Pakistan - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Pakistan was 65.18 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 75.35 in 2008, while its lowest value was 64.41 in 2003.

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 68.15
1992 68.01
1993 67.74
1994 67.49
1995 67.51
1996 67.10
1997 66.63
1998 66.23
1999 65.84
2000 65.50
2001 65.20
2002 64.80
2003 64.41
2004 65.86
2005 67.25
2006 69.12
2007 72.76
2008 75.35
2009 72.89
2010 74.09
2011 74.47
2012 74.83
2013 75.17
2014 73.20
2015 72.08
2016 73.24
2017 69.99
2018 66.43
2019 65.18

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Pakistan was 29.74 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 41.29 in 1991, while its lowest value was 29.74 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 41.29
1992 41.01
1993 40.77
1994 40.54
1995 40.77
1996 40.21
1997 39.90
1998 39.66
1999 39.35
2000 38.97
2001 38.71
2002 38.45
2003 37.81
2004 37.86
2005 37.96
2006 37.69
2007 37.07
2008 37.59
2009 36.02
2010 35.46
2011 35.31
2012 34.41
2013 33.49
2014 33.79
2015 32.57
2016 34.10
2017 32.11
2018 30.15
2019 29.74

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Pakistan was 36.92 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 44.81 in 1991, while its lowest value was 36.92 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 44.81
1992 44.55
1993 44.46
1994 44.30
1995 44.05
1996 43.76
1997 43.70
1998 43.53
1999 43.27
2000 43.01
2001 42.75
2002 42.51
2003 42.09
2004 42.57
2005 43.07
2006 43.39
2007 43.64
2008 44.70
2009 43.31
2010 43.39
2011 43.49
2012 42.89
2013 42.24
2014 42.23
2015 41.01
2016 42.27
2017 39.86
2018 37.42
2019 36.92

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity