ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in India
India: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 100,287 1000 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in India, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
India recorded 100,287 1000 No for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 60.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in India peaked at 100,287 1000 No in 2025 and was at its lowest, 56,884 1000 No, in 1991.
India ranks 1st of 175 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in India, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 56,884 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 58,479 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 60,065 1000 No | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 61,821 1000 No | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 64,437 1000 No | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 67,040 1000 No | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 69,663 1000 No | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 72,239 1000 No | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 74,682 1000 No | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 77,860 1000 No | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 79,046 1000 No | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 80,249 1000 No | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 81,136 1000 No | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 81,844 1000 No | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 82,695 1000 No | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 80,804 1000 No | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 78,319 1000 No | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 76,165 1000 No | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 73,590 1000 No | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 71,120 1000 No | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 67,475 1000 No | -5.1% |
| 2012 | 63,766 1000 No | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 63,431 1000 No | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 62,974 1000 No | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 62,693 1000 No | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 62,076 1000 No | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 61,552 1000 No | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 60,816 1000 No | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 64,498 1000 No | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 70,670 1000 No | +9.6% |
| 2021 | 79,195 1000 No | +12.1% |
| 2022 | 85,496 1000 No | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 95,823 1000 No | +12.1% |
| 2024 | 99,960 1000 No | +4.3% |
| 2025 | 100,287 1000 No | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 65,034 1000 No | 56,884 1000 No | 74,682 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 79,171 1000 No | 73,590 1000 No | 82,695 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 64,040 1000 No | 60,816 1000 No | 71,120 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 88,572 1000 No | 70,670 1000 No | 100,287 1000 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
- 2 China 63,058 1000 No compare
- 3 China, mainland 62,928 1000 No compare
- 4 Bangladesh 18,288 1000 No compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 12,466 1000 No compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in India?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in India was 100,287 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 100,287 1000 No in 2025.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 56,884 1000 No in 1991.
- How does India rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- India ranks 1st out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.