ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in Niger
Niger: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in was 68.7 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in Niger, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Niger recorded 68.7 % for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Niger peaked at 77.5 % in 1996 and was at its lowest, 68.7 %, in 2025.
Niger ranks 4th of 175 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in Niger, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 77.2 % | — |
| 1992 | 77.2 % | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 77.2 % | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 77.3 % | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 77.3 % | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 77.5 % | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 77.5 % | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 77.2 % | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 77.3 % | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 77.5 % | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 77.4 % | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 77.3 % | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 77.4 % | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 77.5 % | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 77.3 % | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 77.1 % | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 77.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 76.8 % | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 76.7 % | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 76.4 % | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 76.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 75.8 % | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 75.4 % | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 74.7 % | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 74.4 % | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 74.2 % | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 73.9 % | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 73.4 % | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 73 % | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 73.3 % | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 71.9 % | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 69.9 % | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 70.2 % | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 69.3 % | -1.3% |
| 2025 | 68.7 % | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 77.3 % | 77.2 % | 77.5 % | 9 |
| 2000s | 77.21 % | 76.7 % | 77.5 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 74.76 % | 73 % | 76.4 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.55 % | 68.7 % | 73.3 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 1 Burundi 77 % compare
- 1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 68.8 % compare
- 2 Madagascar 70.1 % compare
- 2 United Republic of Tanzania 62.5 % compare
- 3 Chad 70 % compare
- 3 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 50.6 % compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 49.9 % compare
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 48.7 % compare
- 5 Ethiopia 67.6 % compare
- 6 Mali 64.3 % compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 49.5 % compare
- 7 Central African Republic 63.8 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Niger
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4759 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8163 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 47.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 47.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Niger?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Niger was 68.7 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 77.5 % in 1996.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.7 % in 2025.
- How does Niger rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in?
- Niger ranks 4th out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in total employment - ILO Modelled Estimates — Male — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.