Egypt - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Egypt was 21.21 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 53.63 in 1991, while its lowest value was 21.21 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 53.63
1992 52.53
1993 46.47
1994 47.00
1995 42.48
1996 41.53
1997 40.52
1998 35.34
1999 31.92
2000 39.41
2001 31.91
2002 27.57
2003 39.07
2004 46.78
2005 46.66
2006 43.33
2007 46.56
2008 45.62
2009 46.07
2010 42.87
2011 43.37
2012 37.59
2013 42.87
2014 43.22
2015 40.20
2016 38.39
2017 36.90
2018 21.69
2019 21.21

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Egypt was 20.46 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 35.37 in 1991, while its lowest value was 20.46 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 35.37
1992 34.72
1993 32.46
1994 32.15
1995 31.94
1996 30.54
1997 29.25
1998 28.56
1999 27.95
2000 27.43
2001 27.75
2002 27.51
2003 27.83
2004 28.59
2005 27.41
2006 28.43
2007 27.79
2008 28.24
2009 25.96
2010 24.72
2011 25.76
2012 24.48
2013 24.13
2014 23.45
2015 22.17
2016 22.21
2017 21.99
2018 21.66
2019 20.46

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Egypt was 20.62 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 39.02 in 1991, while its lowest value was 20.62 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 39.02
1992 38.46
1993 35.29
1994 35.18
1995 33.99
1996 32.72
1997 31.38
1998 29.80
1999 28.70
2000 29.63
2001 28.54
2002 27.52
2003 29.87
2004 31.83
2005 30.94
2006 31.23
2007 31.76
2008 31.69
2009 29.96
2010 28.28
2011 29.24
2012 27.07
2013 27.96
2014 27.55
2015 25.82
2016 25.57
2017 25.05
2018 21.66
2019 20.62

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity