Ethiopia - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Ethiopia was 58.71 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 73.41 in 2005, while its lowest value was 58.71 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 67.16
1992 67.29
1993 67.00
1994 67.11
1995 66.95
1996 66.55
1997 66.46
1998 67.04
1999 67.08
2000 68.23
2001 69.28
2002 70.76
2003 72.23
2004 72.57
2005 73.41
2006 72.58
2007 71.67
2008 70.45
2009 69.38
2010 68.23
2011 66.87
2012 65.23
2013 63.58
2014 62.76
2015 61.94
2016 61.10
2017 60.28
2018 59.75
2019 58.71

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Ethiopia was 73.44 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 84.41 in 1992, while its lowest value was 73.44 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 84.15
1992 84.41
1993 84.20
1994 84.05
1995 83.99
1996 83.78
1997 83.84
1998 83.83
1999 83.65
2000 83.44
2001 83.07
2002 82.82
2003 82.76
2004 82.36
2005 82.07
2006 81.50
2007 80.84
2008 80.36
2009 79.80
2010 78.92
2011 78.23
2012 77.89
2013 77.29
2014 76.49
2015 75.73
2016 75.06
2017 74.41
2018 73.78
2019 73.44

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Ethiopia was 66.63 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 78.12 in 2005, while its lowest value was 66.63 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.

See also:

Year Value
1991 76.85
1992 77.05
1993 76.80
1994 76.76
1995 76.61
1996 76.28
1997 76.24
1998 76.46
1999 76.36
2000 76.70
2001 76.92
2002 77.41
2003 78.01
2004 77.92
2005 78.12
2006 77.43
2007 76.65
2008 75.83
2009 75.04
2010 74.04
2011 73.04
2012 72.11
2013 71.03
2014 70.21
2015 69.40
2016 68.64
2017 67.90
2018 67.29
2019 66.63

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity