ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in was 1.8 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in Puerto Rico, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Puerto Rico stood at 1.8 %. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 5.3% on the previous year and down 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Puerto Rico peaked at 6.3 % in 1994 and was at its lowest, 1.8 %, in 2025.
Puerto Rico ranks 159th of 175 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 6.2 % | — |
| 1992 | 6.1 % | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 6 % | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 6.3 % | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 5.2 % | -17.5% |
| 1996 | 4.8 % | -7.7% |
| 1997 | 5 % | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 4.4 % | -12.0% |
| 1999 | 4.1 % | -6.8% |
| 2000 | 3.5 % | -14.6% |
| 2001 | 3.7 % | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 3.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 3.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 4 % | +8.1% |
| 2005 | 3.8 % | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 2.6 % | -31.6% |
| 2007 | 2 % | -23.1% |
| 2008 | 2.7 % | +35.0% |
| 2009 | 2.6 % | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 2.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2.5 % | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 2.4 % | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 2.3 % | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 2.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2.2 % | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 2.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2.1 % | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 2.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2 % | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 1.9 % | -5.0% |
| 2024 | 1.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1.8 % | -5.3% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 1.8 % is below the median for high income countries, which is 3.25 %, 55% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 1.8 % is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 16.1 %, 11% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in Puerto Rico changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +35.0% | 2 % | 2.7 % |
| 2006 | -31.6% | 3.8 % | 2.6 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.34 % | 4.1 % | 6.3 % | 9 |
| 2000s | 3.23 % | 2 % | 4 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.29 % | 2.1 % | 2.6 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.97 % | 1.8 % | 2.1 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Puerto Rico?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Puerto Rico was 1.8 % 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 Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 6.3 % in 1994.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.8 % in 2025.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in?
- Puerto Rico ranks 159th out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.
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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.