ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in Suriname
Suriname: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in was 5.7 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in Suriname, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Suriname is 5.7 %, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Suriname peaked at 5.9 % in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1.7 %, in 1996.
Suriname ranks 101st of 175 countries on this measure, 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 Suriname, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 3.3 % | — |
| 1992 | 3.2 % | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 2.2 % | -31.2% |
| 1994 | 2.3 % | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 3.3 % | +43.5% |
| 1996 | 1.7 % | -48.5% |
| 1997 | 2.9 % | +70.6% |
| 1998 | 3.2 % | +10.3% |
| 1999 | 3.4 % | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 3.7 % | +8.8% |
| 2001 | 3.9 % | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 4.4 % | +12.8% |
| 2003 | 4.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 4.7 % | +6.8% |
| 2005 | 4.6 % | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 4.5 % | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 4.5 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 4.4 % | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 4.6 % | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 4.7 % | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 4.8 % | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 5.1 % | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 5.3 % | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 5.4 % | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 5.5 % | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 5.7 % | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 5.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 5.6 % | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 5.7 % | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 5.9 % | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 5.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 5.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 5.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 5.8 % | -1.7% |
| 2025 | 5.7 % | -1.7% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 5.7 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10.1 %, 56% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 5.7 % is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 5.3 %, 1.1× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in Suriname changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +70.6% | 1.7 % | 2.9 % |
| 1996 | -48.5% | 3.3 % | 1.7 % |
| 1995 | +43.5% | 2.3 % | 3.3 % |
| 1993 | -31.2% | 3.2 % | 2.2 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.83 % | 1.7 % | 3.4 % | 9 |
| 2000s | 4.37 % | 3.7 % | 4.7 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.35 % | 4.7 % | 5.7 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.85 % | 5.7 % | 5.9 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Suriname?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Suriname was 5.7 % 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 Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 5.9 % in 2020.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7 % in 1996.
- How does Suriname rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in?
- Suriname ranks 101st out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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.