ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0.0055 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Afghanistan, 1991–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 No per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Afghanistan stood at 0.0055 1000 No per square kilometre. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 30.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Afghanistan peaked at 0.0055 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0023 1000 No per square kilometre, in 1991.
Afghanistan ranks 49th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0023 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0.0025 1000 No per square kilometre | +8.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0028 1000 No per square kilometre | +12.2% |
| 1994 | 0.003 1000 No per square kilometre | +8.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0031 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0032 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0033 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0034 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0035 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0035 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0036 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0037 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0039 1000 No per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0041 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0041 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0043 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0043 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0044 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0043 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0042 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0043 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0043 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0042 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0041 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0041 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0041 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0041 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0042 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0042 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0044 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0046 1000 No per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0054 1000 No per square kilometre | +15.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0055 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.003 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0023 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0035 1000 No per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.004 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0035 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0044 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0042 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0041 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0043 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.005 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0044 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0055 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 46 Ecuador 0.0063 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 47 Cuba 0.0063 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 48 Armenia 0.0057 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 50 Lesotho 0.0054 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 51 Mozambique 0.0054 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 52 Nepal 0.0054 1000 No per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Afghanistan?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Afghanistan was 0.0055 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0055 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0023 1000 No per square kilometre in 1991.
- How does Afghanistan rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Afghanistan ranks 49th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Male — Value, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Male — Value divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Male — Value ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Male — Value divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.