El Salvador - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in El Salvador was 3.44 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 6.88 in 1993, while its lowest value was 2.61 in 2002.

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 6.82
1992 6.70
1993 6.88
1994 6.75
1995 6.45
1996 6.23
1997 6.25
1998 6.31
1999 4.67
2000 3.76
2001 4.08
2002 2.61
2003 3.84
2004 3.38
2005 4.78
2006 4.70
2007 3.83
2008 4.77
2009 4.76
2010 5.36
2011 6.64
2012 5.09
2013 4.55
2014 4.11
2015 3.89
2016 4.07
2017 3.96
2018 3.46
2019 3.44

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in El Salvador was 25.63 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 40.24 in 1991, while its lowest value was 25.63 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 40.24
1992 39.70
1993 40.17
1994 39.70
1995 38.66
1996 38.06
1997 37.93
1998 37.21
1999 33.88
2000 33.94
2001 33.84
2002 31.65
2003 28.53
2004 30.07
2005 30.72
2006 29.06
2007 28.26
2008 28.73
2009 32.70
2010 31.96
2011 32.43
2012 32.58
2013 30.84
2014 29.69
2015 28.46
2016 29.45
2017 29.17
2018 26.30
2019 25.63

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in El Salvador was 16.29 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 28.52 in 1991, while its lowest value was 16.29 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 28.52
1992 27.95
1993 27.60
1994 27.21
1995 26.60
1996 26.30
1997 25.92
1998 25.08
1999 22.14
2000 21.61
2001 21.80
2002 19.75
2003 18.24
2004 19.13
2005 19.99
2006 18.86
2007 18.02
2008 18.69
2009 20.91
2010 20.78
2011 21.60
2012 20.97
2013 19.59
2014 18.76
2015 18.11
2016 18.68
2017 18.58
2018 16.71
2019 16.29

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity