European Union - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in European Union was 3.18 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 10.81 in 1992, while its lowest value was 3.18 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 10.72
1992 10.81
1993 10.59
1994 10.49
1995 10.26
1996 9.49
1997 9.59
1998 9.22
1999 8.93
2000 8.50
2001 8.21
2002 7.24
2003 6.83
2004 6.19
2005 6.00
2006 5.65
2007 5.38
2008 5.04
2009 4.95
2010 4.89
2011 4.65
2012 4.52
2013 4.29
2014 4.11
2015 3.85
2016 3.53
2017 3.45
2018 3.32
2019 3.18

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in European Union was 5.35 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 10.70 in 1991, while its lowest value was 5.35 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 10.70
1992 10.66
1993 10.59
1994 10.58
1995 10.24
1996 10.00
1997 10.09
1998 9.84
1999 9.59
2000 9.33
2001 9.02
2002 8.51
2003 8.41
2004 7.85
2005 7.64
2006 7.33
2007 6.94
2008 6.33
2009 6.41
2010 6.54
2011 6.36
2012 6.43
2013 6.37
2014 6.25
2015 6.08
2016 5.85
2017 5.70
2018 5.50
2019 5.35

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in European Union was 4.35 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 10.73 in 1992, while its lowest value was 4.35 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 10.71
1992 10.73
1993 10.59
1994 10.54
1995 10.25
1996 9.79
1997 9.88
1998 9.58
1999 9.31
2000 8.98
2001 8.67
2002 7.96
2003 7.72
2004 7.13
2005 6.92
2006 6.59
2007 6.25
2008 5.76
2009 5.75
2010 5.80
2011 5.59
2012 5.56
2013 5.42
2014 5.28
2015 5.06
2016 4.79
2017 4.67
2018 4.50
2019 4.35

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity