ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in World
World: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 550,916 1000 No in 2025. ▼ Falling
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in World, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
World recorded 550,916 1000 No for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in World peaked at 632,231 1000 No in 2003 and was at its lowest, 543,251 1000 No, in 2019.
That places World 1st out of 31 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in World, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 600,143 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 605,071 1000 No | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 603,705 1000 No | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 604,827 1000 No | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 602,903 1000 No | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 601,866 1000 No | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 604,564 1000 No | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 612,163 1000 No | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 620,371 1000 No | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 626,084 1000 No | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 629,231 1000 No | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 631,843 1000 No | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 632,231 1000 No | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 627,194 1000 No | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 622,955 1000 No | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 617,567 1000 No | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 611,387 1000 No | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 609,404 1000 No | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 604,926 1000 No | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 600,974 1000 No | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 594,137 1000 No | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 587,548 1000 No | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 581,147 1000 No | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 571,842 1000 No | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 564,733 1000 No | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 561,204 1000 No | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 556,546 1000 No | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 550,673 1000 No | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 543,251 1000 No | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 550,007 1000 No | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 550,422 1000 No | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 557,341 1000 No | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 557,974 1000 No | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 552,651 1000 No | -1.0% |
| 2025 | 550,916 1000 No | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 606,179 1000 No | 600,143 1000 No | 620,371 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 621,282 1000 No | 604,926 1000 No | 632,231 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 571,206 1000 No | 543,251 1000 No | 600,974 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 553,218 1000 No | 550,007 1000 No | 557,974 1000 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near World
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in World?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in World was 550,916 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 632,231 1000 No in 2003.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 543,251 1000 No in 2019.
- How does World rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- World ranks 1st out of 31 groups with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World 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.