ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Male — Value by country
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour...
Countries reporting
180
Highest
145,956 1000 No
India
Lowest
0.47 1000 No
United States Virgin Islands
Median
275.85 1000 No
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
7,893
What the numbers show
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Male — Value is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 145,956 1000 No in India; the lowest is 0.47 1000 No in United States Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 275.85 1000 No, and the mean is 3,447 1000 No.
Over the past decade 77 countries rose and 103 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 66.2%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 55.6%).
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 145,956 1000 No | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 2 | China | 97,357 1000 No | 2025 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 3 | China, mainland | 96,956 1000 No | 2025 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 4 | Nigeria | 25,108 1000 No | 2025 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 24,580 1000 No | 2025 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 9,468 1000 No | 2025 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 21,332 1000 No | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 7,360 1000 No | 2025 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 7 | Pakistan | 16,903 1000 No | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 13,542 1000 No | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 9 | Philippines | 7,638 1000 No | 2025 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 10 | Uganda | 7,036 1000 No | 2025 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 10 | Türkiye | 2,832 1000 No | 2025 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 11 | Thailand | 6,968 1000 No | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 12 | Myanmar | 6,841 1000 No | 2025 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 13 | Brazil | 6,377 1000 No | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 14 | Madagascar | 5,978 1000 No | 2025 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 15 | Mexico | 5,768 1000 No | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 16 | Kenya | 4,871 1000 No | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 17 | Egypt | 4,796 1000 No | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 17 | Timor-Leste | 153.76 1000 No | 2025 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 18 | Mozambique | 4,527 1000 No | 2025 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 19 | Niger | 4,504 1000 No | 2025 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 20 | Afghanistan | 3,862 1000 No | 2025 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 21 | Mali | 3,489 1000 No | 2025 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 22 | Angola | 3,417 1000 No | 2025 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Sudan | 3,097 1000 No | 2022 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 2,920 1000 No | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 25 | Chad | 2,795 1000 No | 2025 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 26 | Ghana | 2,701 1000 No | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 27 | Burkina Faso | 2,577 1000 No | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 28 | Russian Federation | 2,513 1000 No | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 29 | Cameroon | 2,464 1000 No | 2025 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 30 | Peru | 2,447 1000 No | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 31 | Malawi | 2,440 1000 No | 2025 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 31 | Cabo Verde | 14.11 1000 No | 2025 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 32 | Burundi | 2,326 1000 No | 2025 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 33 | Morocco | 2,239 1000 No | 2025 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 34 | Uzbekistan | 2,194 1000 No | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 35 | Zambia | 2,091 1000 No | 2025 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 36 | Yemen | 1,959 1000 No | 2025 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 37 | Guatemala | 1,790 1000 No | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 38 | Ecuador | 1,733 1000 No | 2025 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 39 | Cambodia | 1,662 1000 No | 2025 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 40 | Ukraine | 1,595 1000 No | 2021 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 41 | Benin | 1,544 1000 No | 2025 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 42 | Zimbabwe | 1,493 1000 No | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 43 | Sri Lanka | 1,474 1000 No | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 44 | Haiti | 1,440 1000 No | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 45 | South Sudan | 1,411 1000 No | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 46 | Malaysia | 1,341 1000 No | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 47 | Senegal | 1,231 1000 No | 2025 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 48 | Guinea | 1,221 1000 No | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 49 | Japan | 1,197 1000 No | 2025 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 50 | Argentina | 1,136 1000 No | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 51 | Algeria | 1,066 1000 No | 2025 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 52 | Republic of Korea | 891.55 1000 No | 2025 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 53 | Honduras | 850.45 1000 No | 2025 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 54 | Nicaragua | 814.4 1000 No | 2022 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 55 | Rwanda | 788.2 1000 No | 2025 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 56 | Azerbaijan | 739.78 1000 No | 2025 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 57 | Poland | 738.89 1000 No | 2025 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 58 | Nepal | 721.17 1000 No | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 59 | Togo | 711.86 1000 No | 2025 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 60 | Iraq | 701.22 1000 No | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 61 | South Africa | 665.1 1000 No | 2025 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 62 | Papua New Guinea | 665.05 1000 No | 2025 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 63 | Sierra Leone | 649.03 1000 No | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 64 | Central African Republic | 646.66 1000 No | 2025 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 642.76 1000 No | 2025 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 66 | Cuba | 622.03 1000 No | 2025 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 67 | Italy | 608.96 1000 No | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 68 | Tajikistan | 605.39 1000 No | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 69 | Somalia | 581.51 1000 No | 2025 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 70 | Romania | 567.4 1000 No | 2025 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 71 | Spain | 532.35 1000 No | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 72 | Liberia | 516.86 1000 No | 2025 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 73 | France | 486.52 1000 No | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 74 | Eritrea | 464.1 1000 No | 2025 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 75 | Chile | 435.09 1000 No | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 76 | Saudi Arabia | 403.33 1000 No | 2025 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 77 | China, Taiwan Province of | 395.79 1000 No | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 78 | Congo | 388.57 1000 No | 2025 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 79 | Paraguay | 385.95 1000 No | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 80 | Tunisia | 366.07 1000 No | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 81 | El Salvador | 344.97 1000 No | 2025 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 82 | Dominican Republic | 339.4 1000 No | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 83 | Australia and New Zealand | 314.68 1000 No | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 84 | Germany | 313.03 1000 No | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 85 | Serbia | 311.13 1000 No | 2025 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 86 | Belarus | 289.32 1000 No | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 87 | Georgia | 276.24 1000 No | 2025 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 88 | Greece | 275.46 1000 No | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 89 | Guinea-Bissau | 256.06 1000 No | 2025 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 90 | Mauritania | 254.86 1000 No | 2025 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 91 | Panama | 253.91 1000 No | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 92 | Turkmenistan | 241.87 1000 No | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 93 | Kyrgyzstan | 229.77 1000 No | 2025 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 94 | Equatorial Guinea | 223.61 1000 No | 2025 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 95 | Mongolia | 219.01 1000 No | 2025 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 96 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 211.38 1000 No | 2025 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 97 | Australia | 210.69 1000 No | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 98 | Costa Rica | 202.24 1000 No | 2025 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 99 | Albania | 187.83 1000 No | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 100 | Libya | 169.63 1000 No | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 101 | Lesotho | 166.81 1000 No | 2025 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 102 | Jamaica | 160.34 1000 No | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 103 | Oman | 157.81 1000 No | 2025 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 104 | Canada | 157.31 1000 No | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 105 | Armenia | 153.66 1000 No | 2025 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 106 | Hungary | 142.73 1000 No | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 107 | Botswana | 132.7 1000 No | 2025 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 108 | Gabon | 131.9 1000 No | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 109 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 118.81 1000 No | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 110 | Namibia | 110.93 1000 No | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 111 | Bulgaria | 106.77 1000 No | 2025 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 112 | Uruguay | 106.47 1000 No | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 113 | Czechia | 105.01 1000 No | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 114 | United Arab Emirates | 104.41 1000 No | 2025 | down 31.5% | rising |
| 115 | New Zealand | 103.98 1000 No | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 116 | Portugal | 96.01 1000 No | 2025 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 117 | Solomon Islands | 94.85 1000 No | 2025 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 118 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 92.92 1000 No | 2025 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 119 | Ireland | 89.32 1000 No | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 120 | Fiji | 88.1 1000 No | 2025 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 121 | Bhutan | 86.97 1000 No | 2025 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 122 | Jordan | 82 1000 No | 2025 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 123 | Austria | 74.27 1000 No | 2025 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 124 | Switzerland | 73.6 1000 No | 2025 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 125 | Sweden | 70.68 1000 No | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 126 | Finland | 69.72 1000 No | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 127 | Gambia | 64.97 1000 No | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 128 | Norway | 58.44 1000 No | 2025 | up 32.1% | falling |
| 129 | Palestine, State of | 58.36 1000 No | 2022 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 130 | Comoros | 57.08 1000 No | 2025 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 131 | Kuwait | 54.93 1000 No | 2025 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 132 | Lebanon | 51.07 1000 No | 2023 | down 15.6% | flat |
| 133 | Croatia | 49.05 1000 No | 2025 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 134 | Slovakia | 45.91 1000 No | 2025 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 135 | Latvia | 42.13 1000 No | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 136 | Lithuania | 41.86 1000 No | 2025 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Denmark | 39.59 1000 No | 2025 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 138 | Qatar | 37.24 1000 No | 2025 | up 66.2% | rising |
| 139 | Western Sahara | 36.1 1000 No | 2025 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 140 | North Macedonia | 36.04 1000 No | 2025 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 141 | Belgium | 35.01 1000 No | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 142 | Eswatini | 26.9 1000 No | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 142 | Vanuatu | 26.9 1000 No | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 144 | Guyana | 26.57 1000 No | 2025 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 145 | Israel | 25.79 1000 No | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 145 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25.79 1000 No | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 147 | Maldives | 23.71 1000 No | 2025 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 148 | Slovenia | 23.63 1000 No | 2025 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 149 | Belize | 22.85 1000 No | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 150 | Mauritius | 20.65 1000 No | 2025 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 151 | Estonia | 15.31 1000 No | 2025 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Cyprus | 13 1000 No | 2025 | down 23.8% | flat |
| 153 | Samoa | 11.75 1000 No | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 154 | Puerto Rico | 11.14 1000 No | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 155 | Suriname | 11.04 1000 No | 2025 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 156 | Bahrain | 7.72 1000 No | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 157 | Montenegro | 6.8 1000 No | 2025 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 158 | Iceland | 6.7 1000 No | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 159 | Saint Lucia | 5.84 1000 No | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 160 | Tonga | 5.83 1000 No | 2025 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 161 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 4.67 1000 No | 2025 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.13 1000 No | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 163 | Malta | 2.27 1000 No | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 164 | Singapore | 2.18 1000 No | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 165 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.08 1000 No | 2025 | up 13.0% | flat |
| 166 | Luxembourg | 2 1000 No | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 167 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.88 1000 No | 2025 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 168 | Djibouti | 1.8 1000 No | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 169 | French Polynesia | 1.68 1000 No | 2025 | down 22.2% | flat |
| 170 | Bahamas | 1.55 1000 No | 2025 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 171 | New Caledonia | 1.49 1000 No | 2025 | up 25.2% | falling |
| 172 | Barbados | 1.23 1000 No | 2025 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 173 | Guam | 0.93 1000 No | 2025 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 174 | China, Macao SAR | 0.84 1000 No | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 175 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.47 1000 No | 2025 | down 39.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 550,916 1000 No
- Asia 360,195 1000 No
- Southern Asia 185,722 1000 No
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 128,207 1000 No
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 168,784 1000 No
- Middle Africa 19,536 1000 No
- Africa 147,167 1000 No
- United Republic of Tanzania 10,744 1000 No
- Sub-Saharan Africa 135,326 1000 No
- Eastern Asia 104,150 1000 No
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 102,268 1000 No
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4,485 1000 No
- Eastern Africa 66,315 1000 No
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 4,098 1000 No
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 66,127 1000 No
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3,154 1000 No
- South-Eastern Asia 57,867 1000 No
- Western Africa 48,372 1000 No
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,320 1000 No
- Americas 32,002 1000 No
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 902.91 1000 No
- Latin America and the Caribbean 29,996 1000 No
- Syrian Arab Republic 884.38 1000 No
- South America 17,314 1000 No
- Melanesia 876.39 1000 No
- Northern Africa 11,841 1000 No
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 833.24 1000 No
- Europe 10,341 1000 No
- Republic of Moldova 377.84 1000 No
- Central America 10,071 1000 No
- Western Asia 8,543 1000 No
- Polynesia 19.26 1000 No
- Eastern Europe 6,369 1000 No
- Chagai 1.3 1000 No
- European Union (27) 4,706 1000 No
- Micronesia 0.93 1000 No
- Central Asia 3,914 1000 No
- Côte d'Ivoire 3,530 1000 No
- Caribbean 2,611 1000 No
- Southern Europe 2,222 1000 No
About this data
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database. In addition, the ILO modelled estimates and projections (ILOEST) are used to provide information on employment in agriculture. FAOSTAT also publishes indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) from 2000 at the national, regional, and global levels, using a methodology developed by the FAO to estimate the number of people employed within these systems.