ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in agriculture in in Seychelles
Seychelles: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in agriculture in was 1.5 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in agriculture in in Seychelles, 2011–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in agriculture in in Seychelles stood at 1.5 %. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 54.5% on the previous year and down 58.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in agriculture in in Seychelles peaked at 4.1 % in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1.5 %, in 2024.
That places Seychelles 99th out of 116 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in agriculture in in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3.6 % | — |
| 2014 | 3.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 4.1 % | +13.9% |
| 2016 | 3.6 % | -12.2% |
| 2017 | 3.7 % | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 3.8 % | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 3.3 % | -13.2% |
| 2020 | 4 % | +21.2% |
| 2023 | 3.3 % | -17.5% |
| 2024 | 1.5 % | -54.5% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 1.5 % is below the median for high income countries, which is 2.55 %, 59% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 1.5 % is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 30.4 %, 5% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3.67 % | 3.3 % | 4.1 % | 7 |
| 2020s | 2.93 % | 1.5 % | 4 % | 3 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
- 97 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.6 % compare
- 97 Puerto Rico 1.6 %
- 100 Barbados 1.4 % compare
- 101 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.2 %
- 101 United Arab Emirates 1.2 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Seychelles
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0261 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 506.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7772 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5452 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in agriculture in in Seychelles?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in agriculture in in Seychelles was 1.5 % in 2024, 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 Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 4.1 % in 2015.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in agriculture in recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5 % in 2024.
- How does Seychelles rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in agriculture in?
- Seychelles ranks 99th out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in agriculture in rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Seychelles 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 — 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.