ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 9,098 1000 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
Latin America and the Caribbean recorded 9,098 1000 No for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2025.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Latin America and the Caribbean peaked at 9,450 1000 No in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5,737 1000 No, in 1991.
Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 13th of 31 groups on this measure, 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 Latin America and the Caribbean, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 5,737 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 6,101 1000 No | +6.3% |
| 1993 | 6,295 1000 No | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 6,366 1000 No | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 6,695 1000 No | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 6,547 1000 No | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 7,121 1000 No | +8.8% |
| 1998 | 6,817 1000 No | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 7,234 1000 No | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 7,392 1000 No | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 8,079 1000 No | +9.3% |
| 2002 | 8,322 1000 No | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 8,411 1000 No | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 8,708 1000 No | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 8,987 1000 No | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 8,837 1000 No | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 8,554 1000 No | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 8,222 1000 No | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 8,025 1000 No | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 7,954 1000 No | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 7,920 1000 No | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 8,090 1000 No | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 8,060 1000 No | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 7,895 1000 No | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 8,012 1000 No | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 8,143 1000 No | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 8,302 1000 No | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 8,516 1000 No | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 8,483 1000 No | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 8,753 1000 No | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 9,450 1000 No | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 9,290 1000 No | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 9,005 1000 No | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 9,021 1000 No | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 9,098 1000 No | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,546 1000 No | 5,737 1000 No | 7,234 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 8,353 1000 No | 7,392 1000 No | 8,987 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,137 1000 No | 7,895 1000 No | 8,516 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,103 1000 No | 8,753 1000 No | 9,450 1000 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latin America and the Caribbean
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,154 1000 No compare
- 10 Mozambique 6,146 1000 No compare
- 11 Kenya 5,827 1000 No compare
- 11 Melanesia 841.76 1000 No compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 771.03 1000 No compare
- 12 Madagascar 5,492 1000 No compare
- 13 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 534.44 1000 No compare
- 13 Thailand 4,612 1000 No compare
- 14 Niger 4,200 1000 No compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 489.06 1000 No compare
- 15 Angola 3,865 1000 No compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 134.03 1000 No compare
- 16 Myanmar 3,158 1000 No compare
- 16 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 101.12 1000 No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Latin America and the Caribbean
- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO 39,094 1000 No (2025)
- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO 29,996 1000 No (2025)
- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in 12.72 % (2025)
- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in 16.69 % (2025)
- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in 7.12 % (2025)
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,861 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 2,409 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 13 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 8.8 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 12.4 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Latin America and the Caribbean was 9,098 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 Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 9,450 1000 No in 2021.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,737 1000 No in 1991.
- How does Latin America and the Caribbean rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 13th out of 31 groups with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America and the Caribbean 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.