Bangladesh - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Bangladesh was 57.57 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 90.65 in 1991, while its lowest value was 57.57 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.

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Year Value
1991 90.65
1992 89.89
1993 88.80
1994 87.27
1995 85.15
1996 82.27
1997 81.48
1998 80.65
1999 79.79
2000 78.78
2001 77.60
2002 76.15
2003 74.50
2004 72.63
2005 70.55
2006 68.24
2007 67.66
2008 67.03
2009 66.37
2010 65.59
2011 65.45
2012 65.24
2013 64.93
2014 64.51
2015 64.01
2016 63.43
2017 59.89
2018 58.65
2019 57.57

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Bangladesh was 30.14 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 64.01 in 1991, while its lowest value was 30.14 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.

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Year Value
1991 64.01
1992 63.38
1993 62.62
1994 61.82
1995 60.80
1996 59.74
1997 60.20
1998 60.46
1999 60.66
2000 60.73
2001 57.91
2002 55.06
2003 52.00
2004 48.83
2005 45.42
2006 42.04
2007 41.73
2008 41.50
2009 41.36
2010 41.03
2011 39.95
2012 38.87
2013 37.87
2014 36.84
2015 35.73
2016 34.65
2017 32.56
2018 31.29
2019 30.14

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Bangladesh was 38.30 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 69.51 in 1991, while its lowest value was 38.30 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 69.51
1992 68.90
1993 68.12
1994 67.22
1995 66.03
1996 64.63
1997 64.86
1998 64.93
1999 64.94
2000 64.81
2001 62.39
2002 59.90
2003 57.19
2004 54.30
2005 51.17
2006 48.08
2007 47.85
2008 47.67
2009 47.53
2010 47.31
2011 46.55
2012 45.76
2013 45.01
2014 44.27
2015 43.46
2016 42.66
2017 40.60
2018 39.39
2019 38.30

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity