ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Central America
Central America: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 1,859 1000 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Central America, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
Central America recorded 1,859 1000 No for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Central America peaked at 1,885 1000 No in 1997 and was at its lowest, 1,219 1000 No, in 2004.
That places Central America 22nd out of 31 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Central America, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,303 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 1,390 1000 No | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 1,469 1000 No | +5.7% |
| 1994 | 1,457 1000 No | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 1,464 1000 No | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 1,516 1000 No | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 1,885 1000 No | +24.3% |
| 1998 | 1,446 1000 No | -23.3% |
| 1999 | 1,568 1000 No | +8.5% |
| 2000 | 1,357 1000 No | -13.5% |
| 2001 | 1,272 1000 No | -6.3% |
| 2002 | 1,292 1000 No | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 1,297 1000 No | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 1,219 1000 No | -6.1% |
| 2005 | 1,297 1000 No | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 1,339 1000 No | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 1,339 1000 No | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,337 1000 No | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,300 1000 No | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 1,354 1000 No | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 1,361 1000 No | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 1,466 1000 No | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 1,424 1000 No | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 1,397 1000 No | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 1,369 1000 No | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 1,398 1000 No | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 1,474 1000 No | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 1,514 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 1,527 1000 No | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 1,532 1000 No | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 1,773 1000 No | +15.7% |
| 2022 | 1,713 1000 No | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 1,871 1000 No | +9.2% |
| 2024 | 1,867 1000 No | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 1,859 1000 No | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,500 1000 No | 1,303 1000 No | 1,885 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 1,305 1000 No | 1,219 1000 No | 1,357 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,428 1000 No | 1,354 1000 No | 1,527 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,769 1000 No | 1,532 1000 No | 1,871 1000 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 19 Malawi 2,694 1000 No compare
- 20 Burkina Faso 2,378 1000 No compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 2,261 1000 No compare
- 20 Micronesia 0.22 1000 No compare
- 21 Cameroon 2,162 1000 No compare
- 22 Mali 2,117 1000 No compare
- 23 Zambia 2,019 1000 No compare
- 24 Chad 1,994 1000 No compare
- 25 Zimbabwe 1,884 1000 No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -5.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -5.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -0.2408 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -5.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate -5.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.1882 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.3756 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.0452 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -2.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 5.81 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Central America?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Central America was 1,859 1000 No in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 1,885 1000 No in 1997.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,219 1000 No in 2004.
- How does Central America rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Central America ranks 22nd out of 31 groups with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Female — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.