Sierra Leone - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Sierra Leone was 51.47 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 76.26 in 1992, while its lowest value was 51.47 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 76.11
1992 76.26
1993 76.00
1994 75.80
1995 75.81
1996 75.45
1997 75.38
1998 74.98
1999 74.74
2000 74.05
2001 74.23
2002 72.73
2003 71.91
2004 71.06
2005 70.31
2006 69.36
2007 67.94
2008 66.56
2009 65.21
2010 63.87
2011 62.17
2012 60.14
2013 57.80
2014 55.84
2015 55.76
2016 54.61
2017 53.36
2018 52.47
2019 51.47

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Sierra Leone was 57.52 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 67.87 in 1992, while its lowest value was 57.52 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 67.55
1992 67.87
1993 67.73
1994 67.67
1995 67.84
1996 67.65
1997 67.78
1998 67.56
1999 67.60
2000 67.20
2001 67.65
2002 66.56
2003 66.06
2004 65.83
2005 65.95
2006 65.99
2007 65.68
2008 65.41
2009 65.18
2010 64.45
2011 63.76
2012 62.20
2013 60.53
2014 59.45
2015 60.35
2016 59.44
2017 58.93
2018 58.26
2019 57.52

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Sierra Leone was 54.49 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 72.10 in 1992, while its lowest value was 54.49 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 71.88
1992 72.10
1993 71.90
1994 71.77
1995 71.85
1996 71.58
1997 71.61
1998 71.29
1999 71.20
2000 70.65
2001 70.96
2002 69.67
2003 69.01
2004 68.46
2005 68.14
2006 67.68
2007 66.81
2008 65.98
2009 65.19
2010 64.16
2011 62.97
2012 61.17
2013 59.16
2014 57.65
2015 58.06
2016 57.03
2017 56.14
2018 55.36
2019 54.49

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity