ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Ghana
Ghana: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0.0119 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Ghana, 1991–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 No per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Ghana stood at 0.0119 1000 No per square kilometre.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Ghana peaked at 0.0138 1000 No per square kilometre in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.0105 1000 No per square kilometre, in 1991.
That places Ghana 23rd out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Ghana, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0105 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0.0107 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0109 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 0.011 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 0.0112 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0113 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0114 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0116 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0116 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0112 1000 No per square kilometre | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0116 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0121 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0125 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 0.013 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0134 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0138 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0137 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0134 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.013 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0126 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0126 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0127 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0128 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0125 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0121 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0123 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0124 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0119 1000 No per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0114 1000 No per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0112 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0109 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0117 1000 No per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0119 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0112 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0105 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0116 1000 No per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0128 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0112 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0138 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0123 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0114 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0128 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0114 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0109 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0119 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 20 Indonesia 0.0133 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 21 Togo 0.0128 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 22 Saint Lucia 0.0124 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 24 Mauritius 0.0112 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 25 China 0.011 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 26 Myanmar 0.0103 1000 No per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ghana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 41.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2128 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 692.99 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4821 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4108 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Ghana?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Ghana was 0.0119 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 Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0138 1000 No per square kilometre in 2006.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0105 1000 No per square kilometre in 1991.
- How does Ghana rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Ghana ranks 23rd out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana 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.