Sri Lanka - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Sri Lanka was 27.63 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 49.71 in 1998, while its lowest value was 27.63 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 43.96
1992 47.71
1993 43.95
1994 46.57
1995 42.28
1996 40.77
1997 45.02
1998 49.71
1999 48.77
2000 47.58
2001 46.69
2002 45.66
2003 44.53
2004 43.33
2005 42.08
2006 40.72
2007 39.48
2008 38.20
2009 36.98
2010 36.82
2011 35.34
2012 33.82
2013 33.77
2014 32.27
2015 32.33
2016 30.42
2017 29.35
2018 28.46
2019 27.63

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Sri Lanka was 23.63 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 43.84 in 1992, while its lowest value was 23.63 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 42.33
1992 43.84
1993 39.25
1994 42.75
1995 38.40
1996 34.66
1997 36.05
1998 39.12
1999 38.83
2000 37.98
2001 37.98
2002 37.37
2003 36.66
2004 35.94
2005 35.11
2006 34.07
2007 33.23
2008 32.46
2009 31.79
2010 29.49
2011 29.58
2012 29.70
2013 28.47
2014 27.22
2015 26.84
2016 25.44
2017 24.42
2018 23.99
2019 23.63

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Sri Lanka was 24.98 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 45.01 in 1992, while its lowest value was 24.98 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 42.84
1992 45.01
1993 40.65
1994 43.92
1995 39.57
1996 36.48
1997 38.71
1998 42.66
1999 41.95
2000 41.02
2001 40.76
2002 40.00
2003 39.15
2004 38.28
2005 37.33
2006 36.22
2007 35.26
2008 34.33
2009 33.49
2010 31.82
2011 31.42
2012 30.99
2013 30.22
2014 28.87
2015 28.66
2016 27.10
2017 26.07
2018 25.50
2019 24.98

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity