ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 3,466 1000 No in 2025. ▼ Falling
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Southern Europe, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 3,466 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 2.8% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Southern Europe peaked at 7,244 1000 No in 1991 and was at its lowest, 3,466 1000 No, in 2025.
That places Southern Europe 24th out of 31 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom 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 Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 7,244 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 6,799 1000 No | -6.1% |
| 1993 | 6,466 1000 No | -4.9% |
| 1994 | 6,348 1000 No | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 6,216 1000 No | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 6,132 1000 No | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 6,047 1000 No | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 5,933 1000 No | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 5,805 1000 No | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 5,688 1000 No | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 5,637 1000 No | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 5,434 1000 No | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 5,345 1000 No | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 5,040 1000 No | -5.7% |
| 2005 | 5,008 1000 No | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 4,838 1000 No | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 4,670 1000 No | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 4,579 1000 No | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 4,468 1000 No | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 4,327 1000 No | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 4,166 1000 No | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 4,109 1000 No | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 3,950 1000 No | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 3,889 1000 No | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 3,838 1000 No | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 3,882 1000 No | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 3,898 1000 No | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 3,795 1000 No | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 3,850 1000 No | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 3,607 1000 No | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 3,760 1000 No | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 3,767 1000 No | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 3,619 1000 No | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 3,566 1000 No | -1.5% |
| 2025 | 3,466 1000 No | -2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,332 1000 No | 5,805 1000 No | 7,244 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 5,071 1000 No | 4,468 1000 No | 5,688 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,970 1000 No | 3,795 1000 No | 4,327 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,631 1000 No | 3,466 1000 No | 3,767 1000 No | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Southern Europe?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Southern Europe was 3,466 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 7,244 1000 No in 1991.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,466 1000 No in 2025.
- How does Southern Europe rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Southern Europe ranks 24th out of 31 groups with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.