ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in was 45.4 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in Timor-Leste, 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 Timor-Leste stood at 45.4 %.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Timor-Leste peaked at 59.3 % in 1991 and was at its lowest, 33.9 %, in 2021.
Timor-Leste ranks 8th of 20 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 59.3 % | — |
| 1992 | 58.6 % | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 57.9 % | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 57.3 % | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 56.9 % | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 56.3 % | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 56.2 % | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 56.5 % | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 56.7 % | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 55.2 % | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 53.6 % | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 54.3 % | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 54.5 % | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 54.7 % | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 54.2 % | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 54.8 % | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 53.6 % | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 52.6 % | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 51.1 % | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 50.7 % | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 49.2 % | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 48 % | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 46.8 % | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 44.8 % | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 42.6 % | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 40.6 % | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 40.5 % | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 40 % | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 36.9 % | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 36.3 % | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 33.9 % | -6.6% |
| 2022 | 47.6 % | +40.4% |
| 2023 | 47.7 % | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 45.6 % | -4.4% |
| 2025 | 45.4 % | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 57.3 % | 56.2 % | 59.3 % | 9 |
| 2000s | 53.86 % | 51.1 % | 55.2 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.01 % | 36.9 % | 50.7 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.75 % | 33.9 % | 47.7 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Timor-Leste
- 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
- 8 Mozambique 63.7 % compare
- 9 South Sudan 62.2 % compare
- 9 Melanesia 35.02 % compare
- 10 Uganda 59.4 % compare
- 11 Malawi 59.3 % compare
- 11 Viet Nam 25.6 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Timor-Leste
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- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -1.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.8294 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate -6.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -6.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate -5.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate -2.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate -13.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.5347 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Timor-Leste?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Timor-Leste was 45.4 % 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 Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 59.3 % in 1991.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.9 % in 2021.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in?
- Timor-Leste ranks 8th out of 20 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Timor-Leste 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.