Zambia - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Zambia was 54.66 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 79.55 in 2006, while its lowest value was 54.66 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 78.93
1992 78.65
1993 78.39
1994 78.40
1995 78.17
1996 77.93
1997 77.65
1998 77.40
1999 77.71
2000 78.04
2001 78.38
2002 78.68
2003 78.97
2004 79.25
2005 79.54
2006 79.55
2007 79.50
2008 79.41
2009 76.13
2010 72.38
2011 68.05
2012 63.16
2013 61.31
2014 59.82
2015 58.46
2016 57.25
2017 56.34
2018 55.50
2019 54.66

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Zambia was 45.06 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 65.63 in 2005, while its lowest value was 45.06 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 63.07
1992 63.13
1993 62.85
1994 63.38
1995 63.37
1996 63.10
1997 62.97
1998 63.26
1999 63.77
2000 64.26
2001 64.63
2002 65.02
2003 65.19
2004 65.33
2005 65.63
2006 65.17
2007 64.67
2008 64.17
2009 60.78
2010 57.04
2011 53.49
2012 49.53
2013 48.24
2014 47.32
2015 46.63
2016 46.02
2017 45.59
2018 45.21
2019 45.06

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Zambia was 49.64 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 72.26 in 2005, while its lowest value was 49.64 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 70.21
1992 70.21
1993 70.07
1994 70.42
1995 70.30
1996 70.05
1997 69.89
1998 69.97
1999 70.42
2000 70.88
2001 71.23
2002 71.57
2003 71.78
2004 71.98
2005 72.26
2006 72.02
2007 71.73
2008 71.43
2009 68.09
2010 64.33
2011 60.43
2012 56.03
2013 54.47
2014 53.28
2015 52.27
2016 51.37
2017 50.71
2018 50.11
2019 49.64

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity