ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 1,493 1000 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Zimbabwe, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 1,493 1000 No for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2025.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Zimbabwe peaked at 1,526 1000 No in 2019 and was at its lowest, 774.72 1000 No, in 1991.
That places Zimbabwe 42nd 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 Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 774.72 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 797.36 1000 No | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 807.48 1000 No | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 787.99 1000 No | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 785.54 1000 No | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 787.41 1000 No | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 796.2 1000 No | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 817.96 1000 No | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 844.4 1000 No | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 908.91 1000 No | +7.6% |
| 2001 | 969.61 1000 No | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 1,058 1000 No | +9.1% |
| 2003 | 1,150 1000 No | +8.8% |
| 2004 | 1,226 1000 No | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 1,243 1000 No | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 1,294 1000 No | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 1,320 1000 No | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 1,371 1000 No | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 1,352 1000 No | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 1,322 1000 No | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 1,340 1000 No | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 1,368 1000 No | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 1,425 1000 No | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 1,477 1000 No | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 1,483 1000 No | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 1,504 1000 No | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 1,500 1000 No | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 1,506 1000 No | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 1,526 1000 No | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 1,400 1000 No | -8.2% |
| 2021 | 1,283 1000 No | -8.4% |
| 2022 | 1,291 1000 No | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 1,447 1000 No | +12.1% |
| 2024 | 1,472 1000 No | +1.7% |
| 2025 | 1,493 1000 No | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 799.9 1000 No | 774.72 1000 No | 844.4 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 1,189 1000 No | 908.91 1000 No | 1,371 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,445 1000 No | 1,322 1000 No | 1,526 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,398 1000 No | 1,283 1000 No | 1,493 1000 No | 6 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 34.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0947 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 286.19 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8815 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.595 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Zimbabwe?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Zimbabwe was 1,493 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 1,526 1000 No in 2019.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 774.72 1000 No in 1991.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Zimbabwe ranks 42nd out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.