ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in China
China: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 160,415 1000 No in 2025. ▼ Falling
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in China, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
China recorded 160,415 1000 No for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in China peaked at 383,765 1000 No in 1991 and was at its lowest, 160,415 1000 No, in 2025.
That places China 2nd out of 175 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in China, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 383,765 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 379,888 1000 No | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 368,006 1000 No | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 356,340 1000 No | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 345,066 1000 No | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 336,392 1000 No | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 335,308 1000 No | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 337,639 1000 No | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 342,329 1000 No | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 344,837 1000 No | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 346,991 1000 No | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 350,111 1000 No | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 347,069 1000 No | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 335,943 1000 No | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 324,929 1000 No | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 312,486 1000 No | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 301,512 1000 No | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 293,437 1000 No | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 283,261 1000 No | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 274,557 1000 No | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 262,028 1000 No | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 253,186 1000 No | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 236,719 1000 No | -6.5% |
| 2014 | 222,722 1000 No | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 213,853 1000 No | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 207,378 1000 No | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 201,511 1000 No | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 194,253 1000 No | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 185,730 1000 No | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 172,990 1000 No | -6.9% |
| 2021 | 172,797 1000 No | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 178,399 1000 No | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 170,342 1000 No | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 164,564 1000 No | -3.4% |
| 2025 | 160,415 1000 No | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 353,859 1000 No | 335,308 1000 No | 383,765 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 324,058 1000 No | 283,261 1000 No | 350,111 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 225,194 1000 No | 185,730 1000 No | 274,557 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 169,918 1000 No | 160,415 1000 No | 178,399 1000 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near China
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in China?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in China was 160,415 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 383,765 1000 No in 1991.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 160,415 1000 No in 2025.
- How does China rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- China ranks 2nd out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China 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.