ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Female — Value by country
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour...
Countries reporting
194
Highest
100,287 1000 No
India
Lowest
0.05 1000 No
Qatar
Median
141.09 1000 No
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
7,928
What the numbers show
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Female — Value is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 100,287 1000 No in India; the lowest is 0.05 1000 No in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 141.09 1000 No, and the mean is 2,275 1000 No.
Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 822.2%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 66.9%).
ILO: ILO Modelled Estimates Employment in agriculture ILO … Female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 100,287 1000 No | 2025 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 2 | China | 63,058 1000 No | 2025 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 3 | China, mainland | 62,928 1000 No | 2025 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 18,288 1000 No | 2025 | up 73.5% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 14,275 1000 No | 2025 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 6 | Nigeria | 12,788 1000 No | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 12,466 1000 No | 2025 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 8 | Pakistan | 12,277 1000 No | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 11,682 1000 No | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 10 | United Republic of Tanzania | 10,898 1000 No | 2025 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 11 | Uganda | 7,719 1000 No | 2025 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 6,708 1000 No | 2025 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 13 | Mozambique | 6,146 1000 No | 2025 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 14 | Kenya | 5,827 1000 No | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 15 | Madagascar | 5,492 1000 No | 2025 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 16 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 4,746 1000 No | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 17 | Thailand | 4,612 1000 No | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 18 | Niger | 4,200 1000 No | 2025 | up 83.4% | rising |
| 19 | Angola | 3,865 1000 No | 2025 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Myanmar | 3,158 1000 No | 2025 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 21 | Burundi | 3,008 1000 No | 2025 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 22 | Philippines | 2,819 1000 No | 2025 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 23 | Malawi | 2,694 1000 No | 2025 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 2,378 1000 No | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 25 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2,261 1000 No | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 26 | Cameroon | 2,162 1000 No | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 27 | Mali | 2,117 1000 No | 2025 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 28 | Türkiye | 2,067 1000 No | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 29 | Zambia | 2,019 1000 No | 2025 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 30 | Chad | 1,994 1000 No | 2025 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 1,884 1000 No | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 32 | Cambodia | 1,793 1000 No | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 33 | Peru | 1,777 1000 No | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 34 | Ghana | 1,744 1000 No | 2025 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 35 | South Sudan | 1,422 1000 No | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 36 | Brazil | 1,393 1000 No | 2025 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 37 | Uzbekistan | 1,324 1000 No | 2025 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 38 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1,154 1000 No | 2025 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 39 | Russian Federation | 1,138 1000 No | 2025 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 40 | Egypt | 1,103 1000 No | 2025 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 41 | Benin | 1,087 1000 No | 2025 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 42 | Ecuador | 1,087 1000 No | 2025 | up 66.2% | rising |
| 43 | Mexico | 1,079 1000 No | 2025 | up 31.5% | falling |
| 44 | Rwanda | 1,027 1000 No | 2025 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 45 | Ukraine | 1,019 1000 No | 2021 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 46 | Nepal | 994.36 1000 No | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 47 | Morocco | 967.58 1000 No | 2025 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 48 | Azerbaijan | 938.17 1000 No | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 49 | Sudan | 930.48 1000 No | 2022 | down 16.4% | flat |
| 50 | Guinea | 899.97 1000 No | 2025 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 51 | Caribbean | 861.97 1000 No | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 52 | Melanesia | 841.76 1000 No | 2025 | up 74.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 771.03 1000 No | 2025 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 716.7 1000 No | 2025 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 55 | Japan | 705.77 1000 No | 2025 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | 680.55 1000 No | 2025 | up 96.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Haiti | 648.53 1000 No | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 58 | Central African Republic | 639.26 1000 No | 2025 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 59 | Sierra Leone | 615.71 1000 No | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 60 | Colombia | 598.04 1000 No | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 61 | Republic of Korea | 591.33 1000 No | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 62 | Liberia | 550.92 1000 No | 2025 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 63 | Togo | 548.81 1000 No | 2025 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 64 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 534.44 1000 No | 2025 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 65 | Senegal | 533.2 1000 No | 2025 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 66 | Republic of Moldova | 489.06 1000 No | 2025 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 67 | Tajikistan | 461 1000 No | 2025 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 68 | Eritrea | 455.84 1000 No | 2025 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 69 | Kazakhstan | 436.26 1000 No | 2025 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 70 | Poland | 409.7 1000 No | 2025 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 71 | Guatemala | 384.51 1000 No | 2025 | up 107.3% | rising |
| 72 | Congo | 380.77 1000 No | 2025 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 73 | Afghanistan | 358.08 1000 No | 2025 | down 50.4% | rising |
| 74 | Argentina | 321.93 1000 No | 2025 | up 19.2% | falling |
| 75 | Malaysia | 313.52 1000 No | 2025 | down 26.0% | flat |
| 76 | South Africa | 312.13 1000 No | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 77 | Georgia | 304.69 1000 No | 2025 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 78 | Somalia | 283.84 1000 No | 2025 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 79 | Guinea-Bissau | 278.44 1000 No | 2025 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 80 | Romania | 275.97 1000 No | 2025 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 81 | Serbia | 256.8 1000 No | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 82 | Turkmenistan | 220.61 1000 No | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 83 | Albania | 219.29 1000 No | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 84 | France | 198.59 1000 No | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 85 | Italy | 198.21 1000 No | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 194.83 1000 No | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 87 | Spain | 194.2 1000 No | 2025 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 88 | Armenia | 180.14 1000 No | 2025 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 89 | Yemen | 172.96 1000 No | 2025 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Greece | 164.04 1000 No | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 91 | Iraq | 161.3 1000 No | 2025 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 92 | Equatorial Guinea | 150.63 1000 No | 2025 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 93 | Paraguay | 150.38 1000 No | 2025 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 94 | Australia and New Zealand | 149.75 1000 No | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 95 | Mongolia | 148.66 1000 No | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 96 | Belarus | 145.57 1000 No | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 97 | Gambia | 142.96 1000 No | 2025 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 98 | Germany | 139.23 1000 No | 2025 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 99 | Chile | 135.03 1000 No | 2025 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 100 | Timor-Leste | 134.03 1000 No | 2025 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 101 | China, Taiwan Province of | 127.7 1000 No | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 102 | Cuba | 118.83 1000 No | 2025 | down 29.1% | rising |
| 103 | Nicaragua | 115.31 1000 No | 2022 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 104 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 106.37 1000 No | 2025 | up 34.6% | falling |
| 105 | Mauritania | 104.82 1000 No | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 106 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 101.12 1000 No | 2025 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 107 | Australia | 97.67 1000 No | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 108 | Namibia | 96.91 1000 No | 2025 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 109 | Solomon Islands | 92.89 1000 No | 2025 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 110 | Tunisia | 85.36 1000 No | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 111 | Panama | 82.34 1000 No | 2025 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Bhutan | 81.66 1000 No | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 113 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 76 1000 No | 2025 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 114 | Honduras | 75.02 1000 No | 2025 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 115 | Algeria | 69.71 1000 No | 2025 | up 32.8% | falling |
| 116 | Canada | 69.05 1000 No | 2025 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 117 | Syrian Arab Republic | 68.47 1000 No | 2025 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Lesotho | 63.03 1000 No | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 119 | Gabon | 62.66 1000 No | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 57.54 1000 No | 2025 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 121 | Jamaica | 57.11 1000 No | 2025 | up 25.1% | falling |
| 122 | El Salvador | 55.46 1000 No | 2025 | up 38.8% | falling |
| 123 | Hungary | 53.56 1000 No | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 124 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 53.12 1000 No | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 125 | New Zealand | 52.08 1000 No | 2025 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 126 | Austria | 48.6 1000 No | 2025 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 127 | Fiji | 43.56 1000 No | 2025 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 128 | Comoros | 43.25 1000 No | 2025 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 129 | Libya | 42.93 1000 No | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 130 | Portugal | 41.68 1000 No | 2025 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 131 | Bulgaria | 39.12 1000 No | 2025 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 132 | Czechia | 38.09 1000 No | 2025 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Switzerland | 35.04 1000 No | 2025 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 134 | Botswana | 30.61 1000 No | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 135 | Uruguay | 28.34 1000 No | 2025 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 136 | Dominican Republic | 27.3 1000 No | 2025 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 137 | Lithuania | 24.35 1000 No | 2025 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Vanuatu | 24.17 1000 No | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 139 | North Macedonia | 22.62 1000 No | 2025 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 140 | Croatia | 22.14 1000 No | 2025 | down 58.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Sweden | 21.82 1000 No | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 142 | Finland | 21.21 1000 No | 2025 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 143 | Latvia | 17.1 1000 No | 2025 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Norway | 15.52 1000 No | 2025 | up 33.9% | falling |
| 145 | Belgium | 14.83 1000 No | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 146 | Eswatini | 14.34 1000 No | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 147 | Ireland | 14.28 1000 No | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 148 | Slovenia | 13.27 1000 No | 2025 | down 56.8% | falling |
| 149 | Saudi Arabia | 13.07 1000 No | 2025 | up 53.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Palestine | 11.8 1000 No | 2022 | down 66.9% | falling |
| 151 | Slovakia | 11.27 1000 No | 2025 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Denmark | 10.79 1000 No | 2025 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 153 | Western Sahara | 8.73 1000 No | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 154 | Guyana | 8.56 1000 No | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 155 | Mauritius | 7.56 1000 No | 2025 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Israel | 7.5 1000 No | 2025 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 157 | Lebanon | 6.39 1000 No | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 158 | Oman | 5.81 1000 No | 2025 | up 822.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Maldives | 5.69 1000 No | 2025 | up 390.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.5 1000 No | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 161 | Suriname | 5.49 1000 No | 2025 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Polynesia | 5.32 1000 No | 2025 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 163 | Estonia | 4.81 1000 No | 2025 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Cabo Verde | 4.33 1000 No | 2025 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 165 | Belize | 4.24 1000 No | 2025 | up 79.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Montenegro | 4.11 1000 No | 2025 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 167 | Samoa | 3.01 1000 No | 2025 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 168 | Cyprus | 2.77 1000 No | 2025 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 169 | Puerto Rico | 2.01 1000 No | 2025 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 170 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1.96 1000 No | 2025 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 171 | Tonga | 1.95 1000 No | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 172 | Iceland | 1.85 1000 No | 2025 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 173 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.77 1000 No | 2025 | up 17.2% | flat |
| 174 | Jordan | 1.76 1000 No | 2025 | down 42.1% | rising |
| 175 | Singapore | 1.17 1000 No | 2025 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 1.05 1000 No | 2025 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 177 | Kuwait | 1.03 1000 No | 2025 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 178 | United Arab Emirates | 0.98 1000 No | 2025 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Luxembourg | 0.9 1000 No | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 180 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.87 1000 No | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 181 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.83 1000 No | 2025 | up 130.6% | falling |
| 182 | China, Macao SAR | 0.7 1000 No | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 183 | New Caledonia | 0.59 1000 No | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 184 | Barbados | 0.53 1000 No | 2025 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 185 | Djibouti | 0.48 1000 No | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 186 | French Polynesia | 0.37 1000 No | 2025 | down 27.5% | flat |
| 186 | Channel Islands | 0.37 1000 No | 2025 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 188 | Malta | 0.32 1000 No | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 189 | Guam | 0.22 1000 No | 2025 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 189 | Micronesia | 0.22 1000 No | 2025 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 191 | Bahamas | 0.17 1000 No | 2025 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Bahrain | 0.08 1000 No | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 193 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.07 1000 No | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 194 | Qatar | 0.05 1000 No | 2025 | up 150.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 376,762 1000 No
- Chagai 0.37 1000 No
- Asia 244,335 1000 No
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 138,779 1000 No
- Southern Asia 133,543 1000 No
- Africa 116,161 1000 No
- Sub-Saharan Africa 113,193 1000 No
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 112,949 1000 No
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 85,387 1000 No
- Eastern Asia 69,250 1000 No
- Eastern Africa 60,699 1000 No
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 50,905 1000 No
- South-eastern Asia 34,967 1000 No
- Western Africa 30,254 1000 No
- Middle Africa 21,723 1000 No
- Americas 9,913 1000 No
- Latin America and the Caribbean 9,098 1000 No
- South America 6,376 1000 No
- Europe 5,355 1000 No
- Western Asia 3,939 1000 No
- Eastern Europe 3,414 1000 No
- Northern Africa 2,968 1000 No
- Central Asia 2,637 1000 No
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 2,204 1000 No
- European Union (27) 2,034 1000 No
- Central America 1,859 1000 No
- Southern Europe 1,243 1000 No
- Oceania 997.05 1000 No
- Northern America 815.89 1000 No
- United States of America 746.85 1000 No
- Southern Africa 517.02 1000 No
- Western Europe 490.31 1000 No
- Northern Europe 208.1 1000 No
About this data
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database. In addition, the ILO modelled estimates and projections (ILOEST) are used to provide information on employment in agriculture. FAOSTAT also publishes indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) from 2000 at the national, regional, and global levels, using a methodology developed by the FAO to estimate the number of people employed within these systems.