ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 1.98 % change on previous year in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Guinea-Bissau, 1992–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.
Analysis
Guinea-Bissau recorded 1.98 % change on previous year for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2025.
That represents a change of down 4.1% on the previous year and down 26.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 4.29 % change on previous year in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.8721 % change on previous year, in 1999.
That places Guinea-Bissau 29th out of 193 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | % change on previous year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3.17 % change on previous year | — |
| 1993 | 3.66 % change on previous year | +15.4% |
| 1994 | 3.12 % change on previous year | -14.7% |
| 1995 | 2.43 % change on previous year | -21.9% |
| 1996 | 1.44 % change on previous year | -40.9% |
| 1997 | 1.01 % change on previous year | -29.8% |
| 1998 | 3.57 % change on previous year | +253.4% |
| 1999 | 0.8721 % change on previous year | -75.6% |
| 2000 | 2.02 % change on previous year | +131.6% |
| 2001 | 2.3 % change on previous year | +13.9% |
| 2002 | 2.25 % change on previous year | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 2.67 % change on previous year | +18.6% |
| 2004 | 2.5 % change on previous year | -6.3% |
| 2005 | 2.08 % change on previous year | -16.7% |
| 2006 | 2.42 % change on previous year | +16.3% |
| 2007 | 2.6 % change on previous year | +7.3% |
| 2008 | 2.58 % change on previous year | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 2.51 % change on previous year | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 2.49 % change on previous year | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 2.16 % change on previous year | -13.3% |
| 2012 | 3.45 % change on previous year | +60.1% |
| 2013 | 2.58 % change on previous year | -25.3% |
| 2014 | 2.69 % change on previous year | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 2.68 % change on previous year | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 2.2 % change on previous year | -17.7% |
| 2017 | 2.5 % change on previous year | +13.5% |
| 2018 | 2.31 % change on previous year | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 2.38 % change on previous year | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 4.29 % change on previous year | +80.2% |
| 2021 | 3.49 % change on previous year | -18.7% |
| 2022 | 2.47 % change on previous year | -29.1% |
| 2023 | 2.28 % change on previous year | -7.7% |
| 2024 | 2.07 % change on previous year | -9.4% |
| 2025 | 1.98 % change on previous year | -4.1% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 1.98 % change on previous year is below the median for low income countries, which is 2.56 % change on previous year, 77% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 1.98 % change on previous year is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.46 % change on previous year, 1.4× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Guinea-Bissau changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +253.4% | 1.01 % change on previous year | 3.57 % change on previous year |
| 2000 | +131.6% | 0.8721 % change on previous year | 2.02 % change on previous year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.41 % change on previous year | 0.8721 % change on previous year | 3.66 % change on previous year | 8 |
| 2000s | 2.39 % change on previous year | 2.02 % change on previous year | 2.67 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.54 % change on previous year | 2.16 % change on previous year | 3.45 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.76 % change on previous year | 1.98 % change on previous year | 4.29 % change on previous year | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
More agriculture & rural data for Guinea-Bissau
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4063 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 456.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5335 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 40.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 40.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 31.5% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Guinea-Bissau?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Guinea-Bissau was 1.98 % change on previous year in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 4.29 % change on previous year in 2020.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8721 % change on previous year in 1999.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 29th out of 193 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value, annual growth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
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The year-on-year percentage change in ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.