ILOSTAT - Employment surveys — Share of employees in agriculture in in Malawi
Malawi: ILOSTAT - Employment surveys — Share of employees in agriculture in was 53.66 % in 1995. ▲ Rising
ILOSTAT - Employment surveys — Share of employees in agriculture in in Malawi, 1970–1995
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 53.66 % for ilostat - employment surveys — share of employees in agriculture in in 1995.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - employment surveys — share of employees in agriculture in in Malawi peaked at 53.82 % in 1994 and was at its lowest, 33.12 %, in 1971.
Malawi ranks 2nd of 29 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Employment surveys — Share of employees in agriculture in in Malawi, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 33.67 % | — |
| 1971 | 33.12 % | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 33.65 % | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 35.4 % | +5.2% |
| 1974 | 35.42 % | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 38.42 % | +8.5% |
| 1976 | 39.9 % | +3.9% |
| 1977 | 48.16 % | +20.7% |
| 1978 | 48.3 % | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 49.81 % | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 49.22 % | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 47.92 % | -2.6% |
| 1982 | 48.39 % | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 50.85 % | +5.1% |
| 1984 | 46.64 % | -8.3% |
| 1985 | 46.54 % | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 43.34 % | -6.9% |
| 1987 | 44.21 % | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 46.29 % | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 49.13 % | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 44.51 % | -9.4% |
| 1991 | 53.1 % | +19.3% |
| 1992 | 50.22 % | -5.4% |
| 1993 | 51.91 % | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 53.82 % | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 53.66 % | -0.3% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 53.66 % is above the median for low income countries, which is 7.69 %, 7.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 53.66 % is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9.35 %, 5.7× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 39.59 % | 33.12 % | 49.81 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 47.25 % | 43.34 % | 50.85 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 51.2 % | 44.51 % | 53.82 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 1 Guatemala 63.39 % compare
- 3 Zimbabwe 32.53 % compare
- 4 Papua New Guinea 27.71 % compare
- 5 Madagascar 24.43 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malawi
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 24.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3003 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 201.66 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8241 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 30.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 30.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilostat - employment surveys — share of employees in agriculture in in Malawi?
- Ilostat - employment surveys — share of employees in agriculture in in Malawi was 53.66 % in 1995, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - employment surveys — share of employees in agriculture in recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 53.82 % in 1994.
- What is the lowest ilostat - employment surveys — share of employees in agriculture in recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.12 % in 1971.
- How does Malawi rank for ilostat - employment surveys — share of employees in agriculture in?
- Malawi ranks 2nd out of 29 countries with data for 1995.
- Is ilostat - employment surveys — share of employees in agriculture in rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Employment surveys — Share of employees in agriculture in total employees — 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.