ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 2,190 1000 No in 2025. ▼ Falling
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Sri Lanka, 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 Sri Lanka stood at 2,190 1000 No.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Sri Lanka peaked at 2,774 1000 No in 2001 and was at its lowest, 2,014 1000 No, in 1996.
That places Sri Lanka 42nd out of 175 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2,200 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 2,258 1000 No | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 2,091 1000 No | -7.4% |
| 1994 | 2,346 1000 No | +12.2% |
| 1995 | 2,114 1000 No | -9.9% |
| 1996 | 2,014 1000 No | -4.7% |
| 1997 | 2,230 1000 No | +10.7% |
| 1998 | 2,756 1000 No | +23.6% |
| 1999 | 2,737 1000 No | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 2,719 1000 No | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 2,774 1000 No | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 2,752 1000 No | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 2,772 1000 No | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 2,683 1000 No | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 2,609 1000 No | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 2,592 1000 No | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 2,558 1000 No | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 2,553 1000 No | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 2,511 1000 No | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 2,492 1000 No | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 2,448 1000 No | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 2,481 1000 No | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 2,366 1000 No | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 2,252 1000 No | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 2,404 1000 No | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 2,307 1000 No | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 2,261 1000 No | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 2,135 1000 No | -5.5% |
| 2019 | 2,158 1000 No | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 2,242 1000 No | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 2,257 1000 No | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 2,220 1000 No | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 2,135 1000 No | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 2,206 1000 No | +3.3% |
| 2025 | 2,190 1000 No | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,305 1000 No | 2,014 1000 No | 2,756 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 2,652 1000 No | 2,511 1000 No | 2,774 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,330 1000 No | 2,135 1000 No | 2,492 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,209 1000 No | 2,135 1000 No | 2,257 1000 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9172 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7955 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Sri Lanka?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Sri Lanka was 2,190 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 2,774 1000 No in 2001.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,014 1000 No in 1996.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Sri Lanka ranks 42nd out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.