ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0.01 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1991–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 No per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Sub-Saharan Africa stood at 0.01 1000 No per square kilometre. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 0.01 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0059 1000 No per square kilometre, in 1991.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Sub-Saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0059 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0.0061 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0059 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0061 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0063 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0065 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0066 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0068 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 0.007 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0071 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0073 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0076 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0078 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0079 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0081 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0082 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0084 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0085 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0087 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0087 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0089 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 0.008 1000 No per square kilometre | -9.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0083 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0084 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0085 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0087 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0087 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0088 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0089 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0092 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0095 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0097 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 0.01 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0064 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0059 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.007 1000 No per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.008 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0071 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0087 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0086 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.008 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0089 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0096 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0092 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.01 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Rural population, per capita 0.5534 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.7 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1791 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 299.6 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 395.96 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 17.9% (2025)
- Rural population 731.42 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Sub-Saharan Africa was 0.01 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 Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.01 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0059 1000 No per square kilometre in 1991.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 1st out of 2 groups with data for 2023.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 33 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.
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.