture (% of total employment) recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.2% in 2019.
- How does Low income rank for employment in agriculture (% of total employment)?
- Low income ranks 1st out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is employment in agriculture (% of total employment) rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Low income 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).