World - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in World was 25.33 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 42.75 in 1991, while its lowest value was 25.33 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 42.75
1992 42.53
1993 41.71
1994 40.87
1995 39.79
1996 39.09
1997 38.75
1998 38.79
1999 39.02
2000 39.08
2001 38.82
2002 38.75
2003 38.44
2004 37.33
2005 36.50
2006 35.27
2007 34.34
2008 33.61
2009 32.91
2010 32.24
2011 31.17
2012 30.11
2013 29.18
2014 28.15
2015 27.55
2016 26.93
2017 26.39
2018 25.75
2019 25.33

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in World was 27.60 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 44.27 in 1991, while its lowest value was 27.60 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 44.27
1992 44.00
1993 43.35
1994 42.67
1995 41.88
1996 41.25
1997 40.83
1998 40.77
1999 40.67
2000 40.37
2001 40.00
2002 39.71
2003 39.15
2004 38.15
2005 37.22
2006 36.14
2007 35.17
2008 34.66
2009 34.20
2010 33.52
2011 32.60
2012 31.81
2013 31.07
2014 30.22
2015 29.63
2016 29.17
2017 28.64
2018 28.07
2019 27.60

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in World was 26.69 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 43.68 in 1991, while its lowest value was 26.69 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 43.68
1992 43.42
1993 42.70
1994 41.96
1995 41.06
1996 40.39
1997 40.01
1998 39.98
1999 40.01
2000 39.86
2001 39.53
2002 39.33
2003 38.86
2004 37.82
2005 36.93
2006 35.78
2007 34.83
2008 34.24
2009 33.67
2010 33.00
2011 32.03
2012 31.14
2013 30.32
2014 29.40
2015 28.81
2016 28.28
2017 27.75
2018 27.16
2019 26.69

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity