Belize - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Belize was 4.69 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 6.13 in 1999, while its lowest value was 3.23 in 2005.

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 4.57
1992 4.57
1993 4.45
1994 4.36
1995 5.90
1996 4.97
1997 5.83
1998 5.05
1999 6.13
2000 5.57
2001 5.04
2002 4.56
2003 4.06
2004 3.63
2005 3.23
2006 3.37
2007 3.51
2008 3.63
2009 3.75
2010 3.87
2011 4.01
2012 4.14
2013 4.27
2014 4.35
2015 4.58
2016 4.61
2017 5.25
2018 4.90
2019 4.69

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Belize was 24.07 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 39.37 in 1997, while its lowest value was 24.07 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 32.09
1992 32.07
1993 31.90
1994 30.67
1995 35.58
1996 38.26
1997 39.37
1998 33.14
1999 36.35
2000 34.84
2001 33.51
2002 32.20
2003 30.58
2004 29.15
2005 27.69
2006 27.57
2007 27.55
2008 27.31
2009 27.17
2010 26.97
2011 26.82
2012 26.57
2013 26.34
2014 25.85
2015 25.90
2016 26.78
2017 24.62
2018 24.23
2019 24.07

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Belize was 16.80 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 29.91 in 1997, while its lowest value was 16.80 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 24.31
1992 24.17
1993 23.94
1994 23.11
1995 27.15
1996 28.68
1997 29.91
1998 25.02
1999 27.47
2000 26.01
2001 24.67
2002 23.34
2003 22.00
2004 20.78
2005 19.56
2006 19.42
2007 19.31
2008 19.13
2009 19.04
2010 18.91
2011 18.79
2012 18.62
2013 18.46
2014 18.25
2015 18.08
2016 18.56
2017 17.42
2018 17.01
2019 16.80

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity