ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Malaysia
Malaysia: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 1,654 1000 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Malaysia, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 1,654 1000 No for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Malaysia peaked at 1,825 1000 No in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,131 1000 No, in 1997.
Malaysia ranks 52nd of 175 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,187 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 1,194 1000 No | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 1,195 1000 No | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 1,210 1000 No | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 1,221 1000 No | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 1,231 1000 No | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 1,131 1000 No | -8.1% |
| 1998 | 1,271 1000 No | +12.5% |
| 1999 | 1,283 1000 No | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 1,333 1000 No | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 1,360 1000 No | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 1,389 1000 No | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 1,372 1000 No | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 1,450 1000 No | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 1,509 1000 No | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 1,566 1000 No | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 1,632 1000 No | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 1,602 1000 No | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 1,600 1000 No | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,636 1000 No | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 1,510 1000 No | -7.7% |
| 2012 | 1,752 1000 No | +16.0% |
| 2013 | 1,743 1000 No | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 1,797 1000 No | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 1,825 1000 No | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 1,692 1000 No | -7.3% |
| 2017 | 1,721 1000 No | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 1,666 1000 No | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 1,644 1000 No | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 1,686 1000 No | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 1,691 1000 No | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,705 1000 No | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 1,693 1000 No | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 1,668 1000 No | -1.5% |
| 2025 | 1,654 1000 No | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,214 1000 No | 1,131 1000 No | 1,283 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 1,481 1000 No | 1,333 1000 No | 1,632 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,699 1000 No | 1,510 1000 No | 1,825 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,683 1000 No | 1,654 1000 No | 1,705 1000 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 49 Senegal 1,764 1000 No compare
- 50 Nepal 1,716 1000 No compare
- 51 Azerbaijan 1,678 1000 No compare
- 53 Republic of Korea 1,483 1000 No compare
- 54 Argentina 1,458 1000 No compare
- 55 Papua New Guinea 1,346 1000 No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malaysia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.04 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0822 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,078 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.913 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2261 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Malaysia?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Malaysia was 1,654 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 Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,825 1000 No in 2015.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,131 1000 No in 1997.
- How does Malaysia rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Malaysia ranks 52nd out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.