ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in South Africa
South Africa: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0.0008 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in South Africa, 1991–2023
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 South Africa is 0.0008 1000 No per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.5% on the previous year and up 24.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in South Africa peaked at 0.0011 1000 No per square kilometre in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.0006 1000 No per square kilometre, in 2011.
South Africa ranks 138th of 164 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 South Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0009 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0.0009 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0009 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 0.001 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 0.001 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.001 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.001 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.001 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.001 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0009 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.001 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0011 1000 No per square kilometre | +14.9% |
| 2003 | 0.001 1000 No per square kilometre | -8.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0009 1000 No per square kilometre | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0007 1000 No per square kilometre | -21.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0007 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0007 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0007 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0006 1000 No per square kilometre | -12.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0006 1000 No per square kilometre | -7.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0006 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0006 1000 No per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0006 1000 No per square kilometre | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0006 1000 No per square kilometre | -5.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0008 1000 No per square kilometre | +27.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0008 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0007 1000 No per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0007 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0007 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0007 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0007 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0007 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0008 1000 No per square kilometre | +5.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in South Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +27.0% | 0.0006 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0008 1000 No per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0009 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0009 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.001 1000 No per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0008 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0006 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0011 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0007 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0006 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0008 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0007 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0007 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0008 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 135 Montenegro 0.0009 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 136 Latvia 0.0008 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 137 Uruguay 0.0008 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 139 Chile 0.0008 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 140 Gabon 0.0007 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 141 French Polynesia 0.0006 1000 No per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3618 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in South Africa?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in South Africa was 0.0008 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 South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0011 1000 No per square kilometre in 2002.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0006 1000 No per square kilometre in 2011.
- How does South Africa rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- South Africa ranks 138th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Africa 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.