Malawi - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Malawi was 82.00 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 88.36 in 1994, while its lowest value was 82.00 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 88.07
1992 88.16
1993 87.87
1994 88.36
1995 88.04
1996 87.77
1997 87.71
1998 87.47
1999 87.28
2000 87.10
2001 87.21
2002 87.08
2003 86.88
2004 86.65
2005 86.52
2006 86.33
2007 86.06
2008 85.64
2009 85.22
2010 84.89
2011 84.53
2012 84.26
2013 83.90
2014 83.50
2015 83.26
2016 83.01
2017 82.63
2018 82.34
2019 82.00

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Malawi was 71.08 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 75.06 in 1993, while its lowest value was 71.08 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.

See also:

Year Value
1991 75.01
1992 75.00
1993 75.06
1994 74.71
1995 74.56
1996 74.48
1997 74.33
1998 74.33
1999 74.39
2000 74.50
2001 74.78
2002 74.78
2003 74.50
2004 74.34
2005 74.18
2006 73.86
2007 73.29
2008 73.12
2009 72.85
2010 72.55
2011 72.37
2012 72.38
2013 72.21
2014 71.96
2015 71.78
2016 71.64
2017 71.48
2018 71.29
2019 71.08

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Malawi was 76.36 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 81.51 in 1992, while its lowest value was 76.36 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 81.48
1992 81.51
1993 81.38
1994 81.44
1995 81.18
1996 81.03
1997 80.93
1998 80.83
1999 80.75
2000 80.72
2001 80.91
2002 80.84
2003 80.58
2004 80.38
2005 80.23
2006 79.96
2007 79.52
2008 79.21
2009 78.85
2010 78.51
2011 78.23
2012 78.08
2013 77.79
2014 77.49
2015 77.29
2016 77.11
2017 76.86
2018 76.64
2019 76.36

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity