ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in fishing and in Ecuador
Ecuador: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in fishing and was 0.57 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in fishing and in Ecuador, 2001–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in fishing and in Ecuador is 0.57 %, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 48.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in fishing and in Ecuador peaked at 2.53 % in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.34 %, in 2020.
Ecuador ranks 28th of 39 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in fishing and in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1.04 % | — |
| 2003 | 1.23 % | +18.3% |
| 2004 | 0.77 % | -37.4% |
| 2005 | 2.53 % | +228.6% |
| 2006 | 1.62 % | -36.0% |
| 2007 | 0.99 % | -38.9% |
| 2008 | 0.64 % | -35.4% |
| 2009 | 0.62 % | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 1.41 % | +127.4% |
| 2011 | 0.89 % | -36.9% |
| 2012 | 1.03 % | +15.7% |
| 2013 | 1.73 % | +68.0% |
| 2015 | 1.1 % | -36.4% |
| 2016 | 1.14 % | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 0.97 % | -14.9% |
| 2018 | 0.64 % | -34.0% |
| 2019 | 0.71 % | +10.9% |
| 2020 | 0.34 % | -52.1% |
| 2021 | 0.71 % | +108.8% |
| 2022 | 0.83 % | +16.9% |
| 2023 | 0.75 % | -9.6% |
| 2024 | 0.58 % | -22.7% |
| 2025 | 0.57 % | -1.7% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 0.57 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.32 %, 43% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 0.57 % is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.19 %, 48% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.18 % | 0.62 % | 2.53 % | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.07 % | 0.64 % | 1.73 % | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.63 % | 0.34 % | 0.83 % | 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 fishing and in Ecuador?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in fishing and in Ecuador was 0.57 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in fishing and recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 2.53 % in 2005.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in fishing and recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.34 % in 2020.
- How does Ecuador rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in fishing and?
- Ecuador ranks 28th out of 39 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in fishing and rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 fishing and aquaculture — 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.