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 1 % in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
1 %
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
29th
of 31 groups
All-time high
1.5 %
in 1994
All-time low
0.8 %
in 2007
Years of data
35
1991–2025

ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in United States of America, 1991–2025

00.511.51991200820251991: 1.3 %1992: 1.2 %1993: 1.2 %1994: 1.5 %1995: 1.5 %1996: 1.5 %1997: 1.4 %1998: 1.4 %1999: 1.4 %2000: 1.3 %2001: 1.2 %2002: 1.1 %2003: 1 %2004: 1 %2005: 1 %2006: 0.9 %2007: 0.8 %2008: 0.9 %2009: 0.9 %2010: 1 %2011: 1 %2012: 1 %2013: 0.9 %2014: 0.9 %2015: 1 %2016: 1 %2017: 1 %2018: 1 %2019: 1 %2020: 1 %2021: 1 %2022: 1 %2023: 1 %2024: 1 %2025: 1 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2025, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in United States of America stood at 1 %.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in United States of America peaked at 1.5 % in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.8 %, in 2007.

United States of America ranks 29th of 31 groups on this measure, 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

Annual values for ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in total employment - ILO Modelled Estimates — Female — Value in United States of America, 1991 to 2025.
Year % Change
1991 1.3 %
1992 1.2 % -7.7%
1993 1.2 % +0.0%
1994 1.5 % +25.0%
1995 1.5 % +0.0%
1996 1.5 % +0.0%
1997 1.4 % -6.7%
1998 1.4 % +0.0%
1999 1.4 % +0.0%
2000 1.3 % -7.1%
2001 1.2 % -7.7%
2002 1.1 % -8.3%
2003 1 % -9.1%
2004 1 % +0.0%
2005 1 % +0.0%
2006 0.9 % -10.0%
2007 0.8 % -11.1%
2008 0.9 % +12.5%
2009 0.9 % +0.0%
2010 1 % +11.1%
2011 1 % +0.0%
2012 1 % +0.0%
2013 0.9 % -10.0%
2014 0.9 % +0.0%
2015 1 % +11.1%
2016 1 % +0.0%
2017 1 % +0.0%
2018 1 % +0.0%
2019 1 % +0.0%
2020 1 % +0.0%
2021 1 % +0.0%
2022 1 % +0.0%
2023 1 % +0.0%
2024 1 % +0.0%
2025 1 % +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.38 % 1.2 % 1.5 % 9
2000s 1.01 % 0.8 % 1.3 % 10
2010s 0.98 % 0.9 % 1 % 10
2020s 1 % 1 % 1 % 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 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 United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 1.5 % in 1994.
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 0.8 % in 2007.
How does United States of America rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in?
United States of America ranks 29th 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 unchanged. 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 — Female — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in total employment - ILO Modelled Estimates — Female — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
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226 places, 7,893 data points, 1991–2025
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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.