ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in was 60.1 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in in Ethiopia, 1991–2025
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 Ethiopia stood at 60.1 %. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Ethiopia peaked at 78.4 % in 2003 and was at its lowest, 60.1 %, in 2025.
Ethiopia ranks 12th of 175 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 77.2 % | — |
| 1992 | 78 % | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 77.4 % | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 77.2 % | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 77 % | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 76.2 % | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 76.3 % | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 76.7 % | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 76.4 % | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 76.6 % | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 76.7 % | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 77.3 % | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 78.4 % | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 77.9 % | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 78.1 % | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 77.4 % | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 76.5 % | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 75.8 % | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 75.1 % | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 73.8 % | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 72.7 % | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 72.1 % | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 71 % | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 69.6 % | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 68 % | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 66.4 % | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 64.7 % | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 63.4 % | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 61.8 % | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 63.6 % | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 63.5 % | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 63 % | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 62.2 % | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 61 % | -1.9% |
| 2025 | 60.1 % | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 76.93 % | 76.2 % | 78 % | 9 |
| 2000s | 76.98 % | 75.1 % | 78.4 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 68.35 % | 61.8 % | 73.8 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 62.23 % | 60.1 % | 63.6 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 9 South Sudan 63.8 % compare
- 9 Melanesia 36.61 % compare
- 10 Mali 63 % compare
- 11 Guinea-Bissau 61.1 % compare
- 11 Viet Nam 25 % compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 24.7 % compare
- 13 Eritrea 55.5 % compare
- 14 Equatorial Guinea 55.3 % compare
- 14 Syrian Arab Republic 16.3 % compare
- 15 Türkiye 14.2 % compare
- 15 Zambia 54.5 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ethiopia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -20.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3282 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 306.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7589 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Ethiopia?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in in Ethiopia was 60.1 % 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 78.4 % in 2003.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.1 % in 2025.
- How does Ethiopia rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in?
- Ethiopia ranks 12th out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — share of employment in agriculture in rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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 — 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.