ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in India
India: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0.0322 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in India, 1991–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 No per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in India is 0.0322 1000 No per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.1% on the previous year and up 51.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in India peaked at 0.0322 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0191 1000 No per square kilometre, in 1991.
That places India 5th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in India, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0191 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0.0197 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0202 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0208 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0217 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0225 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0234 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0243 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0251 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0262 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0266 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.027 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0273 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0275 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0278 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0272 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0263 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0256 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0248 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0239 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0227 1000 No per square kilometre | -5.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0214 1000 No per square kilometre | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0213 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0212 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0211 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0209 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0207 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0205 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0217 1000 No per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0238 1000 No per square kilometre | +9.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0266 1000 No per square kilometre | +12.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0288 1000 No per square kilometre | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0322 1000 No per square kilometre | +12.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0219 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0191 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0251 1000 No per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0266 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0248 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0278 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0215 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0205 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0239 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0278 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0238 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0322 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near India
- 2 Burundi 0.109 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 3 Rwanda 0.0564 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 4 Uganda 0.0363 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 6 Malawi 0.0269 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 7 Haiti 0.0232 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 8 Comoros 0.0223 1000 No per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in India?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in India was 0.0322 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0322 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0191 1000 No per square kilometre in 1991.
- How does India rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- India ranks 5th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.