Arab World - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Arab World was 23.15 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 47.37 in 1992, while its lowest value was 23.15 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 46.46
1992 47.37
1993 45.37
1994 45.76
1995 43.90
1996 43.19
1997 42.36
1998 40.45
1999 38.96
2000 41.27
2001 38.30
2002 36.47
2003 38.00
2004 39.08
2005 38.44
2006 36.91
2007 37.49
2008 36.26
2009 35.66
2010 33.88
2011 32.93
2012 30.71
2013 31.42
2014 31.10
2015 29.51
2016 28.49
2017 28.07
2018 24.04
2019 23.15

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Arab World was 16.84 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 31.66 in 1992, while its lowest value was 16.84 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 31.41
1992 31.66
1993 31.11
1994 30.71
1995 30.01
1996 29.34
1997 28.77
1998 28.31
1999 27.89
2000 27.65
2001 27.35
2002 26.87
2003 26.42
2004 26.15
2005 25.10
2006 24.43
2007 23.50
2008 22.83
2009 21.64
2010 20.66
2011 20.37
2012 19.80
2013 19.44
2014 19.23
2015 18.82
2016 18.40
2017 17.85
2018 17.40
2019 16.84

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Arab World was 17.98 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 34.67 in 1992, while its lowest value was 17.98 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 34.26
1992 34.67
1993 33.84
1994 33.61
1995 32.69
1996 32.03
1997 31.37
1998 30.63
1999 30.04
2000 30.29
2001 29.49
2002 28.69
2003 28.67
2004 28.64
2005 27.68
2006 26.84
2007 26.25
2008 25.41
2009 24.28
2010 23.12
2011 22.72
2012 21.84
2013 21.69
2014 21.46
2015 20.83
2016 20.32
2017 19.74
2018 18.60
2019 17.98

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity