ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Benin
Benin: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 2,631 1000 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Benin, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
Benin recorded 2,631 1000 No for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 31.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Benin peaked at 2,631 1000 No in 2025 and was at its lowest, 969.36 1000 No, in 1991.
Benin ranks 40th of 175 countries on this measure, 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 Benin, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 969.36 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 1,000 1000 No | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 1,051 1000 No | +5.1% |
| 1994 | 1,093 1000 No | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 1,100 1000 No | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 1,126 1000 No | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 1,155 1000 No | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 1,193 1000 No | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 1,229 1000 No | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 1,261 1000 No | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 1,297 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 1,337 1000 No | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 1,377 1000 No | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 1,420 1000 No | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 1,475 1000 No | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 1,521 1000 No | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 1,553 1000 No | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 1,593 1000 No | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 1,651 1000 No | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 1,710 1000 No | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 1,733 1000 No | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 1,806 1000 No | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 1,862 1000 No | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 1,918 1000 No | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 2,003 1000 No | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 2,085 1000 No | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 2,145 1000 No | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 2,197 1000 No | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 2,264 1000 No | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 2,391 1000 No | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 2,506 1000 No | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 2,549 1000 No | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 2,577 1000 No | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 2,603 1000 No | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 2,631 1000 No | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,102 1000 No | 969.36 1000 No | 1,229 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 1,449 1000 No | 1,261 1000 No | 1,651 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,972 1000 No | 1,710 1000 No | 2,264 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,543 1000 No | 2,391 1000 No | 2,631 1000 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More agriculture & rural data for Benin
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2292 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 380.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6697 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4664 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 22.92 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 22.92 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 52.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Benin?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Benin was 2,631 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 Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 2,631 1000 No in 2025.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 969.36 1000 No in 1991.
- How does Benin rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Benin ranks 40th out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin 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.