ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in South Africa
South Africa: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0 1000 No per person in 2025. ▼ Falling
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in South Africa, 1991–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 No per person.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 0 1000 No per person for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in South Africa peaked at 0 1000 No per person in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0 1000 No per person, in 2011.
That places South Africa 127th out of 164 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in South Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0 1000 No per person | — |
| 1992 | 0 1000 No per person | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 0 1000 No per person | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 0 1000 No per person | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0 1000 No per person | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 0 1000 No per person | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 0 1000 No per person | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 0 1000 No per person | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0 1000 No per person | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 0 1000 No per person | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 0 1000 No per person | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 0 1000 No per person | +13.8% |
| 2003 | 0 1000 No per person | -9.1% |
| 2004 | 0 1000 No per person | -8.0% |
| 2005 | 0 1000 No per person | -22.1% |
| 2006 | 0 1000 No per person | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 0 1000 No per person | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 0 1000 No per person | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 0 1000 No per person | -13.2% |
| 2010 | 0 1000 No per person | -9.0% |
| 2011 | 0 1000 No per person | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 0 1000 No per person | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 0 1000 No per person | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 0 1000 No per person | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 0 1000 No per person | +24.4% |
| 2016 | 0 1000 No per person | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 0 1000 No per person | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 0 1000 No per person | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 0 1000 No per person | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 0 1000 No per person | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 0 1000 No per person | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0 1000 No per person | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 0 1000 No per person | +4.1% |
| 2024 | 0 1000 No per person | -0.1% |
| 2025 | 0 1000 No per person | -0.5% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 0 1000 No per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0001 1000 No per person, 24% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 0 1000 No per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0002 1000 No per person, 9% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 1000 No per person | 0 1000 No per person | 0 1000 No per person | 9 |
| 2000s | 0 1000 No per person | 0 1000 No per person | 0 1000 No per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 1000 No per person | 0 1000 No per person | 0 1000 No per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 1000 No per person | 0 1000 No per person | 0 1000 No per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
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 1000 No per person in 2025, 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 1000 No per person in 2002.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 1000 No per person in 2011.
- How does South Africa rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- South Africa ranks 127th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. 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 capita. 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 Population, total, 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 ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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 Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.