ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Jamaica
Jamaica: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0.0208 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Jamaica, 1991–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 No per square kilometre.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 0.0208 1000 No per square kilometre for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Jamaica peaked at 0.0275 1000 No per square kilometre in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.0185 1000 No per square kilometre, in 2011.
That places Jamaica 19th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 Jamaica, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0275 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0.0274 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.025 1000 No per square kilometre | -8.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0244 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0238 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0234 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0221 1000 No per square kilometre | -5.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0221 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0218 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0223 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0223 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0219 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0223 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0205 1000 No per square kilometre | -7.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0204 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0208 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0203 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0202 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0213 1000 No per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 0.021 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0185 1000 No per square kilometre | -11.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0192 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0197 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0206 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 0.021 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0199 1000 No per square kilometre | -5.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0206 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0205 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0199 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0201 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0205 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0203 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0208 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0242 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0218 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0275 1000 No per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0212 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0202 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0223 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0201 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0185 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.021 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0204 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0201 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0208 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 16 Benin 0.0229 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
- 20 Azerbaijan 0.0207 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 21 Gambia 0.0204 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 22 Cambodia 0.02 1000 No per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4057 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Jamaica?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Jamaica was 0.0208 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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0275 1000 No per square kilometre in 1991.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0185 1000 No per square kilometre in 2011.
- How does Jamaica rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Jamaica ranks 19th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.