FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment was 6.72 % in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
6.72 %
Change on year
up 6.5%
World rank
134th
of 137 countries
All-time high
11.87 %
in 2014
All-time low
6.31 %
in 2022
Years of data
24
2000–2023

FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2000–2023

02.557.51012.52000201120232000: 9.1 %2001: 8.4 %2002: 8.1 %2003: 7.6 %2004: 7.8 %2005: 8 %2006: 7.2 %2007: 7.9 %2008: 8.9 %2009: 7.8 %2010: 8.1 %2011: 8.5 %2012: 8.8 %2013: 8.1 %2014: 11.9 %2015: 8.3 %2016: 8 %2017: 8.2 %2018: 8 %2019: 8.5 %2020: 7.8 %2021: 7.3 %2022: 6.3 %2023: 6.7 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

The most recent figure for fao model — share of agricultural employment in total afs employment in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is 6.72 %, measured in 2023.

That represents a change of up 6.5% on the previous year and down 17.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fao model — share of agricultural employment in total afs employment in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 11.87 % in 2014 and was at its lowest, 6.31 %, in 2022.

That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 134th out of 137 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.

FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year

Annual values for FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment — Female — Value in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2000 to 2023.
Year % Change
2000 9.13 %
2001 8.41 % -7.9%
2002 8.08 % -3.9%
2003 7.61 % -5.8%
2004 7.82 % +2.8%
2005 8.02 % +2.6%
2006 7.22 % -10.0%
2007 7.93 % +9.8%
2008 8.88 % +12.0%
2009 7.8 % -12.2%
2010 8.08 % +3.6%
2011 8.52 % +5.4%
2012 8.81 % +3.4%
2013 8.1 % -8.1%
2014 11.87 % +46.5%
2015 8.33 % -29.8%
2016 8.02 % -3.7%
2017 8.24 % +2.7%
2018 8.02 % -2.7%
2019 8.47 % +5.6%
2020 7.85 % -7.3%
2021 7.3 % -7.0%
2022 6.31 % -13.6%
2023 6.72 % +6.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 8.09 % 7.22 % 9.13 % 10
2010s 8.65 % 8.02 % 11.87 % 10
2020s 7.04 % 6.31 % 7.85 % 4

Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  1. 131 Dominican Republic 7.56 % compare
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  3. 133 Malta 7.11 % compare
  4. 135 Canada 6.66 % compare
  5. 136 United Arab Emirates 2.29 % compare
  6. 137 Singapore 0.68 % compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is fao model — share of agricultural employment in total afs employment in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Fao model — share of agricultural employment in total afs employment in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 6.72 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest fao model — share of agricultural employment in total afs employment recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 11.87 % in 2014.
What is the lowest fao model — share of agricultural employment in total afs employment recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 6.31 % in 2022.
How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for fao model — share of agricultural employment in total afs employment?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 134th out of 137 countries with data for 2023.
Is fao model — share of agricultural employment in total afs employment rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Over the last ten years it is down 17.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment — Female — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment — Female — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
185 places, 4,347 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database. In addition, the ILO modelled estimates and projections (ILOEST) are used to provide information on employment in agriculture. FAOSTAT also publishes indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) from 2000 at the national, regional, and global levels, using a methodology developed by the FAO to estimate the number of people employed within these systems.