ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in India
India: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0.0504 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in India, 1991–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 No per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in India is 0.0504 1000 No per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in India peaked at 0.0504 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0428 1000 No per square kilometre, in 1991.
That places India 5th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in India, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0428 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0.0436 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 0.0445 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0453 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 0.046 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0468 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0476 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0483 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0488 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0497 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 0.05 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0503 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0503 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0501 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.05 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.05 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.05 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0504 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0503 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0502 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0493 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0482 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0482 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0481 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0478 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0474 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0472 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0468 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0462 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.05 1000 No per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0498 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0493 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0504 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.046 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0428 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0488 1000 No per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0501 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0497 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0504 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0479 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0462 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0502 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0499 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0493 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0504 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near India
- 2 Burundi 0.0857 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 3 Maldives 0.0835 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 4 Haiti 0.0512 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 6 Rwanda 0.0455 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 7 Uganda 0.0334 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 8 Comoros 0.0305 1000 No per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in India?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in India was 0.0504 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0504 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0428 1000 No per square kilometre in 1991.
- How does India rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- India ranks 5th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.