Rwanda - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Rwanda was 70.98 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 94.54 in 1991, while its lowest value was 70.98 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 94.54
1992 94.43
1993 94.30
1994 94.17
1995 94.30
1996 94.12
1997 94.05
1998 93.99
1999 94.01
2000 93.87
2001 93.59
2002 93.22
2003 92.71
2004 92.13
2005 91.52
2006 90.93
2007 90.42
2008 89.67
2009 88.84
2010 87.99
2011 86.99
2012 85.91
2013 82.73
2014 78.41
2015 76.68
2016 75.22
2017 73.57
2018 72.17
2019 70.98

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Rwanda was 53.01 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 83.91 in 1991, while its lowest value was 53.01 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 83.91
1992 83.67
1993 83.58
1994 83.71
1995 83.67
1996 83.52
1997 83.34
1998 83.32
1999 83.23
2000 82.98
2001 82.61
2002 81.91
2003 81.02
2004 79.84
2005 78.47
2006 76.97
2007 75.36
2008 73.64
2009 72.13
2010 70.42
2011 68.68
2012 66.78
2013 62.50
2014 57.92
2015 56.63
2016 55.83
2017 55.09
2018 53.93
2019 53.01

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Rwanda was 62.29 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 89.17 in 1991, while its lowest value was 62.29 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 89.17
1992 89.03
1993 88.96
1994 89.00
1995 89.09
1996 88.92
1997 88.80
1998 88.77
1999 88.75
2000 88.56
2001 88.24
2002 87.71
2003 87.02
2004 86.14
2005 85.16
2006 84.14
2007 83.09
2008 81.87
2009 80.72
2010 79.45
2011 78.09
2012 76.61
2013 72.90
2014 68.45
2015 66.95
2016 65.82
2017 64.62
2018 63.35
2019 62.29

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity