China - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in China was 22.01 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 54.88 in 1991, while its lowest value was 22.01 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 54.88
1992 53.85
1993 51.78
1994 49.46
1995 47.14
1996 45.33
1997 44.94
1998 45.03
1999 45.68
2000 46.00
2001 46.27
2002 46.58
2003 45.86
2004 43.21
2005 41.20
2006 39.06
2007 37.28
2008 36.09
2009 34.69
2010 33.37
2011 31.42
2012 30.22
2013 27.88
2014 25.90
2015 25.03
2016 24.20
2017 23.61
2018 22.78
2019 22.01

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in China was 27.94 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 63.69 in 1991, while its lowest value was 27.94 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 63.69
1992 62.35
1993 60.23
1994 58.31
1995 56.38
1996 54.78
1997 54.01
1998 53.75
1999 53.76
2000 53.33
2001 53.10
2002 52.84
2003 51.76
2004 49.92
2005 47.73
2006 45.48
2007 43.64
2008 42.42
2009 40.84
2010 39.35
2011 37.49
2012 36.29
2013 34.21
2014 32.36
2015 31.41
2016 30.48
2017 29.65
2018 28.66
2019 27.94

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in China was 25.33 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 59.70 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 59.70
1992 58.50
1993 56.40
1994 54.30
1995 52.20
1996 50.50
1997 49.90
1998 49.80
1999 50.10
2000 50.01
2001 50.01
2002 50.01
2003 49.10
2004 46.90
2005 44.80
2006 42.60
2007 40.80
2008 39.60
2009 38.10
2010 36.70
2011 34.80
2012 33.60
2013 31.40
2014 29.50
2015 28.59
2016 27.70
2017 26.98
2018 26.07
2019 25.33

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity