ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value by country
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour...
Countries reporting
193
Highest
246,243 1000 No
India
Lowest
0.54 1000 No
United States Virgin Islands
Median
462.49 1000 No
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
7,893
What the numbers show
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 246,243 1000 No in India; the lowest is 0.54 1000 No in United States Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 462.49 1000 No, and the mean is 5,655 1000 No.
Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 102 fell. The largest increase was in Maldives (up 73.1%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 54.3%).
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 246,243 1000 No | 2025 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 2 | China | 160,415 1000 No | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 3 | China, mainland | 159,883 1000 No | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 4 | Indonesia | 38,855 1000 No | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 21,934 1000 No | 2025 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 5 | Nigeria | 37,896 1000 No | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | 21,643 1000 No | 2025 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 33,014 1000 No | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 14,068 1000 No | 2025 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 31,830 1000 No | 2025 | up 23.5% | flat |
| 7 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 9,231 1000 No | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 8 | Pakistan | 29,180 1000 No | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 9 | Uganda | 14,755 1000 No | 2025 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 9 | Türkiye | 4,899 1000 No | 2025 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 10 | Thailand | 11,580 1000 No | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 10 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 3,688 1000 No | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 11 | Madagascar | 11,470 1000 No | 2025 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2,474 1000 No | 2025 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 12 | Kenya | 10,699 1000 No | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 12 | Melanesia | 1,718 1000 No | 2025 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 13 | Mozambique | 10,674 1000 No | 2025 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 13 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1,674 1000 No | 2025 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 14 | Philippines | 10,456 1000 No | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 14 | Syrian Arab Republic | 952.85 1000 No | 2025 | up 62.5% | falling |
| 15 | Myanmar | 9,999 1000 No | 2025 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 15 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 934.36 1000 No | 2025 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 16 | Niger | 8,704 1000 No | 2025 | up 58.1% | rising |
| 16 | Republic of Moldova | 866.9 1000 No | 2025 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 17 | Brazil | 7,769 1000 No | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 17 | Timor-Leste | 287.79 1000 No | 2025 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 18 | Angola | 7,283 1000 No | 2025 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Polynesia | 24.58 1000 No | 2025 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 19 | Mexico | 6,847 1000 No | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 20 | Egypt | 5,898 1000 No | 2025 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 20 | Micronesia | 1.15 1000 No | 2025 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 21 | Mali | 5,607 1000 No | 2025 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 22 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5,791 1000 No | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 22 | Burundi | 5,334 1000 No | 2025 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 23 | Malawi | 5,134 1000 No | 2025 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 23 | Caribbean | 3,473 1000 No | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 4,955 1000 No | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 25 | Chad | 4,788 1000 No | 2025 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 26 | Cameroon | 4,626 1000 No | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 27 | Ghana | 4,445 1000 No | 2025 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 28 | Peru | 4,224 1000 No | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 29 | Afghanistan | 4,220 1000 No | 2025 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 30 | Zambia | 4,110 1000 No | 2025 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 31 | Sudan | 4,027 1000 No | 2022 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 31 | Cabo Verde | 18.44 1000 No | 2025 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 32 | Russian Federation | 3,651 1000 No | 2025 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 33 | Colombia | 3,519 1000 No | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 34 | Uzbekistan | 3,518 1000 No | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 35 | Cambodia | 3,454 1000 No | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 36 | Zimbabwe | 3,377 1000 No | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 37 | Morocco | 3,206 1000 No | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 38 | South Sudan | 2,833 1000 No | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 39 | Ecuador | 2,819 1000 No | 2025 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 40 | Benin | 2,631 1000 No | 2025 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 41 | Ukraine | 2,614 1000 No | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 42 | Sri Lanka | 2,190 1000 No | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 43 | Guatemala | 2,174 1000 No | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 44 | Yemen | 2,132 1000 No | 2025 | up 46.7% | falling |
| 45 | Guinea | 2,121 1000 No | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 46 | Haiti | 2,089 1000 No | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 47 | Japan | 1,903 1000 No | 2025 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 48 | Rwanda | 1,815 1000 No | 2025 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 49 | Senegal | 1,764 1000 No | 2025 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 50 | Nepal | 1,716 1000 No | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 51 | Azerbaijan | 1,678 1000 No | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 52 | Malaysia | 1,654 1000 No | 2025 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 53 | Republic of Korea | 1,483 1000 No | 2025 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 54 | Argentina | 1,458 1000 No | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 55 | Papua New Guinea | 1,346 1000 No | 2025 | up 69.5% | rising |
| 56 | Central African Republic | 1,286 1000 No | 2025 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 57 | Sierra Leone | 1,265 1000 No | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 58 | Togo | 1,261 1000 No | 2025 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 59 | Poland | 1,149 1000 No | 2025 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 60 | Algeria | 1,136 1000 No | 2025 | up 19.9% | falling |
| 61 | Kazakhstan | 1,079 1000 No | 2025 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 62 | Liberia | 1,068 1000 No | 2025 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 63 | Tajikistan | 1,066 1000 No | 2025 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 64 | South Africa | 977.23 1000 No | 2025 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 65 | Nicaragua | 929.72 1000 No | 2022 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 66 | Honduras | 925.47 1000 No | 2025 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 67 | Eritrea | 919.94 1000 No | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 68 | Somalia | 865.35 1000 No | 2025 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 69 | Iraq | 862.53 1000 No | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 70 | Romania | 843.36 1000 No | 2025 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 71 | Italy | 807.16 1000 No | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 72 | Congo | 769.34 1000 No | 2025 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 73 | Cuba | 740.86 1000 No | 2025 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 74 | Spain | 726.55 1000 No | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 75 | France | 685.11 1000 No | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 76 | Georgia | 580.94 1000 No | 2025 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 77 | Chile | 570.12 1000 No | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 78 | Serbia | 567.93 1000 No | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 79 | Paraguay | 536.32 1000 No | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 80 | Guinea-Bissau | 534.5 1000 No | 2025 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 81 | China, Taiwan Province of | 523.49 1000 No | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 82 | Australia and New Zealand | 464.42 1000 No | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 83 | Turkmenistan | 462.49 1000 No | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 84 | Germany | 452.26 1000 No | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 85 | Tunisia | 451.43 1000 No | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 86 | Greece | 439.5 1000 No | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 87 | Belarus | 434.88 1000 No | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 424.6 1000 No | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 89 | Saudi Arabia | 416.39 1000 No | 2025 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 90 | Albania | 407.12 1000 No | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 91 | El Salvador | 400.43 1000 No | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 92 | Equatorial Guinea | 374.24 1000 No | 2025 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 93 | Mongolia | 367.68 1000 No | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 366.71 1000 No | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 95 | Mauritania | 359.68 1000 No | 2025 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 96 | Panama | 336.25 1000 No | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 97 | Armenia | 333.8 1000 No | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 98 | Australia | 308.36 1000 No | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 99 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 287.38 1000 No | 2025 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 100 | Costa Rica | 259.78 1000 No | 2025 | down 23.4% | rising |
| 101 | Lesotho | 229.84 1000 No | 2025 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 102 | Canada | 226.35 1000 No | 2025 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 103 | Jamaica | 217.45 1000 No | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 104 | Libya | 212.55 1000 No | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 105 | Gambia | 207.93 1000 No | 2025 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 106 | Namibia | 207.84 1000 No | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 107 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 199.29 1000 No | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 108 | Hungary | 196.29 1000 No | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 109 | Gabon | 194.56 1000 No | 2025 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 110 | Solomon Islands | 187.74 1000 No | 2025 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 111 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 171.93 1000 No | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 112 | Bhutan | 168.63 1000 No | 2025 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 113 | Oman | 163.62 1000 No | 2025 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 114 | Botswana | 163.3 1000 No | 2025 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 115 | New Zealand | 156.06 1000 No | 2025 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 116 | Bulgaria | 145.9 1000 No | 2025 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 117 | Czechia | 143.1 1000 No | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 118 | Portugal | 137.7 1000 No | 2025 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 119 | Uruguay | 134.81 1000 No | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 120 | Fiji | 131.66 1000 No | 2025 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 121 | Austria | 122.88 1000 No | 2025 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 122 | Switzerland | 108.64 1000 No | 2025 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 123 | United Arab Emirates | 105.39 1000 No | 2025 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 124 | Ireland | 103.59 1000 No | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 125 | Comoros | 100.33 1000 No | 2025 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 126 | Sweden | 92.5 1000 No | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 127 | Finland | 90.94 1000 No | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 128 | Jordan | 83.76 1000 No | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 129 | Norway | 73.96 1000 No | 2025 | up 32.5% | falling |
| 130 | Croatia | 71.19 1000 No | 2025 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 131 | Palestine | 70.16 1000 No | 2022 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 132 | Lithuania | 66.21 1000 No | 2025 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Latvia | 59.23 1000 No | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 134 | North Macedonia | 58.66 1000 No | 2025 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 135 | Lebanon | 57.45 1000 No | 2023 | down 15.5% | flat |
| 136 | Slovakia | 57.18 1000 No | 2025 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 137 | Kuwait | 55.96 1000 No | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 138 | Vanuatu | 51.07 1000 No | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 139 | Denmark | 50.38 1000 No | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 140 | Belgium | 49.85 1000 No | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 141 | Western Sahara | 44.83 1000 No | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 142 | Eswatini | 41.24 1000 No | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 143 | Qatar | 37.29 1000 No | 2025 | up 66.2% | rising |
| 144 | Slovenia | 36.91 1000 No | 2025 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 145 | Guyana | 35.13 1000 No | 2025 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 146 | Israel | 33.28 1000 No | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 147 | Trinidad and Tobago | 31.29 1000 No | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 148 | Maldives | 29.4 1000 No | 2025 | up 73.1% | rising |
| 149 | Mauritius | 28.21 1000 No | 2025 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 150 | Belize | 27.1 1000 No | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 151 | Estonia | 20.11 1000 No | 2025 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Suriname | 16.53 1000 No | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 153 | Cyprus | 15.78 1000 No | 2025 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 154 | Samoa | 14.75 1000 No | 2025 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 155 | Puerto Rico | 13.15 1000 No | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 156 | Montenegro | 10.91 1000 No | 2025 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 157 | Iceland | 8.56 1000 No | 2025 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 158 | Bahrain | 7.79 1000 No | 2025 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 159 | Tonga | 7.78 1000 No | 2025 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 160 | Saint Lucia | 6.89 1000 No | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 161 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 6.63 1000 No | 2025 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 162 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4 1000 No | 2025 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.84 1000 No | 2025 | up 14.6% | flat |
| 164 | Singapore | 3.35 1000 No | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 165 | Luxembourg | 2.9 1000 No | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 166 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.7 1000 No | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 167 | Malta | 2.59 1000 No | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 168 | Djibouti | 2.28 1000 No | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 169 | New Caledonia | 2.08 1000 No | 2025 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 170 | French Polynesia | 2.04 1000 No | 2025 | down 23.6% | flat |
| 171 | Barbados | 1.76 1000 No | 2025 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 172 | Bahamas | 1.72 1000 No | 2025 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 173 | China, Macao SAR | 1.54 1000 No | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 174 | Guam | 1.15 1000 No | 2025 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 175 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.54 1000 No | 2025 | down 37.2% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 927,678 1000 No
- Asia 604,530 1000 No
- Southern Asia 319,264 1000 No
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 241,156 1000 No
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 307,563 1000 No
- Middle Africa 41,259 1000 No
- Africa 263,328 1000 No
- Sub-Saharan Africa 248,519 1000 No
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 187,655 1000 No
- Eastern Asia 173,399 1000 No
- Eastern Africa 127,014 1000 No
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 6,302 1000 No
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 117,032 1000 No
- South-Eastern Asia 92,835 1000 No
- Western Africa 78,627 1000 No
- Americas 41,915 1000 No
- Latin America and the Caribbean 39,094 1000 No
- South America 23,690 1000 No
- Europe 15,696 1000 No
- Northern Africa 14,808 1000 No
- Western Asia 12,481 1000 No
- Central America 11,931 1000 No
- Eastern Europe 9,782 1000 No
- Chagai 1.67 1000 No
- European Union (27) 6,740 1000 No
- Central Asia 6,551 1000 No
- Southern Europe 3,466 1000 No
- Northern America 2,822 1000 No
- United States of America 2,595 1000 No
- Oceania 2,208 1000 No
- Southern Africa 1,619 1000 No
- Western Europe 1,594 1000 No
- Northern Europe 854.54 1000 No
About this data
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database. In addition, the ILO modelled estimates and projections (ILOEST) are used to provide information on employment in agriculture. FAOSTAT also publishes indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) from 2000 at the national, regional, and global levels, using a methodology developed by the FAO to estimate the number of people employed within these systems.