ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 1,346 1000 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Papua New Guinea, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Papua New Guinea is 1,346 1000 No, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 69.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Papua New Guinea peaked at 1,346 1000 No in 2025 and was at its lowest, 312.72 1000 No, in 1991.
Papua New Guinea ranks 55th 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 Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 312.72 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 316.21 1000 No | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 319.7 1000 No | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 331.9 1000 No | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 350.49 1000 No | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 356.06 1000 No | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 376.67 1000 No | +5.8% |
| 1998 | 396.56 1000 No | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 415.17 1000 No | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 441.33 1000 No | +6.3% |
| 2001 | 459.05 1000 No | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 480.65 1000 No | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 498.29 1000 No | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 513.08 1000 No | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 525.01 1000 No | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 535.52 1000 No | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 540.68 1000 No | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 563.08 1000 No | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 570.96 1000 No | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 583.2 1000 No | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 627.2 1000 No | +7.5% |
| 2012 | 670.2 1000 No | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 718.05 1000 No | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 747.4 1000 No | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 794.05 1000 No | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 846.2 1000 No | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 906.8 1000 No | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 978.88 1000 No | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 1,040 1000 No | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 1,144 1000 No | +10.0% |
| 2021 | 1,239 1000 No | +8.3% |
| 2022 | 1,315 1000 No | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 1,325 1000 No | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 1,334 1000 No | +0.7% |
| 2025 | 1,346 1000 No | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 352.83 1000 No | 312.72 1000 No | 415.17 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 512.76 1000 No | 441.33 1000 No | 570.96 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 791.18 1000 No | 583.2 1000 No | 1,040 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,284 1000 No | 1,144 1000 No | 1,346 1000 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 52 Malaysia 1,654 1000 No compare
- 53 Republic of Korea 1,483 1000 No compare
- 54 Argentina 1,458 1000 No compare
- 56 Central African Republic 1,286 1000 No compare
- 57 Sierra Leone 1,265 1000 No compare
- 58 Togo 1,261 1000 No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Papua New Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.3264 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1702 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 495.76 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8422 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 17.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 17.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Papua New Guinea?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Papua New Guinea was 1,346 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 1,346 1000 No in 2025.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 312.72 1000 No in 1991.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 55th out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.