ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in Uganda
Uganda: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in was 59.4 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in Uganda, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 59.4 % for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in 2025.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Uganda peaked at 67.1 % in 2014 and was at its lowest, 53.9 %, in 2019.
That places Uganda 10th out of 175 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in Uganda, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 59.1 % | — |
| 1992 | 59.1 % | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 58.7 % | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 58.6 % | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 58.1 % | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 57.7 % | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 57.5 % | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 57.4 % | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 57.1 % | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 56.9 % | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 56.7 % | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 56.2 % | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 56.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 57.8 % | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 59.3 % | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 60.3 % | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 61.7 % | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 63.1 % | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 64.6 % | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 59.7 % | -7.6% |
| 2011 | 61.6 % | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 61.5 % | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 66.4 % | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 67.1 % | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 66.8 % | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 66.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 66.7 % | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 60.6 % | -9.1% |
| 2019 | 53.9 % | -11.1% |
| 2020 | 58.5 % | +8.5% |
| 2021 | 61.4 % | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 61 % | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 60.5 % | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 60 % | -0.8% |
| 2025 | 59.4 % | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 58.14 % | 57.1 % | 59.1 % | 9 |
| 2000s | 59.28 % | 56.2 % | 64.6 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.11 % | 53.9 % | 67.1 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.13 % | 58.5 % | 61.4 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 7 Central African Republic 63.8 % compare
- 8 Mozambique 63.7 % compare
- 8 Timor-Leste 45.4 % compare
- 9 South Sudan 62.2 % compare
- 9 Melanesia 35.02 % compare
- 11 Malawi 59.3 % compare
- 11 Viet Nam 25.6 % compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 24.9 % compare
- 12 Haiti 58.2 % compare
- 13 Guinea-Bissau 56.4 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Uganda?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Uganda was 59.4 % 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 67.1 % in 2014.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.9 % in 2019.
- How does Uganda rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in?
- Uganda ranks 10th out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.