ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Africa
Africa: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 1.84 % change on previous year in 2025. ▼ Falling
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Africa, 1992–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.
Analysis
In 2025, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Africa stood at 1.84 % change on previous year.
The figure is up 6.8% on the previous year and up 45.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Africa peaked at 3.55 % change on previous year in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.6523 % change on previous year, in 2010.
Africa ranks 6th of 32 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Africa, year by year
| Year | % change on previous year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2.89 % change on previous year | — |
| 1993 | 2.68 % change on previous year | -7.4% |
| 1994 | 3.02 % change on previous year | +13.0% |
| 1995 | 2.72 % change on previous year | -10.2% |
| 1996 | 1.98 % change on previous year | -27.3% |
| 1997 | 2.37 % change on previous year | +19.9% |
| 1998 | 2.22 % change on previous year | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 2.56 % change on previous year | +15.2% |
| 2000 | 1.79 % change on previous year | -30.0% |
| 2001 | 2.6 % change on previous year | +45.2% |
| 2002 | 2.56 % change on previous year | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 2.57 % change on previous year | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2.56 % change on previous year | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 1.83 % change on previous year | -28.6% |
| 2006 | 2.13 % change on previous year | +16.4% |
| 2007 | 1.62 % change on previous year | -23.9% |
| 2008 | 1.85 % change on previous year | +14.2% |
| 2009 | 1.33 % change on previous year | -28.1% |
| 2010 | 0.6523 % change on previous year | -51.0% |
| 2011 | 1.83 % change on previous year | +180.8% |
| 2012 | 1.37 % change on previous year | -25.2% |
| 2013 | 2.87 % change on previous year | +109.5% |
| 2014 | 0.8049 % change on previous year | -72.0% |
| 2015 | 1.27 % change on previous year | +57.7% |
| 2016 | 2.12 % change on previous year | +67.2% |
| 2017 | 1.17 % change on previous year | -45.1% |
| 2018 | 1.34 % change on previous year | +15.1% |
| 2019 | 1.13 % change on previous year | -16.0% |
| 2020 | 3.55 % change on previous year | +215.4% |
| 2021 | 2.76 % change on previous year | -22.4% |
| 2022 | 2.88 % change on previous year | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 2.05 % change on previous year | -28.8% |
| 2024 | 1.73 % change on previous year | -15.7% |
| 2025 | 1.84 % change on previous year | +6.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +215.4% | 1.13 % change on previous year | 3.55 % change on previous year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.55 % change on previous year | 1.98 % change on previous year | 3.02 % change on previous year | 8 |
| 2000s | 2.09 % change on previous year | 1.33 % change on previous year | 2.6 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.46 % change on previous year | 0.6523 % change on previous year | 2.87 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.47 % change on previous year | 1.73 % change on previous year | 3.55 % change on previous year | 6 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 3 Palestine 4.25 % change on previous year compare
- 4 South Sudan 4.21 % change on previous year compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 3.86 % change on previous year compare
- 6 Afghanistan 3.79 % change on previous year compare
- 7 Belize 3.68 % change on previous year compare
- 8 Niger 3.57 % change on previous year compare
- 9 Mozambique 3.33 % change on previous year compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 2.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Africa?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Africa was 1.84 % change on previous year in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3.55 % change on previous year in 2020.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6523 % change on previous year in 2010.
- How does Africa rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Africa ranks 6th out of 32 groups with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this 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, annual growth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Male — Value. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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.
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The year-on-year percentage change in ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Male — Value. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.