ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Malawi
Malawi: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 2,694 1000 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Malawi, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 2,694 1000 No for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and up 33.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Malawi peaked at 2,694 1000 No in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,600 1000 No, in 1991.
That places Malawi 19th out of 175 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Malawi, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,600 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 1,657 1000 No | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 1,662 1000 No | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 1,635 1000 No | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 1,610 1000 No | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 1,627 1000 No | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 1,656 1000 No | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 1,682 1000 No | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 1,719 1000 No | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 1,767 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 1,828 1000 No | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 1,875 1000 No | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 1,917 1000 No | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 1,965 1000 No | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 2,016 1000 No | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 2,029 1000 No | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 2,024 1000 No | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 2,025 1000 No | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,019 1000 No | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 2,010 1000 No | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 2,007 1000 No | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 2,018 1000 No | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 2,018 1000 No | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,015 1000 No | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 2,023 1000 No | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 2,029 1000 No | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 2,032 1000 No | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,098 1000 No | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 2,164 1000 No | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 2,405 1000 No | +11.2% |
| 2021 | 2,345 1000 No | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 2,453 1000 No | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 2,538 1000 No | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 2,625 1000 No | +3.4% |
| 2025 | 2,694 1000 No | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,650 1000 No | 1,600 1000 No | 1,719 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 1,947 1000 No | 1,767 1000 No | 2,029 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,041 1000 No | 2,007 1000 No | 2,164 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,510 1000 No | 2,345 1000 No | 2,694 1000 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More agriculture & rural data for Malawi
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 24.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3003 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 201.66 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8241 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 30.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 30.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Malawi?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Malawi was 2,694 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 2,694 1000 No in 2025.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,600 1000 No in 1991.
- How does Malawi rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Malawi ranks 19th out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.