Jamaica - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Jamaica was 8.22 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 16.11 in 1991, while its lowest value was 7.93 in 2015.

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 16.11
1992 16.03
1993 12.14
1994 12.21
1995 11.74
1996 11.26
1997 10.07
1998 9.76
1999 8.85
2000 9.23
2001 9.60
2002 9.83
2003 8.81
2004 8.80
2005 8.44
2006 8.33
2007 8.47
2008 8.38
2009 8.23
2010 8.10
2011 7.98
2012 8.02
2013 8.13
2014 7.97
2015 7.93
2016 8.67
2017 9.19
2018 8.92
2019 8.22

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Jamaica was 20.91 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 36.67 in 1991, while its lowest value was 20.91 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 36.67
1992 36.03
1993 34.26
1994 33.02
1995 31.92
1996 30.99
1997 29.19
1998 28.83
1999 28.62
2000 28.78
2001 28.52
2002 27.35
2003 28.60
2004 25.50
2005 25.12
2006 25.59
2007 25.65
2008 25.44
2009 25.34
2010 25.04
2011 24.75
2012 25.88
2013 25.79
2014 26.25
2015 25.13
2016 22.78
2017 22.76
2018 22.09
2019 20.91

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Jamaica was 15.22 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 27.91 in 1991, while its lowest value was 15.22 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 27.91
1992 27.47
1993 24.63
1994 23.95
1995 23.20
1996 22.66
1997 21.25
1998 21.00
1999 20.60
2000 20.86
2001 20.77
2002 20.13
2003 20.39
2004 18.49
2005 18.11
2006 18.28
2007 18.40
2008 18.15
2009 18.02
2010 17.82
2011 17.59
2012 18.24
2013 18.25
2014 18.42
2015 17.75
2016 16.63
2017 16.78
2018 16.23
2019 15.22

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity