ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Uganda
Uganda: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0.0697 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Uganda, 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 Uganda is 0.0697 1000 No per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 31.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Uganda peaked at 0.0697 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0207 1000 No per square kilometre, in 1991.
Uganda ranks 7th 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 Uganda, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0207 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0.0214 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0221 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0228 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0231 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0234 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 0.024 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0245 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0251 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0259 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0266 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0272 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 0.028 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0296 1000 No per square kilometre | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0312 1000 No per square kilometre | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0323 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0335 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0349 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0363 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0357 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0426 1000 No per square kilometre | +19.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0382 1000 No per square kilometre | -10.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0529 1000 No per square kilometre | +38.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0507 1000 No per square kilometre | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0513 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.052 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0527 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0537 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0534 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.059 1000 No per square kilometre | +10.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0646 1000 No per square kilometre | +9.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0678 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0697 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +38.3% | 0.0382 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0529 1000 No per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.023 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0207 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0251 1000 No per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0305 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0259 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0363 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0483 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0357 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0537 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0653 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.059 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0697 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 4 Rwanda 0.1019 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 5 India 0.0827 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 6 Haiti 0.0744 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 8 Comoros 0.0528 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 9 Malawi 0.0513 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 10 Nigeria 0.0407 1000 No per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Uganda?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Uganda was 0.0697 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0697 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0207 1000 No per square kilometre in 1991.
- How does Uganda rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Uganda ranks 7th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.