ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Northern America
Northern America: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 2,006 1000 No in 2025. ▼ Falling
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Northern America, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 2,006 1000 No for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and down 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Northern America peaked at 3,210 1000 No in 1996 and was at its lowest, 2,006 1000 No, in 2025.
Northern America ranks 25th of 31 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Northern America, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 3,209 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 3,194 1000 No | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 3,091 1000 No | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 3,183 1000 No | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 3,192 1000 No | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 3,210 1000 No | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 3,174 1000 No | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 3,173 1000 No | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 3,042 1000 No | -4.1% |
| 2000 | 2,841 1000 No | -6.6% |
| 2001 | 2,634 1000 No | -7.3% |
| 2002 | 2,449 1000 No | -7.0% |
| 2003 | 2,294 1000 No | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 2,273 1000 No | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 2,239 1000 No | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 2,248 1000 No | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 2,168 1000 No | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 2,216 1000 No | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 2,161 1000 No | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 2,251 1000 No | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 2,291 1000 No | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 2,224 1000 No | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 2,227 1000 No | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,306 1000 No | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 2,474 1000 No | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 2,557 1000 No | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 2,527 1000 No | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 2,454 1000 No | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 2,452 1000 No | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 2,207 1000 No | -10.0% |
| 2021 | 2,147 1000 No | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 2,139 1000 No | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 2,073 1000 No | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 2,052 1000 No | -1.0% |
| 2025 | 2,006 1000 No | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,163 1000 No | 3,042 1000 No | 3,210 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 2,352 1000 No | 2,161 1000 No | 2,841 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,376 1000 No | 2,224 1000 No | 2,557 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,104 1000 No | 2,006 1000 No | 2,207 1000 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
More agriculture & rural data for Northern America
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield, annual growth rate -0.2971 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat, Total — Production, annual growth rate 0.5116 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0.4244 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production, annual growth rate -0.1128 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Milk Animals, annual growth rate -0.5351 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested, annual growth rate 3.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield, annual growth rate 0.7501 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Production, annual growth rate 4.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested, annual growth rate 3.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.5654 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Northern America?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Northern America was 2,006 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 Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 3,210 1000 No in 1996.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,006 1000 No in 2025.
- How does Northern America rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Northern America ranks 25th out of 31 groups with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.