Costa Rica - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Costa Rica was 4.05 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 5.03 in 2007, while its lowest value was 2.92 in 2013.

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 3.85
1992 3.91
1993 4.02
1994 3.99
1995 4.05
1996 4.04
1997 4.15
1998 4.11
1999 4.02
2000 3.87
2001 3.72
2002 4.09
2003 4.06
2004 3.99
2005 4.76
2006 4.34
2007 5.03
2008 4.13
2009 3.40
2010 3.37
2011 3.36
2012 2.96
2013 2.92
2014 3.92
2015 4.20
2016 4.20
2017 4.53
2018 4.37
2019 4.05

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Costa Rica was 16.72 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 23.51 in 1991, while its lowest value was 14.34 in 2013.

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 23.51
1992 23.28
1993 23.24
1994 22.95
1995 23.40
1996 23.13
1997 23.01
1998 23.05
1999 22.53
2000 22.10
2001 21.79
2002 22.01
2003 21.01
2004 20.35
2005 20.86
2006 19.27
2007 17.82
2008 17.15
2009 16.75
2010 16.00
2011 15.30
2012 14.93
2013 14.34
2014 15.67
2015 17.36
2016 16.94
2017 17.35
2018 17.27
2019 16.72

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Costa Rica was 11.97 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 17.90 in 1991, while its lowest value was 9.90 in 2013.

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 17.90
1992 17.75
1993 17.65
1994 17.33
1995 17.58
1996 17.50
1997 17.14
1998 16.96
1999 16.51
2000 16.25
2001 15.65
2002 15.91
2003 15.21
2004 14.88
2005 15.25
2006 14.04
2007 13.27
2008 12.39
2009 11.84
2010 11.37
2011 10.91
2012 10.28
2013 9.90
2014 11.16
2015 12.31
2016 12.21
2017 12.58
2018 12.40
2019 11.97

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity