ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in China
China: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0.0181 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in China, 1991–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 No per square kilometre.
Analysis
China recorded 0.0181 1000 No per square kilometre for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is down 4.5% on the previous year and down 28.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in China peaked at 0.0409 1000 No per square kilometre in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.0181 1000 No per square kilometre, in 2023.
China ranks 28th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in China, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0409 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0.0405 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0392 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 0.038 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0368 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0358 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0357 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.036 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0365 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0367 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.037 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0373 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.037 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0358 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0346 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0333 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0321 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0313 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0302 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0292 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0279 1000 No per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 0.027 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0252 1000 No per square kilometre | -6.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0237 1000 No per square kilometre | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0228 1000 No per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0221 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0215 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0207 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0198 1000 No per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0184 1000 No per square kilometre | -6.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0184 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.019 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0181 1000 No per square kilometre | -4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0377 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0357 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0409 1000 No per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0345 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0302 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0373 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.024 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0198 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0292 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0185 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0181 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.019 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
- 25 El Salvador 0.0194 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 26 Madagascar 0.0188 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 27 Guinea-Bissau 0.0183 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 29 Kenya 0.0179 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 30 Burkina Faso 0.0175 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 31 Sierra Leone 0.0171 1000 No per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in China?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in China was 0.0181 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0409 1000 No per square kilometre in 1991.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0181 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023.
- How does China rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- China ranks 28th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China 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.