Yemen - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Yemen was 42.28 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 87.73 in 1994, while its lowest value was 28.39 in 2010.

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 84.82
1992 86.06
1993 86.95
1994 87.73
1995 84.95
1996 81.61
1997 77.66
1998 73.21
1999 68.43
2000 63.95
2001 58.73
2002 53.19
2003 47.48
2004 41.71
2005 39.80
2006 37.51
2007 35.17
2008 33.02
2009 30.61
2010 28.39
2011 32.86
2012 38.79
2013 45.44
2014 51.54
2015 47.91
2016 45.87
2017 44.30
2018 43.34
2019 42.28

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Yemen was 26.51 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 47.10 in 1991, while its lowest value was 23.54 in 2010.

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 47.10
1992 46.75
1993 46.77
1994 46.54
1995 44.20
1996 41.88
1997 39.56
1998 37.25
1999 35.26
2000 34.00
2001 32.82
2002 31.54
2003 30.16
2004 28.68
2005 27.88
2006 27.18
2007 26.42
2008 25.50
2009 24.52
2010 23.54
2011 25.05
2012 25.83
2013 26.50
2014 27.56
2015 28.08
2016 28.04
2017 27.78
2018 27.22
2019 26.51

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Yemen was 27.55 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 54.82 in 1991, while its lowest value was 24.11 in 2010.

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 54.82
1992 54.69
1993 54.74
1994 54.65
1995 52.49
1996 50.31
1997 47.99
1998 45.57
1999 43.26
2000 40.84
2001 38.42
2002 35.96
2003 33.48
2004 31.03
2005 29.90
2006 28.82
2007 27.72
2008 26.53
2009 25.30
2010 24.11
2011 25.87
2012 27.01
2013 28.02
2014 29.25
2015 29.47
2016 29.26
2017 28.90
2018 28.31
2019 27.55

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity