Suriname - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Suriname was 4.52 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 5.07 in 2008, while its lowest value was 1.66 in 1996.

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 3.19
1992 3.22
1993 2.17
1994 2.28
1995 3.22
1996 1.66
1997 2.86
1998 3.16
1999 3.45
2000 3.37
2001 3.53
2002 4.14
2003 4.35
2004 4.65
2005 4.87
2006 4.97
2007 4.99
2008 5.07
2009 4.82
2010 4.79
2011 4.79
2012 4.72
2013 4.60
2014 4.50
2015 4.50
2016 4.74
2017 4.53
2018 4.44
2019 4.52

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Suriname was 10.11 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 10.33 in 2004, while its lowest value was 4.98 in 1992.

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 5.01
1992 4.98
1993 5.67
1994 8.24
1995 9.19
1996 8.13
1997 6.63
1998 6.99
1999 7.73
2000 8.03
2001 8.60
2002 9.23
2003 9.72
2004 10.33
2005 10.32
2006 10.29
2007 10.29
2008 10.18
2009 10.01
2010 9.84
2011 9.65
2012 9.52
2013 9.36
2014 9.38
2015 9.52
2016 10.21
2017 10.17
2018 10.05
2019 10.11

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Suriname was 8.08 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 8.49 in 2005, while its lowest value was 4.42 in 1991.

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 4.42
1992 4.43
1993 4.62
1994 6.33
1995 7.29
1996 6.15
1997 5.45
1998 5.79
1999 6.40
2000 6.58
2001 7.00
2002 7.61
2003 7.98
2004 8.44
2005 8.49
2006 8.47
2007 8.46
2008 8.40
2009 8.19
2010 8.04
2011 7.89
2012 7.76
2013 7.61
2014 7.60
2015 7.69
2016 8.24
2017 8.14
2018 8.02
2019 8.08

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity