Cameroon - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Cameroon was 47.70 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 72.36 in 1991, while its lowest value was 47.70 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 72.36
1992 72.28
1993 72.21
1994 72.03
1995 71.86
1996 71.62
1997 71.33
1998 70.94
1999 70.51
2000 69.97
2001 69.03
2002 68.95
2003 68.64
2004 68.14
2005 67.54
2006 66.82
2007 66.03
2008 64.49
2009 62.79
2010 61.12
2011 59.28
2012 57.34
2013 55.34
2014 53.30
2015 51.87
2016 50.70
2017 49.60
2018 48.62
2019 47.70

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Cameroon was 39.79 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 64.60 in 1994, while its lowest value was 39.79 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 63.88
1992 64.13
1993 64.57
1994 64.60
1995 64.53
1996 64.38
1997 64.12
1998 63.83
1999 63.46
2000 63.14
2001 62.90
2002 61.26
2003 59.73
2004 58.07
2005 56.87
2006 55.53
2007 54.07
2008 52.57
2009 51.20
2010 49.68
2011 47.98
2012 46.21
2013 44.36
2014 42.64
2015 41.94
2016 41.33
2017 40.79
2018 40.25
2019 39.79

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Cameroon was 43.49 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 68.31 in 1993, while its lowest value was 43.49 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 68.03
1992 68.12
1993 68.31
1994 68.23
1995 68.11
1996 67.92
1997 67.64
1998 67.30
1999 66.91
2000 66.47
2001 65.89
2002 65.00
2003 64.04
2004 62.94
2005 62.03
2006 60.98
2007 59.83
2008 58.25
2009 56.66
2010 55.00
2011 53.24
2012 51.40
2013 49.48
2014 47.61
2015 46.58
2016 45.71
2017 44.91
2018 44.17
2019 43.49

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity