ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Lesotho
Lesotho: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0.0075 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Lesotho, 1991–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 No per square kilometre.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 0.0075 1000 No per square kilometre for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Lesotho peaked at 0.0088 1000 No per square kilometre in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.0067 1000 No per square kilometre, in 2019.
That places Lesotho 58th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0083 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0.0084 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0084 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0084 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0085 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0084 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0085 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0086 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0088 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0087 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0087 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0086 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0084 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0083 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0081 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0079 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0078 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0076 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0076 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0075 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0074 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0072 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0072 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0071 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0069 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0068 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0069 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0068 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0067 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0069 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0071 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0074 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0075 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0085 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0083 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0088 1000 No per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0082 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0076 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0087 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.007 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0067 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0075 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0072 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0069 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0075 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 55 Dominican Republic 0.0077 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 56 Tajikistan 0.0076 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 57 Cuba 0.0076 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 59 Morocco 0.0073 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 60 Fiji 0.0073 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 61 Eritrea 0.0073 1000 No per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for Lesotho
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0649 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 70.63 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6715 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5533 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Lesotho?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Lesotho was 0.0075 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 Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0088 1000 No per square kilometre in 1999.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0067 1000 No per square kilometre in 2019.
- How does Lesotho rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Lesotho ranks 58th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho 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.