ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Benin
Benin: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0.0229 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Benin, 1991–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 No per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Benin is 0.0229 1000 No per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 38.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Benin peaked at 0.0229 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0086 1000 No per square kilometre, in 1991.
Benin ranks 16th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Benin, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0086 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0.0089 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0093 1000 No per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0097 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0098 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.01 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0102 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0106 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0109 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0112 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0115 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0119 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0122 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0126 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0131 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0135 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0138 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0141 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0146 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0152 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0154 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.016 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0165 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 0.017 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0178 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0185 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 0.019 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0195 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0201 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0212 1000 No per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0222 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0226 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0229 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0098 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0086 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0109 1000 No per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0128 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0112 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0146 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0175 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0152 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0201 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0222 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0212 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0229 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 13 Sri Lanka 0.0345 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 14 Ethiopia 0.0284 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 15 Thailand 0.0242 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 17 Togo 0.0227 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 18 Indonesia 0.0211 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 19 Jamaica 0.0208 1000 No per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for Benin
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2292 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 380.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6697 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4664 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 22.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 22.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 52.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Benin?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Benin was 0.0229 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0229 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0086 1000 No per square kilometre in 1991.
- How does Benin rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Benin ranks 16th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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.
About this data
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.