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Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Bangladesh · 1991–2025 · Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO)
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What you should know
Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B (ISIC 3) or category A (ISIC 4).
- Source
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), via World Bank WDI (SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS)
- Data updated
- October 19, 2026 · refreshed monthly
- Date range
- 1991–2025 (35 data points)
- Unit
- modeled ILO estimate
- World Bank code
SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS- Licence
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ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), via World Bank WDI (SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS). Processed by DEEPLAB, https://de3plab.org/data-employment-agriculture (data updated October 19, 2026).
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| Year | modeled ILO estimate |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.26 |
| 2024 | 44.74 |
| 2023 | 45.37 |
| 2022 | 43.67 |
| 2021 | 43.47 |
| 2020 | 42.55 |
| 2019 | 40.84 |
| 2018 | 40.77 |
| 2017 | 40.6 |
| 2016 | 42.66 |
| 2015 | 43.54 |
| 2014 | 44.4 |
| 2013 | 45.1 |
| 2012 | 45.92 |
| 2011 | 46.77 |
| 2010 | 47.59 |
| 2009 | 48.33 |
| 2008 | 48.99 |
| 2007 | 49.71 |
| 2006 | 50.49 |
| 2005 | 51.36 |
| 2004 | 53.18 |
| 2003 | 54.81 |
| 2002 | 59.42 |
| 2001 | 63.66 |
| 2000 | 67.6 |
| 1999 | 67.57 |
| 1998 | 67.52 |
| 1997 | 67.3 |
| 1996 | 66.99 |
| 1995 | 68.02 |
| 1994 | 68.88 |
| 1993 | 69.4 |
| 1992 | 69.71 |
| 1991 | 69.92 |