ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0.011 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Sri Lanka, 1991–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 No per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Sri Lanka stood at 0.011 1000 No per square kilometre. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.3% on the previous year and down 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.0181 1000 No per square kilometre in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.011 1000 No per square kilometre, in 2023.
That places Sri Lanka 14th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.012 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0.0119 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0115 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0127 1000 No per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0114 1000 No per square kilometre | -10.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0112 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0129 1000 No per square kilometre | +15.7% |
| 1998 | 0.018 1000 No per square kilometre | +39.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0169 1000 No per square kilometre | -6.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0169 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0173 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 0.017 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0169 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0181 1000 No per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0155 1000 No per square kilometre | -14.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0155 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0153 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0153 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0151 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.015 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0149 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0137 1000 No per square kilometre | -8.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0138 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0131 1000 No per square kilometre | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0146 1000 No per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 2016 | 0.014 1000 No per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 0.014 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0125 1000 No per square kilometre | -10.7% |
| 2019 | 0.012 1000 No per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0124 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0125 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0117 1000 No per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 2023 | 0.011 1000 No per square kilometre | -6.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Sri Lanka changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +39.3% | 0.0129 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.018 1000 No per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0132 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0112 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.018 1000 No per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0163 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0151 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0181 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0138 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.012 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.015 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0119 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.011 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0125 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 11 Gambia 0.014 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 12 Nigeria 0.0139 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 13 Azerbaijan 0.0116 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 15 Cambodia 0.0104 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 16 Ethiopia 0.0102 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 17 Thailand 0.0099 1000 No per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9172 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7955 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Sri Lanka?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Sri Lanka was 0.011 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0181 1000 No per square kilometre in 2004.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.011 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Sri Lanka ranks 14th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.