ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 4,220 1000 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Afghanistan, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Afghanistan is 4,220 1000 No, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 23.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Afghanistan peaked at 4,220 1000 No in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,809 1000 No, in 1991.
That places Afghanistan 29th out of 175 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,809 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 1,952 1000 No | +7.9% |
| 1993 | 2,187 1000 No | +12.1% |
| 1994 | 2,372 1000 No | +8.4% |
| 1995 | 2,449 1000 No | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 2,517 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 2,582 1000 No | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 2,654 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 2,728 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 2,737 1000 No | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 2,792 1000 No | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 2,853 1000 No | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 3,007 1000 No | +5.4% |
| 2004 | 3,120 1000 No | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 3,177 1000 No | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 3,300 1000 No | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 3,297 1000 No | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 3,356 1000 No | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 3,321 1000 No | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 3,262 1000 No | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 3,382 1000 No | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 3,378 1000 No | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 3,370 1000 No | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 3,327 1000 No | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 3,405 1000 No | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 3,466 1000 No | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 3,523 1000 No | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 3,569 1000 No | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 3,582 1000 No | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 3,678 1000 No | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 4,035 1000 No | +9.7% |
| 2022 | 3,815 1000 No | -5.4% |
| 2023 | 3,902 1000 No | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 4,062 1000 No | +4.1% |
| 2025 | 4,220 1000 No | +3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,361 1000 No | 1,809 1000 No | 2,728 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 3,096 1000 No | 2,737 1000 No | 3,356 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,426 1000 No | 3,262 1000 No | 3,582 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,952 1000 No | 3,678 1000 No | 4,220 1000 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Afghanistan?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Afghanistan was 4,220 1000 No in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 4,220 1000 No in 2025.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,809 1000 No in 1991.
- How does Afghanistan rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Afghanistan ranks 29th out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.