ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 1.98 % change on previous year in 2025. ▼ Falling
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1992–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 1.98 % change on previous year for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2025.
That represents a change of up 327.1% on the previous year and up 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 5.08 % change on previous year in 2021 and was at its lowest, -0.1806 % change on previous year, in 2012.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 6th of 32 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | % change on previous year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3.4 % change on previous year | — |
| 1993 | 3.07 % change on previous year | -9.5% |
| 1994 | 3.47 % change on previous year | +13.0% |
| 1995 | 2.8 % change on previous year | -19.3% |
| 1996 | 1.99 % change on previous year | -29.2% |
| 1997 | 2.57 % change on previous year | +29.3% |
| 1998 | 3.4 % change on previous year | +32.2% |
| 1999 | 2.5 % change on previous year | -26.3% |
| 2000 | 2.54 % change on previous year | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 1.61 % change on previous year | -36.5% |
| 2002 | 1.67 % change on previous year | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 1.41 % change on previous year | -16.0% |
| 2004 | 1.84 % change on previous year | +31.2% |
| 2005 | 1.99 % change on previous year | +8.1% |
| 2006 | 1.5 % change on previous year | -24.6% |
| 2007 | 2.03 % change on previous year | +35.2% |
| 2008 | 1.85 % change on previous year | -8.8% |
| 2009 | 2.46 % change on previous year | +32.9% |
| 2010 | 2.01 % change on previous year | -18.2% |
| 2011 | 2.08 % change on previous year | +3.3% |
| 2012 | -0.1806 % change on previous year | -108.7% |
| 2013 | 3.04 % change on previous year | -1781.7% |
| 2014 | 1.54 % change on previous year | -49.3% |
| 2015 | 1.53 % change on previous year | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 1.55 % change on previous year | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 1.09 % change on previous year | -30.1% |
| 2018 | 2.13 % change on previous year | +96.4% |
| 2019 | 1.53 % change on previous year | -28.3% |
| 2020 | 4.41 % change on previous year | +188.5% |
| 2021 | 5.08 % change on previous year | +15.2% |
| 2022 | 3.19 % change on previous year | -37.2% |
| 2023 | 2.82 % change on previous year | -11.6% |
| 2024 | 0.4644 % change on previous year | -83.6% |
| 2025 | 1.98 % change on previous year | +327.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +1781.7% | -0.1806 % change on previous year | 3.04 % change on previous year |
| 2025 | +327.1% | 0.4644 % change on previous year | 1.98 % change on previous year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.9 % change on previous year | 1.99 % change on previous year | 3.47 % change on previous year | 8 |
| 2000s | 1.89 % change on previous year | 1.41 % change on previous year | 2.54 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.63 % change on previous year | -0.1806 % change on previous year | 3.04 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.99 % change on previous year | 0.4644 % change on previous year | 5.08 % change on previous year | 6 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 3 Nicaragua 5.16 % change on previous year compare
- 4 Afghanistan 5.09 % change on previous year compare
- 5 Central African Republic 3.81 % change on previous year compare
- 6 Burundi 3.67 % change on previous year compare
- 7 Niger 3.53 % change on previous year compare
- 8 Mozambique 3.31 % change on previous year compare
- 9 Chad 3.11 % change on previous year compare
More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 4.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -0.4713 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 4.35 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 1.98 % change on previous year in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.08 % change on previous year in 2021.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.1806 % change on previous year in 2012.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 6th out of 32 groups with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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, annual growth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The year-on-year percentage change in ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Female — Value. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
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- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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The year-on-year percentage change in ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Female — Value. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.