São Tomé and Principe - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in São Tomé and Principe was 8.56 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 22.78 in 1991, while its lowest value was 8.56 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 22.78
1992 22.58
1993 22.33
1994 22.07
1995 21.78
1996 21.46
1997 21.10
1998 20.69
1999 20.20
2000 19.68
2001 18.38
2002 17.85
2003 17.11
2004 17.37
2005 15.60
2006 14.97
2007 14.46
2008 13.92
2009 13.36
2010 12.78
2011 12.26
2012 11.76
2013 11.22
2014 10.71
2015 10.25
2016 9.80
2017 9.37
2018 8.97
2019 8.56

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in São Tomé and Principe was 24.32 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 38.95 in 1991, while its lowest value was 24.32 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 38.95
1992 38.90
1993 38.83
1994 38.67
1995 38.51
1996 38.33
1997 38.15
1998 37.82
1999 37.45
2000 37.19
2001 36.26
2002 35.82
2003 34.92
2004 35.11
2005 33.74
2006 32.75
2007 32.25
2008 31.27
2009 30.73
2010 29.91
2011 29.25
2012 28.67
2013 27.93
2014 27.11
2015 26.51
2016 25.88
2017 25.30
2018 24.81
2019 24.32

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in São Tomé and Principe was 19.14 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 33.70 in 1991, while its lowest value was 19.14 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 33.70
1992 33.58
1993 33.43
1994 33.21
1995 32.97
1996 32.70
1997 32.41
1998 32.01
1999 31.55
2000 31.15
2001 30.58
2002 30.00
2003 29.21
2004 29.31
2005 27.91
2006 27.03
2007 26.48
2008 25.65
2009 25.12
2010 24.39
2011 23.76
2012 23.20
2013 22.54
2014 21.83
2015 21.24
2016 20.66
2017 20.10
2018 19.61
2019 19.14

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity