ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in agriculture in in Ecuador
Ecuador: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in agriculture in was 34.6 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in agriculture in in Ecuador, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 34.6 % for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in agriculture in in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in agriculture in in Ecuador peaked at 34.6 % in 2025 and was at its lowest, 8.8 %, in 1995.
Ecuador ranks 13th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in agriculture in in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 10.3 % | — |
| 1991 | 11.3 % | +9.7% |
| 1992 | 9.6 % | -15.0% |
| 1993 | 10.4 % | +8.3% |
| 1994 | 9.8 % | -5.8% |
| 1995 | 8.8 % | -10.2% |
| 1996 | 9.5 % | +8.0% |
| 1997 | 9.8 % | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 10.5 % | +7.1% |
| 1999 | 10.5 % | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 11.1 % | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 32.3 % | +191.0% |
| 2002 | 11 % | -65.9% |
| 2003 | 33.8 % | +207.3% |
| 2004 | 33.3 % | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 33.5 % | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 32.5 % | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 32.2 % | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 32 % | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 32.8 % | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 32.3 % | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 32.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 32.4 % | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 30.4 % | -6.2% |
| 2014 | 28.5 % | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 28.6 % | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 29.1 % | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 29.7 % | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 30.7 % | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 31.5 % | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 34.1 % | +8.3% |
| 2021 | 33.5 % | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 33 % | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 31.7 % | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 33.9 % | +6.9% |
| 2025 | 34.6 % | +2.1% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 34.6 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19.7 %, 1.8× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 34.6 % is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 13.15 %, 2.6× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in agriculture in in Ecuador 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +207.3% | 11 % | 33.8 % |
| 2001 | +191.0% | 11.1 % | 32.3 % |
| 2002 | -65.9% | 32.3 % | 11 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.05 % | 8.8 % | 11.3 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 28.45 % | 11 % | 33.8 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.55 % | 28.5 % | 32.4 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.47 % | 31.7 % | 34.6 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More agriculture & rural data for Ecuador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.097 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 691.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4287 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3661 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in agriculture in in Ecuador?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in agriculture in in Ecuador was 34.6 % 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 Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 34.6 % in 2025.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in agriculture in recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.8 % in 1995.
- How does Ecuador rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in agriculture in?
- Ecuador ranks 13th out of 113 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in agriculture in rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador 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 — Male — 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.