Korea - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Korea was 4.83 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 17.03 in 1991, while its lowest value was 4.74 in 2018.

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 17.03
1992 16.74
1993 16.17
1994 15.02
1995 14.05
1996 13.18
1997 12.77
1998 14.30
1999 13.25
2000 12.25
2001 11.31
2002 10.67
2003 10.14
2004 9.52
2005 8.85
2006 8.48
2007 8.14
2008 7.86
2009 7.51
2010 6.88
2011 6.75
2012 6.32
2013 6.92
2014 5.63
2015 5.37
2016 4.99
2017 4.77
2018 4.74
2019 4.83

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Korea was 5.37 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 13.04 in 1991, while its lowest value was 4.91 in 2016.

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 13.04
1992 12.27
1993 11.73
1994 10.95
1995 10.27
1996 9.78
1997 9.41
1998 10.51
1999 10.06
2000 9.47
2001 9.02
2002 8.41
2003 7.90
2004 7.63
2005 7.34
2006 7.07
2007 6.71
2008 6.64
2009 6.65
2010 6.41
2011 6.11
2012 6.00
2013 6.65
2014 5.55
2015 5.14
2016 4.91
2017 5.04
2018 5.18
2019 5.37

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Korea was 5.14 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 14.61 in 1991, while its lowest value was 4.92 in 2017.

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 14.61
1992 14.03
1993 13.48
1994 12.56
1995 11.77
1996 11.14
1997 10.77
1998 12.02
1999 11.34
2000 10.60
2001 9.96
2002 9.33
2003 8.81
2004 8.40
2005 7.96
2006 7.65
2007 7.30
2008 7.14
2009 7.01
2010 6.60
2011 6.37
2012 6.13
2013 6.76
2014 5.58
2015 5.23
2016 4.94
2017 4.92
2018 5.00
2019 5.14

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity