ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Lesotho
Lesotho: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0.0021 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Lesotho, 1991–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 No per square kilometre.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 0.0021 1000 No per square kilometre for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2023. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Lesotho peaked at 0.0021 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0017 1000 No per square kilometre, in 1996.
Lesotho ranks 61st of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0017 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0.0017 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0017 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0017 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0017 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0017 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0018 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0019 1000 No per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 0.002 1000 No per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 2000 | 0.002 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.002 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.002 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.002 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.002 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.002 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0019 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0019 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0019 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0019 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0019 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0019 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0019 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0019 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0018 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0018 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0018 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0018 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0018 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0018 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0019 1000 No per square kilometre | +7.2% |
| 2021 | 0.002 1000 No per square kilometre | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0021 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0021 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0018 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0017 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.002 1000 No per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.002 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0019 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.002 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0018 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0018 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0019 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.002 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0019 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0021 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 58 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0022 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 59 Morocco 0.0022 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 60 Bhutan 0.0021 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 62 Saint Lucia 0.0021 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 63 Japan 0.002 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 64 Poland 0.002 1000 No per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for Lesotho
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0649 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 70.63 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6715 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5533 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Lesotho?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Lesotho was 0.0021 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 Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0021 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0017 1000 No per square kilometre in 1996.
- How does Lesotho rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Lesotho ranks 61st out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho 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.