Bhutan - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Bhutan was 64.01 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 78.45 in 1991, while its lowest value was 64.01 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 78.45
1992 78.29
1993 78.15
1994 77.97
1995 77.83
1996 77.44
1997 77.11
1998 76.79
1999 76.42
2000 75.80
2001 75.24
2002 74.66
2003 74.05
2004 73.30
2005 72.55
2006 72.03
2007 70.77
2008 69.31
2009 67.59
2010 65.86
2011 68.24
2012 66.93
2013 66.21
2014 66.78
2015 66.30
2016 65.84
2017 65.05
2018 64.38
2019 64.01

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Bhutan was 50.21 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 63.94 in 1991, while its lowest value was 49.49 in 2013.

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 63.94
1992 63.67
1993 63.45
1994 63.13
1995 62.75
1996 62.25
1997 61.85
1998 61.45
1999 60.84
2000 60.07
2001 59.25
2002 58.32
2003 57.70
2004 57.09
2005 56.36
2006 55.87
2007 55.82
2008 56.02
2009 55.62
2010 54.87
2011 54.21
2012 51.21
2013 49.49
2014 50.00
2015 52.29
2016 51.30
2017 50.68
2018 50.49
2019 50.21

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Bhutan was 55.78 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 69.85 in 1991, while its lowest value was 55.78 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 69.85
1992 69.64
1993 69.45
1994 69.20
1995 68.93
1996 68.53
1997 68.22
1998 67.92
1999 67.46
2000 66.78
2001 66.06
2002 65.30
2003 64.68
2004 64.01
2005 63.32
2006 62.80
2007 62.23
2008 61.73
2009 60.78
2010 59.60
2011 60.15
2012 58.35
2013 56.34
2014 56.65
2015 58.00
2016 57.22
2017 56.52
2018 56.12
2019 55.78

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity