ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Central America
Central America: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 10,071 1000 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Central America, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
Central America recorded 10,071 1000 No for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Central America peaked at 10,565 1000 No in 2018 and was at its lowest, 8,911 1000 No, in 2006.
That places Central America 17th out of 31 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Central America, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 9,548 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 9,798 1000 No | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 9,963 1000 No | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 9,691 1000 No | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 9,403 1000 No | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 9,257 1000 No | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 9,900 1000 No | +6.9% |
| 1998 | 9,123 1000 No | -7.9% |
| 1999 | 9,568 1000 No | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 9,032 1000 No | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 9,326 1000 No | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 9,325 1000 No | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 9,129 1000 No | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 8,922 1000 No | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 8,985 1000 No | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 8,911 1000 No | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 8,933 1000 No | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 9,079 1000 No | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 9,341 1000 No | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 9,613 1000 No | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 9,869 1000 No | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 10,023 1000 No | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 9,996 1000 No | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 10,068 1000 No | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 10,177 1000 No | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 10,008 1000 No | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 10,474 1000 No | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 10,565 1000 No | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 10,403 1000 No | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 9,879 1000 No | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 10,414 1000 No | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 10,127 1000 No | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 10,110 1000 No | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 10,057 1000 No | -0.5% |
| 2025 | 10,071 1000 No | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9,584 1000 No | 9,123 1000 No | 9,963 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 9,098 1000 No | 8,911 1000 No | 9,341 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,120 1000 No | 9,613 1000 No | 10,565 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,110 1000 No | 9,879 1000 No | 10,414 1000 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 14 Madagascar 5,978 1000 No compare
- 14 Melanesia 876.39 1000 No compare
- 15 Mexico 5,768 1000 No compare
- 15 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 833.24 1000 No compare
- 16 Kenya 4,871 1000 No compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 377.84 1000 No compare
- 17 Egypt 4,796 1000 No compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 153.76 1000 No compare
- 18 Mozambique 4,527 1000 No compare
- 18 Polynesia 19.26 1000 No compare
- 19 Niger 4,504 1000 No compare
- 20 Afghanistan 3,862 1000 No compare
- 20 Micronesia 0.93 1000 No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -5.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -5.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -0.2408 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -5.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate -5.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.1882 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.3756 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.0452 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -2.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 5.81 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Central America?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Central America was 10,071 1000 No in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 10,565 1000 No in 2018.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,911 1000 No in 2006.
- How does Central America rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Central America ranks 17th out of 31 groups with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Male — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.