Guyana - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Guyana was 7.88 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 19.66 in 1991, while its lowest value was 7.11 in 2003.

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 19.66
1992 18.74
1993 19.44
1994 18.58
1995 17.40
1996 17.09
1997 16.57
1998 14.98
1999 12.25
2000 10.88
2001 8.98
2002 7.33
2003 7.11
2004 7.11
2005 7.76
2006 8.53
2007 8.72
2008 8.52
2009 8.72
2010 9.04
2011 8.81
2012 8.85
2013 8.32
2014 8.15
2015 7.87
2016 8.39
2017 8.24
2018 8.21
2019 7.88

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Guyana was 20.08 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 38.27 in 1991, while its lowest value was 20.08 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 38.27
1992 37.83
1993 37.40
1994 36.65
1995 36.10
1996 34.90
1997 33.61
1998 32.92
1999 31.67
2000 30.59
2001 29.46
2002 28.36
2003 27.97
2004 27.67
2005 27.90
2006 28.19
2007 27.28
2008 26.86
2009 26.29
2010 25.79
2011 25.06
2012 24.43
2013 23.46
2014 22.71
2015 22.18
2016 21.61
2017 21.14
2018 20.58
2019 20.08

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Guyana was 15.44 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 32.45 in 1991, while its lowest value was 15.44 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 32.45
1992 31.75
1993 31.58
1994 30.83
1995 30.10
1996 29.27
1997 28.29
1998 27.37
1999 25.76
2000 24.66
2001 23.38
2002 22.18
2003 21.73
2004 21.42
2005 21.64
2006 21.98
2007 21.29
2008 20.80
2009 20.38
2010 20.05
2011 19.41
2012 18.93
2013 18.04
2014 17.43
2015 16.92
2016 16.68
2017 16.25
2018 15.89
2019 15.44

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity