Malaysia - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Malaysia was 5.89 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 20.58 in 1991, while its lowest value was 5.89 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 20.58
1992 20.14
1993 19.11
1994 18.01
1995 16.97
1996 17.11
1997 14.32
1998 15.14
1999 13.60
2000 14.11
2001 12.04
2002 11.61
2003 10.96
2004 10.46
2005 10.13
2006 9.98
2007 9.88
2008 9.16
2009 8.69
2010 8.43
2011 7.12
2012 8.49
2013 8.09
2014 8.04
2015 7.90
2016 6.82
2017 6.67
2018 6.06
2019 5.89

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Malaysia was 12.99 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 23.56 in 1991, while its lowest value was 12.99 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 23.56
1992 22.71
1993 22.21
1994 21.97
1995 21.63
1996 20.62
1997 18.94
1998 20.83
1999 21.03
2000 20.71
2001 16.83
2002 16.74
2003 16.08
2004 16.78
2005 17.08
2006 17.14
2007 17.33
2008 16.50
2009 16.08
2010 15.90
2011 14.49
2012 15.93
2013 15.40
2014 15.34
2015 15.26
2016 14.16
2017 14.14
2018 13.45
2019 12.99

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Malaysia was 10.28 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 22.49 in 1991, while its lowest value was 10.28 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 22.49
1992 21.79
1993 21.11
1994 20.56
1995 19.97
1996 19.36
1997 17.29
1998 18.80
1999 18.37
2000 18.36
2001 15.13
2002 14.93
2003 14.27
2004 14.56
2005 14.64
2006 14.63
2007 14.73
2008 13.96
2009 13.50
2010 13.30
2011 11.88
2012 13.26
2013 12.69
2014 12.59
2015 12.47
2016 11.37
2017 11.29
2018 10.63
2019 10.28

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity