ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0.0284 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Ethiopia, 1993–2023
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 Ethiopia is 0.0284 1000 No per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Ethiopia peaked at 0.0284 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0176 1000 No per square kilometre, in 1993.
Ethiopia ranks 14th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.0176 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1994 | 0.0182 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0188 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0191 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 0.0196 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0202 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0207 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0214 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0221 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 0.023 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0241 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 0.022 1000 No per square kilometre | -8.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0228 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0234 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0239 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0245 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0251 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0256 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0262 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0269 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0275 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0274 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0272 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.027 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0266 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0264 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.026 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0266 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 0.027 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0279 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0284 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0192 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0176 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0207 1000 No per square kilometre | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.0232 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0214 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0251 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0267 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0256 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0275 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0275 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0266 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0284 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 11 Pakistan 0.0369 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 12 Philippines 0.0364 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 13 Sri Lanka 0.0345 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 15 Thailand 0.0242 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 16 Benin 0.0229 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 17 Togo 0.0227 1000 No per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ethiopia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -20.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3282 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 306.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7589 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Ethiopia?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Ethiopia was 0.0284 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0284 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0176 1000 No per square kilometre in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Ethiopia ranks 14th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.