ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 127,014 1000 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Eastern Africa, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 127,014 1000 No for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Eastern Africa peaked at 127,014 1000 No in 2025 and was at its lowest, 56,246 1000 No, in 1991.
Eastern Africa ranks 8th of 31 groups 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 Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 56,246 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 58,229 1000 No | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 59,657 1000 No | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 61,347 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 63,165 1000 No | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 64,678 1000 No | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 66,480 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 68,359 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 70,076 1000 No | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 72,285 1000 No | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 74,458 1000 No | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 77,032 1000 No | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 79,788 1000 No | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 82,220 1000 No | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 84,806 1000 No | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 86,734 1000 No | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 88,542 1000 No | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 90,680 1000 No | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 92,487 1000 No | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 93,438 1000 No | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 96,356 1000 No | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 97,339 1000 No | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 102,466 1000 No | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 103,228 1000 No | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 104,491 1000 No | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 105,624 1000 No | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 106,216 1000 No | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 106,986 1000 No | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 107,413 1000 No | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 112,007 1000 No | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 115,497 1000 No | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 118,566 1000 No | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 122,112 1000 No | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 124,282 1000 No | +1.8% |
| 2025 | 127,014 1000 No | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 63,137 1000 No | 56,246 1000 No | 70,076 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 82,903 1000 No | 72,285 1000 No | 92,487 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 102,356 1000 No | 93,438 1000 No | 107,413 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 119,913 1000 No | 112,007 1000 No | 127,014 1000 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 5 Nigeria 37,896 1000 No compare
- 6 Ethiopia 33,014 1000 No compare
- 6 Viet Nam 14,068 1000 No compare
- 7 Bangladesh 31,830 1000 No compare
- 8 Pakistan 29,180 1000 No compare
- 9 Türkiye 4,899 1000 No compare
- 9 Uganda 14,755 1000 No compare
- 10 Thailand 11,580 1000 No compare
- 11 Madagascar 11,470 1000 No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 13.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -3.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -1.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 5.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -4.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 7.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -4.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate -0.2281 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.1813 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Eastern Africa?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Eastern Africa was 127,014 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 127,014 1000 No in 2025.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 56,246 1000 No in 1991.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Eastern Africa ranks 8th out of 31 groups with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.