ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in agriculture in in Canada
Canada: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in agriculture in was 0.7 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in agriculture in in Canada, 1969–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in agriculture in in Canada stood at 0.7 %. That is the lowest value across all 57 years on record.
That represents a change of down 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in agriculture in in Canada peaked at 3.3 % in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0.7 %, in 2024.
That places Canada 96th out of 112 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in agriculture in in Canada, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 2.9 % | — |
| 1970 | 2.7 % | -6.9% |
| 1971 | 2.7 % | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2.7 % | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2.4 % | -11.1% |
| 1974 | 2.4 % | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3.3 % | +37.5% |
| 1976 | 3.1 % | -6.1% |
| 1977 | 3 % | -3.2% |
| 1978 | 2.7 % | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 2.6 % | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 2.5 % | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 2.5 % | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2.7 % | +8.0% |
| 1983 | 2.7 % | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2.6 % | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 2.5 % | -3.8% |
| 1986 | 2.6 % | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 2.5 % | -3.8% |
| 1988 | 2.4 % | -4.0% |
| 1989 | 2.3 % | -4.2% |
| 1990 | 2.3 % | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 2.4 % | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 2.3 % | -4.2% |
| 1993 | 2.4 % | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 2.3 % | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 2.1 % | -8.7% |
| 1996 | 2.1 % | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 2 % | -4.8% |
| 1998 | 2.1 % | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 1.9 % | -9.5% |
| 2000 | 1.7 % | -10.5% |
| 2001 | 1.3 % | -23.5% |
| 2002 | 1.4 % | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 1.3 % | -7.1% |
| 2004 | 1.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1.4 % | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 1.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1.3 % | -7.1% |
| 2008 | 1.2 % | -7.7% |
| 2009 | 1.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.1 % | -8.3% |
| 2011 | 1.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1 % | -9.1% |
| 2016 | 1 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9 % | -10.0% |
| 2022 | 0.8 % | -11.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9 % | +12.5% |
| 2024 | 0.7 % | -22.2% |
| 2025 | 0.7 % | +0.0% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 0.7 % is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.55 %, 45% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in agriculture in in Canada 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +37.5% | 2.4 % | 3.3 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.9 % | 2.9 % | 2.9 % | 1 |
| 1970s | 2.76 % | 2.4 % | 3.3 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.53 % | 2.3 % | 2.7 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.19 % | 1.9 % | 2.4 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.35 % | 1.2 % | 1.7 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.05 % | 1 % | 1.1 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8333 % | 0.7 % | 1 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 31.61 % change on previous year (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0193 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,092 current US$ per person (2022)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0803 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1712 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.9% (2022)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.9% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in agriculture in in Canada?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in agriculture in in Canada was 0.7 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in agriculture in recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 3.3 % in 1975.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in agriculture in recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7 % in 2024.
- How does Canada rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in agriculture in?
- Canada ranks 96th out of 112 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in agriculture in rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in agriculture in total employment — 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.