ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in South America
South America: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 23,690 1000 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in South America, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
In 2025, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in South America stood at 23,690 1000 No.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in South America peaked at 26,648 1000 No in 2005 and was at its lowest, 21,219 1000 No, in 1991.
That places South America 14th out of 31 groups with data for 2025, putting it 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 South America, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 21,219 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 21,850 1000 No | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 22,237 1000 No | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 22,472 1000 No | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 22,706 1000 No | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 22,121 1000 No | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 22,405 1000 No | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 22,385 1000 No | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 23,022 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 23,446 1000 No | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 24,349 1000 No | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 24,760 1000 No | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 25,345 1000 No | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 26,376 1000 No | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 26,648 1000 No | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 26,125 1000 No | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 25,163 1000 No | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 24,412 1000 No | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 24,448 1000 No | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 23,865 1000 No | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 23,554 1000 No | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 23,462 1000 No | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 23,546 1000 No | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 22,812 1000 No | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 22,986 1000 No | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 23,436 1000 No | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 23,574 1000 No | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 24,003 1000 No | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 23,732 1000 No | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 23,779 1000 No | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 24,431 1000 No | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 24,424 1000 No | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 23,640 1000 No | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 23,563 1000 No | -0.3% |
| 2025 | 23,690 1000 No | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22,269 1000 No | 21,219 1000 No | 23,022 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 25,107 1000 No | 23,446 1000 No | 26,648 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,497 1000 No | 22,812 1000 No | 24,003 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,921 1000 No | 23,563 1000 No | 24,431 1000 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 11 Madagascar 11,470 1000 No compare
- 12 Kenya 10,699 1000 No compare
- 13 Mozambique 10,674 1000 No compare
- 14 Philippines 10,456 1000 No compare
- 15 Myanmar 9,999 1000 No compare
- 16 Niger 8,704 1000 No compare
- 17 Brazil 7,769 1000 No compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 287.79 1000 No compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Pulses, Total — Production, annual growth rate 0.9882 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield, annual growth rate -4.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 6.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.1424 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -2.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in South America?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in South America was 23,690 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 26,648 1000 No in 2005.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,219 1000 No in 1991.
- How does South America rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- South America ranks 14th out of 31 groups with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.