ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 173,399 1000 No in 2025. ▼ Falling
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Eastern Asia, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
Eastern Asia recorded 173,399 1000 No for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Eastern Asia peaked at 398,296 1000 No in 1991 and was at its lowest, 173,399 1000 No, in 2025.
Eastern Asia ranks 7th of 31 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 398,296 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 394,142 1000 No | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 382,069 1000 No | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 370,359 1000 No | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 359,106 1000 No | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 350,389 1000 No | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 349,412 1000 No | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 351,888 1000 No | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 356,373 1000 No | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 358,875 1000 No | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 360,805 1000 No | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 363,665 1000 No | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 360,525 1000 No | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 349,298 1000 No | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 338,110 1000 No | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 325,627 1000 No | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 314,699 1000 No | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 306,577 1000 No | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 296,391 1000 No | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 287,573 1000 No | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 274,925 1000 No | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 266,031 1000 No | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 249,490 1000 No | -6.2% |
| 2014 | 235,434 1000 No | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 226,628 1000 No | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 220,016 1000 No | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 214,268 1000 No | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 207,186 1000 No | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 198,679 1000 No | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 185,968 1000 No | -6.4% |
| 2021 | 185,851 1000 No | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 191,699 1000 No | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 183,529 1000 No | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 177,630 1000 No | -3.2% |
| 2025 | 173,399 1000 No | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 368,004 1000 No | 349,412 1000 No | 398,296 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 337,457 1000 No | 296,391 1000 No | 363,665 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 238,023 1000 No | 198,679 1000 No | 287,573 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 183,013 1000 No | 173,399 1000 No | 191,699 1000 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 21,934 1000 No compare
- 4 Indonesia 38,855 1000 No compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Asia
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual -1.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual -1.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -3.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate -1.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -3.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 1.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.2976 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.2031 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 0.5024 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -6.69 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Eastern Asia?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Eastern Asia was 173,399 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 398,296 1000 No in 1991.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 173,399 1000 No in 2025.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Eastern Asia ranks 7th out of 31 groups with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.