ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in United States of America
United States of America: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in was 2 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in United States of America, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 2 % 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 4.8% on the previous year and down 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in United States of America peaked at 4.3 % in 1991 and was at its lowest, 2 %, in 2025.
That places United States of America 30th out of 31 groups with data for 2025, putting it 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 United States of America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 4.3 % | — |
| 1992 | 4.2 % | -2.3% |
| 1993 | 4 % | -4.8% |
| 1994 | 4.1 % | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 4 % | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 4 % | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 3.9 % | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 3.8 % | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 3.6 % | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 3.3 % | -8.3% |
| 2001 | 3.1 % | -6.1% |
| 2002 | 2.9 % | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 2.7 % | -6.9% |
| 2004 | 2.6 % | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 2.5 % | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 2.5 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2.4 % | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 2.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2.5 % | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 2.6 % | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 2.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2.5 % | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 2.4 % | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 2.5 % | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 2.6 % | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 2.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2.5 % | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 2.5 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2.3 % | -8.0% |
| 2021 | 2.2 % | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 2.1 % | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 2.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 2 % | -4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.99 % | 3.6 % | 4.3 % | 9 |
| 2000s | 2.69 % | 2.4 % | 3.3 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.54 % | 2.4 % | 2.6 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.13 % | 2 % | 2.3 % | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in United States of America?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in United States of America was 2 % 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 United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 4.3 % in 1991.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 % in 2025.
- How does United States of America rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in?
- United States of America ranks 30th out of 31 groups with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of America 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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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.