ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in Rwanda
Rwanda: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in was 43.1 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in Rwanda, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 43.1 % for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.8% on the previous year and down 34.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Rwanda peaked at 88.5 % in 1997 and was at its lowest, 43.1 %, in 2025.
Rwanda ranks 34th of 175 countries on this measure, in the top 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 Rwanda, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 87.1 % | — |
| 1992 | 87 % | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 87.9 % | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 88 % | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 87.8 % | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 88.4 % | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 88.5 % | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 88.2 % | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 88 % | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 87.2 % | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 86.4 % | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 85.1 % | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 84.7 % | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 83.5 % | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 82 % | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 80.3 % | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 78.5 % | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 76.2 % | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 74.7 % | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 72.8 % | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 70.5 % | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 68.3 % | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 67.6 % | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 66.9 % | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 65.4 % | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 64.7 % | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 63.8 % | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 61.5 % | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 57.2 % | -7.0% |
| 2020 | 60.3 % | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 65.9 % | +9.3% |
| 2022 | 65.1 % | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 61.8 % | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 44.8 % | -27.5% |
| 2025 | 43.1 % | -3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 87.88 % | 87 % | 88.5 % | 9 |
| 2000s | 81.86 % | 74.7 % | 87.2 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.87 % | 57.2 % | 72.8 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.83 % | 43.1 % | 65.9 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 31 Sierra Leone 44 % compare
- 32 Solomon Islands 43.8 % compare
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- 35 Gambia 38.9 % compare
- 35 Papua New Guinea 38.9 % compare
- 37 Azerbaijan 38.7 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Rwanda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.203 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 228.16 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6953 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6909 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Rwanda?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Rwanda was 43.1 % 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 88.5 % in 1997.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.1 % in 2025.
- How does Rwanda rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in?
- Rwanda ranks 34th out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.