Ghana - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Ghana was 22.10 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 52.15 in 1991, while its lowest value was 22.10 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 52.15
1992 51.93
1993 51.62
1994 51.37
1995 51.07
1996 50.78
1997 50.46
1998 50.07
1999 49.66
2000 49.93
2001 50.13
2002 50.31
2003 50.47
2004 50.62
2005 50.75
2006 50.87
2007 49.79
2008 48.53
2009 47.29
2010 45.90
2011 44.37
2012 42.95
2013 41.49
2014 34.49
2015 27.45
2016 26.30
2017 25.08
2018 23.45
2019 22.10

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Ghana was 36.38 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 61.66 in 1991, while its lowest value was 36.38 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 61.66
1992 61.53
1993 61.32
1994 61.20
1995 61.00
1996 60.76
1997 60.48
1998 60.17
1999 59.87
2000 59.84
2001 59.76
2002 59.63
2003 59.42
2004 59.18
2005 58.89
2006 58.70
2007 57.76
2008 56.37
2009 55.31
2010 53.88
2011 51.88
2012 50.29
2013 48.78
2014 45.57
2015 41.88
2016 40.46
2017 39.06
2018 37.65
2019 36.38

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Ghana was 29.75 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 57.12 in 1991, while its lowest value was 29.75 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 57.12
1992 56.94
1993 56.68
1994 56.49
1995 56.24
1996 55.97
1997 55.66
1998 55.30
1999 54.95
2000 55.03
2001 55.10
2002 55.12
2003 55.10
2004 55.05
2005 54.96
2006 54.93
2007 53.94
2008 52.63
2009 51.51
2010 50.11
2011 48.36
2012 46.85
2013 45.38
2014 40.41
2015 35.18
2016 33.89
2017 32.57
2018 31.05
2019 29.75

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity