ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in Melanesia
Melanesia: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in was 38.42 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in Melanesia, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 38.42 % for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 32.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Melanesia peaked at 40.04 % in 2022 and was at its lowest, 23.15 %, in 1998.
That places Melanesia 9th out of 20 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Melanesia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 24.97 % | — |
| 1992 | 24.41 % | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 24 % | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 23.81 % | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 23.84 % | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 23.49 % | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 23.74 % | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 23.15 % | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 23.16 % | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 23.7 % | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 23.84 % | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 24.13 % | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 24.11 % | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 23.9 % | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 23.57 % | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 23.46 % | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 23.26 % | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 23.48 % | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 23.42 % | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 23.52 % | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 24.8 % | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 26.02 % | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 27.27 % | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 28.04 % | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 28.96 % | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 29.97 % | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 31.18 % | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 32.57 % | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 33.75 % | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 36.6 % | +8.4% |
| 2021 | 38.76 % | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 40.04 % | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 39.51 % | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 38.95 % | -1.4% |
| 2025 | 38.42 % | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.84 % | 23.15 % | 24.97 % | 9 |
| 2000s | 23.69 % | 23.26 % | 24.13 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.61 % | 23.52 % | 33.75 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.71 % | 36.6 % | 40.04 % | 6 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
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- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 10.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 0.5158 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 0.484 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.0319 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Production, annual growth rate 0.472 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield, annual growth rate 0.2882 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Melanesia?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Melanesia was 38.42 % 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 Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 40.04 % in 2022.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.15 % in 1998.
- How does Melanesia rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in?
- Melanesia ranks 9th out of 20 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Melanesia 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 — Female — 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.