India - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in India was 54.69 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 76.17 in 1991, while its lowest value was 54.69 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 76.17
1992 75.96
1993 75.72
1994 75.46
1995 75.30
1996 75.15
1997 74.98
1998 74.79
1999 74.61
2000 74.39
2001 73.80
2002 73.19
2003 72.52
2004 71.76
2005 71.05
2006 70.34
2007 69.58
2008 68.82
2009 67.93
2010 66.98
2011 63.56
2012 59.96
2013 59.36
2014 58.67
2015 57.93
2016 57.15
2017 56.35
2018 55.53
2019 54.69

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in India was 39.56 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 59.00 in 1991, while its lowest value was 39.56 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 59.00
1992 58.62
1993 58.24
1994 57.66
1995 57.14
1996 56.64
1997 56.36
1998 55.89
1999 55.11
2000 54.56
2001 53.99
2002 53.47
2003 52.55
2004 51.44
2005 50.59
2006 49.79
2007 48.94
2008 48.57
2009 47.72
2010 46.92
2011 45.21
2012 43.52
2013 43.09
2014 42.54
2015 41.97
2016 41.32
2017 40.76
2018 40.24
2019 39.56

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in India was 42.60 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 63.32 in 1991, while its lowest value was 42.60 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 63.32
1992 62.99
1993 62.66
1994 62.18
1995 61.76
1996 61.35
1997 61.12
1998 60.72
1999 60.09
2000 59.65
2001 59.10
2002 58.60
2003 57.76
2004 56.78
2005 56.00
2006 55.08
2007 54.11
2008 53.51
2009 52.50
2010 51.52
2011 49.26
2012 47.00
2013 46.50
2014 45.89
2015 45.26
2016 44.56
2017 43.93
2018 43.33
2019 42.60

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity