ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 1,243 1000 No in 2025. ▼ Falling
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Southern Europe, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
In 2025, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Southern Europe stood at 1,243 1000 No.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Southern Europe peaked at 2,856 1000 No in 1991 and was at its lowest, 1,220 1000 No, in 2020.
That places Southern Europe 23rd out of 31 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2,856 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 2,742 1000 No | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 2,575 1000 No | -6.1% |
| 1994 | 2,531 1000 No | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 2,483 1000 No | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 2,440 1000 No | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 2,420 1000 No | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 2,345 1000 No | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 2,299 1000 No | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 2,271 1000 No | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 2,235 1000 No | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 2,152 1000 No | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 2,139 1000 No | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 1,999 1000 No | -6.6% |
| 2005 | 1,998 1000 No | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,906 1000 No | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 1,852 1000 No | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 1,844 1000 No | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 1,759 1000 No | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 1,672 1000 No | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 1,606 1000 No | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 1,561 1000 No | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 1,447 1000 No | -7.3% |
| 2014 | 1,395 1000 No | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 1,345 1000 No | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 1,358 1000 No | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 1,349 1000 No | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 1,323 1000 No | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 1,332 1000 No | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 1,220 1000 No | -8.4% |
| 2021 | 1,310 1000 No | +7.3% |
| 2022 | 1,322 1000 No | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 1,277 1000 No | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 1,286 1000 No | +0.7% |
| 2025 | 1,243 1000 No | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,521 1000 No | 2,299 1000 No | 2,856 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 2,015 1000 No | 1,759 1000 No | 2,271 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,439 1000 No | 1,323 1000 No | 1,672 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,276 1000 No | 1,220 1000 No | 1,322 1000 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 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
- 26 Cambodia 1,793 1000 No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Europe
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Production, annual growth rate -4.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 5.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat, Total — Production, annual growth rate 2.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 5.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Milk Animals, annual growth rate -4.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield, annual growth rate -6.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 41.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate -5.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Southern Europe?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Southern Europe was 1,243 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 2,856 1000 No in 1991.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,220 1000 No in 2020.
- How does Southern Europe rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Southern Europe ranks 23rd out of 31 groups with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.