Eswatini - Employment in agriculture

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Eswatini was 10.10 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 22.95 in 1991, while its lowest value was 10.10 in 2019.

Definition: 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: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

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Year Value
1991 22.95
1992 22.76
1993 22.47
1994 22.23
1995 21.90
1996 21.58
1997 21.19
1998 20.83
1999 20.43
2000 19.87
2001 19.31
2002 18.74
2003 18.17
2004 17.58
2005 16.95
2006 16.34
2007 15.75
2008 15.25
2009 14.72
2010 14.22
2011 13.73
2012 13.19
2013 12.71
2014 12.24
2015 11.75
2016 11.34
2017 10.93
2018 10.52
2019 10.10

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Eswatini was 13.96 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 23.81 in 1991, while its lowest value was 13.96 in 2019.

Definition: 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: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

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Year Value
1991 23.81
1992 23.67
1993 23.52
1994 23.38
1995 23.13
1996 22.90
1997 22.67
1998 22.45
1999 22.16
2000 21.90
2001 21.59
2002 21.06
2003 20.54
2004 20.01
2005 19.39
2006 18.78
2007 18.27
2008 17.95
2009 17.59
2010 17.14
2011 16.76
2012 16.24
2013 15.81
2014 15.51
2015 15.17
2016 14.89
2017 14.58
2018 14.26
2019 13.96

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Eswatini was 12.15 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 23.43 in 1991, while its lowest value was 12.15 in 2019.

Definition: 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: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 23.43
1992 23.27
1993 23.06
1994 22.88
1995 22.59
1996 22.33
1997 22.03
1998 21.74
1999 21.40
2000 21.00
2001 20.57
2002 20.02
2003 19.47
2004 18.91
2005 18.27
2006 17.66
2007 17.10
2008 16.69
2009 16.24
2010 15.76
2011 15.32
2012 14.79
2013 14.34
2014 13.96
2015 13.55
2016 13.20
2017 12.86
2018 12.50
2019 12.15

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity