ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: 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 Sub-Saharan Africa, 1991–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 No per square kilometre.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa recorded 0.0055 1000 No per square kilometre for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2023. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 22.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 0.0055 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0031 1000 No per square kilometre, in 1991.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Sub-Saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0031 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0.0032 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0032 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0033 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0034 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0034 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0035 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0036 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0037 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0038 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0039 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 0.004 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0041 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0042 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0042 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0043 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0044 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0045 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0046 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0046 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0047 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0043 1000 No per square kilometre | -9.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0044 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0045 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0046 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0047 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0047 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0048 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0048 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.005 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0052 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0053 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0055 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0034 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0031 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0037 1000 No per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0042 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0038 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0046 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0046 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0043 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0048 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0052 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.005 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0055 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Rural population, per capita 0.5534 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.7 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1791 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 299.6 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 395.96 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 17.9% (2025)
- Rural population 731.42 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Sub-Saharan Africa 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 Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 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 Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0031 1000 No per square kilometre in 1991.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 1st out of 2 groups with data for 2023.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa 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.