ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Benin
Benin: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0.0094 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Benin, 1991–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 No per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Benin stood at 0.0094 1000 No per square kilometre. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 53.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Benin peaked at 0.0094 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0029 1000 No per square kilometre, in 1991.
That places Benin 22nd out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Benin, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0029 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0.0029 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0031 1000 No per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0033 1000 No per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0034 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0035 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0036 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0038 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 0.004 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0041 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0043 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0045 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0047 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0049 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0051 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0053 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0054 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0056 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0059 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0061 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0062 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0062 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0061 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0064 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0068 1000 No per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 0.0072 1000 No per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0076 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0078 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0082 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0087 1000 No per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0092 1000 No per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0093 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0094 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 0.0094 1000 No per square kilometre is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0028 1000 No per square kilometre, 3.3× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Benin's 0.0094 1000 No per square kilometre is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0041 1000 No per square kilometre, 2.3× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0034 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0029 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.004 1000 No per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.005 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0041 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0059 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0069 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0061 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0082 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0092 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0087 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0094 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 19 Togo 0.0098 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 20 Kenya 0.0097 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 21 Guinea-Bissau 0.0095 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 23 Madagascar 0.009 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 24 Albania 0.0083 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 25 Burkina Faso 0.0083 1000 No per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for Benin
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2292 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 380.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6697 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4664 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 22.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 22.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 52.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Benin?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Benin was 0.0094 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0094 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0029 1000 No per square kilometre in 1991.
- How does Benin rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Benin ranks 22nd out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Female — Value, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Female — Value divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Female — Value ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Female — Value divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.