ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Malawi
Malawi: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 2,440 1000 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Malawi, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 2,440 1000 No for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Malawi peaked at 2,440 1000 No in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,397 1000 No, in 1991.
That places Malawi 31st out of 175 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Malawi, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,397 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 1,453 1000 No | +4.0% |
| 1993 | 1,463 1000 No | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 1,430 1000 No | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 1,419 1000 No | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 1,441 1000 No | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 1,465 1000 No | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 1,490 1000 No | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 1,523 1000 No | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 1,559 1000 No | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 1,609 1000 No | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 1,648 1000 No | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 1,678 1000 No | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 1,709 1000 No | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 1,745 1000 No | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 1,760 1000 No | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 1,764 1000 No | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1,774 1000 No | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 1,780 1000 No | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 1,795 1000 No | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 1,815 1000 No | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 1,832 1000 No | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 1,834 1000 No | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,845 1000 No | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 1,854 1000 No | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 1,865 1000 No | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 1,869 1000 No | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,909 1000 No | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 1,953 1000 No | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 2,237 1000 No | +14.6% |
| 2021 | 2,117 1000 No | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 2,227 1000 No | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 2,302 1000 No | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 2,380 1000 No | +3.4% |
| 2025 | 2,440 1000 No | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,454 1000 No | 1,397 1000 No | 1,523 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 1,703 1000 No | 1,559 1000 No | 1,780 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,857 1000 No | 1,795 1000 No | 1,953 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,284 1000 No | 2,117 1000 No | 2,440 1000 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 28 Russian Federation 2,513 1000 No compare
- 29 Cameroon 2,464 1000 No compare
- 30 Peru 2,447 1000 No compare
- 31 Cabo Verde 14.11 1000 No compare
- 32 Burundi 2,326 1000 No compare
- 33 Morocco 2,239 1000 No compare
- 34 Uzbekistan 2,194 1000 No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malawi
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 24.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3003 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 201.66 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8241 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 30.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 30.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Malawi?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Malawi was 2,440 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 2,440 1000 No in 2025.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,397 1000 No in 1991.
- How does Malawi rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Malawi ranks 31st out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.