ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Jamaica
Jamaica: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0.0152 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Jamaica, 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 Jamaica is 0.0152 1000 No per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Jamaica peaked at 0.0197 1000 No per square kilometre in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.0149 1000 No per square kilometre, in 2011.
Jamaica ranks 17th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0197 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0.0197 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0189 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0184 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 0.018 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0177 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0169 1000 No per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0169 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0171 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.0173 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0173 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0167 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0176 1000 No per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0158 1000 No per square kilometre | -10.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0158 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0162 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0159 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0158 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0169 1000 No per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0168 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0149 1000 No per square kilometre | -11.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0156 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0159 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0167 1000 No per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0168 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0153 1000 No per square kilometre | -8.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0156 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0155 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0151 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0151 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0151 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0149 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0152 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0182 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0169 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0197 1000 No per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0165 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0158 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0176 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0158 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0149 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0168 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0151 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0149 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0152 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 14 Ethiopia 0.0183 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 15 El Salvador 0.0167 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 16 Guatemala 0.0164 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 18 Thailand 0.0144 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 19 Benin 0.0134 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 20 Indonesia 0.0133 1000 No per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4057 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Jamaica?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Jamaica was 0.0152 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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0197 1000 No per square kilometre in 1992.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0149 1000 No per square kilometre in 2011.
- How does Jamaica rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Jamaica ranks 17th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.