ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in India
India: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0.0827 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in India, 1991–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 No per square kilometre.
Analysis
India recorded 0.0827 1000 No per square kilometre for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2023. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.9% on the previous year and up 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in India peaked at 0.0827 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0619 1000 No per square kilometre, in 1991.
India ranks 5th 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 India, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0619 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0.0633 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0647 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0661 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0677 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0693 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 0.071 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0726 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 0.074 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0759 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0766 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0773 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0776 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0776 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0778 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0772 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0764 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.076 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.075 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0742 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.072 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0696 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0696 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0692 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0689 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0683 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0679 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0672 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0679 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0737 1000 No per square kilometre | +8.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0764 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0781 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0827 1000 No per square kilometre | +5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0678 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0619 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.074 1000 No per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0767 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.075 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0778 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0695 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0672 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0742 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0777 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0737 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0827 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near India
- 2 Burundi 0.1946 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 3 Maldives 0.1031 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 4 Rwanda 0.1019 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 6 Haiti 0.0744 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 7 Uganda 0.0697 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 8 Comoros 0.0528 1000 No per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in India?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in India was 0.0827 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0827 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0619 1000 No per square kilometre in 1991.
- How does India rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- India ranks 5th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.
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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.